![](https://www.christianitytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/126904.jpg?w=602)
Henrietta Mears, the Improbable Evangelical Leader
A new biography shows the Sunday school teacher played a key role in the movement, and the directions its leaders took.
![](https://www.christianitytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/126797.jpg?w=602)
Christianity Today’s 2022 Book Awards
Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.
![](https://www.christianitytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/122554.jpg?w=602)
Without Henrietta Mears, Evangelicalism as We Know It Probably Wouldn’t Exist
Meet the woman who mentored the leaders and fostered the institutions that fueled its 20th-century transformation.
![](https://www.christianitytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/1997/03/108150.jpg?w=602)
The Dissatisfaction of Francis Schaeffer
Thirteen years after his death, Schaeffer’s vision and frustrations continue to haunt evangelicalism.