Café Serves Up Missionaries
An Atlanta-area “café” is serving up missionaries to take the gospel into the least evangelized parts of the world. Launched … Read More
Campaign: Pray for U.S. This Sunday
On July 5, the day after our nation celebrates its independence, Christians will acknowledge their dependence on God by taking … Read More
Traditional Marriage Supporters to File Ballot Initiative in D.C.
Christian leaders in the District of Columbia said they will continue to fight for traditional marriage even though a D.C. … Read More
Christian Groups Form ‘Freedom Federation’
A cross-section of conservative Christian groups have united to form a federation that will promote biblical values in political, social and cultural arenas.
Announced Tuesday during a press conference in Washington, D.C., the Freedom Federation comprises more than two dozen groups, including the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Teen Mania, Liberty University, TheCall, MorningStar Ministries; Concerned Women for America, the High Impact Leadership Coalition and Strang Communications, which publishes Charisma magazine.
Christians in Mauritania Tense after Murder of Aid Worker
As funeral services were held in Tennessee for Christian aid worker Christopher Leggett Tuesday, tensions remained high for Christians in … Read More
Former Prime Minister Now Professes Christ
A former prime minister of Ethiopia who spent years as a freedom fighter says he’s on a new mission: to … Read More
Promise Keepers Expands Focus in 2009
Promise Keepers is broadening the focus of its stadium event this year to reach out to women, the poor and … Read More
Michael Jackson Salvation Reports ‘Not True,’ Pastors Say
Pentecostal pastors Andraé and Sandra Crouch say recent reports that they led pop singer Michael Jackson to Christ three weeks before … Read More
Rally Targets Emerging Generation of Pro-Lifers
A new generation of pro-life activists is rallying Tuesday in Southern California to “build a culture of life” during President … Read More
Iran Scraps Mandatory Death Penalty for ‘Apostates’
A member of Iran’s Parliament reportedly revealed last week that the country’s Parliamentary Committee has stricken the mandatory death penalty … Read More
Film Exposes Human Rights Abuses in Iran
Although protests over Iran’s disputed presidential elections have died down, a new film by the Christian filmmaker who helped produce … Read More
Marching for Jesus in Secular France
In France, a country known for its secularization and growing Islamic population, tens of thousands of Christians will take to … Read More
Church Under Fire for Gay Exorcism
A Connecticut church has come under fire for a YouTube video showing ministry leaders attempting to cast a “homosexual demon” … Read More
Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility for Christian Aid Worker Murder
Al-Qaida’s North Africa branch on Thursday said it killed an American aid worker in Mauritania this week for allegedly trying … Read More
Ralph Reed Launches New Group to Target ‘Values Voters’
Former Christian Coalition executive director Ralph Reed has launched a new political organization that will use the Internet to mobilize … Read More
Will This Church Trend Continue to Grow?
Leaders who defected from the Episcopal Church completed the formation of a conservative branch of Anglicanism in North America Monday … Read More
The Holiday Considered to Be a Second Independence Day
Two Christian ministers say a little-known holiday could serve as a catalyst to promote healing and racial reconciliation. Juneteenth, which … Read More
AG Reports Membership Gains
For the 19th consecutive year, the Assemblies of God (AG) saw an increase in membership, with the Pentecostal denomination claiming … Read More
Christians Still Hope for Freedom in Iran
As protests of Iran’s presidential election results went into their sixth day today, Christians in the nation remained hopeful that … Read More
PBS Bans New Religious Programming
The Public Broadcasting Service on Tuesday banned its affiliate stations from airing new religious programming, citing what it says is … Read More
Police in Vietnam Attack House Church, Jail Leaders
HANOI, Vietnam– Police invaded the Sunday service of the Agape Baptist congregation in Vietnam’s Hung Yen Province on June 7 and beat worshippers, including women, and arrested a pastor and an elder.
Christian sources said police put the two church leaders into separate cells, and each man was beaten by a gang of five policemen. Pastor Duong Van Tuan of the house church in Hamlet 3, Ong Dinh Commune, Khoai Chau district said that officers beat them in a way that did not leave marks: hard blows to the stomach.