Wow!: New award honours Tim Keller and Sister Norma Pimentel for civic renewal
A new group plans to honour Rev Timothy Keller, an evangelical Christian theologian who died earlier this year, and Catholic nun Sister Norma Pimentel, known for her work with migrants. JACK JENKINS reports…
Where next?: With Keller’s death, “young, restless, and reformed” new Calvinists are at a crossroads
The Reformed resurgence swept through evangelicalism in the early 2000s, fueled by Calvinism, charisma and complementarianism. BOB SMIETANA and KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service report that despite the fall of a number of leaders, the movement retains staying power…
Lifestory: Tim Keller – A life of extraordinary integrity
Australian CHRISTOPHER GILBERT reflects on his time working with US Christian leader Tim Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan following news last week that Keller had died at the age of 72…
Lifestory: What was it about Tim Keller?
In a tribute to the US minister Tim Keller – who died last week at the age of 72, JOSHUA CHATRAW, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says that before anything else vocationally, Keller was a pastor…
Tim Keller, retired New York megachurch pastor and bestselling author, dies at 72
United StatesRNS Tim Keller, an influential Presbyterian Church in America minister who founded a network of evangelical Christian churches in New York City, has died. He was 72. Timothy Keller in 2011. PICTURE: Nathan Troester Known for his brainy and winsome approach to evangelism, Keller founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan in 1989 and grew […]
New Tim Keller Center for Apologetics hopes to help churches reach a changing country
United StatesRNS Visiting houses of worship in the United States, you can’t help but see empty pews, giving the impression that organized religion in the United States is in trouble. Increasingly, those who study church attendance and related matters are doing the math: In a recent study that projects what faith in America might look like in […]
On forgiveness: Too many Christians are afraid to admit they’re wrong, argues Tim Keller in ‘Forgive’
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, speaks with Tim Keller about his latest book, ‘Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?’…
‘Revitalise Australia’ helping churches that have “plateaued” to reach new heights
Sydney, Australia Australian churches that have plateaued in their growth or are in decline are being encouraged to engage with a new 12-month mentoring program to “grow into great, multiplying churches and leaders”. Developed by City to City Australia – the church planting organisation founded by US evangelist Tim Keller – Revitalise Australia aims to […]
Planting churches: City to City Australia says country needs thousands of new churches a year
PETA MCCARTNEY speaks with Rev Dr Andrew Katay, CEO of the Australian branch of global church planting organisation City to City…
Prominent pastor and author Tim Keller has pancreatic cancer
RNS Timothy Keller, founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan and a bestselling author and church planter, announced on Sunday that he has pancreatic cancer and will soon begin chemotherapy treatment. “I feel great and have no symptoms,” Keller, 69, wrote on Facebook and other social media posts. “It was what doctors call an “‘incidental pickup.’” After testing at […]