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Pastor of Vandalized Church Says He Forgives Vandals, Offers Them Help: 'There Is Help for You'

The pastor of a church in Memphis, Tenn. says he forgives the vandals who destroyed pews and musical instruments, cut off the power in the church,...

Pastor of Vandalized Church Says He Forgives Vandals, Offers Them Help: 'There Is Help for You'

Church Hosted Gas Giveaway Is Shut Down after 2 Times the Anticipated Number of People Turn Up

In the spirit of giving back, a local Detroit church hosted an event over the weekend giving $15 in free gas to the first 150 people to visit a BP...

Church Hosted Gas Giveaway Is Shut Down after 2 Times the Anticipated Number of People Turn Up

A Conversation with Immanuel Bible Church Pastor following False Hate Crime Claim: 'Just as Repentance Is Immediate, So Is Forgiveness'

A Christian school was in the news last week after a black female student accused her classmates of a hate crime.

A Conversation with Immanuel Bible Church Pastor following False Hate Crime Claim: 'Just as Repentance Is Immediate, So Is Forgiveness'

In California’s Coachella Valley, Catholic Church Ministers to Indigenous Purépechas

Aida Sansor and Maria Teresa Pacheco have traveled the Eastern Coachella Valley area, seeking to connect with the indigenous Purépecha community.

In California’s Coachella Valley, Catholic Church Ministers to Indigenous Purépechas

LGBT Lobby Group Proposes the United Methodist Church Be Separated into 4 Denominations

An LGBT lobby group has placed a radical new proposal before the United Methodist Church's General Conference in a bid to solve long-standing...

LGBT Lobby Group Proposes the United Methodist Church Be Separated into 4 Denominations

The 'Fastest Growing Church' in the World Is 'Spreading Like a Wildfire' in Iran: New Documentary

Large numbers of Iranian Muslims are walking away from Islam and toward Christianity, a new documentary says.

The 'Fastest Growing Church' in the World Is 'Spreading Like a Wildfire' in Iran: New Documentary

Christians in Algeria Hit with More Church Closure

Authorities today sealed shut a church building in Tigzirt, Algeria, two days after shutting another building serving two churches without prior...

Christians in Algeria Hit with More Church Closure

Minister to Homeless Says City Officials Denied Him a Permit for Church Worship

A ministry founder in Ohio says city officials have denied him a permit to hold worship services in his ministry’s building because they fear the...

Minister to Homeless Says City Officials Denied Him a Permit for Church Worship

35 Million Christian Youths Will Leave Christianity by 2050, New Report Predicts

A new report shows that some 35 million youths raised in Christian families will leave Christianity by the year 2050.

35 Million Christian Youths Will Leave Christianity by 2050, New Report Predicts

How Does a Church Make the Poor Visible? This One Immortalized Them in a Fresco

Poor people have often told pastor Brian Combs that the hardest thing about standing at highway intersections holding up a cardboard sign and...

How Does a Church Make the Poor Visible? This One Immortalized Them in a Fresco

Dallas Churches Vandalized, 'LIES' Graffitied on Steeple

Six churches were vandalized in south Dallas this week with red graffiti paint spray-painted across the steeples and exterior walls, as reported by...

Dallas Churches Vandalized, 'LIES' Graffitied on Steeple

Dallas Megachurch Hosts Mass Wedding for Cohabitating Couples to Honor Marriage

Earlier this month, 24 couples held hands and committed to a lifetime of marriage in the fourth annual “Grand Wedding” at Dallas-based Concord...

Dallas Megachurch Hosts Mass Wedding for Cohabitating Couples to Honor Marriage

Saving Pastors’ Lives: A Call to the Church to Help Those Struggling with Ideas of Suicide

One of my all-time favorite quotes comes from Abraham Kuyper and was repeated over and over by Chuck Colson: “There’s not a single square inch in...

Saving Pastors’ Lives: A Call to the Church to Help Those Struggling with Ideas of Suicide

5 Tips for Churches on How to Hold onto Millennials and GenZ

A former colleague got in touch this week to ask me a question I’ve heard often since my book The Next Mormons was published earlier this year. He...

5 Tips for Churches on How to Hold onto Millennials and GenZ

Baptist Church Makes History, Calls Transgender Pastor

An Ohio Baptist church this summer called a transgender pastor to lead its church, making it one of the few Baptist congregations in the United...

Baptist Church Makes History, Calls Transgender Pastor