Spying New Leaders
They may not step forward. Here's how to find the leaders you need.
by Angela Yee

Got a Moment, Pastor?
Do you approve the minutes of the meetings God arranges for you?
Gordon MacDonald

Rescuing the Search
Mark Lauterbach

Weblog: Episcopal Priests Repent of Druidism
Plus: The shortest political honeymoon ever, Bush on America's religious divide, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Catholic Bishops Embrace Ecumenical Group, Reject Bible Measure
Plus: The most inaccurate Christmas song ever, protecting kids from their evil, murderous parents, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Scalia Says State Should Not Be Neutral to Religion
Plus: Flying Anglican bishops, Kristof at it again, clergy in Canada turn to the union, the Air Force and Christianity, Thanksgiving ministry, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Rob Moll

I Actually Like Elders Meetings!
One question changed my tune and taught me to move in step with them.
Keith Mannes

Voted Off Ministry Island
Greg Asimakoupoulos

How to Get a Sabbatical
Jay Beuoy

Anglican Primates Respond to the Windsor Report
What church leaders from around the world are saying about the Eames Commission and the future of Anglicanism.
Compiled by Barbara Gauthier

Stronger Action Needed, Say Global Anglican Leaders
The primates will add teeth to Windsor Report, conservatives predict, hope.
By Kathleen Rutledge

Methodists Divided on Split
Church leaders react to talk about division.

Turning the Mainline Around
New sociological studies show that evangelicals may well succeed at renewing wayward Protestantism
Michael S. Hamilton and Jennifer McKinney

The Dick Staub Interview: John Ortberg's Freak Show
Churchgoers' attempts to be average are killing them, says the Willow Creek pastor.

Reflections: Quotations to Stir Mind and Heart
Reflections on the occasion of John R.W. Stott's 80th birthday
Richard A. Kauffman

Leading Worship Leaders
4 ways I'm learning to guide artists.
By Nancy Beach

Water from Home
Parched and hurting, I stood alone.
By Ted Traylor

Lasting Influence
A Leadership Forum
A Leadership Forum

Landmark Ruling Puts Freedom of Speech in Focus
Pastors breached Australian state's race, religion laws.
By Paul Gallagher in Melbourne

Flouting Church Law
Two gay controversies likely to dominate United Methodist General Conference this week.
By Corrie Cutrer

Weblog: Christian University Under Fire for Firing Gay Professors
Plus: African Anglicans reject U.S. funds, no news is much news for Kerry's meeting with the cardinal, American missionaries shot in Guatemala and other stories (not all of them about homosexuality, we promise) from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

I Actually Like Elders Meetings!
One question changed my tune and taught me to move in step with them.
Keith Mannes

Weblog: Presbyterian High Court Declares Gay Elder Case Moot
Conservatives say liberals failed in effort to set precedent.
Ted Olsen

In the Word: 'I've Been Through Things'
Meditating on Honor your father and your mother.
By Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

Go Figure
"Statistics on Protestant wealth, megachurches, and British Christians and Muslims"
Ted Olsen

"Walking the Old, Old Talk"
The cultural success of evangelicalism is its greatest weakness
Christianity Today editorial

The Dick Staub Interview: John Ortberg's Freak Show
Churchgoers' attempts to be average are killing them, says the Willow Creek pastor.

Finding God in Small Groups
Tom Albin's doctoral research reveals why the Wesley's system worked so well
Tim Stafford

Why We Disciplined Half Our Church
Mark E. Dever

Sharper Definition
Brian Metke

The Tradition Temptation
Why we should still give Scripture pride of place
Roger E. Olson

The Leprosy Doctor
Paul Brand showed how to serve others sacrificially and emerge with joy
Philip Yancey

Holy Johnson and the Ethiopian Church
Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God, said the Psalm. Yet racism in the mission churches clouded that vision. James Johnson (1836-1917) offered a solution.
Ted Olsen

Rescuing the Search
Mark Lauterbach

Currents Shaping My Church: Candid-dating on Video
Before making a date with a prospective ministry staffer, swap videos.
David Riemenschneider

A Graceful Goodbye
Steve Moore

My Church's inferiority Complex
How one congregation traded the poor little us mindset for new confidence.
Peter Youmans

Currents Shaping My Church: How Smaller Churches Grow
The secret includes goals and Wal-Mart.

Holy Mr Herbert
Elesha Coffman

Rescuing the Search
Mark Lauterbach

Currents Shaping My Church: Candid-dating on Video
Before making a date with a prospective ministry staffer, swap videos.
David Riemenschneider

A Graceful Goodbye
Steve Moore

Dante's Guide to Heaven and Hell: The Gallery - Walk of Fame
Star sightings in the Comedy highlight Dante's religious and political views.
Steve Gertz; Janine Petry

Jan Hus: A Gallery of Foes in High Places
As reformation divided Bohemia, it turned some of Hus's most influential allies against him.
Maartje M. Abbenhuis

To Build a Fire
Jan Hus hoped his incendiary preaching and heated rebukes would purify a tainted church, but the flames consumed him first.
Thomas A. Fudge

Waiting for the Bombs
How a young pastor braced his people in the fear-filled days before London's Blitz.
Chris Armstrong

The Age/Attendance Paradox
Those most open to the gospel are least likely to visit church.

My Church's inferiority Complex
How one congregation traded the poor little us mindset for new confidence.
Peter Youmans

The More Things Change …
Historical perspectives on worship.
Mary Noll Venables

The Doctrine Doctor
Jaroslav Pelikan has written a history of the Christian tradition on a scale no one else has attempted in the twentieth century.
by Mark A. Noll

Sanctifying Sin
Statement affirming homosexual unions roils Anglicans.
By Debra Fieguth in St. Catharines

New York's New Hope
From inner-city gardens, to fine-art exhibitions, to political activism, street-smart churches are changing the culture of America's largest and most dynamic city.
By Tony Carnes

Christian History Corner: From Beer to Bibles to VBS
How America got its favorite summer tradition
Steven Gertz

From the Editor
Marshall Shelley