More ministries call themselves a ‘church’ or ‘association of churches’ to avoid disclosure requirements
Since 2020, more than 80 of the 1,000 largest Christian ministries in the US have asked the Internal Revenue Service to classify them as an “association of churches.”
Trinity International University announced that TEDS will be acquired by Trinity Western University
(RNS) — A prominent but troubled evangelical seminary has agreed to be acquired by a Canadian university and move to British Columbia, the school’s leaders announced Tuesday (April 8). The move comes after years of ...
Church planters optimistic about reaching population that is largely unchurched
In a small town in Idaho’s Treasure Valley, Tim Nay began his church planting work by setting up a booth at a town festival where he asked people what question they would ask of God. ...
Economics, Church Leadership, and (of course) Music
In 2013, the percentage of Americans who had listened to podcasts in a given week was about 7 percent. By 2023 that number had grown to 31 percent.
Karen Swallow Prior, Research Professor of English and Christianity and Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS), announced yesterday (Mar. 20) on Twitter that she won’t be returning for fall semester due to differing visions ...
Every time something pops up on the Christian radar, it’s embarrassing and frustrating to see how many Christian critics leap to immediately “expose” it as false—especially on social media.
Biola University is announcing that Dr. Ed Stetzer will assume the role of Dean of Talbot School of Theology beginning July 2, 2023.
But some media experts are skeptics about such campaigns
A $100 million media campaign is attempting to attract people who are skeptical about Christianity but may relate to Jesus by highlighting his upbringing as a homeless, bullied son of a teenage mother.
A Conversation with Ed Stetzer
I've been writing a lot of stories about the Bible translation industry. One of the things that I've discovered about the Bible translation organizations is they are closely associated with mission organizations, and questions of ...