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Victoria Walker isn’t a hard-core video gamer, but she knows a thing or two about avatars and virtual worlds. For her doctoral dissertation, the mother of two created a counselor training facility where mental health students could hone their diagnostic skills on a licensed counselor and higher-level graduate student pretending to be patients with self-inflicted injuries and eating disorders.

In the virtual world known as Second Life, where online users inhabit digital representations of themselves called avatars, Walker created a facility that users can walk into, ride an elevator up to the counseling rooms on the second floor and look inside.

The church that housed the Toronto Blessing revival hopes to “export” the values of the renewal through a new network … Read More

Charismatic artist Max Greiner wants to draw people to Christ. That’s why he’s created huge bronze sculptures of Jesus that … Read More

Every movement needs a voice, and since 1975 Charisma magazine has chronicled charismatic Christianity, covering the highs and lows of … Read More

A federal judge’s ruling in favor of a public university that removed a Christian student from its counseling program over … Read More

In the mountains near Kingston, Jamaica, City of Refuge Children’s Home is cultivating two of the country’s most precious resources: … Read More

Without the C.H. Mason Medical Clinic in Milwaukee, Octavious Neal wouldn’t have discovered he has high blood pressure. A 40-year-old … Read More

One of the first charismatic seminaries to be founded on the West Coast is poised to expand its global reach … Read More

Since MorningStar Ministries purchased Jim Bakker’s former Heritage USA property in 2005, its leaders, including founder Rick Joyner, have been … Read More

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Religious liberty advocates have been urging President Obama to appoint a religious liberty ambassador since shortly after he entered office. … Read More

As schools nationwide grapple with budget cuts, teachers at Combee Elementary in Lakeland, Florida, have made a wish list to … Read More

For all the attention given to the changing views of young Christians in recent years, the next generation shares at … Read More

Patsyann Maloney knows enough about being used. When she was 6 years old a relative molested her. Two years later … Read More

An international prophetic minister is calling for urgent prayer to avoid another U.S. economic collapse. Cindy Jacobs, co-founder of Texas-based … Read More

When Thérèse was 2 years old, she cried to her mother that a snake had bitten her. By the time … Read More

Megachurch pastor Rick Warren is expected to make a full recovery after burning his eyes Monday while pruning a toxic … Read More

Traditional marriage supporters may challenge an appeals court ruling Thursday blocking a public vote on same-sex marriage in the nation’s … Read More

A Florida evangelist is responding to efforts to build a multimillion-dollar mosque two blocks from Ground Zero with plans to … Read More

Muslim organizations in Bekasi, West Java, last week declared their intention to establish paramilitary units in local mosques and a … Read More

A Christian legal firm is suing a southwest Florida school district that prohibited Bible distribution on public school campuses. Liberty … Read More

Pentecostal pastor Samuel Rodriguez said Hispanic leaders who met with President Obama this week to discuss immigration reform left “re-energized” … Read More

The son of a Hamas founder who converted to Christianity and spied for Israel can stay in the U.S. pending … Read More

A 5-4 Supreme Court decision Monday requiring Christian campus groups on public universities to accept gay students as members and … Read More

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Leaders of the Gulf Coast states have designated Sunday a day of prayer for the regions affected by the oil … Read More

With unemployment at record highs, churches and Christian organizations are stepping in to help job seekers both practically and spiritually.

Ministries such as Florida-based Christian HELP and Career Solutions in Dallas began helping the unemployed find work long before the recession hit in 2008. But since the unemployment rate shot up from 6.6 percent in October 2008 to 10.1 percent the following year to 9.5 percent today, the groups say the “ministry needs and opportunities” are growing.

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The late Moishe Rosen was a pioneer in Jewish missions.  Today there are thousands of Jewish believers in Jesus, and … Read More