December 20, 2009
A Curious Gift
Daniel Schantz recalls childhood Christmas gift-hunting and a mother who turned curiosity into joy, shaping his lifelong search for wisdom, learning, and wonder.
Series: Featured
December 20, 2009
Season of Love
Churches across the country share practical ways they are serving their communities at Christmas through gifts, food, local missions, school partnerships, homeless outreach, and community programs.
December 20, 2009
The Ironic Opportunity of Christmas
Ethan Magness reflects on how the church can redeem Christmas culture by recovering Advent, Mary’s song, and the incarnation as a model for embodied Christian ministry.
December 20, 2009
Living with Expectancy
Alan Ahlgrim reflects on Christmas, expectancy, and the light of Christ, reminding readers that God’s greatest gift is not always what we expected, but the Savior we need.
December 13, 2009
Pastoral Care in the Midst of Crisis
Ken Swatman offers practical pastoral guidance for serving people in crisis with humility, honest words, quiet presence, and trust in God’s comfort.
December 13, 2009
The Point of Christianity 4: Reconciling Male and Female
Douglas A. Foster explores reconciliation as the point of Christianity and asks how Christ’s work should shape the church’s understanding of Scripture, slavery, and women’s roles.
December 6, 2009
Reaching Unbelievers: How Effective Is Your Church?
Kent R. Hunter explains why churches must move beyond “y’all come” strategies and develop relational, missional approaches for reaching unchurched people in everyday community life.
December 6, 2009
Lessons from the Fishin” Hole
Marcus Bigelow reflects on feeling out of place in a small-town restaurant and urges churches to help outsiders feel at home while planting congregations that fit their communities.
December 6, 2009
Mud, Sweat, and Tears: Recipe for Hope
A Katrina relief trip to Biloxi brought together volunteers from different churches for hard work, shared meals, spiritual stories, and the discovery that service often changes the servants.
December 6, 2009
Has Christianity Declined and Fallen (and Can”t Get Up)?
David A. Fiensy challenges reports of Christianity’s decline by looking at global growth, spiritual searching in America, and the vitality of faith across Africa, China, Russia, and the global south.
November 29, 2009
Restoration Revolution
Russell Johnson introduces Restoration Revolution, a 10-year mission effort calling churches and leaders to prayer, church planting, translation, discipleship tools, and new laborers.
November 29, 2009
INTO AFRICA: Ray and Effie Giles
Ray and Effie Giles helped plant churches in Ethiopia, served through famine relief and mission leadership, and saw the Ethiopian church grow through persecution.
November 29, 2009
INTO AFRICA: Dennis and Lucy Pruett
Joe Bliffen recounts Dennis D. Pruett’s decades of medical evangelism in Zimbabwe, from Mashoko Mission and Christian Hospital to worldwide efforts through FAME and HASTEN International.
November 29, 2009
INTO AFRICA: Bob and Phyllis Mills
Bob and Phyllis Mills spent 47 years in Africa, building a correspondence and publishing ministry that shared Christian literature in more than 20 languages.
November 29, 2009
Fifty Years of Missiology: 1960″“2010
Doug Priest highlights key 4C missiologists whose missionary service, teaching, writing, and institutional leadership shaped the academic discipline of missiology and strengthened Christian mission worldwide.
November 29, 2009
Best Mission Practices in the 21st Century
Robert Reese considers what today’s global Christians can learn from New Testament missions: gospel priority, equality across cultures, wise stewardship, humble learning, and faithfulness under persecution.
November 29, 2009
The Burning Need
Greg Pruett calls Christians to see the world’s urgent spiritual and physical needs and join the mission through prayer, giving, sending, or going.
November 22, 2009
Eternal Threads: Weaving Hope and Justice
Eternal Threads helps women artisans in developing countries earn sustainable income through fair trade crafts while supporting anti-trafficking work, literacy training, and vocational development.
November 22, 2009
Revolution
Glen Elliott calls Christians to join the kingdom revolution Jesus began, moving beyond passive religion into courageous service, sacrifice, and difference-making in the world.
November 22, 2009
Christians, Politics, & Ethical Speech
Thomas Scott Caulley urges Christians to reject name-calling, political fearmongering, and win-at-all-costs tactics while keeping faith distinct from partisan and economic systems.
