For Christian Women, Persecution Looks Like Rape

Around the globe, female followers of the faith suffer sexual violence, forced marriage, forced abortions, travel bans, and trafficking.
For years, Nigerian doctor Rebecca Dali has cared for her country’s poor and widows. But it was her most rece…

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Ministry in the #MeToo Moment

As abuse awareness grows, pastors are searching for ways to protect the vulnerable and care for survivors.
Last summer Stephanie Lobdell, co-lead pastor at Mountain Home Church of the Nazarene in Idaho, started a sermon series on the forgotten characte…

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Urbana Faces the Challenge of Calling Gen Z to Missions

Despite its lowest attendance in decades, InterVarsity’s historic conference aims to combat student cynicism through scriptural hope.
Plenty of today’s evangelical leaders look back to Urbana conferences over the years as the catalyst that drove …

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Max Lucado Reveals Past Sexual Abuse at Evangelical #MeToo Summit

(UPDATED) Beth Moore and other leading Christian survivors don’t just want to take the church to task. They also believe it plays a key role in helping victims heal.
[Editor’s note: This post has been updated with Lucado comments, with more to co…

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Beth Moore Kicks Off Evangelical #MeToo Summit

Christian leaders don’t just want to take the church to task. They also believe it plays a key role in helping victims heal.
“I am a survivor. My home was my unsafe place. My church was my harbor.”
Growing up as a victim of abuse, Bible tea…

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