US Christian ministry to deaf people will release the first-ever feature film about the life of Jesus completely in American Sign Language (ASL) next month, Crosswalk reports. Set for release in theaters on Jun. 20, the film JESUS is produced by Deaf Missions, an Iowa ministry which helps “millions of Deaf people encounter Jesus and to live a life of meaning and purpose.”
The Passages US-based Christian ministry last week celebrated Israel’s 76th Independence Day by organizing a solidarity “walk-in” at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to show support for the Jewish state and Jewish students facing anti-semitic hostility in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas.
A new study on faith in the United Kingdom shows that faith is of greater value and significance to Britain’s “Generation Z” (those aged between 18-24) young adults than it is to older generations.
Pastor Joby Martin, founder and lead pastor of Florida’s The Church of Eleven22 reports that his church witnessed a record 1,614 people publicly declare their faith in Jesus through baptism during an annual one-day Gospel event earlier this month, Crosswalk reports. The yearly event took place at Hanna Park Beach in Jacksonville, Florida on May 5.
The pastor of a Christian ministry in Pennsylvania says God protected his congregants when a tornado tore into their church building during a worship service Saturday, ripping off the steeple and a roof, and smashing windows Crosswalk reports. According to the National Weather Service, the twister was probably an EF-2 tornado with winds between 111-135 mph.
A new study sponsored by the British and Foreign Bible Society shows that the Chinese Church in the United Kingdom grew by an average of nearly 29% between 2021-2023, making it the fastest-growing church in Britain, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
A pastor in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania says he has forgiven the man who nearly shot and killed him during last Sunday’s church service.
The major US music ministry Winter Jam has seen over 34,000 professions of faith in Christ from young people in America this year alone, Christian Headlines (CH) reports.
Pennsylvania pastor Rev. Glenn Germany attests it was a “miracle of God” that the loaded gun aimed at him by Bernard Polite during a church service on Sunday would not fire because it was jammed, Christian Headlines (CH) reports.
America’s United Methodist Church General Conference last week voted to remove from its Book of Discipline rulebook a clause asserting that homosexuality is “incompatible with Christian teaching,” the Christian Post (CP) reports.
Millions of Orthodox and Greek Catholic Christians marked Easter, many holding vigils and attending midnight Masses amid armed conflicts and persecution.
An Australian Assyrian church leader who was stabbed in the eye among other parts of his body during a livestream worship service on Apr. 15 has already returned to the pulpit saying he forgives the attacker, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Washington DC on Saturday saw the fourth March for the Martyrs, an event held annually to highlight the persecution of Christians around the world and to encourage believers to “follow Jesus no matter the cost.”
Thousands shouting “God loves Israel!” and “Israel is not alone!” gathered outside the gates of Columbia University in New York City on Thursday to protest against the “rising antisemitic spirit on college campuses across America.”
A new study by the American Bible Society (ABS) shows that there has been a significant increase in the number of young adults aged 18–27 (Gen Z) who say the Bible has transformed their lives.
As Haiti reels under years of gang-led terror, chronic violent political instability, and poverty, a group of Christian ministers led by Kenya’s first lady Rachel Ruto recently participated in a “marathon” prayer event seeking God’s help for the Caribbean nation and asking His protection for the 2,500 multinational police force Kenya is now leading to support Haitian police.
Known as a country where 50% of the population say they do not believe in God, France saw a record 12,135 baptisms this Easter, America Magazine reports. The French Bishops Conference said in a new report that 7,135 adults and more than 5,000 children aged 11-17 were baptized during Easter services this year.
Australian police say Monday’s stabbing attack at a Sydney church in which a bishop, priest, and churchgoers were injured during mass was a “terrorist act.”
Amid an ongoing systematic crackdown on Christians in China, the ruling Chinese Communist Party has threatened evangelical church leaders in Guangdong Province with prison and seizure of property for printing devotional materials, Christian Daily reports.
The world’s largest Baptist denomination, the US Southern Baptist Convention, lost a record 1,200 congregations in 2022, a new study by Lifeway Research shows. The data for 2022 is the latest available; a report for 2023 will be published soon, Lifeway said.