Demonstrating the Bible’s timeless appeal across the millennia, the popular “YouVersion” free Bible app has been downloaded more than 700 million times in the US and worldwide since it was first developed 15 years ago, Religion News Service (RNS) reports.
Passionately committed to providing food programs for those living under the poverty line around them, a small church in Albany, New York has been able to raise $2 million to expand its building facility as it now serves thousands of meals a year, The Roys Report (TRR) said in a report.
Looking for ways to “unlock the potential of those affected by incarceration,” philanthropic leaders from diverse American companies, foundations, and non-profits recently participated in a groundbreaking summit convened by the Prison Fellowship US Christian ministry in Houston, Texas. The summit was titled the First and Second Chances Philanthropy Council and was hosted by Prison Fellowship together with the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity on Sept. 23.
After an extended consultation period and deep divisions and disagreements, the Church of England is set to make its controversial Prayers of Love and Faith for the blessing of same-sex couples available for use starting this Sunday, 17 Dec. 2023, Christian Today reports.
A Christian school in Vermont is suing the state’s education officials for unlawful discrimination after it was excluded from participating in a state tuition program and in school athletics over its conservative religious views on sexual orientation and gender identity, the Christian Post (CP) reports.
Street evangelist Hans Schmidt, who was shot in the head while preaching in Arizona earlier this month, is showing signs of recovery, the Christian Post reports. A father of two, Schmidt was gunned down while sharing the Gospel on the corner of 51st Avenue and Peoria in Arizona’s Glendale on Nov. 15.
A new report shows that the number of documented anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe rose to 749 incidents across 30 countries last year. The data was released by the Austria-based Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians (OIDAC) in the 2022/23 issue of its annual report on anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe.
A high school football coach in the U.S. state of Georgia weighed his options Saturday after he was fired amid outrage over a mass baptism he organized for players on school grounds.
Numerous Muslim men” in war-ravaged Gaza have accepted “Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior” after seeing Jesus in their dreams, Christians with knowledge about the situation say.
Thousands of people gathered at an evangelistic event in New York City’s Times Square last week to hear the Gospel and worship God, CBN News reports. Approved by Democratic Mayor Eric Adams’ office, the event was organized by Pastor Mike Signorelli of V1 Church in New York City.
U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham, who leads the world’s largest relief group, met Israel’s prime minister Wednesday after touring and praying at sites where Hamas fighters massacred 1,200 people on October 7.
Among other items on its agenda, the Church of England’s General Synod is currently considering whether to allow clergy to voluntarily perform prayers of blessings for same-sex couples in church, Christian Today reports.
Tens of thousands of people “have accepted Jesus Christ” as their Lord and Savior, and thousands were miraculously healed in Nicaragua, according to two U.S.-based mission groups involved in evangelism in Central America’s largest nation.
The renowned 1979 “Jesus” movie has now been translated into its 2,100th language, the Washington Times reports. Based on the Gospel of Luke, the movie is a hugely popular American-made drama about the life of Christ.
More than 8,000 people participated in a four day campaign that ended Wednesday, as evangelist Mario Murillo held a 4-day Gospel and healing crusade in Winston-Salem, NC. It began on Sunday Oct. 22nd and ended Wed. Oct. 25th.
A senior Church of England Bishop has said it is possible the prayers of blessing for same-sex couples approved by the General Synod in February may not be ready for use until around 2025 as there remain disagreements to be ironed out, Sky News reports.
Ukrainian lawmakers have given overwhelming approval to the first reading of a bill that would ban the minority Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) on the alleged grounds that it has collaborated with Russia amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reports. The bill passed by 267-15 votes in favor.
More than 1,300 people responded to an appeal by American evangelist Rick Gage to commit their lives to Christ at a 4-day Gospel crusade event in the southern US state of Mississippi earlier this month, The Christian Index (CI) reports.
Hundreds of people are having their lives changed by the powerful saving grace of Jesus Christ as a move of God continues into its second week at Free Chapel Church in Gainesville, Georgia.
After weeks of turmoil, House Republicans elected Rep. Mike Johnson on Wednesday as the new speaker of the House, an act the Louisiana congressman suggested was ordained by God.