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?”
Investigating the PR Campaigns Following the Israel-Hamas War
In late September, the Israeli government hired a San Diego–based firm to launch a marketing campaign aimed at US evangelicals.
Christianity Today hires a Black woman and the white right goes nuts
Within hours of Christianity Today announcing that longtime pastor and scholar Nicole Massie Martin had been elected its next president and CEO, a familiar chorus of online racist and patriarchal critics declared the flagship evangelical magazine is no longer really…
More turnover at Christianity Today
In a further sign of change at Christianity Today, one of the magazine’s best-known writers and editors has resigned, saying he has “significant disagreements with the new leadership, both practical and philosophical.” Senior News Editor Daniel Silliman posted news of…
Government Shutdown Deepens Hunger Crisis
When paychecks and SNAP distributions stop, the food pantry line grows.