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Billy Graham, Rick Warren Top list of Influential Figures

Billy Graham and Rick Warren hold the top two spots on a list of leaders who pastors say have the greatest influence on churches, according to a...

Billy Graham, Rick Warren Top list of Influential Figures

Make Up Your Mind: The Lutheran Sexuality Report

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America had been eagerly awaiting the release of a report by its Task Force for Sexuality. But the document...

Make Up Your Mind: The Lutheran Sexuality Report

January Named Pastors' Wives Appreciation Month

To highlight the important role of their spouses and to acknowledge the contributions these women make to the church and society, Global Pastors...

January Named Pastors' Wives Appreciation Month

Create a Worship Gathering for Emerging Generations

The 18- to 35-year-old generation is missing today, even from popular megachurches that offer contemporary music and plenty of programs geared...

Create a Worship Gathering for Emerging Generations

Church Websites: LuxuryToday, Necessity Tomorrow

According to a study just released, the size of a church and even the age of its pastor factor into how much that church is using the power of the...

Church Websites: LuxuryToday, Necessity Tomorrow

To the Ends of the Earth

As Christians called to go to the ends of the earth, we must understand the magnitude and breadth of this new landscape and the ways to minister to...

To the Ends of the Earth

In the Shadow of Death: The Little Ones Are Safe With Jesus

The death of the little ones in the Asia Tsunami poses anguished questions that reach to the depth of Christian faith. What happened to these young...

In the Shadow of Death: The Little Ones Are Safe With Jesus

Revive Your Ministry This New Year

The new year is an excellent time to take stock and reflect on necessary changes in your ministry and church programs.

Revive Your Ministry This New Year

Lesbian Pastor's Appeal Expected to Bear No Fruit

A Methodist minister who was defrocked for declaring that she's a lesbian living with her partner is taking her case to a church appeals court. ...

Lesbian Pastor's Appeal Expected to Bear No Fruit

A New Year Without Fear

Discover contentment, companionship, confidence, and comfort in the New Year.

A New Year Without Fear

For Women in Ministry: You Are Something Else!

In order to allow the power of God to freely reign in our lives and flow through us, spilling out in ministry, we must cultivate spiritual habits....

For Women in Ministry: You Are Something Else!

What is Worship? Changing the Life of a Child

How one person, one worship team or one congregation can make the difference with the help of World Vision.

What is Worship? Changing the Life of a Child

Must We Believe the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ?

In his recent column in The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof pointed to belief in the Virgin Birth as evidence that conservative Christians are...

Must We Believe the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ?

Radical Reconcilers: Being the Unified Body of Christ

As children of God, we're supernaturally related to all those who claim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Regardless of their ethnicity, they're our...

Radical Reconcilers: Being the Unified Body of Christ

'Haiti at the Cross' Celebrates Turning Point for Nation

Poverty. Voodoo. Political turmoil. AIDS - Haiti's problems are vast. But thanks to the combined efforts of Haitian Christians and international...

'Haiti at the Cross' Celebrates Turning Point for Nation