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The Celebrity Pastor Problem Is Every Church’s Struggle

How our ministry policies and practices can push back against entitlement.

Rich Villodas

When I became a pastor at New Life Fellowship, my predecessor, Pete Scazzero, told me, “Congratulations, you can’t park in the church parking lot anymore!”

This shocked me, since I came from a church where I saw all kinds of perks and special treatment for senior leaders. I wondered, Shouldn’t pastors have prime parking spots?

Our church in Queens has a small lot—massive by New York City standards—but the point was taken. Pastors aren’t entitled to special ...

Obituary

Died: Walter Hooper, Who Gave His Life to C.S. Lewis’s Legacy

He kept works in print, edited new collections, and spent a lifetime meditating on everything written by the beloved British author.

Daniel Silliman

Walter Hooper, a North Carolina man who dedicated his life to preserving and promoting the writings of C. S. Lewis, died Monday at the age of 89. He was sick with COVID-19.

Hooper served briefly and informally as Lewis’s literary secretary—helping the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, and The Abolition of Man answer his mail—before Lewis’s death in 1963. Hooper, then 33, left a teaching post at the University of Kentucky to take a leading role in managing ...

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Week 3: Immanuel, God with Us

Advent devotional readings from Christianity Today.

Rachel Kang, Jay Y. Kim, Catherine McNiel, Ken Shigematsu, and Rich Villodas

Ghana Pentecostals Come to the Defense of Accused Witches

An old woman was killed when she refused to confess to causing irregular rain. Christians had to speak up.

Daniel Silliman and Griffin Paul Jackson

Why I Claim the ‘Global Evangelical’ Label

My church identity is tied to the body of Christ abroad.

Tish Harrison Warren

Under Discussion

Should Pastors Speak Up About the COVID-19 Vaccine?

With Christians split on the issue, some urge vaccination as a form of neighborly love, while others leave it up to conscience.

Compiled by Rebecca Randall

Africa

How the ‘World’s Largest Family’ Survived a Global Pandemic

While other children’s homes have closed, Mully Children’s Family has cared for thousands.

Kara Bettis with additional reporting by Tonny Onyulo

Music

Christmas Albums 2020: What’s on Our Playlist

From Tori Kelly to Maverick City Music, here are our favorite new releases by Christian artists.

Melissa Zaldivar

Book Review

The Triumph of the Sexual Revolution Seems Stunningly Swift. But Its Roots Go Back Centuries.

Carl Trueman maps out what made it possible.

Timothy Kleiser

Quick to Listen

Queen Elizabeth, Jesus, and the Challenge of Historical Accuracy

How much should we care about TV’s storytellers getting all the details right?

Morgan Lee

German Churches Reckon with Antisemitic History

A government report raises concerns that Nazi theology may not be a thing of the past.

Ken Chitwood

Testimony

I Grew Up a Fervent Evangelist for Islam. Now I’m Living Out the Book of Acts.

How an encounter with Christian missionaries made me into a missionary myself.

Aaban Usman with Koal Manis

Adopting Hope

Adopting Hope: The Mully Children’s Family

A children's home in Kenya has weathered the pandemic by staying focused on what sustains them.

News

Engineered in His Image? Christians More Cautious About Gene Editing.

A Pew Research survey across 20 countries found believers lag behind non-religious neighbors in support for the technology, with the biggest gap in the US.

Kate Shellnutt

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Logos Enlists Black Church Leaders to Diversify Bible Study Resources

The collective will bring more African American scholarship to 4.5 million users.

Adam MacInnis

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Jesus Is the Light of the Lockdown

2020 has drawn us closer to our human frailty. May it also draws us to the Incarnation.

Daniel Harrell

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