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Reporting, testimony, and research from across the Christian world.
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How to choose a church
Practical questions to ask before your first visit.
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What to expect from a Sister Church partnership
How a pairing works, what is shared and what is not.
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How to read the persecution map
What rank and score mean, and what they do not.
Survey Asks Where US Teens Turn When They Doubt Their Faith
A 2025 survey of nearly 3,000 US teenagers, run with the Fuller Youth Institute, examines how Generation Alpha handles doubt and relationships. Political scientist Ryan Burge reports on the data.
MinistryWatch Editor Lists Recent Christian Books Worth Reading
MinistryWatch president Warren Smith has released his quarterly list of books. Titles cover fiction, myth, confrontation in the church and hospitality at the table.
Ten Years After Leonard Cohen's Death, His Spiritual Searching Lives On
A religion scholar says Leonard Cohen's songs and poems, drawing on Jewish prayer and the Psalms, remain a lasting record of his wrestling with God. Tribute events are being held a decade after his 2016 death.