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Our cover story this month follows a handful of Ukrainians who left their country on the eve of war—or in some cases, years earlier—and who sensed they were in exile “for such a time as this.” Plus: laundromat ministries, sermon lengths, fighting compassion fatigue, Jesus and jazz, and more. Purchase this individual PDF issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. ..
This issue we give special attention to the thousands of US pastors who faithfully labor unseen and who wonder how much longer they can hold themselves together. COVID-19 put unique strains on clergy—a group that was already seeing rising rates of burnout—and the effects will linger long after most Americans have put their masks away. In our cover story, Kyle Rohane argues that pastors are less likely than other workers to join the Big Quit. It sounds like good news and is, in ways. But in other ways, it’s a.....
Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing.A church is always more than the space in which it meets, but it is never less. Congregations cannot help being shaped by the places and neighborhoods they inhabit, as editor Kara Bettis explores this month in her reporting on the concept of “spiritual gentrification.” Churches are usually birthed around a shared vision for ministry. When the world around a.....
Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing. Frustration with the increasing ambiguity of the word evangelical is a common starting point for many who now describe themselves as deconstructing. In this month’s cover story, theologian Kirsten Sanders offers a helpful definition of deconstruction: “the struggle to correct or deepen naive belief.” Even more helpfully, she rightly sees that struggle as akin to our theological work of knowing and loving.....
Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing. For all the alarms sounded today over declining reading habits, and for all the fears that social-media shallowness has crowded out serious thinking, people still make a big deal of books. We buy them and read them. We discuss and debate them. And we still sense that the deepest, most enduring truths about God and man, about history and.....
The Gospels are silent about most of Jesus’ life on earth. Perhaps no time of year are we more aware of that than during Advent, when perennial questions resurface: When exactly did those Magi visit? What was Christ’s childhood like? His education? Did his family live in relative comfort, or in penury? At the center of all these questions is the void in what we know about Joseph. But what little information we do have offers a lot to explore. Our stories this month reexamine Joseph’s spirituality and the trade.....
Historically, Americans almost universally believed churches were good for communities. Even families that were not particularly devout leaned heavily on congregations in the 19th century to educate their children both in letters and in moral foundations. That amity has faded, of course, with declining church attendance. But a growing body of social science and medical research suggests corporate worship is not merely good for our souls but also for our bodies and minds. Our cover story this month explores why the abandonment of church could constitute a silent public health.....
This Present Fiction: Evangelical intellectuals have generally disdained Christian fiction as lacking any real literary worth. But as Daniel Silliman notes in this month’s cover story, diverse groups of readers have long found virtue, pleasure, and the hope of Christ even in the most popular and viral Christian novels. Criticism of these books misses the crucial role they have played in shaping evangelicalism today. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please.....
After the Withdrawal: Our September issue went to press before the stunningly rapid fall of Afghanistan's government. This month's cover honors the history of faithful, unseen service in Afghanistan on the part of local believers and Christian aid workers. With US troops largely gone from the country and the Taliban now firmly in control, it’s easy to forget that the church was at work there long before America’s "forever war" began—and will remain at work there, in whatever form it takes, now that the war has ended. Purchase this individual.....
The Girls Who Would Not Bow: In this month’s cover story, two Wall Street Journal reporters with extensive experience in West Africa uncover the defiant Christian faith that sustained the girls throughout their captivity, detailing the strength they drew from stealthily shared prayers, songs, and Bible passages. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing...
The Gospel and Gossip: Our cover story this month explores how the Bible describes gossip and how our understanding of it does and doesn’t line up. When does clamping down on rumors help the church, and when does it create conditions for abuse? Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing...
Single Parent By Choice: This month’s cover story documents the overlooked “single parents by choice” in the evangelical world. Churches, long committed almost exclusively to the nuclear family, have broadened their ministry approach to better embrace this group—even as many church leaders wrestle with the implications of Christians feeling called to raise kids outside of marriage. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing...
Multiracial Reckoning: Ohio State University sociologist Korie Little Edwards writes in a personal essay about the African American struggle to find “oneness” in diverse churches. This month’s issue features a collection of stories exploring how far America’s multiethnic church movement has come and how far it has yet to go. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing...
The Bible (and Other Books We Love in 2021): Bible translation is fraught with challenges. Yet through it all—and through storm and worldwide sickness—the Word of the Lord endures. Our issue this month pays homage to the timeless truth of Scripture, as well as to a few other books our team of judges loved this year. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing...
For God Still Loves The World: We find ourselves near the end of a painful year, with a dark winter ahead of us. CT's December issue speaks to the fundamental truth we celebrate every Christmas: "on those living in the land of deep darkness, a light has dawned" (Isaiah 9:2). God still loves the world. He is still God With Us. And he still lives and moves among his people to bring light and life, hope and healing. These are the stories of the global Church at work in the age.....
Christians Invented Health Insurance. Can They Make Something Better?: The modern US system of insurance-based care began as a Christian invention to help the vulnerable, but today it often feels like a punitive system denying medicine to those who need it most. Our cover story this month asks: Can Christians once again find a better way? Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing...
Atlanta's Dream: In this month’s cover package, we hear from pastors, politicians, and entrepreneurs—black Christian leaders whose faith calls them back into their communities in the diverse hometown of Martin Luther King Jr. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing...
What Are Police For?: Our cover package this month explores the theology of law enforcement in two parts. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing...
Vanishing Vows: Our cover story this issue outlines the alarming reality that marriage is no longer even an appealing option for most young couples. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing...
Who Is My COVID-19 Neighbor?: Our cover story this month examines the virus’s potential impact in the developing world. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing...
World Vision's Forgotten Founder: Our cover story this month features the work of Kyung-Chik Han, a South Korean pastor who worked tirelessly mobilizing churches to meet overwhelming needs in the midst of the Korean War. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing. ..
Forgive Us Our Sins (And Theirs, Too): This month's cover story examines the power of communal confession to heal the church's--and society's--deepest divisions. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing. ..
The Hidden Cost of Tax Exemption: Our cover story this month revisits the history of church tax exemption and reexamines the stake of the fight to preserve it--as well as how the privilege does and doesn't help Christians to better love God and neighbor. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT.Please allow 4-5 days for order processing. ..
The First Christian: Our cover story this month examines the Mary we never knew. Jennifer Powell McNutt and Amy Beverage Peeler argue from tradition and the biblical record that Mary was not only the earliest disciple of Christ, she was perhaps also the most faithful disciple. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT.Please allow 4-5 days for order processing...
Worship Where You Work: Our cover story this month explores the challenges of launching hyper-focused congregations in one of the hardest-to-reach communities in America: Disney World. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT.Please allow 4-5 days for order processing. ..
Don't Paint The Orphanage: Our cover story this month looks back on the past decade of debate over the impact of short-term mission trips and motives behind them. Churches and missions groups have changed in response to the debate, but are the changes enough? Or have they gone too far? Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing. ..
Could Evangelical Homeschoolers Save Western Pagan Thought?: Our cover story this month reintroduces readers to the ever-expanding world of classical Christian education which has set itself as a bulwark against a growing attack on Western tradition in academia. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing. ..
Gleaning's Comeback: Our cover story this issue argues that the ancient Hebrew practice of gleaning has application in today’s efficiency-obsessed marketplace. The dream: that gleaning can not only create space for society’s economically marginalized groups but, in doing so, it can also transform the lives of those with economic and cultural power. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing. ..
God Gave Us Oil: Our cover story this month takes a new look at our stewardship of fossil fuels—and oil, in particular—through the lens of blessing. Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing. ..
A Border Runs Through It: Our cover story this month highlights an often-overlooked group in US border communities: binational students. Student ministries like Young Life have spent years building trust and experience reaching out to teens along the border who live somewhere 'in between.' Purchase this individual issue of Christianity Today or subscribe to get complete access to 60+ years of archives, subscriber-only features, and future issues of CT. Please allow 4-5 days for order processing. ..
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