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Alejandro wasn’t a pastor. As an immigrant from Peru, Alejandro’s understanding of church leadership was unlike what he was observing in North America. He found it difficult to see how he might lead, even though his life demonstrated evangelistic faithfulness

In John 15, Jesus said that he is the vine and we are the branches. As he develops the analogy, he adds, “Abide in me and bear much fruit.” Furthermore, he says branches that do not bear fruit he removes

Ed: Tell us a little bit about the initiative. Denis LaClare: The Every International Initiative is a collaborative effort from international student ministries around North America. We're coming together to provide a platform where anyone can come to the website

Photo Credit: Screenshot Bitter Winter/YouTube(Bitter Winter) — In China, Communist Party members have always been prohibited from holding religious beliefs. Last August, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities incorporated this conventional principle into the newly revised “Disciplinary Regulations of the

We are prone to naivety in regard to reading our current cultural moment. You’ve likely heard someone recently—either in person or online—decry the fact that “society has never been in worse shape,” or that “things are spiraling out of control

Ed: It’s hard to deny that we are living in challenging times culturally. The church’s influence is fading and we are struggling to find answers to some hard questions. What’s your take on the health of the church today, especially

Mr. Rogers’s dangerous side, what we lose when hymnbooks disappear, and quitting the tug-of-war over Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s legacy. Read our most-read book reviews of 2018, ranked in reverse order of which ones our online readers read most.Continue reading

As another year begins, we all have resolutions of things we’d like to change or start. We make many promises to ourselves and sometimes others. One of the things I want to commit to is being a better leader in

It’s day one of the New Year— let the resolutions begin. Ugh. New Year’s is perhaps the only holiday that requires its celebrants to continue the ‘festivities’ months and months after the day is out. It’s the gift that keeps

Remembering Aretha Franklin, the founder of Awana, and the scholar who made missions cross-cultural. A collection of CT obituaries and tributes in 2018, listed in chronological order.Continue reading