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Notes from the Global Church

Machanic Manyeruke and the gospel music scene in Africa

James Ault’s new documentary offers a window into a vast and exciting musical world.
by Philip Jenkins
January 29, 2021

Features

Beloved Everybody, an ability-inclusive church that embodies the beloved community

At this church, people with and without disabilities both worship and lead.
by Andrea Perrett
January 28, 2021

Books

In Review: 
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Faith and work have long been torn apart

How can we stitch them together?
by Amar D. Peterman January 26, 2021

Faith Matters

“Why didn’t Jesus come as a woman?” asked my daughter

I didn’t know how to answer, but I do know that the gendering of God has real-world consequences.
by Debie Thomas
January 13, 2021

Notes from the Global Church

The global church in an English village

The Londoners who come to Aylesford as pilgrims are an impressively polychrome microcosm of Christianity.
by Philip Jenkins
January 8, 2021

First Person

In search of sanctuary

When my church opened its doors to an immigrant family, we had to reimagine the meaning of sacred space.
by Amy Frykholm
January 8, 2021

Features

Why some young Black Christians are practicing hoodoo

The ancestral religious practices of the African diaspora were forced underground by the White church.
by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins
January 6, 2021

From the Editor/Publisher

Christian liturgy should reflect the unconditional nature of grace

This might mean changing the order of certain elements.
by Peter W. Marty
January 6, 2021

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