When friends mention some new Christian artwork, movie or novel, I confess my first thought is usually, “I wonder how bad it is.”
When friends mention some new Christian artwork, movie or novel, I confess my first thought is usually, “I wonder how bad it is.”
At the 14th General Assembly of the World Evangelical Alliance, held in Seoul, South Korea, the last week of October, Jack Sara pondered what he called a generational and geographical shift in the global evangelical Christian landscape.
It has been called many things — a protest, a movement, a civic awakening — but at its core, the “No Kings” moment in the United States has been something deeper: a moral rebellion against idolatry.
I rarely wear a shirt with a clerical collar — or anything else that indicates I’m ordained clergy. In my little Mennonite congregation, everyone knows I’m their pastor, and besides, among the priesthood of all believers, we are all called, and I don’t want to look pretentious.
Polls and surveys note the largest trend in American Christianity today is the rise of nondenominational churches. Why? And why now?
Amos was not a professional prophet, but an uneducated shepherd who preached social justice and denounced exploitation of the poor by the rich. He was especially harsh on the rulers, priests and upper classes.
I will never forget the evening of Dec. 14, 2023. That was the night our daughter called, panicked and in tears. A deranged gunman was on the loose, and she and her family were in his crosshairs.
Members of a community cannot flourish when they are concerned about their safety or the security of their belongings.
Nearly 10 years ago, I approached a conference minister in what was then Franconia Mennonite Conference about becoming a pastor.
