The historic and well-funded organization has seen two years of turmoil: five CEOs, money fumbles, and a pullback from global work. It is searching for a fresh start. The 208-year-old American Bible Society (ABS) used to have a simple mission: print and distribute Bibles in the US. At its peak in 1979, it was giving…
Religious tourism initiative at ancient city recalls Moab, Byzantium, and Arab tribal Christianity, amid speculation on Paul’s possible first missionary journey. Imagine yourself as Indiana Jones, traversing the narrow, nearly mile-long Siq gorge, with mountain cliffs towering on either side. Turning a corner then reveals the vast expanse of the ancient city of Petra and its majestic…
Mountain Gateway became the latest Christian ministry to run afoul of the Ortega regime. When Hurricanes Hilary and Idalia flooded Nicaragua’s coast last August and September, evangelical ministries in the country had little choice but to step up and serve. President Daniel Ortega and his wife, vice president Rosario Murillo, had expelled the Red Cross…
Birds of a feather might flock together, but Christians must flock to Christ. Cleanliness is next to godliness. Forgive and forget. Growing up in my conservative, mostly evangelical, rural Texas town, I went looking for accepted truisms in the Bible—only to discover they’d never been there at all. Gradually, I came to realize life could…
Alexei Navalny was willing to stand alone—knowing he’d never be alone in the bigger story. This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Russian president Vladimir Putin murdered another Christian this week. It was just another day in Putin’s supposed project of protecting “the Christian West” from godlessness. After all, they tell me,…
A clash over leadership at the landmark evangelical church in Boston is testing the strength of democratic governance. A years-long fight over leadership styles and decision-making processes at historic Park Street Church in Boston has boiled over into accusations of abusing spiritual authority and authoritarianism. There are petitions calling for a congregational review of the…
Churches should welcome questions. That doesn’t require embracing perpetual doubt. What makes Christianity hard? There are many possible answers to this question. How you answer it reveals a great deal not only about yourself—your temperament, your station in life, your mind and heart—but also about the context in which you live. Christians in different times…
A children’s ministry veteran explains where kids’ Bibles tend to go wrong—and highlights a few that get it right. The best children’s Bibles are remarkable works of faith and art. They offer young readers and their families an engaging and accessible introduction to biblical stories and the loving, holy character of God. But there are…
How do you decide what should be normal in a secularized, fragmented society? The destruction of America’s political norms.” “Don’t normalize that.” “This is not normal!” “Why can’t you just be normal?” The last two decades have seen a rising attention to normalcy in American public life. Google Trends shows a steady upward slope—a quadrupling,…
We ought to remain pilgrims in a time of partisans. “I just feel politically homeless these days.” Within the past six hours, just as I was writing this, I heard something along those lines from two very different people: an elected official who’s a conservative Republican and a progressive activist who happens to be Jewish….
