Celebrations for the quincentenary - 500th anniversary - of the English New Testament got underway in Antwerp in July. This is the story....
The Top Ten Worst Church Guest Experiences
These experiences shine a spotlight on what must change if we truly want to be welcoming communities of grace.
5 Ways to Truly Welcome First-time Visitors to Your Church
Here are five meaningful ways your church can truly welcome first-time visitors and help them feel like they’ve found a spiritual home.
Venture Church: Community for First-Timers
Pastor Di Beals explains how Venture Church helps people find their way in a big church.
Cultivating Generosity in Marginalized Communities: An In-depth Interview with Carlos Perkins
How can church leaders cultivate generosity in marginalized communities? In this interview, Jessica Anschutz speaks with Carlos Perkins who emphasizes that many Black, Latinx, and Hispanic congregations have been historically generous, despite limited resources. The conversation explores the importance of defining generosity, reflecting on personal beliefs about money, and how faith leaders can develop a theology of generosity. Perkins also highlights how past institutional traumas can affect a congregation’s generosity, and the need for leaders to address these issues to foster giving.
Douglas Wilson’s CNN Interview Highlights His Influence, Critics’ Concerns Influential author and Pastor Douglas Wilson was in the spotlight this week, after CNN profiled the self-described Christian nationalist. CNN’s Pamela Brown visited Wilson in Moscow, Idaho, to ask about his beliefs, his movement, and his goals. The journalist was visibly surprised by some of Wilson’s responses, including his description of women as “the kind of people that people come out of.”
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President Donald Trump's former surgeon general, Dr. Jerome Adams, has a stark warning about the potential ramifications of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceling funding for mRNA vaccine development.
"People are going to die because we're cutting short funding for this technology," Adams said in a CBS interview Aug. 10.
Keep federal budget cuts coming, say 100 Christian and conservative leaders
Elon Musk has left Washington, D.C., but a who’s who of secular and Christian conservative leaders says the Trump administration should continue making chainsaw-style cuts to federal departments and programs Congress previously approved.
“Conservatives are united behind the efforts of President Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought in pursuing a robust strategy of pocket rescissions to cut spending and return accountability to the federal government,” said a statement approved by 100 leaders.
Trump’s Tax Bill Will Starve Public Schools. Kids are Next
Hunger in America's public schools is a real problem, and it is heartbreaking. As the head of the largest union of educators in the country, I hear stories almost daily of how kids struggle and how schools and teachers step up to fill the gaps. It’s the school community in Kentucky filling a Blessing Box with foods to help fellow students and families who don't have enough. It's the teacher in Rhode Island who started a food "recycling" program to ensure no food goes to waste and to give students access to healthy snacks like cheese sticks, apples, yogurt, and milk.
School meals are more than a budget line item. They are lifelines that help millions of students learn and grow. But as families across America prepare for the new school year, millions of children face the threat of returning to classrooms without access to school meals.
This unprecedented shift in unemployment suggests AI could strand white-collar knowledge workers in a jobless recovery after the next recession
Signs that artificial intelligence is weighing on the job market are continuing to creep into the data, offering clues on how AI could play a role the next time the economy slips into a downturn. Businesses have historically leaned on automation during recessions, and AI could hit white-collar knowledge workers especially hard, JPMorgan warned.
The Evangelical humanitarian organization World Vision was within its rights to withdraw a customer service job offer from a woman in a lesbian marriage expecting a baby, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Progressive Christianity’s Barmen Mistake
"People are going to die because we're cutting short funding for this technology," Adams said in a CBS interview Aug. 10.
Keep federal budget cuts coming, say 100 Christian and conservative leaders
Elon Musk has left Washington, D.C., but a who’s who of secular and Christian conservative leaders says the Trump administration should continue making chainsaw-style cuts to federal departments and programs Congress previously approved.
“Conservatives are united behind the efforts of President Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought in pursuing a robust strategy of pocket rescissions to cut spending and return accountability to the federal government,” said a statement approved by 100 leaders.
Trump’s Tax Bill Will Starve Public Schools. Kids are Next
Hunger in America's public schools is a real problem, and it is heartbreaking. As the head of the largest union of educators in the country, I hear stories almost daily of how kids struggle and how schools and teachers step up to fill the gaps. It’s the school community in Kentucky filling a Blessing Box with foods to help fellow students and families who don't have enough. It's the teacher in Rhode Island who started a food "recycling" program to ensure no food goes to waste and to give students access to healthy snacks like cheese sticks, apples, yogurt, and milk.
School meals are more than a budget line item. They are lifelines that help millions of students learn and grow. But as families across America prepare for the new school year, millions of children face the threat of returning to classrooms without access to school meals.
This unprecedented shift in unemployment suggests AI could strand white-collar knowledge workers in a jobless recovery after the next recession
Signs that artificial intelligence is weighing on the job market are continuing to creep into the data, offering clues on how AI could play a role the next time the economy slips into a downturn. Businesses have historically leaned on automation during recessions, and AI could hit white-collar knowledge workers especially hard, JPMorgan warned.
AI Centers consume tremendous amounts of electricity and water and monopolize these resources in the areas where these centers are located, negatively impacting farmers, small businesses, and residences. In manufacturing businesses are replacing human workers with robots and automated production lines. We may yet see a time in which a large part of the US population in unemployed. Mass unemployment in the past has led to civil unrest, political violence, and even revolution. What affects a community in turn affects its churches.World Vision can pull job offer to a woman in same-sex marriage, 9th Circuit rules
The Evangelical humanitarian organization World Vision was within its rights to withdraw a customer service job offer from a woman in a lesbian marriage expecting a baby, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Progressive Christianity’s Barmen Mistake
But this is not our Barmen moment.
Ethical Boundaries (and Risks) of Using AI for Sermon Preparation
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how people write, communicate, and learn. For pastors and ministry leaders, this technological shift raises important questions about the nature of sermon preparation. With tools like language models, content generators, and research assistants readily available online, it’s easier than ever to gather theological ideas, outline a message, or even generate entire drafts. But should pastors rely on these tools for sermon preparation? And if so, where should they draw the ethical line?
Is Worship Warfare or Witness?
In some corners of the modern church, the phrase worship warfare has gained momentum, sparking both enthusiasm and concern. While many believers find the language empowering, others question whether it risks conflating spiritual devotion with a kind of militant theology. In today’s polarized social and religious climate, this idea deserves careful scrutiny—not just emotional resonance.
The concept suggests that worship is not only an act of praise, but also a form of combat against spiritual darkness. But is this claim grounded in biblical teaching, or is it shaped more by contemporary rhetoric? The answer is not universally agreed upon, and its implications—both theological and cultural—warrant a closer look.
Audacious Prayer
Christians must be people who pray with audacity, not because we deserve an answer, but because God will give it.
Does Slow and Steady Win the Race in Group Ministry?
Will you and your group, or your church’s group ministry, be content to be the tortoise in the story, or might you move a little quicker?
Your Soccer Coach Has a Plan for Your Life
As another fall kicks off, your family is about to be ambushed by those who have strong convictions about where your family should spend its time. Well-meaning teachers, coaches, 4-H leaders, and drama and choir directors all want you to devote untold hours to their passion. And not a single one of those opportunities is bad. But they are dangerous.
How to protect our girls in a world that tells them they’re not pretty enough
I grew up in the early 2000s, a time when beauty was defined by what we saw on TV screens - flawless models and actresses held up as the ideal. As a teenager stepping into the world of social media, things only got worse. Influencers became the new standard of beauty, setting the bar not just high, but impossibly high.
My story isn’t unique. In fact, it's the norm.
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