Died: 'The Hiding Place' and 'The Cross and the Switchblade' Coauthor Elizabeth Sherrill

Few evangelicals know Elizabeth Sherrill's name. But because of her, they know David Wilkerson, Brother Andrew, Corrie ten Boom, and dozens of other modern men and women who overcame by faith. Working...

Manipur Christians: 'The Violence Has Shattered Us'

Lun Tombing was hiding in the bushes with her husband and three- and six-year-old daughters several weeks ago when they saw a mob burn down their home, car, and church.Tombing and her family had heard...

John Starke's Antidote for Performance Faith

When John Starke, an author and the pastor of Apostles Church Uptown, moved to New York City, he quickly realized that he wasn't all that impressive to his neighbors. It didn't feel great at first. Bu...

Jordan's Churches Approve Law on Equal Inheritance for Christian Women

An unusual act of Christian unity in Jordan this month could inspire a revolutionary change in the region.The leaders of all the Christian denominations in the Hashemite Kingdom agreed May 11 on the f...

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 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...

Tim Keller: a tribute

Tim Keller: a tribute

Fewer Christians Know Families Who Foster or Adopt

More pastors are encouraging members to adopt and provide foster care at a time when adoptions have declined in the US.A Lifeway Research study found more than 2 in 5 US Protestant churchgoers (44%) s...

Australian Gamblers Could Lose Less Money, Thanks to These Christians

The former CEO of World Vision Australia, Tim Costello, often says that no one gambles away money like Australians.He's not wrong.Aussies lose more than $25 billion a year to gambling, the largest per...

Can You Be Born Again Without 'Feeling' It?

Evangelicalism has always emphasized the necessity of personal conversion through a born-again experience in which the Holy Spirit supernaturally changes a person's heart.From the 18th century to the ...

Western Classics Exclude Me. But Christ Can Redeem Them.

Last year, I began reading Herman Melville's Moby Dick. At first, I was swept away by Ishmael's beautiful descriptions of his passion for the sea. But I grew increasingly uncomfortable in chapter two,...

Died: Rachel Kerr James, Missionary Nurse to War-Torn Vietnam

Rachel Kerr James was the first medical professional to arrive on the scene of the US embassy bombing in Saigon in March 1965. She saw the smoke, mangled metal, and scores of people wounded by the bla...

Josh Butler Resigns as Pastor Following TGC Article Backlash

An evangelical Christian pastor and author whose book on the theology of sex caused a furor online earlier this spring resigned Wednesday from the leadership of his Arizona megachurch."We have found o...

Religious Freedom Violations Go West

While longstanding offenders in Asia and the Middle East remain epicenters of persecution, Latin America and Europe occupy more space in an annual chronicle by the US Commission on International Relig...

One in Four Pastors Plan to Retire Before 2030

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 ...

18 Christian Colleges Closed Since the Start of COVID-19

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 ...

Alliance University's Financial Woes Threaten Accreditation

Alliance University, known until a name change in 2022 as Nyack College, faces the loss of its accreditation due to financial troubles, after a 2022 audit cast doubt on the school as a "going concern....

Barely Anyone Reads the Bible in Germany. So Why Are Luther Bibles Selling So Well?

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....

After Fasting Deaths, Kenyan Police Find Dozens Buried on Preacher's Property

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...

To Whom Shall We Go: Conservative Anglicans Discuss Divorce from Church of England

A "revived, renewed, and reordered" Anglican Communion will be the core message delivered tomorrow to 1,300 conservative Anglicans from 53 countries meeting this week in Kigali, Rwanda to discuss "to ...