December 19, 2014
Christian Standard Editor Mark A. Taylor talks with Paul Covert, one of only three full-time prayer ministers in the U.S., at the 2014 International Conference on Missions. Hear their conversation here.
December 18, 2014
At the 2014 International Conference on Missions, Dick Eastman talks about how to reach every home for Christ in this exclusive interview with Christian Standard Editor Mark A. Taylor.
November 21, 2014
Mike Schrage, president of the 2016 International Conference on Missions to be held in Lexington, Kentucky, talked about the work of Good News Productions, the impact through the decades of the missionary conference, and his plans for 2016. See the video interview with Editor Mark Taylor, from the exhibit floor of the 2014 ICOM, here.
November 20, 2014
Editor Mark Taylor talked with Dave Empson, executive director of International Conference on Missions, and Gary Holloway, executive director of World Convention, about their joint venture in India in 2017. See the video interview, from on the exhibit floor of the 2014 ICOM, here.
October 6, 2014
By Doug Priest Dan Crum and Joe Cluff, along with their families, have served for many years as missionaries among the Maasai people of Kenya. They were interviewed by CHRISTIAN STANDARD contributing editor Doug Priest. When did each of you arrive in Kenya and what has been your ministry through the years. DAN CRUM: We arrived in Kenya in 1988, and lived in rural Maasailand for 10 years in the ministry of evangelism, church planting, and leadership training. The next three years were focused on producing written materials in the Maasai language, followed by seven years as team leader.
July 28, 2014
Meet Our Contributing Editors: In this final interview of CHRISTIAN STANDARD”s contributing editors, we talk with the writer who interviewed all the others. This worker and watcher of the church talks about small churches, megachurches, and the failings and future possibilities of our movement. Tell us who you are””not a recitation of your résumé, but what makes you tick. My parents like to tell the story of coming to pick me up from the toddler”s room at church one Sunday morning and discovering me hiding under a crib, calmly looking out at everybody. That kind of sums it up””I”m an
July 24, 2014
Kevin Dooley from New Mission Systems International talks about marketplace ministry as a strategy for influencing culture anywhere. Hear this exclusive interview with CHRISTIAN STANDARD Editor Mark Taylor here.Â
July 22, 2014
David Roadcup, James Estep, and Gary Johnson have helped thousands of elders and ministers work together more productively. Their advice to resolve elder/staff conflict: “The first step is to admit you’re broken.” Click here to see their interview with CHRISTIAN STANDARD Editor Mark Taylor.
July 21, 2014
Lisa Harper talks about women’s ministry in changing times and how becoming a single parent at age 50 has taught her life-changing lessons about God and about herself. See her interview with CHRISTIAN STANDARD Editor Mark Taylor here.
July 19, 2014
Gene Appel says “The evangelistic temperature of a church drops faster than anything else.” He discusses how to solve this problem, including a strategy of reducing ministry programs where he preaches, Eastside Christian Church, Anaheim, California. Hear his interview with CHRISTIAN STANDARD Editor Mark Taylor here.
July 17, 2014
Rick Rusaw thinks about how the “externally focused” concept has matured to make a difference these days in whole communities. He describes the power of neighboring and tells how that’s being lived out where he preaches, LifeBridge Christian Church, Longmont, Colorado. Hear his interview with CHRISTIAN STANDARD editor Mark Taylor here.
July 16, 2014
Ben Merold tells why small churches will survive, why they must, and how they can. Hear his interview with CHRISTIAN STANDARD Editor Mark  Taylor here.
July 15, 2014
Cal Jernigan calls himself “a success story of the Christian church.” See why, and hear the pastor of Central Christian Church, Mesa, Arizona, explain why he believes church leadership is a lot harder than it looks. Enjoy his interview with CHRISTIAN STANDARD Editor Mark Taylor here.
July 14, 2014
David Kinnaman, president of the Barna Group, discusses why millennials are leaving the church and how we can keep them. Hear his interview with CHRISTIAN STANDARD Editor Mark Taylor here.
July 11, 2014
Lee Strobel talked about his love for the Christian Church movement and the need for apologetics teaching today in his interview with CHRISTIAN STANDARD Editor Mark Taylor at the 2014 North American Christian Convention. See it here.
July 10, 2014
Rick Santorum spoke passionately at the 2014 North American Christian Convention about the need for Christian values to permeate our culture and the potential of Christian film to help accomplish this. See CHRISTIAN STANDARD Editor Mark Taylor’s interview with him here.
July 10, 2014
CHRISTIAN STANDARD Editor Mark Taylor talks””and laughs!””with Liz Curtis Higgs at the 2014 North American Christian Convention about how to write a book and why she’s encouraged about the future of the church. See the interview here.
July 4, 2014
By Paul Boatman Tim Harlow, the senior pastor of Parkview Christian Church, Orland Park, Illinois, is president of the 2014 North American Christian Convention. Tell us about your work with the North American Christian Convention. My mother carried me in her womb to my first NACC. In the 52 years since then, I have attended 46 of the conventions. It really has always been a part of my life. In 1990, when I began a difficult ministry with this church, the convention was a lifeline for me. I got the empowering messages, the pats on the back, the “juice”
June 15, 2014
By David Faust Why have you devoted so much of your life and ministry to Christian apologetics? I come from India, where the Christian faith is clearly a minority.1 When you believe something out of deep conviction that has cost you quite a bit and is not in the mainstream, then you have to answer the questions that arise. There is no escaping it, internally or externally. You are constantly surrounded by deep-seated questions of truth. I myself had many questions as a young person, and came to Christ on a bed of suicide at the age of 17. Thus,
May 28, 2014
Interview by Jennifer Johnson Meet Our Contributing Editors: The senior pastor of Mountain Christian Church in Joppa, Maryland, shares his passion about Christian witness in a post-Christian culture, especially how we relate to gays and lesbians. From an ongoing series of interviews with CHRISTIAN STANDARD”s contributing editors. At our recent meeting of CHRISTIAN STANDARD”s contributing editors, you described the 21st-century American church as an exilic community. What did you mean by that? There was a time when Israel was large and in charge, enjoying prominence in the promised land. But the tide turned significantly. Eventually they were chased out of town and
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