U.S. contributors to the site include Dr. Timothy Keller, pastor of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, and Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor of University Reformed Church, East Lansing, Mich A sweeping revision of the internationally acclaimed “Christianity Explored” course officially debuts today in the United States. “Christianity Explored” (www.christianityexplored.org) is designed to give people... Continue Reading

He still looks out of place—an energetic white man in khakis and a polo shirt walking the streets of run-down neighborhoods, many of them predominantly African-American. But he is treated as a fixture. Bryan knows and speaks to everyone he sees. They know him and the Challenge House ministry he founded. Wally Bryan, 64, spent... Continue Reading

After it sat vacant and mostly forgotten for two years on the outskirts of Bexar County, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater finally has a new owner. River City Community Church bought the amphitheater last month, and pastor Sean Azzaro is excited about the new, spacious home for his evangelical flock. But how did a church wind up... Continue Reading

Corwin Smidt, a political science professor at Calvin College, received a 2011 Fulbright Award, which he will use to write a book on the evolution of political and theological perspectives of U.S. clergy during the past 20 years, while in Middelburg, the Netherlands, at the Roosevelt Study Center. Later this year, Smidt will head for... Continue Reading

Six years after the evangelical world debated the merits and appropriateness of making Bible translations more gender inclusive for words dealing with people, the divide is becoming evident once again. At issue is the 2011 translation of the New International Version (NIV), which is being released six years after the full version of the 2005... Continue Reading

Wallace and Eleanor Turnbull (Baptist Haiti Mission) aren’t interested in finding more Americans to work in Haiti. They believe the best help for the country comes from within: well-educated, Haitian Christians leading their own country by example. When Dieuseul Saint-Ange’s mother contemplated a name for her fourth child, the Haitian woman in a rural town... Continue Reading

“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” Jesus didn’t heed that advice from Thumper Rabbit’s mother. Apparently neither Mary nor Joseph turned up the oil lamp to read Disney’s version of Bambi to him. Rather, reading the gospels we often hear Jesus’ strong denunciations of people and practices that perpetuate injustice.... Continue Reading

Developers of a biblical theme park in Kentucky said Tuesday they have raised over $3 million toward the building of its main attraction, a life-sized Noah’s Ark. “Just as God brought the animals to Noah by the appropriate time (Genesis 6:20), He’s providing the resources for this dynamic experience,” read an announcement by Ark Encounter,... Continue Reading

The relationship between the two organizations dates back more than 125 years, and Texas Baptists continues to provide funding, partner in ministry and elect a quarter of the leaders on Baylor’s Board of Regents. In the past decade alone, the organization has given $29 million to Baylor. Months after Baylor Universitydecided to allow non-Baptists on... Continue Reading

(Editor’s Note: Ruling Elder Arklie Hooten is the Disaster Relief Coordinator for the Presbyterian Church in America’s Mission to North America committee. This update was released Tuesday morning.) The recent tornado in Joplin, Missouri has impacted our PCA congregation, Christ the King. The storm has killed more than 140 people making it the most deadly... Continue Reading