Yet churches struggle to prepare those coming next. Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida, has gotten serious about raising up a new generation of pastors. Normally, the congregation produces one or two young people every couple of years who feel a call. Right now, however, 12 young men are preparing to enter pastoral ministry. Ted…
The Hong Kong Christian actress and singer experienced God’s grace in depression and marital crisis and grew in her acting career “I give today’s glory and praise to God. I want to thank God for not giving me a smooth path, because only without a smooth path have I better learned to be humble and…
A Thai-Chinese Australian works to help Christians better engage the invisible migrants in their midst. This is the third article in the Engaging Buddhism series, which explores different facets of Buddhism and how Christians can engage with and minister to Buddhists. Sydney is Australia’s second most populous city, with about 4.8 million people, and has…
Enrollment numbers, financial challenges, and the pandemic spelled the end. Iowa Wesleyan University freshman Emma Soukup started crying when she heard the news that her school, a 181-year-old United Methodist institution, would close at the end of this semester. She told the Des Moines Register it felt like a tornado devastated her home. She called…
A revised edition of Reformer’s translation ranked among 2022 bestsellers. Only 4 percent of Germans say they read the Bible every day, according to a poll conducted by Insa-Consulere and the German Christian news agency IDEA. A full 70 percent say they never read it at all. And yet in 2022—500 years after its initial…
Christians and politicians are once again calling for authorities to protect citizens from dangerous faith leaders. In the forest compound owned by the founder of Good News International Church, Kenyan police have discovered dozens of starving people and 65 bodies buried in unmarked graves. They arrested two people who weren’t starving: the church’s leader, Paul…
Trump’s arrest is another reminder that presidents don’t have political immunity in a democracy In the past couple weeks since Trump’s arrest, I’ve seen some reactions from his conservative supporters along these lines: “If they can go after Trump, they can also go after you”—which is the whole point of the rule of law. Donald…
Administrators are seeking ways to “be alert and sober minded,” adding specialized training, personnel, and physical upgrades. Last month’s shooting at The Covenant School was not only the deadliest in Nashville—it was also the most high-profile attack on a church school in the US. The incident has shaken views of Christian schools as safe havens…
As Christians, we often define ourselves by ideology, but Jesus calls us to a deeper sense of identity. This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Sometimes a perfectly good word loses its meaning so much that it ought to be set aside, at least temporarily. Calling someone a “fundamentalist” in 1923—when the…
As an evangelical couple fights adoption law, Native American Christians point to holistic answers. Carol Bremer-Bennett loved her adoptive parents. And the Dutch Reformed family in Michigan was intentional about studying and celebrating her Navajo culture and history from the time they welcomed her into their family in 1969. But when Bremer-Bennett grew up and…
