November 5, 2026
Not Just on Sunday
Lonetta McKee
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Churches Partner to Offer Hope to the Homeless
Volunteers with 249 & Hope serve people experiencing homelessness along Texas Highway 249 with meals, practical assistance, prayer, and relationships that can lead to jobs, rehab opportunities, and…
Producing the Next Generation of Elders
Churches need elders who intentionally prepare the next generation to lead. John Ashenfelter examines how prayer, biblical character, leadership development, and succession can help congregations remain strong for…
Church Outreach Extends to Self-Service Laundries
Crossroads Christian Church volunteers turn a local laundromat into a place of service and friendship through Laundry Love, providing free laundry, detergent, quarters, and a simple expression of…
It”s All About the Mission
What makes an effective leader? Mark A. Taylor reflects on an unexpected lesson in humility, character, mission, and why lasting leadership depends on more than charisma.
Ohio Prophetic Voices Promotes Biblical Justice
Cincinnati pastor Troy Jackson helps launch Ohio Prophetic Voices, bringing faith leaders together to pursue biblical justice on racial equality, food access, human trafficking, and prisoner reintegration.
Here’s What Monthly Means
Christian Standard is moving from weekly to monthly publication, bringing readers an expanded issue with familiar features, new columnists, news, and resources while continuing weekly content online.
Don’t Lead Alone!
Michael C. Mack explains why healthy small group leaders share leadership, develop a core team, shepherd people through relationships, and intentionally prepare new leaders for groups that grow…
Church Blessing Teen Parents from Area Schools
Valley View Christian Church’s Blessing Teen Parents ministry grew from a small gathering into monthly events encouraging teen mothers and fathers from five local schools to stay connected,…
An Important Step Forward
After publishing weekly since 1866, Christian Standard announces its move to a 68-page monthly magazine designed to offer deeper content, reach more readers, and steward resources more effectively.
DCC Offers Scholarships to Family after Father Dies
Dallas Christian College offered Diane Aulger and her five children full-tuition scholarships after her husband, Mark, died from pulmonary fibrosis just five days after meeting their newborn daughter.
Preaching, Prevailing, and Seeking
LeRoy Lawson reviews three books exploring Fred B. Craddock’s preaching, a wartime story of love and resilient faith, and George C. Hunter III’s vision for Celtic evangelism and…
Their Questions, Your Answers with These Two New Titles
David Faust’s Honest Questions, Honest Answers equips Christians to welcome honest doubts and respond thoughtfully to questions about Christian faith with practical, understandable answers.
Megachurches: Storm Clouds Ahead?
Brian Maris examines three challenges facing megachurches: dependence on smaller churches for growth, changing patterns of financial support, and Sunday-centric systems that can limit missional engagement.
Milligan to Begin Offering Political Science Major
Milligan College will offer a new political science major with general and international politics tracks, preparing students for careers and graduate study in law, government service, research, teaching,…
A Mission, Not Just a Mission Trip
Church leaders explore how community service becomes more than another program when outreach is relational, rooted in everyday life, and intentionally focused on making disciples.
