When evangelicals from around the world gather for the fourth global Lausanne Congress (L4) in Seoul, Korea, we will once again grapple with an ever-present tension of evangelical mission.
As we prepare for the Lausanne gathering in September, we should remember the foundational principles that have shaped the movement along with how these principles can guide the future of evangelism.
Christians should approach an election like an umpire approaches a baseball game. We don't uncritically join or cheer for a team. We call balls, strikes, and fouls.
The arrogant pastor. Even writing an aticle on this almost guarantees comments about pots and kettles. I'm as human as you are. And if we are all honest with ourselves, we would admit that it is a struggle for each of us in some way.
To honor America, pastors and churches often integrate patriotic elements into their worship services on the Sunday closest to Independence Day. And, with it, the inevitable controversy ensues.
June is Pride Month in the United States, which is now nearly over. But the topics of sexuality and gender are at the fore of the conversation in this cultural moment.
When I asked Ukrainian Christian leaders what they would want American Christians to know and to do, they consistently pleaded with me: “Tell Americans to stop believing Russian propaganda about the war.”
I recently wrote the foreword to a helpful new book called "Attentive Church Leadership." In a sense, the key is to know what time it is—and how we might react.
If you think community is an important part of healthy church life, and I hope you do, then small groups should also be important to you. They are actually crucial to the life of any church.