In a raw and deeply personal discussion on “The Jordan B. Peterson” podcast, Pastor Greg Laurie and renowned psychologist Jordan Peterson explored the complex intersection of faith and grief. You can watch ...
Read More »Irish March for Jesus attracts more than 12,000 Protestants, Catholics
More than 12,000 Christians took part in a recent March for Jesus in Dublin, Ireland, singing worship songs and holding up signs such as “Jesus can change your life.” One organizer, Pastor ...
Read More »Christians regularly attending weekly services also likely to be church members
If someone is regularly sitting in a church pew, their name is probably also on the church membership roll. According to a Lifeway Research study, around four in five U.S. adults who ...
Read More »Engaging with Bible, church helps guard against loneliness, American Bible Society finds
Americans who engage with the Bible and church are less likely to experience the loneliness epidemic that is sweeping the nation, the State of the Bible USA 2024 survey from the American ...
Read More »Pastor, priest and rabbi agree that religion, civility are in decline
It’s not only evangelical Christians who are noticing a decline in religion in the United States. Jewish, Catholic and Protestant leaders agreed on the disturbing trend during a recent event at the ...
Read More »Sunday will mark International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
Christians are urged to pray for other believers facing persecution on Sunday, November 10, which is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. “Since Oct. 7, 2023, the whole Middle ...
Read More »Meeting Billy Graham as a child was lifechanging moment for actor Kevin Sorbo
Kevin Sorbo has remained anchored to his Christian faith throughout his successful Hollywood career and he says Billy Graham has something to do with it. “In later teenage years in my 20s, ...
Read More »Global Church Network launching 800 leadership training hubs to fulfill Great Commission by 2030
The Global Church Network has set a goal of establishing 800 leadership training hubs worldwide as part of its mission of fulfilling the Great Commission by 2030. With the opening of hubs ...
Read More »Christians should view workplace as mission field, Lausanne speaker says
The workplace is one of the world’s most important mission fields, a speaker at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization told attendees. “How did the gospel spread so quickly and so ...
Read More »In The World’s Largest Muslim Nation, A Church Is ‘Still Thankful To God’
BEKASI, Indonesia — At 4:44 a.m., the calls to prayer begin. They come from everywhere, it seems, in a cacophonous variety of tones and pitches. Still, there’s an eerie beauty about the ...
Read More »What the unchurched think of the local church
Many Americans who don’t attend church nevertheless have had connections to a local church in the past. More than six in 10 of those not actively attending today were regular churchgoers in ...
Read More »Fantastic Caverns a new mission field for retired missionary
When people think of mission fields, Fantastic Caverns near Springfield probably is not the first place that comes to mind. However, Mark Alexander, a retired Assembly of God missionary, finds it a ...
Read More »Does church attendance always provide an emotional lift?
Christians get an emotional lift from attending church – but not if they go only a few times a year, a new study reveals. Researchers found that regular weekend church attendance leads ...
Read More »From classic car to skid steer, Independence couple puts helping others first
Retiring from the construction industry gave Bill Denman of Independence the freedom to enjoy taking their classic 1938 Ford coupe to local car shows with his wife Mary. They also got involved ...
Read More »Houston, we have a prayer: Church supports astronauts in space
Prayer meetings are out of this world at Providence Baptist Church in Houston. Members of the church, which is about 10 minutes from the Johnson Space Center, take a moment during Wednesday ...
Read More »Wyoming pastor fishes for souls by taking people on fishing trips
Pastor Duke Edwards of Wilderness Church in Pinedale, Wyo., takes the call to be a fisher of men literally. Several times a month during warm weather, he takes the church’s drift boat ...
Read More »Adding Celebrate Recovery ministry helps church experience rapid growth
Worship attendance at The Assembly church in Warner Robins, Ga., has grown from 600 to 1,500 since it introduced the Celebrate Recovery ministry five years ago. Terry Theus approached the pastor, Darrell ...
Read More »Here’s the scoop: Former Blue Bell CEO puts God above ice cream
Although Ben & Jerry’s ice cream often supports progressive causes and promotes divestment from Israel, Blue Bell is promoting the work of the church. In his new book, “One Scoop at a ...
Read More »French Bible Society to distribute 200,00 Bibles during Olympics
Athletes and spectators participating in the summer Olympics in Paris will receive a special edition of the New Testament, thanks to the French Bible Society. The organization plans to hand out 140,000 ...
Read More »One Million Souls Campaign sharing gospel through “Firing Squad” movie
The ambitious One Million Souls Campaign hopes to introduce one million people to Christ through the message of redemption in the upcoming movie “The Firing Squad.” Directed by Christian filmmaker Tim Chey, ...
Read More »In Quitting Church, Americans Gave Up More Than They’d Bargained For
Now, atheists and agnostics realize the important role a church community plays in the health of the nation. I’ve long argued it’s difficult — really, next to impossible — to practice Christianity ...
Read More »California pastor asks Christians to join with Tennessee in praying for nation this month
Pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills is asking Christians to pray for the nation this month. He asked his own congregation to join with Tennessee, where Republican Gov. Bill Lee ...
Read More »The Messiah Conference gets under way
The Messiah Conference, the world’s largest annual gathering of Messianic Jews and pro-Israel Christians, is taking place at Messiah University in Pennsylvania. The seven-day event features bestselling author Jonathan Cahn; television host Jonathan ...
Read More »Day of the Christian Martyr June 29 will focus on ISIS victims
Christians around the world will observe the Day of the Christian Martyr on June 29, which church tradition holds was the day that the Apostle Paul was beheaded in Rome. In advance ...
Read More »Gen Z reading Bible more, looking for authenticity, survey finds
The recent State of the Bible survey from the American Bible Society offers a ray of hope for younger generations. More than 20 percent of Gen Z adults say they have increased ...
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