Daniel Silliman

1 month ago | christianitytoday.com | Daniel Silliman

Most Canadian evangelicals have not heard their pastor speak about medical assistance in dying (MAID), even as the legal bar for euthanasia has been lowered and the number of deaths has rapidly risen to nearly 5 percent of all deaths annually. "The silence has been deafening," Heidi Janz, a disabilities ethicist who has tried to rally churches against the law, told Christianity Today.

1 month ago | christianitytoday.com | Daniel Silliman

Church kitchens are disappearing. They are disappearing from rural, suburban, and urban churches. From liberal and conservative churches, contemporary and liturgical, megachurches and the medium-sized. One by one, across America, as buildings are remodeled and new construction replaces old, kitchens are getting scrapped. No one tracks exact numbers-there's no census of fellowship halls-but architects who specialize in sacred spaces told Christianity Today that the trend is hard to miss.

1 month ago | christianitytoday.com | Daniel Silliman

Illustration by Mike HaddadOutreach-minded evangelicals have often argued that church buildings need to be less "churchy" to draw in would-be seekers. But that might not actually be true, according to recent research from Barna Group and Aspen Group asking a representative sample of 2,000 Americans questions about the architecture of sacred spaces. When Americans close their eyes, they can picture a church.

1 month ago | christianitytoday.com | Daniel Silliman

Megachurch pastor Tim Timberlake wants you to find intimacy with God on your phone. Twenty-five million people have downloaded the Glorify app. Tim Timberlake, a multisite megachurch pastor based in Florida, hopes more will soon. He is the latest online influencer to announce on social media that he is partnering with Glorify. "If you're looking for a way to deepen your time with God, this is it," Timberlake posted on Instagram.

1 month ago | christianitytoday.com | Daniel Silliman

Twenty-three percent of Americans, according to Pew Research Center's new religious landscape survey, but they don't all look, vote, or pray the same. There are about 78 million evangelicals in America, according to Pew Research Center's massive new survey of the religious landscape released on Wednesday. Most are white, Republican, and say religion is very important to them. But not all.