By Billy Hallowell | August 14, 2018 Embracing Jesus changes hearts — and lives. That’s the lesson author Ericka Andersen learned after she met her now-husband, Rick, discovered his backstory and then watched God move in his life in stunning fashion. After growing up in an intensely abusive household and later suffering from the results […]

The Sliammon First Nation is just northwest of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. (Flickr Creative Commons/David Stanley) By Donovan Jacobs | August 13, 2018 In Canada there are few issues that are more uncomfortable to talk about and are regularly oversimplified than First Nations’ rights.  Common solutions shared by authors like Mel Smith and Tom […]

(Photo: Willow Creek Association) By Stoyan Zaimov | August 9, 2018 The entire elder board of Willow Creek Community Church, including executive pastor Heather Larson, have announced that they are resigning over the Bill Hybels sex abuse scandal. “While Bill Hybels was our founder and pastor, he was human, broken, and self-admittedly sinful. We believe […]

By Carey Nieuwhof ChristianWeek Columnist | August 8, 2018 There’s a conversation going on in your head almost all the time as a leader. Let me guess. Most of the time it’s not pretty. You rarely say these things out loud, because if you did, well first, it would be embarrassing. And second, you would […]

(Photo: InterVarsity) By Samuel Smith | August 7, 2018 An InterVarsity Christian student group is suing the University of Iowa after the school kicked it and several other religious groups off campus over what has been deemed as discriminatory leadership policies. InterVarsity Graduate Student Fellowship filed a federal lawsuit against the university Monday after the club was […]

Bill Hybels, founder of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois, speaks to the congregation in October 2017. (SCREENSHOT: WILLOWCREEK.TV) By Stoyan Zaimov | August 6, 2018 Another woman has come forward and accused Willow Creek Community Church founding pastor Bill Hybels of groping and performing unwanted sex acts in the 1980s. Following the […]

Speaker and Christian advocate Autumn Miles (2nd from left) is the author of the upcoming book, “I Am Rahab,” inspired by her survival as a domestic abuse victim. (Photo Courtesy of Billy Hallowell) By Billy Hallowell | August 3, 2018 Author, speaker and Christian advocate Autumn Miles is on a mission to reach people who […]

Edmonton Pride Parade 2011 (Flickr Creative Common/Kurt Bauschardt) By Samuel Smith | August 1, 2018 A Canadian man says that it was extremely easy for him to change the sex on his birth certificate even though he is not transgender and only wanted to save about $1,100 on his car insurance each year. The man, […]

Edmonton Pride Parade 2011 (Flickr Creative Common/Kurt Bauschardt) By Samuel Smith | August 1, 2018 A Canadian man says that it was extremely easy for him to change the sex on his birth certificate even though he is not transgender and only wanted to save about $1,100 on his car insurance each year. The man, […]

By Carey Nieuwhof ChristianWeek Columnist | July 31, 2018 One of the problems many churches face these days is that they’re neither great at things or terrible at things. They’re honestly just…mediocre. Facebook Live has made watching other churches’ services easier than ever, and as I’ve scrolled through my Sunday morning feed or visited different […]