By Steve Strang

A great revival took place in Wales in 1904. Sadly there is little to show today for the effects of that revival. Two years later the Pentecost revival started at Azusa Street in Los Angeles. The black church where it started actually closed around 1930. But the revival it generated continues to include more than 400 million people around the world today.

For many years, Sunday mornings were known as the most divided hour in America due to race. Today, it’s still divided, but often by music and worship styles as congregations seek to reach an audience whose tastes for music and tech savvy presentations create new challenges for today’s church leaders.

PHILIPPINES — The Doctor of Ministry in Christian Spirituality at ASCM is a three-year program. Because it only requires students to meet together once a year in June, people from across Asia and the entire globe can participate.

By Grant McClung

In 2001 some 45,000 Christians gathered in Cape Town, South Africa for a unified prayer service for the nations. There the vision for the annual “Global Day of Prayer” was born (see www.globaldayofprayer.com).

How often have you observed young men and women, who’ve grown up in the church, go off to colleges and universities and have lost their faith? What are churches and parents not doing to prepare young people for the spiritual challenges of the academic world and the realities of the marketplace?

By Judith Nichols Moore, director, Iris B. Vest Widows Ministry Center

“Honor widows that are widows indeed.” 1Timothy 5:3

Does a mandate of caring for widows in the contemporary church hold true for today?

More than 30,000 pastors and church leaders have taken a unique, interactive quiz designed to help them think about how they read-or don’t read-the Bible. Developed by Leadership journal, the 20-question quiz categorizes respondents as conservative, moderate, or progressive, and has sparked a wide range of Internet discussion and feedback.

By Dr. Coleman Peacock, Smoky Mountain Children’s Home

Many times during my 19 years of ministry at the Home for Children, I have entertained the question, “Why do we need this ministry?”

By Missy Colter

Lee University began offering English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to the community in late January, bringing students from all over the world to Lee’s campus.