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The Green Collection: Bibles and More
The "Passages" exhibition will travel to Atlanta, the Vatican, New York, and other cities.
The Lasting Effects of Your School
A new survey found that Christian schooling makes a difference—and that different kinds of Christian education produce different results among their graduates.
Polling Evangelical Leaders
Both unanimity and diversity emerge in a recent poll of the Lausanne delegates.
YouVersion's Volunteer Army
With more than 22 million users on mobile platforms, and millions more on its website, it has unusual success in creating a massive participatory system like Wikipedia or YouTube.
The Theology of Osama bin Laden's Death
Christians call for solemn reflection and thanksgiving.
Reformed Rap and Hip-Hop
Christian genre pioneers are taking their cues from Calvinist leaders.
What's a Congregation Worth?
A look at whether a congregation adds economic value to its community.
Christian Names
Does giving your child a biblical name enhance the child's spiritual development?
How Evangelicals Give
Church members' giving is decreasing in the recession, especially as a percentage of income.
Top 10 News Stories of 2010
The events, people, and debates of the past year that have shaped, or will significantly shape, evangelical life, thought, or mission.
Today's Pilgrims
Like the settlers of Plymouth Colony, today's refugees and asylum seekers have fled their homelands because of persecution of several kinds—not just religious.
Evangelical vs. Mainline Politics
A new study suggests that evangelical pastors have been more likely to take public stances and candidates than their mainline cohorts.
Getting Obama's Faith Wrong
So if 18 percent of Americans think Obama is a Muslim, is that a large number or a small one? Find out what 18 percent of Americans also believe.
Before We Were Hipsters
How Christians of the past 50 years have garnered countercultural street cred.
The Future(s) of Missions
This year, four world missionary conferences are celebrating the Edinburgh meeting's centennial, but with distinctly different views of its legacy and future.
Reforming Health Care Reform
How states are blocking abortion coverage.
What We Learned About Africa
The Pew Forum issued an extensive report on the world's "most religious" continent.
American Idols and Saints
Newsweek, Fox News, and others debate whether the "Christian viewer vote" has become too powerful.
Haiti by the Numbers
The death toll, donations, and damage after the earthquake.
Robert Park's North Korea Mission
A 28-year-old missionary was reportedly inspired by the martyrdom of Robert Jermain Thomas.

Top Story April 19, 2024

Biblical Literacy in a Postliterate Age
Biblical Literacy in a Postliterate Age
We must always be people of the Word, but we’ll have to reimagine deep engagement with Scripture.

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