Congregationalism & Churches
Oscar Siwali is mobilizing conflict mediators as the country goes to the polls. He only wishes his organization could train more. Oscar Siwali remembers watching Nelson Mandela’s triumphant walk as he left prison after 27 years. In 1990, as the young pastor of a Baptist church, Siwali saw himself as an evangelical focused on winning… Read More
Aslan is fictional, but the real Lion of Judah reminds us that we’re forgiven. Passing around the corner from the dining room table, I heard one of my sons reading aloud from C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I stopped and listened, knowing how much those Narnia books have meant to me.… Read More
The sexes are trending in different political directions. Here’s what the church can do about it. “Does it feel like everyone in your church is getting more liberal?” Someone posed this question at a recent get-together of evangelical pastors that I attended in the Nashville area. The person raising it had recently discovered that most… Read More
Pentecostals targeted for Bible studies, baptisms, and outdoor worship amid increasing efforts to “repress civil society.” Six months after a Pentecostal pastor won a religious liberty case before the United Nations, Belarusian politicians are trying to strip citizens of the right to appeal to the intergovernmental organization. Human rights organizations warn the legislation under consideration… Read More
She sang through betrayal, divorce, and death. LaShun Pace sang of God’s power. With a voice that could hold an angelic note or drop down to a sinner’s growl, she declared the Lord’s victory on a revival circuit in the 1970s, on the Billboard charts in the 1990s, and on TikTok in the 2020s. She… Read More