"Insanity of God", a heart-rending film about the persecution of Christians will be shown for one night only on Aug. 30 in 530 theaters across the U.S. Based on the best-selling book with the same title, the film tells the story of Nik and Ruth Ripken, an ordinary couple from Kentucky who ...
U.S. District Judge James L. Robart dismissed the civil racketeering lawsuit against pastor Mark Driscoll and former executive elder Sutton Turner because the plaintiffs did not serve them with the suit.
An estimated 100,000 people will be attending the SoCal Harvest at the Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. Greg Laurie, the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, urged Christians to bring non-believers to the event on Aug. 26-28.
The Catholic Church in South Korea is establishing committees dedicated to the reconciliation and reunification of the Korean peninsula.
The Murrow Indian Children's Home refused a large sum of money raised by an atheist for its advertising campaign, saying it would go against the Bible.
Patriarchs of three different denominations in Damascus recently made a plea to the international community to lift the sanctions on Syria. The appeal stated that the impact of the sanctions have been increasingly felt by the Syrian citizens, especially the poor.
Hindus have stopped the construction of a church in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. A mob erected a concrete wall that blocked the entrance to the compound where the church was being built.
Young people from New Zealand still read the Bible on paper according to a recent survey. The survey, commissioned by the Bible Society of New Zealand, showed that 87 percent of youth who read the Bible prefer the printed version.
There is an increasing number of euthanasia tourists traveling to Brussels, Belgium for elective medical killings. Patients, including children, from different parts of the world flock to the city's accident and emergency rooms to receive lethal injection which is free for those with a European ...
Groups under the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wrote a letter to Walgreens to express their concern that the store's services could be restricted because of its new partnership with a Catholic health care provider, SSM Health.
The Salvation Army reported that it received 4,500 victims of modern slavery between July 2011 and March 2016. The demand for support continued to grow and the organization, along with its partners, adapted its services to support the people being referred to it, according to the UK branch of the ...
Several pastors affiliated with the Calvary Chapel movement have publicly criticized Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s affirmation of women serving as pastors, following an announcement by Char Brodersen at the church that once served as the movement’s flagship congregation. The Calvary Chapel Association (CCA), through its Heartland Regional Team, reaffirmed its opposition to appointing women as pastors or elders.
A 20-year-old Egyptian Christian was reportedly killed by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Libya after resisting repeated demands to abandon his Christian faith and embrace Islam while in captivity. Milad Malak, a Coptic Christian, was the only Christian among a group of Egyptian workers abducted by ISIS fighters, according to Open Doors, which cited accounts from two Muslim companions who were later released.
Three students were killed and six others injured when Myanmar's military launched an airstrike and drone assault on a Christian Bible school in Karen State. The attack occurred Tuesday in Day Bu Noh village in Hpapun District, an area largely populated by Christian Karen communities. Military aircraft reportedly dropped bombs before armed drones struck the village, with one exploding directly above the Bible school.
Iran has responded to just one of eight communications sent by United Nations human rights experts concerning Christians since 2011, with its sole response portraying Christian converts as national security threats, according to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran. Dr. Mai Sato, who assumed the position in August 2024, discussed the Iranian government's treatment of Christians.
Nearly two-thirds of churchgoers failed a test measuring their knowledge of the Bible, highlighting widespread gaps in biblical literacy, according to a report published Tuesday by Lifeway Research. The assessment used a traditional grading system ranging from A (90 and above) to F (below 60). The average score was 51, with 65% receiving an F, 9% a D, 9% a C, 8% a B and 9% an A.