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Died: 'The Hiding Place' and 'The Cross and the Switchblade' Coauthor Elizabeth Sherrill

Few evangelicals know Elizabeth Sherrill's name. But because of her, they know David Wilkerson, Brother Andrew, Corrie ten Boom, and dozens of other modern men and women who overcame by faith. Working...

Jun 2023

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Manipur Christians: 'The Violence Has Shattered Us'

Lun Tombing was hiding in the bushes with her husband and three- and six-year-old daughters several weeks ago when they saw a mob burn down their home, car, and church.Tombing and her family had heard...

Jun 2023

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Canadian Christians Launch Collective for Climate Action

When Matthew thinks about the drought in Ethiopia--the worst in 50 years--he thinks of the starving animals and malnourished people.When he thinks about the solution, he thinks of the need to address ...

May 2023

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Fewer Christians Know Families Who Foster or Adopt

More pastors are encouraging members to adopt and provide foster care at a time when adoptions have declined in the US.A Lifeway Research study found more than 2 in 5 US Protestant churchgoers (44%) s...

May 2023

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Australian Gamblers Could Lose Less Money, Thanks to These Christians

The former CEO of World Vision Australia, Tim Costello, often says that no one gambles away money like Australians.He's not wrong.Aussies lose more than $25 billion a year to gambling, the largest per...

May 2023

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Died: Rachel Kerr James, Missionary Nurse to War-Torn Vietnam

Rachel Kerr James was the first medical professional to arrive on the scene of the US embassy bombing in Saigon in March 1965. She saw the smoke, mangled metal, and scores of people wounded by the bla...

May 2023

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Josh Butler Resigns as Pastor Following TGC Article Backlash

An evangelical Christian pastor and author whose book on the theology of sex caused a furor online earlier this spring resigned Wednesday from the leadership of his Arizona megachurch."We have found o...

May 2023

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Religious Freedom Violations Go West

While longstanding offenders in Asia and the Middle East remain epicenters of persecution, Latin America and Europe occupy more space in an annual chronicle by the US Commission on International Relig...

May 2023

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One in Four Pastors Plan to Retire Before 2030

Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida, has gotten serious about raising up a new generation of pastors. Normally, the congregation produces one or two young people every couple of years who feel ...

Apr 2023

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18 Christian Colleges Closed Since the Start of COVID-19

Iowa Wesleyan University freshman Emma Soukup started crying when she heard the news that her school, a 181-year-old United Methodist institution, would close at the end of this semester.She told the ...

Apr 2023

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Alliance University's Financial Woes Threaten Accreditation

Alliance University, known until a name change in 2022 as Nyack College, faces the loss of its accreditation due to financial troubles, after a 2022 audit cast doubt on the school as a "going concern....

Apr 2023

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Barely Anyone Reads the Bible in Germany. So Why Are Luther Bibles Selling So Well?

Only 4 percent of Germans say they read the Bible every day, according to a poll conducted by Insa-Consulere and the German Christian news agency IDEA. A full 70 percent say they never read it at all....

Apr 2023

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After Fasting Deaths, Kenyan Police Find Dozens Buried on Preacher's Property

In the forest compound owned by the founder of Good News International Church, Kenyan police have discovered dozens of starving people and 65 bodies buried in unmarked graves. They arrested two people...

Apr 2023

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To Whom Shall We Go: Conservative Anglicans Discuss Divorce from Church of England

A "revived, renewed, and reordered" Anglican Communion will be the core message delivered tomorrow to 1,300 conservative Anglicans from 53 countries meeting this week in Kigali, Rwanda to discuss "to ...

Apr 2023

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Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Sabbath: Mail Delivery Debate Goes to Supreme Court

Maybe if Gerald Groff had only asked for one Sunday off, that would have been okay. Or he could have just asked for part of Sunday, shifting his schedule to deliver the mail after church, and that wou...

Apr 2023

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ERLC President, Covenant Parent Urges Tennessee to Pass Proposed Gun Reform

Writing as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and the father of three children who survived the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashvi...

Apr 2023

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Online Church Attendance Retains Some of Its Pandemic Boost

It's been three years since Easter set records for church streaming, with churches canceling in-person worship during the early weeks of COVID-19. Though church doors have long reopened for services i...

Apr 2023

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Syria Has Six Months to Receive Your Earthquake Aid

Syria has been suffering for 12 years, plagued by civil war, jihadist violence, foreign occupation, and autocratic governance. Yet widening US economic sanctions have made it increasingly harder to he...

Apr 2023

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Martin Luther King Jr. Looks to God in New Statue

On Monday, Kathy Fincher looked into Martin Luther King Jr.'s eyes and knew something wasn't quite right.The statue of King that she had been working on for years is said to be the first to portray th...

Mar 2023

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Saudi Arabia Embraced Coptic Christmas. Could Its First Church Be Next?

Saudi Arabia stunned foreign policy observers this month by publicly agreeing to normalize relations with Iran, under Chinese sponsorship. The deal between the neighboring Sunni and Shia arch rivals, ...

Mar 2023