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Ten Years After Charleston
Chris Singleton’s mother was killed at the Mother Emanuel church shooting a decade ago. He’s still preaching unity and love.
For Pastors
Preaching Today, a resource of Christianity Today, provides pastors and preachers sermon prep help with sermon illustrations, sermons, sermon ideas, and preaching articles.
Pastoring in the Age of Deconstruction
Not all deconstruction is the same. A pastor offers three categories to help you listen better and shepherd well.
Preaching After the Poet
In the wake of Walter Brueggemann’s passing, we’re left with his challenge: Preach not to explain but to evoke. Not to tame but to testify.
Facing a Precarious Future in Hong Kong
While Beijing has not yet clamped down on religion in the city, three churches are preparing.
Phylicia Masonheimer on How Erotic Fiction Harms Women
The author and theologian spoke with CT about women’s porn use and her path to freedom from addiction.
Featured Resources
Pastoring Parents of Prodigals
As more young adults walk away from church, your role isn’t to fix their families but to faithfully walk with them in hope.
Mobilizing Your Church to Be a Force for Foster Care
What pastors need to know to turn ordinary faith into extraordinary care for the children God hasn’t forgotten.
The Gen Z Worship War
Well, not a war so much as a slow and worrisome sorting of men and women into different corners of Christianity.
How Coptic Martyrs—and Migrants—Inform Our Christian Faith
While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always what Copts expect.
The Father to the Fatherless Sang a New Song over Me
Abandoned at birth, I grew up in Romanian orphanages. Today I lead Eastern Europe’s largest Christian music festival.
The Shepherd’s Way Is Slower
Wendell Berry’s “Jayber Crow” reveals what pastors risk losing when they trade presence for productivity.
I Have a Baby Face. It Shouldn’t Discount My Leadership.
Ageism persists in majority-Asian churches. But Scripture exhorts us to transform how we speak and act toward young pastors and leaders.
Pastors Press on After 46,000 Churchgoers Leave Hong Kong
Political upheaval led many to emigrate overseas. Yet some pastors still remain to shepherd those who stay.
How the Nicene Creed Became Cool Again
More and more churches are turning to ancient words of faith to anchor modern worship.
Why Choose the Path of the Pastor?
Despite fewer pursuing pastoral roles today, the vocation provides the unique privilege of making a profound impact by sharing oneself with others.
Three Counterintuitive Shifts to Move Your Church from Decline to Renewal
Ministry momentum doesn’t always come from working harder. Sometimes it starts with thinking differently.
Anyone Can Bless the Food
Sometimes the pastor needs to lead a prayer. But sometimes, ask the new convert or the shy student to talk to God in public.
Right-Size Your Fear
A note from CT’s president in our May/June issue.
Taking Evangelism Beyond Strategy to Second Nature
Pastors don’t need hype to lead their churches in mission. These four rhythms can shift a church from evangelistic intention to evangelistic instinct.
The Fire We Carry
Pastors may feel pressure to deliver mountaintop moments, but lasting formation is kindled in the steady fire of ordinary faithfulness.
Should I Talk to My Kids’ School About the Pledge of Allegiance?
CT advice columnists also weigh in on cultivating lifelong friendships and ending a dating relationship in a godly way.
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