However, convincing faithful voters to choose him over Trump or DeSantis will not be easy. Around Mike Pence’s 40th birthday, his wife Karen booked a trip to a ranch near the Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado. Pence was mulling over a second run for Congress after a failed bid years earlier. As the Pences sat…
The NYC founders of Pray March Act want church-led activism to outlive news cycles and divisive politics. James Roberson III scaled a ladder in downtown Brooklyn on June 2, 2020, with a megaphone in his hand, as protestors converged below him. He had expected a few hundred; thousands showed up. One week earlier, Roberson—a married…
The move to disfellowship churches with female pastors in top positions has spurred a larger debate. Nobody expected Rick Warren’s appeal to be successful—not even Rick Warren. But he still stood up in front of 13,000 Southern Baptists gathered in New Orleans to make his case. “No one is asking any Southern Baptist to change…
A former dean alleges over $1 million in staff kickbacks and payouts as his case against the university goes to court. Four months after Liberty University filed a motion to dismiss a whistleblower’s lawsuit, the former dean suing the school amended his complaint with more detail about the alleged fraud he reported to authorities. He…
No less than her martyred husband, she could be inspiring and frustrating all at once. Elisabeth Elliot was one of the most extraordinary and controversial evangelicals of the post–World War II era. Anyone even marginally affiliated with the American missionary community knows the stirring and tragic story of Elisabeth and her first husband, Jim Elliot,…
Scripture is clear that both go hand in hand. In seminary, my discipleship courses had a particular focus: passing on what the apostles had taught about doctrines like the Atonement and practices like Bible reading and prayer. For me, as for many evangelicals today, this made discipleship mainly a matter of nurturing faith and spiritual…
(UPDATED) The costs and complications of UMC disaffiliation are leaving many congregations stuck. Editor’s note: This article was updated with new information about disaffiliations on June 16. Carolyn Moore assumed that her Evans, Georgia, church would be one of the congregations disaffiliating from the United Methodist Church (UMC). Across the country, as of June 16,…
The costs and complications of UMC disaffiliation are leaving many congregations stuck. Editor’s note: This story was updated with the new information about disaffiliations on June 14. Carolyn Moore assumed that her Evans, Georgia, church would be one of the congregations disaffiliating from the United Methodist Church (UMC). Across the country, as of June 14,…
For Amos, it depends on whether the God we worship demands justice. In this Close Reading series, biblical scholars reflect on a passage in their area of expertise that has been formational in their own discipleship and continues to speak to them today. My mother was Guatemalan, and she went to great lengths to make…
Chosen by Sarah J. Hauser, author of “All Who Are Weary: Finding True Rest by Letting Go of the Burdens You Were Never Meant to Carry.” The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness: The Path to True Christian Joy Timothy Keller When we connect every experience and interaction with ourselves, constantly overanalyzing what we’ve said or what people…
