This Thanksgiving, we can shift our focus to others by incorporating some of these ideas into our Thanksgiving traditions.
VOICES: 8 global trends that will transform the future Church
As we cross the threshold of a rapidly shifting global landscape, the Church must prepare itself for tectonic changes that will redefine its mission, methods, and missiology. We are living in a kairos moment — a window of divine opportunity — where crises and breakthroughs collide, giving birth to movements that will reshape how the body of Christ engages culture, makes disciples, and stewards the Kingdom.
The following are eight emerging global trends that I believe will transform the Church of the future....
Why Christianity No Longer Feels Necessary—But Might Be Again Soon
Charles Taylor famously began his definitive account of secularism by describing the loss of religious assumptions between 1500 and 2000. In Luther’s day, you had to opt out of religion. In our day, you must opt in. Faith is contested by the pluralism of our eyes. Everyone knows you don’t need to be Christian, that Christians don’t hold a monopoly on power. That’s our post-Christendom world, where belief sprouts on one street and decadence rules on another.
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say is designed to protect immigrants in their neighborhoods and around Chicago.
Vatican rejects polygamy and polyamory in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
The Vatican’s new doctrinal note sharply rejects polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
The decades long exodus of Anglican clergy into Catholicism
A study by St Mary’s University London has shown that since 1992 significant numbers of Anglican clergy have shifted their allegiance to Rome and have joined the Catholic Church.
1992 was the year that the Church of England controversially voted in favour of the ordination of women. The Catholic Church maintains that the priesthood is reserved for men only.
Georgia Priest Elected Bishop of East Carolina
Fisher, who says her strengths are in congregational development and listening, will also be the Episcopal Church’s third openly lesbian bishop.
Fire at historic Canadian church investigated as arson amid spike in attacks
A fire that destroyed a historic Anglican church in Canada in the early hours before Sunday worship last year is now being investigated as arson. This comes as the nation grapples with a rise in church arson attacks.
St. Anne’s Church of Toronto, a congregation of the Anglican Church of Canada, was destroyed by a fire that completely engulfed the structure on June 9, 2024.
What Was the Protestant Reformation—& Why Does It Matter?
What is the Protestant Reformation, and why does it matter? Joel Beeke joins Kirk E. Miller to talk about the Reformation: Who were the Protestants, and why did they seek to reform the church? Kirk and Beeke explore the reason for the Reformation and unpack its core tenets like sola fide and sola scriptura. Tune in as they consider how these foundational beliefs reshaped the church and the life of everyday believers, and discover why the Reformation is not just a historical event but a vital part of evangelical Christian heritage.
Called to Ministry Later in Life: When God Leads You to Pastor in Adulthood
The church doesn't just need early prodigies. It also needs men slowly forged in the slow fires of ordinary life.
Why You Should Leave Your Church (A Pastor's Perspective)
Most of the time, church hopping for convenience (better music, cooler programs, or a coffee bar) reveals more about our consumer culture than about spiritual growth. But Sam and Josh explain that there are also good, biblical, and even necessary reasons to leave one church for another.
Pittsburgh traveling choir brings live music to the pews in underserved communities
The Diocese of Pittsburgh, though based in a large city, has many small churches in rural areas of southwestern Pennsylvania with no music program. To help bring music to those congregations, a group of volunteer chorists, called the Cantate Usquam Pilgrim Singers, will travel to sing during weekend worship services for free.
With the availability of electronic recordings of church music in a variety of formats-CDs, midis, mp3s, digital hymnals, the lack of a organist or pianist should not prevent a congregation from singing more than a couple of hymns. I found the excuses that the clergyperson in the article offered for not having more music in the service to be rather lame and suggestive of an inability to delegate and a deficit of imagination coupled with a lack of appreciation of congregational singing as an integral part of the people's worship.Spanking is often normalized in evangelical culture. When does it become child abuse?
Those of us who follow Jesus — who himself had the strongest of words for any who harm children or cause them to lose faith — should be the loudest voices decrying this unethical and harmful parenting practice.
What If Following Jesus Hinders My Relationships?
Wholehearted love for Jesus may divide, but never disappoints.
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