The Trouble with TBN Amid a flurry of scandalous accusations, ministries again face the question of whether to abandon or reform the broadcaster. From Christianity Today November print issue. Amid the latest drama surrounding the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), should mainstream ministries seek reform or pull their programming? Brittany Koper, the granddaughter of TBN founders Paul and Jan Crouch and its chief financial officer until … Continue reading The trouble with TBN

  Luter vs. Land As the Southern Baptist Convention prepares to install its first black president, observers disagree on how much clout Fred Luter will have in a denomination closely identified with high-profile figures such as Richard Land. Christianity Today story published online June 1. Who will be the face of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)? Will it be Fred Luter, the New Orleans pastor … Continue reading Luter vs. Land

As USCIRF Faces Possible Closure, Funding Divides Religious Freedom Experts The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is preparing to shut down. Christianity Today January print issue. As Chris Seiple sees it, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has operated with a lamentable approach: “name, blame, and shame foreign governments.” That approach, in the president of the Institute for Global Engagement’s view, has … Continue reading As USCIRF faces possible closure, funding divides religious freedom experts

Leaving Rwanda: Breakaway Anglicans Break Away Again Dispute between African bishops and Anglican Mission in the Americas prompts U.S. leadership to leave body. Christianity Today online story published Dec. 7. An 11-year-old denomination that has prided itself on its submission to majority-world leadership broke away from that leadership Monday. Amid a dispute over authority, bishops in the Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMIA) resigned from … Continue reading Leaving Rwanda: Breakaway Anglicans break away again