November 5, 2026
Not Just on Sunday
Lonetta McKee
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The Landing
Tim Harlow challenges church leaders to consider their long-term trajectory, guard against complacency, maintain their passion for God’s kingdom, and intentionally prepare to finish strong in ministry.
We Know Leaders Like Those the World Is Seeking
The Costa Concordia disaster exposed a crisis of leadership. Mark A. Taylor contrasts a captain who abandoned ship with Christian leaders who demonstrate integrity, sacrifice, and steadfast service…
Emmanuel Offers Web-based Degree Completion
Emmanuel Christian Seminary offers a new online independent study course to help former students who completed all degree requirements except the thesis return and finish their degrees.
IDES Working to Help Tornado Victims
International Disaster Emergency Service is mobilizing churches, volunteers, donations, and disaster response teams to assist tornado victims in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, and surrounding areas.
Orlando in July? Can’t Wait!
Mark A. Taylor looks forward to the North American Christian Convention in Orlando, where preaching, workshops, challenging seminars, and a more relaxed schedule promise a refreshing convention experience.
Lifeline, Southland Work Together for Haiti
Lifeline Christian Mission and Southland Christian Church brought 6,000 volunteers together to pack more than 1 million meals for Haiti, engaging churches, businesses, students, and community groups in…
An Incredible Group for an Important Mission
Christian Standard’s contributing editors gather to discuss the magazine’s future, sharpen its mission, and share fellowship, prayer, and insight from their varied experiences in Christian leadership.
Provocative Approaches to Purity, Dementia, and the Afterlife
LeRoy Lawson reviews three thought-provoking books exploring purity and mercy, the fractured experience of dementia, and imaginative visions of the afterlife that ultimately illuminate this life.
‘Promise Island’ VBS Earns Top Honors
Standard Publishing’s “Adventures on Promise Island” earned top honors as Lynda Freeman’s top Vacation Bible School pick for 2012, praised for its Bible content, service emphasis, island setting,…
Heritage Center Ready to Add to Collection
Pepperdine University’s Churches of Christ Heritage Center preserves books, photographs, congregational histories, and rare artifacts documenting Restoration Movement history, with director Jerry Rushford continuing to expand the collection.
The Candidates and Causes We Worship
Drawing on Timothy Keller’s Counterfeit Gods, Mark A. Taylor considers how politics can become an idol—and why Christians can engage political issues passionately while keeping their ultimate hope…
The Lodge and the Lord”s Supper
Mark A. Taylor reflects on how easily Communion can become routine and challenges churches to consider whether the Lord’s Supper meaningfully proclaims Christ’s death to believers and visitors.
Church Continues with Katrina Recovery Efforts
More than six years after Hurricane Katrina, Biloxi Christian Church continues to house, feed, and support volunteers working to help Gulf Coast communities recover.
Sherman Interviews President Bush
Former President George W. Bush talks with Compass Christian Church pastor Drew Sherman about 9/11, leadership, prayer, and the presidency at a banquet benefiting Real Choices Pregnancy Center.
Lipscomb University Adds Benefit to Prison Program
Lipscomb University’s LIFE program brings college students and women at the Tennessee Prison for Women together for face-to-face classes while creating a path toward an associate degree and…
