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The 'Marks' of Our Churches | [View online]( [Give Now]( Advertisement [The Exchange]( [Home]( [Subscribe]( Tuesday, June 4, 2019 [The Church is on the Move]( [The Church is on the Move]( Christianity is and always will be a mobile faith. Ed Stetzer Often, we forget to consider the spread of Christianity across the globe from a geographical perspective. We read the New Testament with eyes and ears that are largely ignorant to the places Luke mentions in Acts or Paul writes about in the prison Epistles. Most Christians have heard of Jerusalem—the place where Jesus was crucified and risen. The geographical center of the Christian faith was clearly, early on, in and around Israel. But while the Ancient Near East was the birthplace of our faith, ... [Read More]( [Expand Trusted Christian Journalism]( [Expand Trusted Christian Journalism]( Give monthly in 2019 to help reach more leaders globally with Christian journalism. [Read more]( [The ‘Marks’ of Our Churches: Keeping from Mission Drift]( [The ‘Marks’ of Our Churches: Keeping from Mission Drift]( What are the things that undergird the church itself? Ed Stetzer [Read More]( [Getting Married? Some Resources and Humor to Get You Started Right]( [Getting Married? Some Resources and Humor to Get You Started Right]( 7 helpful resources provided by my audience on Twitter. Ed Stetzer [Read More]( [8 Simple (but not easy) Rules for Movement: Part 4 - Live Off of Less]( [8 Simple (but not easy) Rules for Movement: Part 4 - Live Off of Less]( Leaders must continually evaluate what they can do without. Jeff Christopherson [Read More]( [One-on-One with Tuvya Zaretsky on Jewish Evangelism]( [One-on-One with Tuvya Zaretsky on Jewish Evangelism]( “There is a much greater openness to the gospel among Jewish people in North America, Eastern Europe, and also in Israel today.” Ed Stetzer [Read More]( [One-on-One with Lee Eclov on ‘How Rediscovering the Church as Family Changes Everything’]( [One-on-One with Lee Eclov on ‘How Rediscovering the Church as Family Changes Everything’]( “When Christians look for a church, they are looking for a home.” Ed Stetzer [Read More]( More from the Exchange - [The Church Today in Cultural Captivity]( - [Understanding our History: How Imperfect Patriots Changed America for the Better]( - [One-on-One with Justin Schell on Being Under-Gospeled and Finding God as He Is]( Advertisement More from Christianity Today [Sermons Alone Don’t Make You a Teaching Church]( [CT Pastors]( [Sermons Alone Don’t Make You a Teaching Church]( It takes more than a pulpit to train up your people in the way they should go. Angie Ward [Read More]( [10 Women Who Are Changing the Southern Baptist Response to Abuse]( Profile [10 Women Who Are Changing the Southern Baptist Response to Abuse]( Meet the survivors and advocates whose voices spurred “holy rumblings” in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Kate Shellnutt [Read More]( [How David Brooks Meandered Toward God]( [Book Review]( [How David Brooks Meandered Toward God]( The New York Times columnist hasn’t become a Christian of the “Protestant evangelical variety,” but his latest book offers a fine example of spiritual autobiography. Gordon T. Smith [Read More]( [View All of our Latest]( Related Newsletters [Christianity Today Connection]( Get the inside story with this official newsletter of the global media ministry. [Sign Up Now]( [The Galli Report]( Want to stay informed but a little short on free time? Try The Galli Report, a weekly newsletter giving you 5 must-read articles for thought leaders handpicked by CT Editor Mark Galli. [Sign Up Now]( Advertisement Follow Us: [Follow on Facebook]( [Follow on Twitter]( [Follow on Vimeo]( [RSS]( The Exchange newsletter is a weekly digest of coverage, research, and perspective from Ed Stetzer. The Exchange Delivered free via email to subscribers Weekly. [Subscribe]( to this newsletter. You are currently subscribed as {EMAIL}. [Subscribe]( to more newsletters like this. Manage your [email preferences]( or [unsubscribe](. Copyright ©2019 Christianity Today 465 Gundersen Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188 All rights reserved. [Privacy Policy]( | [Advertise]( | [Subscribe to CT]( | [Give Now]( Christianity Today is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.