Christianity Today is in “chaos” with staff departures and layoffs, according to the editor of another Christian journal. Warren Cole Smith, editor of MinistryWatch, wrote Oct. 12 that “even from the outside, the chaos (at CT) is not hard to…
Are white evangelicals really that ignorant?
Perhaps the oddest defense of white evangelicalism in recent weeks has been to acknowledge much of the harm they’ve caused while claiming it’s not due to their theology, but due to their ignorance. During this second Trump administration, patriarchal Christianity…
Christianity Today names new editor in chief
Christianity Today has named a new editor in chief, continuing a reset after Russell Moore left the post in October 2025. One year ago next week, Moore was replaced by Marvin Olasky, then age 75 and a controversial figure in…
Russell Moore tells evangelicals their immigrant jokes aren’t funny
Russell Moore is at it again — this time calling fellow evangelicals to account for their gallows humor about immigrants. In his latest Christianity Today newsletter, the former Southern Baptist ethics leader chides evangelicals for excusing their inhumanity toward immigrants…
Trump admin gives $1.4 billion to faith groups for international aid
The U.S. State Department has announced a partnership with faith-based organizations to distribute nearly $2 billion in international humanitarian aid. The move follows the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the cutting of at least $26 billion…
After US Aid Cuts, the Sick Wonder Who Will Visit Them
One year after the US shuttered USAID and cut HIV funding, faith-based institutions struggle to stay in touch with rural patients who might fall through the cracks.
After 1,000 Days of War, Israelis Are Weary Amid Growing Isolation
Israelis long for an end to the war yet fear the Iran deal will bring only a temporary pause to the conflict.
Historic Black Churches Join In—and Opt Out of—America 250
In the days leading up to America’s 250th anniversary, Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church is joining the festivities in Philadelphia.
Christianity Today editor lays out ‘Declaration of Principles’
With its recent change in editors, Christianity Today has set forth a new “Declaration of Principles” that reflect the “biblical objectivity” preached for decades by Marvin Olasky, new editor in chief. Olasky, 75, rose to evangelical prominence as editor of…
Is this really the second-most-important book of the year?
I am puzzled that Christianity Today selected The Body God Gives: A Biblical Response to Transgender Theory, by Robert S. Smith, as the second most important book of 2025. Surely we have more serious concerns than another evangelical attack on…
Amid Peace Talks, Russian Drone Damages Christian School in Kyiv
The attack on the capital city left 3 dead and 29 injured while cutting power to the western half of the city. It calls into question the Kremlin’s commitment to ongoing peace talks.
All I Want for Christmas Is a Time Machine
“If you could be dropped down in any biblical scene … except for the Resurrection,” I asked, “where would you go?”