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Our articles include an exploration of the church from its humble beginnings, its current reality and how it is being reshaped.
Telling stories about people and organizations reshaping what it looks like to be The Body of Christ in new, creative, or unique expressions.
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Christian comedy helps heal church wounds
Lacy Abercrombie, a Dallas native, is a Christian comedy influencer. She is known online by both Christians & non-Christians alike for her character, Jezziebath.
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Reshaping the Church
Heart4Iran: Answering the call
Heart4Iran is a non-profit Christian organization that reaches Iran and Persian-speaking countries with the Gospel and helps grow the underground church. They do this by providing
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Reshaping the Church
Faith & farming: Farmers raise crops to raise disciples
From the beginning, God tasked man with the responsibility to manage and care for the Earth in Genesis 2:15.
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Reshaping the Church
The Grammys recognize Christian music
Christian artists having a space in this secular music award ceremony helps broadcast Christian music to secular audiences, while also boosting artists’ careers.
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Reshaping the Church
Caring and Enriching Hearts: Being the hands and feet of Jesus
Burgess and Brown were in a park in Michigan, soaking up their Saturday, when they saw a man eating discarded food from a trash can
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Reshaping the Church
Hephzibah House: A home for ministry
The Hephzibah House began in 1893 in New York City as a missionary training school for young women. Today, they offer hospitality to local Christians & those in vocational ministry
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Reshaping the Church
Mirroring heaven in multilingual churches
Flags line the room, smells of spices and curries fill the air and some members come clothed in their national dress.
An exploration of important questions facing The Body of Christ, why they matter, potential answers, and implications.
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What is a small group?
Churches and ministries all around the world need methods to help the body of Christ grow, and to make loving one another a part of each others’ daily lives as God intends.
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Big Questions
Why celebrate Lent?
With traditional church attendance dropping in America each year, Christians must lean into more personal stewardship of their faith.
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Big Questions
How is Christian television impacting the world?
In recent years, Christian media has risen in popularity due to successful shows like “The Chosen” appearing in movie theaters and receiving praise among reviewers, according to Vo
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Big Questions
How can we disciple the next generation?
In 2020, The Gospel Coalition began producing a series of children’s books, targeting younger elementary school-aged children.
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Big Questions
How do short-term missions affect the long-term?
Short-term mission trips are not inherently bad. They stem from well-meaning people wanting to make a difference. In fact, sometimes short-term mission trips are necessary but not
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Big Questions
What is a parachurch ministry?
Parachurches exist to bridge differences between denominations and achieve common goals with the limited resources individual churches have. While various groups do collaborate to
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Big Questions
How can the Church respond to domestic abuse?
Domestic Kindness is a nonprofit that works with local church congregations to educate Christians about the true darkness and wickedness of domestic abuse while maintaining hope.
A deep dive into the defining events in the history of the church. These stories give context to where we have been and allow us to consider future possibilities.
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Constantine’s conversion and the Edict of Milan
After many years of deadly and intense persecution at the hands of Emperor Diocletian (303-313 A.D.), Constantine’s ascent to power brought the suffering of Christians to an end.
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Church History
The First Vatican Council
The First Vatican Council showed the relationship between the Catholic Church and the modern world while expressing similar behaviors the Church does today, like responding to the
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Church History
The earliest known public church building
Dura-Europos Church offers us some of the greatest evidence for what the earliest forms of Christian worship looked like. It has some of the oldest pieces of Christian art.
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Church History
The 95 Theses and Martin Luther’s impact on the Reformation
At 33 years old, Martin Luther, an ordinary monk, set in motion the Protestant Reformation, which gave birth to the division between Protestant and Catholic theology.
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Church History
The Great Decline: Why and where do we go from here?
In the past 20 years, church membership in America has declined from 70% in 1999 to 50% today, according to a Gallup poll. This statistic shows an accelerated trend of overall decl
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Church History
Gutenberg produces the first Bible
Gutenberg’s metal-movable-type printing press is one of the most important inventions in the history of mankind For the first time, knowledge could be disseminated rapidly. The pri
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Church History
The destruction of Jerusalem
Following the death and resurrection of Christ, Christians began to separate themselves from the practices of Judaism. The destruction of Jerusalem that Jesus prophesied signified
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A collection of articles pulled weekly from other sources that celebrate people or organizations thinking about church differently.
Editorial
Helping to frame the conversation of what it means to be The Body of Christ. Commentary from our editorial team on the challenges and opportunities we face as the Church.