The nation’s largest Protestant adoption agency is facing criticism for recently opening adoptions to LGBTQ parents. The ministry has been adopting to LGBTQ families in Michigan since May 2019, after the state ...
Read More »Minister who forgave his attacker launches ‘Safe Haven’ for youth
“I forgave the man who shot me,” Anthony White recalls of his chance encounter with the attacker who two years earlier had pulled the trigger. It was 2002 and White was walking ...
Read More »Sight & Sound to broadcast ‘Jesus’ live from Branson
Sight & Sound will broadcast its original production of “Jesus” live from Branson for Easter. “For more than 40 years, audiences from all over the world have been coming to Sight & ...
Read More »Melvin Banks, founder of largest black-owned Christian publishing company dies
The name of Dr. Melvin Banks Sr. hasn’t come up during Black History Month discussions, but he owned and operated Urban Ministries Inc., the largest independent black-owned and operated publishing company in ...
Read More »Lifetime cancels D. James Kennedy Ministries
The popular weekly ministry show of Dr. James Kennedy Ministries’ (DJKM) has been canceled by the Liftime network. Truths That Transform has been on the air for decades but its biblical discussion ...
Read More »How should we respond to the Ravi Zacharias scandal?
In the aftermath of the shocking and tragic news about the sex scandal involving Ravi Zacharias, someone wrote me asking, “Would you consider writing something in regards to the Ravi scandals? I ...
Read More »Biden Administration’s crackdown on religious liberty raises alarm
Christian leaders are bracing for religious liberty to be curtailed under President Joe Biden. “Early indications are troubling,” Professor Edward A. Morse, a member of the board of directors of the Thomas ...
Read More »Ministry brings hope to Russians like Nadia, who lost her son in terrorist attack
Nadia will never forget the day terrorists stormed a local school in her hometown and took nearly 1,200 children and adults hostage. When the siege in Beslan, Russia, ended two days later ...
Read More »Join Alliance for Life in recognizing Sanctity of Human Life Month
January is National Sanctity of Human Life Month, with the focus on Sunday, January 17 as Sanctity of Human Life Day. We have heard it said, “The death of one is a ...
Read More »FCA announces ‘Pursue’ is 2021 ministry theme
Fellowship of Christian Athletes is urging athletes to move from state of uncertainty to a position of confidence as they move into the new year. “It is important that we continue exercising ...
Read More »New podcast series from R.C. Sproul now available
Just in time for the new year, Ligonier Ministries is releasing a new podcast titled “Ultimately with R.C. Sproul.” It features classic teaching moments from Sproul, who died in 2017. It also ...
Read More »Popular Christian radio host Dawson McAllister dies
Dawson McAllister, whose call-in program for teens and young adults, “Dawson McAllister Live!” was one of the most popular longtime radio programs on Christian radio and Top 40 secular radio, died last week. ...
Read More »World’s first Christian airline for missionaries cleared for takeoff
An aviation ministry plants to create the world’s first Christian airline in 2021 to carry missionaries and their cargo around the world. Judah 1 is based in Shreveport, La. “We give wings ...
Read More »Today last day for curb-side drop off of Operation Christmas Child boxes
Shoebox packers across the Kansas City Metro are preparing to bless children around the world through Operation Christmas Child. More than 4,000 locations, including more than 40 locations in the greater Kansas ...
Read More »Why prayer is essential to the success of missions
Has the church forgotten the importance of prayer to effective missions? It has often been observed that a person’s last words convey great significance. Whether someone is dying or leaving not to ...
Read More »Advice & Aid: Helping moms create order where chaos exists
I began working at Advice & Aid a little over a year ago. After retiring from teaching, I was looking for a part-time job that provided a sense of purpose. Because of ...
Read More »The Tide ministry finds long-term relationships help reach seekers during Covid-19
The needs brought on by COVID-19 restrictions have opened multiple doors for The Tide, a ministry that delivers the gospel to people in their native languages, to deepen relationships with people seeking ...
Read More »Slavic Gospel Association hopes to reach 50,000 needy Russian children this Christmas
A U.S.-based evangelical mission that partners with local churches to serve orphans, widows and others in need across Russia and the former Soviet Union aims to share the true meaning and hope ...
Read More »‘God showing up’ – Youth For Christ replaces loneliness with hope in juvenile detention centers
“I was totally lost, really hopeless and ashamed of what I was doing with my life. I was in a hopeless spot at a time where I didn’t really care what happened ...
Read More »City Union Mission kicks off Celebrate Hope campaign
City Union Mission kicked off their annual Celebrate Hope campaign Thursday, Oct. 1. The organization hopes to raise $7 million—a significant portion of the Mission’s yearly operating budget through January 31, 2021. ...
Read More »United Methodist pastor demands changing denomination’s “racist” logo
The cancel culture may be coming for the logo of the United Methodist Church. The cross and flame -— two red flames intertwined with a thin, black cross — is racist, according ...
Read More »Inner-city pastor ‘blindsided’ by being kicked out of church building
A Kansas City pastor said he was blindsided when his church was unexpectedly kicked out of its building. “Tuesday at about 8 o’clock, I got an email from the Justice Center Coalition ...
Read More »Five types of church members who will not return when covid-19 eases
It is one of the most common questions we get from church leaders: When will all the church members return to in-person services? Leaders do not like my response: Never. It is ...
Read More »Roma Gypsies in revival: ‘We have never seen anything like it!’
Across Slovakia’s countryside, castles have dominated the landscape for a thousand years, boasting of power, wealth, and luxury. At their feet, sleepy villages rest in lush valleys. Small chapels marked by crosses ...
Read More »At convention, Trump pardons Jon Ponder who founded prison ministry
Former bank robber and now Christian ministry founder Jon Ponder was pardoned by President Donald Trump on the second night of the Republican National Convention. The emotional moment came as the President ...
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