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The US supports major Sunni group’s efforts to fight radicalization. Less than a week after the first family of suicide bombers killed or injured dozens of worshipers at Sunday services in Indonesia, the country’s top Muslim leader met with Vice President Mike Pence to discuss religious freedom in the face of mounting extremism. “Honored toContinue reading “Pence Meets Indonesia’s Top Muslim Leader After Church Attacks”

As Pentecostalism rises in Latin America, so does spiritual and political support for the Holy Land. The United States wasn’t the only country to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem this week. Just days after Trump administration officials and American pastors Robert Jeffress and John Hagee attended the historic—and contentious—opening in the holyContinue reading “Blessed Through Israel: How Guatemala’s Evangelicals Inspired Its Embassy Move”

The stigma that was often attached to pursuing mental wellness is slowly going away—and Americans are increasingly taking charge of their mental health because of it. According to a poll by the American Psychological Association, nearly half of American households have someone who has sought out mental health care. The stigma that was often attachedContinue reading “Counseling Across America: Regional Snapshots of What Problems Rank Highest”

What makes a college “evangelical” or “fundamentalist?” The dividing lines weren’t always so clear. Let’s say you attended Wheaton College, Gordon College, or Biola University. Or perhaps you’re an outsider who just thinks highly of those schools. If so, you might be turned off by a book that groups them together under the label “FundamentalistContinue reading “The Family Feud that Changed the Shape of Christian Higher Education”

God needs willing workers, not necessarily young ones. I’m not 25 anymore, or 45, or even 65. But God doesn’t care. It’s Monday and my phone is ringing. My email inbox is full. My workload is steady. The harvest is ripe, as the Good Book says, and God has work for me to do. That’sContinue reading “Your Best Years Are Not Behind You”

Making sure your church is a loving, welcoming environment that genuinely seeks to share the gospel is a great way to address stagnation and to actively pursue growth. When we hear the term “stagnating,” it likely elicits a response from us of something unhealthy and functioning poorly. Although it is sometimes the case that somethingContinue reading “Why Is Our Church Stagnating, and What Do We Do?”

How to know when our feelings are truly from the Spirit. Our deeply reported March cover story examined multiple perspectives on the role of evangelicals in America’s growing commercial surrogacy industry. One supporter of the practice was quoted as saying, “God called me to seek out what seemed like unconventional ways to serve others.” AnotherContinue reading “God’s Peace Is Not Always God’s”

If gospel really means “good news,” we shouldn’t be surprised that most people will be delighted to talk about it. One-On-One with Matt Mikalatos on Good News for a Change Ed: You start your new evangelism book, Good News for a Change, by suggesting we’ve forgotten that gospel means “good news.” Why is that? Matt:Continue reading “One-On-One with Matt Mikalatos on Good News for a Change”

As pastors age, they can prepare so that the transition of leadership in their churches passes smoothly and their churches are set to stay on a healthy trajectory. Church succession can be a sticky subject and sometimes involves a lot of awkward conversations. But it doesn’t have to. As pastors age, they can prepare soContinue reading “Church Succession: How to Lead Our Churches into a Healthy Future”

Christians outraged at “heinous and gory” terrorist attacks that killed and injured dozens of worshipers Sunday morning. Suicide bombers launched coordinated attacks on three Indonesian churches during worship services this morning, leaving more than a dozen people dead and at least 40 more injured in a series of bloody blasts that horrified the country’s ChristianContinue reading “Indonesian Churches Blasted by Family of Suicide Bombers”