Faith

Faithful churchgoers have stepped up their giving to make up for attendance declines since the pandemic, a new study from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research found. In “Finances and Faith: A ...

More than half of respondents to a recent poll by Religion News Service, including 67 percent of millennials, said they plan to pray before voting on Election Day. A majority (58 percent) ...

As students returned to colleges nationwide last month, some were unsure what to expect with headlines about pro-Hamas protests. But something good has happened. Revivals at two public universities have broken out ...

More than 30 members of the Carson-Newman University football team in Jefferson City, Tenn., recently were baptized in a campus creek. Carson-Newman is a Christian liberal arts university affiliated with the Tennessee ...

The pandemic was especially challenging for Orthodox churches, whose liturgy involves processions, incense, kissing icons and crosses, and receiving Communion from a shared spoon and chalice. A new study reveals that Orthodox ...

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 ...

Near one of the world’s largest red-light districts in Antwerp, Belgium, the Oasis Center offers a message of hope and redemption. The Oasis Center is a physical hub of Breaking Chains Network, a human trafficking-prevention ...

Most baby boomers remember the Beatles’ hit, “Strawberry Fields Forever.” The Salvation Army is using nostalgia for the song to spread the gospel and address poverty. The original Strawberry Field was a ...

The term “sign language” can be misleading, because there are not just one but at least 380 sign languages in use globally. This is one reason why only 2 percent of an ...

More than 100,00 people worldwide have contributed to pay for the fifth season of “The Chosen.” The next season will tell the story of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem in the days before his ...

A Dallas-area man recently drowned in a lake just minutes after being baptized. Lincer Lopez, 21, was at Lake Waxahachie with a church group when he jumped into the water to save ...

When he was only 19 years old, Steven Curtis Chapman decided to follow George Jones. Not follow, but impersonate. And there was no better place to mimic the country legend’s voice and ...

A surprising new study reveals that singing songs can improve your health. What shocked cardiologist researchers however, was what song helped the most. The classic hymn “Amazing Grace” can apparently do wonders ...

Spencer Tracy brought the story of Father Edward J. Flanagan to life in the 1938 Oscar-winning movie “Boys Town.” A new documentary, “Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story,” will take ...

The Global Church Network has an ambitious goal to fulfill the Great Commission by 2030. As part of that objective, it will host the FINISH East Africa Summit late this week in ...

Tony Dungy is highly acclaimed as a Super Bowl-winning coach, broadcaster, author and former assistant coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. Despite his success, however, he has never forgotten the life lessons ...

Rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud of the Houston Texans dazzled fans last season by passing for 4,108 yards and 23 touchdowns on the way to a divisional championship, Pro Bowl appearance and multiple ...

The world’s 280 million immigrants have greater shares of Christians, Muslims and Jews than the general population, according to a new Pew Research Center study. “You see migrants coming to places like the ...

Popular actor and comedian Tim Allen is reading through the Bible – and he is impressed by what it has to say. “Never took the time in all my years to ever ...

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 ...

Many congregations are extending their reach by planting new churches. Three upcoming Sending Labs, sponsored by the Missouri Baptist Convention and the North American Mission Board, will share practical advice for accomplishing ...

“Jesus knew times of crisis would come upon our world, so in a spirit of wisdom He sought to prepare people for what was ahead.” Hardly a week goes by without some ...

Not all of the news coming out of Iran is bad. A million Iranians have accepted Christ as tens of thousands of mosques in the Islamic country have closed, according to reports ...

From being kicked out of high school to becoming a father at age 17, Christian country singer Rhett Walker admits his journey through life has not always been easy. However, his faith ...

Refuge Widowers, a ministry dedicated to guiding widowers through a gospel-centered community, is teaming up with the ministry Send Relief to provide support for widowers across the nation.             Founded by a ...