Most people in Algeria are Muslims, and those who decide to become Christians can face harsh treatment: ostracism, beatings, forced attendance at mosques, disownment by their families, and sometimes permanent expulsion from their home. Church leaders face frequent interrogations or detentions by police and gendarmes (armed police officers). Some pastors have fled the country. Unmarried women are closely monitored, making it difficult to attend underground churches, while widespread church...

"The Lord our God is but one only living and true God...a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; who is immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, every way infinite..." (1689 Confession of Faith - Chapter 3). The doctrine of God is among the most profound topics for Christians to explore. While our human understanding can only scratch the surface of this limitless subject,...

There is a certain irony in asking whether the evangelical experiment has come to an end at precisely the moment when evangelicalism appears, at least superficially, to be everywhere. Its language permeates Christian discourse; its institutions dominate the Protestant landscape; its instincts shape everything from preaching styles to publishing strategies. Yet ubiquity is not the same as vitality. Indeed, it may well be the mask behind which decline hides most effectively. The question, then,...