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Theological Education Can't Catch Up to Global Church Growth
I recently received a handwritten letter from a pastor in India.His name is Roy, but I didn't know this gentleman, and we had never corresponded. Somehow he contacted me and told me about the two cong...
Died: Paul Eshleman, Who Brought 'Jesus' Film to the Ends of the Earth
Paul Eshleman, an evangelism strategist who organized one of the largest outreach efforts of the 20th century so that everyone in the world could hear at least once that God loved them, died on May 24...
How a Bible translation project in Chad is bringing Christians and Muslims together
How a Bible translation project in Chad is bringing Christians and Muslims together
[photo1] (Photo: Getty/iStock)Twenty years. It's hard to belie...A new province for traditionalists in the Church of England?
A new province for traditionalists in the Church of England?
[photo1] (Photo: Church of England)In a previous article for Christian Today I suggested ...Worship Music Is Emotionally Manipulative. Do You Trust the Leader Plucking the Strings?
"Bigger!" said the voice in my in-ear monitor.I was on stage in a dark room, nearly blinded by spotlights. It was my first time leading worship at a big regional conference for college students, and o...
With Drug Overdoses on the Rise, Churches Need an All-Hands-on-Deck Attitude
What would the parable of the Good Samaritan look like today?In the United States, the man lying beside the road may well be dying from an overdose of fentanyl.Over the course of the pandemic, social ...
Church of Scotland to be 'impartial' on Scottish independence
Church of Scotland to be 'impartial' on Scottish independence
[photo1] (Photo: Getty/iStock)The Church of Scotland has announced that it will ...Canadian Christians Launch Collective for Climate Action
When Matthew thinks about the drought in Ethiopia--the worst in 50 years--he thinks of the starving animals and malnourished people.When he thinks about the solution, he thinks of the need to address ...
Tim Keller Changed Church Planting, from City to City
"Christians are called to be an alternate city within every earthly city," Tim Keller wrote for CT in 2006. "We must live in the city to serve all the peoples in it, not just our own tribe. We must lo...
Tim Keller Wanted to Learn from the Global Church. Even Secularizing Europe.
When Timothy Keller visited Rome in 2014, he addressed city pastors, gave an apologetic talk at the Italian Senate, and answered questions from students at Sapienza University of Rome, the largest uni...
Christians Wounded amid Military Fighting in Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan, May 24, 2023 (Morning Star News) - Among attacks on church buildings and mosques in Sudan after fighting broke out within the Sudanese military las...
Charge Reduced for Official in Indonesia Who Stopped Worship Service
SURABAYA, Indonesia, May 18, 2023 (Morning Star News) - Authorities have reduced a blasphemy charge to one of mere "intrusion" for an official on western Indonesia's Sumatra Island wh...
Unusual ruling frees Christian couple from prison in Iran
Unusual ruling frees Christian couple from prison in Iran
[photo1] Sara Ahmadi and Homayoun Zhaveh.(Photo: Article 18)Iranian authorities released two...Saddleback Asks Southern Baptists to Overturn Disfellowship Decision
Saddleback Church wants to keep its place in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).The California megachurch--once one of the biggest in the denomination--plans to appeal the SBC's move to disfellowsh...
Southern Baptists Lost Nearly Half a Million Members Last Year
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) saw its largest membership decline in more than a century last year, and church attendance has not rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, even though a significant sur...
Calls from Churches to speed up gambling reform
Calls from Churches to speed up gambling reform
[photo1] (Photo: Getty/iStock)Church leaders have called the government's Gambling White Paper a "...The importance of discipleship in a world that is hostile to Christ
The importance of discipleship in a world that is hostile to Christ
[photo1] (Photo: Getty/iStock)Writing in Prophecy Today, Kathryn Price presciently...Churches commemorate historic coronation in Sunday services
Churches commemorate historic coronation in Sunday services
[photo1] (Photo: Getty/iStock)The celebrations for the coronation of King Charles III cont...They Denounced an Art Exhibit. But Will Anyone Understand Why?
Last year, the Tainan Fine Arts Museum announced a forthcoming exhibition featuring images of ghosts and zombies. To contextualize the show, which originated in France, curators incorporated artwork i...