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		Click on the article title to read the full article. New President: God Can Save the Philippines - 7/29/2010 During his presidential campaign, Aquino pledged to end poverty by first ending corruption. Aquino exposed irregularities allegedly committed by the former administration. "Now is the time to end the extravagance of government officials squandering t... Full Article » Students Punished for Opposing Homosexuality - 7/29/2010 Christian students at two different universities are being punished for disagreeing with their schools' policies on homosexuality. Julea Ward was expelled from the graduate program at Eastern Michigan University. A federal judge has upheld her expuls... Full Article » Pakistan Christian government minister is accused of committing blasphemy - Muslim cleric demands removal of Shahbaz Bhatti from the Cabinet - 7/28/2010 Bhatti, Pakistan's Federal Minister for Minorities had spoken out about the murder on Monday, June 19, of two Christian brothers. They had been accused of blasphey. -- A Muslim cleric said, "It is not a cruelty to kill blasphemers, rather blasphemy i... Full Article » Benny Hinn and Paula White Deny Tabloid Allegations of Affair - 7/26/2010 "We have independently determined that we will have no further social relationship until such time as my divorce has concluded and only if we feel direction from the Lord to do so." That was part of Benny Hinn's response to a "National Enquirer" arti... Full Article » Evangelist Purchases Modern-Day Slaves - 7/26/2010 Imagine children as young as 4 and 5 years old being forced to work 14- to 16-hour days making bricks, cigarettes, rope and textiles, then being forced to beg strangers for food. This is the picture of slavery in many Asian and Middle Eastern countri... Full Article » Survey Says: Faith and Family Dropped in Priority from 2006 to 2010 - 7/26/2010 Family and faith continue to be the most common priorities of Americans, though these have waned in importance since 2006. Meanwhile, other elements such as health, leisure, money and professional success are more likely to be identified as Americans... Full Article » New Jersey Governor Vetoes Millions for Planned Parenthood - 7/25/2010 Governor Chris Christie thinks there's little reason to give Planned Parenthood $7.5 million when the state currently faces an $11 billion deficit. Christie's budget had removed the millions in funding, but Democrats voted in June to restore it by a ... Full Article » Government-Incited Gang in Vietnam Attacks House Church - 7/25/2010 Local youths smashed the walls of the home and wreaked havoc within as they railed against evangelist Mang Vuong for being a Christian. This is not the first time Vuong has been the victim of such an attack. About a week earlier the same youths broke... Full Article » First Dog to Receive Communion? - 7/24/2010 It is a mistake interim priest Marguerite Rea will probably never make again. A newcomer was invited to St. Peter's Anglican Church in Toronto, and brought his dog. When it was time for communion, he went up to receive the bread and wine. Then, he as... Full Article » Graduate Student Told to Give Up Her Christian Beliefs or Be Expelled - 7/23/2010 Jennifer Keeton would be almost as out of place at a gay pride parade as Holocaust survivors at a Nazi rally. Her professors are telling her to go and change her beliefs. Augusta State feels Keeton won't fit in to the multi-cultural profession of cou... Full Article » Abortion Provider Allegedly Violates Closure Order - 7/23/2010 Abortionist Steven Brigham has repeatedly been in trouble with the law. The Pennsylvania Health Department recently ordered his facilities closed, citing a "reckless and careless attitude" toward patients. Now there's a report that operations continu... Full Article » Pastor Rick Warren's Eyes Burned in Accident - 7/23/2010 Rick Warren is at home recovering from an accident in which his eyes were burned with the sap of a firestick plant. The Saddleback Community Church pastor only stayed in the hospital a day. He's expected to fully recover. Warren, who loves to garden,... Full Article » Christian College Student Spends Summer Break Living With Homeless - 7/23/2010 Brian Seeley was not new to the downtown scene in Lakeland, Florida. He'd been there many times before — hanging out with friends. This past spring the Southeastern University senior decided to do more than just hang out — he went to live alongside ... Full Article » Gospel Singer Doug Oldham Dies Awaiting Surgery - 7/22/2010 He partnered with some of the most famous musicians and ministers of his day, from Bill Gaither to Jerry Falwell to Jim Bakker. His earthly ministry ended this week when Doug Oldham passed away at the University of Virginia Medical Center. His powerf... Full Article » Papua , Indonesia: tensions high as military "sweeps" Puncak Jaya - 7/22/2010 Papuans are ethnic Melanesians and predominantly Christian. Their land, which was annexed by Indonesia in 1969, is being strategically, purposefully and rapidly colonised by Javanese Muslims, resulting in Islamisation and marginalisation. Indonesian ... Full Article » Victory for BC Pro Life Students! - 7/22/2010 "It's a great victory, and the terms of settlement show that the UVSS acknowledges YPY has been treated wrongly over the past two years." Youth Protecting Youth, a pro-life student group at University of Victoria, BC paid a heavy penalty for posting ... Full Article » Murder of Christian brothers sparks riots in Pakistan - 7/21/2010 Communal tension that had been simmering for some weeks in the Pakistani city of Faisalabad, exploded into Christian-Muslim riots on Monday, July 19, 2010, after unidentified gunmen killed two Christian brothers who had been accused of blasphemy, whi... Full Article » The Role Played by Muslim Women in the 'abduction and forced Islamization of Christian females in Egypt' is on the rise - 7/21/2010 The role of Muslim women in the abduction and forced Islamization of Christian females in Egypt is on the rise, with ever changing methods of deception. Victims are mostly minor girls, however, one of the most recent abductions was a Coptic Christian... Full Article » Dagestan police try to find answers to pastor's murder - 7/21/2010 Authorities in Dagestan are trying to find the underlying cause of the July 16 murder of 49-year-old Artur Suleimanov. He pastored the largest church in the capital city, with an active inner city outreach. He was shot just outside of the Hosanna Hou... Full Article » Amazing Surprise at Birth: Blonde, White Baby from Two Black Parents - "She's beautiful—a miracle baby," says baby's mum. - 7/21/2010 A Nigerian couple, living in Woolwich, South London had quite a surprise as their third child was born this week. Both Ben and Angela Ihegboro are black, as are their first two children, but baby number three was born with clear blue eyes and long, c... Full Article » Did Abortion Views Lead to Firing of Bus Driver? - 7/19/2010 Edwin Graning was a bus driver in the Austin area. One day he was instructed to take two women to a Planned Parenthood clinic. He told his boss he could not do it "in good conscience." His supervisor fired him. Graning claims in a lawsuit his boss v... Full Article » Finding Faith and Employment at Church - 7/19/2010 Madison and her husband were living in a hotel and had only a bag of rice left to eat when she walked into Christian HELP. After losing a $350,000-a-year job and having a heart attack that depleted her savings, the Washington, DC, resident had moved ... Full Article » 'Thought Police' Slam Religious-Inspired Media With Fine Totaling $125,000 - 7/18/2010 Spain has announced the penalty against Intereconomia for broadcasting video of gay pride events and asking "Proud of what?" The ads were intended to promote the traditional family. The media group is being accused of what is commonly called "hate sp... Full Article » Artist Shows Biblical Scenes in the Style of 'Google Earth' - 7/18/2010 An artist has recreated scenes from the Bible, such as Jesus' crucifixion, to show how they would have looked from space. The "God's eye view" re-enacts moments including Noah's Ark in the flood and Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, as seen from a ... Full Article » Muslims Threaten To Torch Christians’ Houses Over Blasphemy Charges - 7/17/2010 Christians are waiting to see if Muslims carry out their threat linked to the arrest of two brothers for alleged blasphemy. 32 year-old Rashid Emmanuel and 30 year-old Sajid Masih, of Faisalabad, Pakistan, could face the death penalty. They were arre... Full Article » US Supreme Court Grounds Announced as No Prayer Zone - 7/16/2010 The intrusive words of a cop may end up costing the government money, if corrective action is not taken before a lawsuit is filed. A private school teacher took her class to the US Supreme Court recently, when the incident occured. The students were ... Full Article » Christian Center Expected to Open Near Proposed Ground Zero Mosque - 7/16/2010 Bill Keller, host of the evangelistic website Liveprayer.com, says his 9/11 Christian Center near Ground Zero will begin holding Sunday prayer meetings in September. The proposed Islamic center in lower Manhattan has generated a firestorm of controve... Full Article » Archaeologists Uncover Goliath's Hometown - 7/16/2010 Researchers have even found names similar to "Goliath" in a document from Gath. Professor Aren Maeir reports there appears to have been cross-overs between the Philistine and Hebrew cultures. For example, elements of Philistine cooking became common... Full Article » Revival as missions, pure and simple! - Rolland and Heidi Baker - 7/15/2010 Dust hangs thick in the air, a shining cloud in the bright light pouring in from outside. Rhythmic, pounding feet are kicking up every loose particle on the cement floor. Fire is in the atmosphere. Perspiration is pouring down every face. Life is in ... Full Article » A New Generation for Transformation - Special Fiji Report - 7/14/2010 We traveled most of the day across the mountains to the village of Tavua. When we crossed into the region we felt the shift in the spiritual atmosphere. We could feel the ancient strongholds in this dark land. Idols were prominent and guarding villag... Full Article » Amazing outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Bujumbura, Burundi! - 7/14/2010 We experienced an amazing outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Bujumbura! To see the hunger for the Lord in the people of Burundi will truly move you! To watch the clip simply click here: http://www.abm.cc/ Please continue to pray for us as we go to Bo... Full Article » A ministry helps Haiti rebuild from within - 7/14/2010 Roughly half of those who fled the capital have returned because they had nowhere to go. "The poor country cousin was happy to receive the city kinfolk, but when food supplies started to diminish even more than they already were, it was kind of like,... Full Article » Nearly 70,000 people in Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico place their faith in Jesus through 'My Hope' Billy Graham TV project - 7/14/2010 Equipped with evangelism training and filled with a passion for the Gospel, the Dominican and Puerto Rican believers opened their homes as part of 'My Hope', a ministry of the Charlotte, N.C.-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. The projects ... Full Article » American missionaries among Uganda bomb blast injured - 7/14/2010 A group of American missionaries was among those in the twin terror attacks in Kampala, Uganda during the World Cup final. One American was killed Two of those injured in the blast were Emily Kerstetter, 16, and her grandmother, Joanne, in Uganda on ... Full Article » Haiti Earthquake 6-month Update - 7/13/2010 To give you an accurate picture of the current situation in Haiti, we've asked World Vision experts on the ground to share their personal stories and observations through a special video interview. Many displaced families sleep in shelters made of fl... Full Article » Dismissed Foster Parent Eligible Again, Official Was Upset Child Accepted Jesus - 7/12/2010 The woman had been blamed because a teenager in her care renounced Islam in favor of a personal relationship with Jesus. It turns out the girl was 16 and made up her own mind about God. A court recently overruled the original decision. The woman is ... Full Article » Barna Studies How Teenagers’ Faith Practices are Changing - 7/12/2010 The faith of teenagers is a picture of contrasts. They are consistently among the most religiously active Americans, but the spirituality of teens is also remarkably diverse and fluid. In several ways, teenagers are much less inclined toward spiritua... Full Article » Maurice Smith Combats the Suicide of Christian Theology with Facts and Humor - 7/11/2010 A fresh wave of universalism is intent on seducing the church through the belief that all men will be saved, period. For those who have not studied theology, it is brand new. For those who have, it goes back nearly two thousand years. An on-line ch... Full Article » Cops Accused of Tampering with Evidence in Street Preacher Case - 7/11/2010 Apparently fearing accountability, police interfered with the free speech of two street preachers and allegedly destroyed evidence of official misconduct. The evangelists, who were sharing the Gospel with Muslims outside a Philadelphia mosque, were a... Full Article » Pharmacists Allowed to Have a Conscience ... in Washington State - 7/11/2010 It's good news for the owners of Ralph's Thriftway and two other pharmacists. They objected to carrying Plan B, a controversial contraceptive pill that prevents implantation. Attorneys for the state of Washignton have told a federal judge they plan ... Full Article » Tom Jones Goes Gospel - 7/11/2010 Tom Jones has enjoyed many of the same show business successes as his late friend, Elvis. The two men have also partaken of some of the same vices. And it appears they shared an appreciation for Gospel music. It's part of Jones' new album. Time will... Full Article » Survey Links Bible Reading to Financial Success - 7/10/2010 The Pew survey was not commissioned by Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar or one of the other "usual suspects." It was a collaborative research project involving "Christianity Today" magazine and Maximum Generosity (MG), a stewardship "enhancer" for min... Full Article » Pastor Yanked from Capitol Over Jesus Prayer - 7/9/2010 Pastor Ron Baity was invited to pray at North Carolina legislative sessions for an entire week. Baity was disinvited after just one day when he offended the powers that be by praying in Jesus' name. The Winston Salem man has asked House Speaker Joe H... Full Article » Judge Rules Fed Gay 'Marriage' Ban Unconstitutional - 7/9/2010 Judge Joseph Tauro claims in a ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act violates the right of homosexual couples to equal protection under the US Constitution. He also says it interferes with the right of a state to define marriage. The US Justice Dep... Full Article » Hawaii Governor Rejects Same-Sex Civil Unions Bill - 7/9/2010 Governor Linda Lingle admits that during her eight years in office, she has never thought about an issue or piece of legislation more than the institution of marriage. After months of listening to citizens, Lingle has vetoed a bill that would have le... Full Article » California School District Upgrades Standards, Includes Bible Course - 7/9/2010 The Chino Valley School District voted 5-0 in June to adopt a year-long Bible course entitled "Bible as/in Literature and History." School board president Fred Youngblood says it will help kids make decisions. The elective will show the Bible's influ... Full Article » Study Reports Less Accounting Fraud in Bible Belt - 7/9/2010 Research by Texas A&M University found companies headquartered in counties with high levels of churchgoing are less likely to practice aggressive financial reporting. The study also found small and medium-sized firms tend to use religion as a self-re... Full Article » White House Challenges Ariz. Immigration Law - 7/7/2010 The U.S. Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit against the state, just weeks before the measure goes into effect. However, Arizona state leaders said the federal government is not doing enough to secure the U.S. - Mexico border, so the Grand Ca... Full Article » Eight Christians Killed in Nigerian Muslim Attacks - 7/7/2010 Muslims attacked Christian villages and killed at least eight in Northern Nigeria. On the night of July 3, Muslims attacked Kizachi village in Kaduna State killing five including a primary school teacher, mother of six children. The Muslims also burn... Full Article » Indonesia: Fitna and apostaphobia in Bekasi. - 7/6/2010 Bekasi, located in the outskirts of Jakarta, West Java, is a culturally and religiously diverse city. However, converging trends of migration, urbanisation, Islamic radicalisation, and rapid development in residential and industrial zones has turned ... Full Article » Next Generation Christian leaders at Ukraine festival commit to live and serve God - 7/6/2010 Young Next Generation Christian leaders celebrated God's faithfulness, and re-dedicated their lives to be servants of God at the first ever international School Without Walls festival in Ukraine. With the theme of 'A Time to Live - A Time to Serve',... Full Article » Indonesian Muslims Call for Halt to 'Christianization' - 7/6/2010 Muslim organizations in Bekasi, West Java declared their intention to establish paramilitary units in local mosques and a "mission center" to oppose "ongoing attempts to convert people to Christianity." Bekasi Islamic Congress agreed to establish a m... Full Article » Presbyterian Church USA Elects Pro-Gay Moderator - 7/5/2010 Six candidates were running for moderator of the Presbyterian Church USA. Only one, Cynthia Bolbach, expressed unqualified support for same-sex marriage. But she was the winner. Bolbach says, "We fail to satisfy the Gospel imperative of inclusiveness... Full Article » Christmas Censor Principals Humbled by Court Ruling - 7/4/2010 The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals says Lynn Swanson and Jackie Bomchill were wrong in stopping distribution of Christian material by students. Swanson and Bomchill are principals in Plano, Texas. The ruling cites Supreme Court precedent that elementar... Full Article » Under Fire, Kyrgystan Judge Stands for Righteousness - 7/4/2010 Judge Anarkul Toksobayeva once read her Bible aloud, and prayed in front of her unbelieving colleagues, for 40 minutes. That apparently led to officials planting money in her office and accusing her of taking a bribe. A four-year legal battle followe... Full Article » UK Students Failing in Faith? - 7/3/2010 Schools in England have taught core values of the Christian faith for years. Yet, a new report reveals students in the United Kingdom are confused and even ignorant about their Christian heritage. The Transforming Religious Education report found tha... Full Article » US Gets Tough on Border Security When Christian Musician from Australia Shows Up - 7/2/2010 US officials detained Ray Naingollan for seven hours at San Francisco airport, asking him hundreds of questions. It all apparently comes down to a technicality about his type of visa. The former Hillsong artist had flown to America to promote a new a... Full Article » Florida School District Sued for Bible Ban - 7/2/2010 Public schools in Colier County, Florida allow the Little League, Humane Society and 4-H to distribute material. So why can't World Changes pass out Bibles on Religious Freedom Day? The school system claims it's because the Bibles contain "no educat... Full Article » Long-Time Baptist Sues DC Church Over Gay Wedding - 7/2/2010 Can a member make a church pay back previously given tithes when it departs from scriptural behavior? We may never know the legal answer to that question. Yvonne Moore sued Covenant Baptist Church after it hosted a gay wedding. She has since dropped ... Full Article » ORU Sells Former Presidential Compound - 7/2/2010 Roger and Brian Broach are not well-known to the Christian world. But they are the brothers who just bought the former presidential compound at ORU for $1.55 million. The nine acres come with six houses, including the ones where Richard and Oral Robe... Full Article » First the Power, then the Promise: God's Light Show over Chicago - 7/1/2010 Some amazing action in the sky over Chicago recently, and it's posted online. In the first video, several chains of white-hot lightning are seen connecting with the three tallest buildings on the Chicago skyline—a "triple strike." On the second video... Full Article » Group forms Militia-training Unit to visit Mosques as Indonesian Muslims told to Prepare for Religious War - 7/1/2010 Group forms Militia-training Unit to visit Mosques as Indonesian Muslims told to Prepare for Religious War Hard-line Muslims in Bekasi, Indonesia, are taking steps toward an impending religious war with Christians. A call to form religious militia un... Full Article » Scripture in heart languages is causing revival wherever it's heard - 7/1/2010 In response to hearing God's Word in their own language for the first time, millions of people are coming to Christ around the world. Faith Comes By Hearing is making this possible by recording dramatized New Testaments on Proclaimers--digital and so... Full Article » Looks Like Asylum on the Way for Born-Again 'Son Of Hamas' - 6/30/2010 No one's saying why Homeland Security changed its mind about the planned deportation of Mosab Hassan Yousef. Perhaps it was due to a publicity campaign centered around his blog. Maybe it was your prayers. Possibly it was both. Once Homeland Security ... Full Article » Muslim landlords force Christians to 'evict their homes' - 6/29/2010 There are 250 Christian families living amidst 6,000 Muslim families. One of the landowners had tried to sleep with one of the teenage Christian girls he employed and become angry when this didn't occur. In the past Muslim landlords or their sons hav... Full Article » After Failed Attempt of Forced Islamization Egyptian Christian Family Under Siege - 6/29/2010 "One of the most explosive issues in the relations between Christians and Muslims of Egypt is the abduction of Christian Coptic minor girls, to force them to embrace Islam, after humiliating and demeaning them psychologically and morally." Reports su... Full Article » Supreme Court: Christian Group Can't Bar Gays and Get School Funding - 6/28/2010 A public school has the legal right to deny a Christian campus group recognition and funding if it bars gays from becoming voting members and taking on leadership positions. That's according to a Supreme Court ruling this week. It stems from a situat... Full Article » Investigation Over, Liberty University Demotes Dean - 6/28/2010 Ergun Caner is an ex-Muslim, turned Baptist minister. But how much of his story is true? Officials at Liberty University wanted to find out. Their conclusion? While they're not using the word "lie," they are using the term "factual statements that ar... Full Article » Barna Study Looks at Who's Involved in House Church and other Expressions of Faith - 6/28/2010 Home churches are the only type of participatory religious involvement in which most attenders are men. A majority of weekly churchgoers are women. Small groups that meet for prayer or Bible study and Sunday school programs for adults are also more l... Full Article » Report Says Religious TV Programs Vanishing - 6/26/2010 A new report says religious programming is in danger of vanishing entirely from the television networks in the United Kingdom. The Christian Institute reports ITV is planning to schedule one 60-minute act of worship during 2010. Another concern is fa... Full Article » 10 Year-Old Boy Used as Grand Marshal of Arkansas Homosexual Fest - 6/26/2010 Will Phillips is the boy who attracted national attention by refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance at school. He claimed homosexuals are refused "liberty and justice" because the government defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Pro-family... Full Article » Homeschoolers Alarmed by Kagan Nomination - 6/26/2010 Imagine Elena Kagan and Clarence Thomas as contestants on "Jeopardy." Alex: "The answer is the highest law of the land." Elena: "What is an unratified UN treaty?" Alex: "Sorry, Elena. That is incorrect." Clarence: "What is the Constitution?" Alex: "Y... Full Article » Intercessors Fight Sex Trafficking at World Cup - 6/26/2010 Soccer fans have awaited the World Cup for the last four years. So have human traffickers who've brought in possibly thousands of women and children to serve as sex slaves. Exodus Cry, an anti-trafficking organization birthed during a time of worship... Full Article » Human Services Allegedly Forces Teen to Have Abortion, Foster Mom Intimidated - 6/25/2010 It looks like a judge's decision overruled the teenager's desire not to have an abortion. Foster mom Luz Navarro told the story to a newspaper. Then the Department of Human Services (DHS) took away all of Navarro's foster children. And a contractor f... Full Article » Australia's New Prime Minister Set to Move into Official Residence with Boyfriend - 6/25/2010 Australia's first female Prime Minister is making history in another way. The unmarried woman plans to "shack up" with her boyfriend in the Lodge, Australia's equivalent to the White House. Julia Gillard has been with Tim Mathieson for four years. He... Full Article » Are Obama Freudian Slips Pointing Toward Islam? - 6/25/2010 According to "Mosby's Medical Dictionary," a Freudian slip is "a behavioral error in speech or action that is believed to reveal a hidden motive in the unconscious of the perpetrator." Barack Obama has publicly declared himself to be a Christian. But... Full Article » Survey Says Two in Five Evangelical Leaders Drink Alcohol - 6/25/2010 The issue, which had seemed to be settled in the past, is apparently up for re-examination. Modern anti-drinking theology got a shot in the arm during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During an earlier era, drinking alcohol was not an issue. A... Full Article » Buenos Aires Pastors Believe Their City Should Have Only One Church - 6/25/2010 A Baptist pastor estimates that while 90% of Buenos Aries churches have grown during his 24 years of ministry there, the city outside of church walls is significantly worse off. Carlos Mraida concludes the Kingdom of God has not been established. He ... Full Article » Small Town Residents Boycott 'Mega' Mosque - 6/24/2010 Several residents in the small community of Murfreesboro, Tenn., are outraged over plans to build what some are calling a "mega" mosque. Some opponents are now threatening to boycott. "If construction does begin, I also encourage contractors to boyco... Full Article » Christian Child Abducted, Forced into Bonded Labor in Pakistan - Muslim landowner offers to remove chains from 11-year-old boy if he ’converts to Islam’ - 6/24/2010 11-year-old Christian boy from a Pakistani village who is “growing weak and ill” from malnutrition from working in “slave-like conditions” for a Muslim landowner who kidnapped him and is forcing him to work off his family’s debts. The boy works witho... Full Article » Joni Eareckson Tada to Undergo Surgery for Breast Cancer - 6/24/2010 Internationally-beloved and well-known disability advocate, artist and quadriplegic Joni Eareckson Tada has been diagnosed with breast cancer. "Joni is to undergo several more tests, followed by surgery within the week," "The extent of the cancer wil... Full Article » Lisa Miller Case Back in Court in Vermont, New Decision Pending - 6/24/2010 Lisa Miller was not in court, but her lawyer was. She's the ex-lesbian turned Christian who wants to keep her former partner from gaining physical custody of her eight year-old daughter. Miller is believed to have left the country in defiance of a c... Full Article » Vote ‘Yes’ or else... says Biden - 6/22/2010 Vice President Biden visits Kenya and demands that all Kenyans vote "YES" in the coming constitutional referendum in August. A "YES" vote is a yes for Sharia'ah or Islamic Law to be enshrined in the constitution of Kenya! Why is our President deman... Full Article » Pioneering Healing Evangelist Charles Hunter Dies - 6/22/2010 Veteran healing evangelist Charles Edward Hunter died in his Houston-area home last night after being in frail health for several years. He was 89. Hunter and his wife, Frances, spent nearly 40 years leading healing crusades worldwide before her deat... Full Article » Obama Links Father’s Day with Gays, Black Christians Say He Deserves to be Rebuked - 6/21/2010 The Black Christian News website is asking why preachers such as T.D. Jakes, Eddie Long and Creflo Dollar are not speaking out. It also aims the same accusation at white ministers such as Rick Warren, Joel Osteen and Pat Robertson. In all fairness, ... Full Article » Martyr Missionary Nate Saint’s House Scheduled for Restoration - 6/20/2010 His death resulted in a 10-page photo essay in "Life Magazine." It also resulted in several books and multiple motion pictures. Nate Saint and teammates Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming and Roger Youderian were killed by Huaorani tribesmen in Ec... Full Article » Three Christians Arrested in Outreach to Muslims in Michigan - 6/19/2010 Dr. Nabeel Quereshi used to be a devout Muslim. But he became convinced of the truth of Christianity through apologetics and a spiritual search for God. Now he heads up Acts 17 Apologetics, a ministry dedicated to reaching Muslims and others. This we... Full Article » US Missionaries Expelled from Morocco Testify Before Congressional Panel - 6/19/2010 Morocco is 99% Muslim, so it's not unusal the way Eddie and Lynn Padilla were treated. The two missionaries were running an orphanage, when all of a sudden, officials told them they had to leave the country. This meant leaving 33 children behind. Rec... Full Article » Muslims in Morroco Target Christians through Facebook - 6/19/2010 When is a social networking site an anti-social networking site? When Muslim extremists use it to harass Christians. That's exactly what's happening now in Morocco. One Facebook user, Gardes Maroc, has posted 32 collages with images of dozens of Chri... Full Article » Free Speech Restored for Street Preacher at Liberty Bell Display - 6/19/2010 Michael Marcavage had been accused of violating a demonstration permit and interfering with National Park Service operations. It goes back to an incident in 2007 when Marcavage was street preaching against abortion near the Liberty Bell. But a new Co... Full Article » Megachurch Pastor Calls it Quits, Wants to Love Jesus Again - 6/19/2010 Francis Chan was feeling restless and found himself getting too comfortable as his church grew to thousands and he gained popularity in the Christian circle. Chan was caught up with accomplishments and praying for his ministry. And he wasn't pursuing... Full Article » Well-Known Christian Artist Spends Night in Jail for Suspected DUI - 6/19/2010 52 year-old Thomas Kinkade was orginally stopped because his car was allegedly missing a license plate. A deputy reports smelling alcohol, and the painter was given a breathlyzer test. Kinkade says he gains inspiration from his religious beliefs. Rec... Full Article » The Rise of the New Deism Among Teens - 6/19/2010 Mention the word 'Deist' and you think of 18th century men in white wigs and knee breaches practicing an alternative to Christianity. Deists today dress in jeans, T-shirts and flip flops. A new study shows many teenagers share beliefs with those amon... Full Article » Lightning Strike Destroys Famous Jesus Statue in Ohio - 6/18/2010 The 60-foot likeness of Christ with arms upraised was known by the playful nickname, "Touchdown Jesus." Some are debating whether the lightning strike that burned the statue to the ground was an "act of God" or just an accident. Fire officials estima... Full Article » Is Idaho Banning the Bible? - 6/18/2010 The case has been going on for a while. The latest action is an appeal seeking to overturn a decision keeping the Bible out of Nampa Classical Academy. The school wants to include the Scriptures, along with other religious texts, as curriculum resour... Full Article » Christian Network President Dead at Age 72 - 6/18/2010 Ron Hembree was in Christian broadcasting for years before he became president of the Cornerstone TeleVision Network in 2003. His best-known program is "Quick Study." He's lived in the Pittsburgh area for much of his life. Hembree has also authored m... Full Article » Church Offers Free Wedding as Outreach to Couples Living Together - 6/18/2010 The neighborhood around Celebration Church in Akron, Ohio has many unmarried couples with children. Pastor Jeff Wade says his congregation was worried they were unlikely to ever walk into a church. Then someone had a bright idea -- free weddings! The... Full Article » Kenya: Islamic courts issue stirs strife - 6/17/2010 Last Sunday 13 June, six people were killed and some 104 wounded when grenades were thrown into a massive Christian rally in Nairobi's Uhuru Park. Kenyans will vote on a new constitution on 4 August. Several elements in the proposed constitution are,... Full Article » Christians find themselves in a 'tinder box' of Radical Muslims - 6/17/2010 100,000 Uzbeks wait outside the closed border of Uzbekistan, hoping to be let in and find a haven from the ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan. Another dilemma also is rising amongst Christian refugees: they are leaving a country fairly tolerant of religio... Full Article » Muslims in Pakistan Kidnap, Rape Christian Girl - 6/17/2010 One of three sisters, 14, was kidnapped on May 29, 2010, by five men. They took her to a house near Islamabad, where they gave her a drug that put her out, and raped her, "A medical report confirmed that she was given drugs and raped." One of them sa... Full Article » Website Calls Prodigals Back Home - 6/16/2010 A Dallas-area pastor is calling prodigals home through a website. Steve Hill, said thousands have returned to faith in Christ since he started ProdigalsOnly.com. "They write us from all over the world," Hill spent five years preaching nightly service... Full Article » Muslim Employer Reportedly Holds Pakistani Christian Family Captive for Year - 6/15/2010 Pakistani police have freed a family of Christian brick kiln workers. Man and his wife and their three children were held hostage at a brick kiln by the Muslim owner. Asghar escaped and informed officials about his family's captivity. Nawaz allegedly... Full Article » Muslims Order Christians to Leave Village in Pakistan - Christians drew wrath by objecting to sexual assaults on girls and women - 6/15/2010 Most of the village's Christian men work in the fields of Muslim land owners, while most of the Christian women and girls work as servants in the homes of Muslim families. The Muslim employers have used their positions of power to routinely sexually ... Full Article » Radical Muslim Influence on the Increase in Kosovo - 6/15/2010 Within the last couple of months, Christians in Kosovo have been victims of what has been described as the increasing influence of radical Muslim groups. "Muslim radicalization of our country has become our serious concern, as it will impact not only... Full Article » Prayers and Worship Ring Out from Famous London Sports Stadium - 6/14/2010 London Mayor Boris Johnson really seemed to be getting into it at the Global Day of Prayer over the weekend. Not only did he miss the World Cup action that was going on at the same time, but he allowed leaders of the event to lay hands on him and pra... Full Article » Abby Says a Storm is to Blame for Ending Her Voyage, Not Her Age - 6/13/2010 "The long and the short of it is one long wave and one short mast." That's how 16 year-old Abby Sunderland describes the end of her trip around the world. All that's left of the mast is a two-foot section, following a violent storm. Abby's website is... Full Article » Mom Calls Police for Help During Domestic Abuse, State Takes Away Kids - 6/13/2010 Philecia Jackson traveled from the US to Germany in hopes of reuniting with her husband. The two had separated over alleged domestic abuse. When the abuse reportedly started back up, she called the US Embassy. She needed help leaving the country beca... Full Article » UK Christians Challenged to 500 Days of Prayer - 6/13/2010 Perhaps one of the catalysts of the event is that network of churches that has sprung up around London, praying 24/7. The 500 days of prayer begins August 1st and lasts till December 31st, 2011. After that, a year of prayer is planned, coinciding wit... Full Article » Legal Alternative to Obamacare Takes Faith - 6/13/2010 The Health Care Reform Act allows the continuation of a little-publicized alternative to insurance. It's called a health sharing organization. The largest Christian group of this type has 50 thousand members, many of them ministers. Each month they ... Full Article » Belgian Nurses Killing Patients Without Consent - 6/12/2010 A new study reports more than 100 nurses went beyond their legal role and may have under-reported their involvement. It was published in a Canadian medical journal. Researchers say the nurses may have acted according to their patients' wishes even if... Full Article » Missing Homeschool Christian Girl Found Alive and Well in Her Sailboat - 6/11/2010 Abby Sunderland's brother, Zack, made headlines a year ago when, at 17, he became the youngest person to solo circumnavigate the earth. Now she is making headlines. Abby's trip around the world ran into trouble when she encountered 30-foot waves. All... Full Article » Prince Charles: "Follow The Islamic Way to Save The World" - 6/11/2010 As the heir apparent to the British throne, Prince Charles would become "Defendor of the Faith." The title has been passed down to English monarchs since the days of Henry VIII. But rather than promote Christianity at a recent speech at Oxford Univer... Full Article » Methodist Seminary Partners with Islamic Center - 6/11/2010 Claremont School of Theology will soon be partnering with Muslims. The Methodist school eventually hopes to partner with Hindus and Buddhists. Spokesmen are talking about the need to "desegregate religious education." Separation is a bad word to the... Full Article » Film Exposes Abortion as the Evolution of Racism and Black Genocide - 6/11/2010 "Maafa 21" makes a convincing argument abortion is the continuation of a 150 year-old racial agenda. The title word, maafa, is the Swahili word for great disaster. The movie features Dr. Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr. It includes the r... Full Article » Children Released to Hear God - 6/11/2010 It can be humbling for adults to admit that children can just as easily hear from God. Chrissie Wilkinson is confident they can. She's Prayer Coordinator for a group called "Viva." Recently, millions of people took part in the organization's World We... Full Article » Ultrasound Baby Jesus Poster Keeps Christ in Christmas - 6/11/2010 The holiday is half a year away, but creative minds have planned one of the most unusual Christmas advertizing campaigns ever. It features a sonogram-like picture of baby Jesus in the womb, complete with halo. It's intended to cause millions of non-c... Full Article » Indonesia's 'Religious Revolution - 6/10/2010 Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population and nowhere is Islam more devoutly followed than in the province of Aceh. Last year, a bill was introduced there allowing adulterers, homosexuals and other religious offenders to be put to death by ... Full Article » Healing, Salvation and a Healthy Delivery - 6/9/2010 This doctor confirmed the diagnosis-telling Indirha that she would not live long enough to deliver her baby. The shocked family did the only thing they knew what to do-they began praying to the idols that represented the gods of their traditional rel... Full Article » Grand Finale in Kiev Ukraine - CfaN - 6/9/2010 Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke finished preaching the Gospel here in Kiev, Ukraine and the response was overwhelming. This concludes our final open-air evangelistic meeting here and, as usual, we are returning home rejoicing with the many souls that foun... Full Article » India: Hindutva and persecution advance unchallenged - 6/8/2010 Their strategy is to convert traditionally animist tribals to Hinduism and then through a fear campaign to bring all Hindus together in the Hindutva camp. That way they aim to get a voting majority for the Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party. The fear campa... Full Article » Christians Under Pressure in Afghanistan - 6/8/2010 Christians in Afghanistan are urging prayer following a recent crack down on believers in the country. Afghan authorities have suspended the work of two Christian foreign aid groups after photos of worshippers praying and getting baptized appeared on... Full Article » Oil Spill Prayer Chain Stretches Across Mississippi Beach - 6/7/2010 Christians along the Mississippi Gulf Coast are turning to their faith as they see the impact of the oil spill in nearby Louisiana. Thousands of believers joined to form a 26-mile prayer chain in Gulfport, asking God to protect the people and beaches... Full Article » Florida Enacts Legislation Protecting Private Prayer in Schools - 6/7/2010 The bill is thought to be a response to a controversy involving the Santa Rosa County School District. That's where employees have said they had to hide in closets to pray, even for emergencies. The new law liberalizes free expression. A public advoc... Full Article » South African Minister Credits 24-7 Prayer With 840,000 Salvations - 6/7/2010 That's the number of people Peter Sekhonyane says have come to Christ in the six years since churches in his area began leading 24/7 prayer watches. The total includes 190 former witch doctors. The evangelist, who lives near Johannesburg, reports 7,8... Full Article » One Million 'March for Jesus' in Brazil - 6/6/2010 An estimated one million Evangelical Christians rallied in Brazil for the 18th annual March for Jesus event in Sao Paulo. The event unites Evangelicals in the largest Roman Catholic country. Sao Paulo is one of the world's biggest cities with over 10... Full Article » Member of Parliament: Execute Those Christians! - 6/5/2010 A member of parliament in Afghanistan has called for the public execution of Christians, sending many members of the faith into hiding over concern for their lives. The official, Abdul Sattar Khawasi, is deeply disturbed by a TV video showing men bei... Full Article » Christians and Jews Unite to Protest Comedy Central Jesus Cartoon - 6/5/2010 Citizens Against Religious Bigotry is hoping to stop "J.C." from hitting the airwaves. The coalition of conservative Protestants and Catholics, as well as Orthodox Jews, says it's organizing an advertiser boycott. A previous outcry pressured Comedy C... Full Article » Evangelist Befriends Terrorists, Wins More than 400 to Jesus - 6/5/2010 Kelechi Okengwu's weapons consist only of the Bible, unconditional love and lots of fasting and prayer. In a typical outdoor campus meeting, he will preach the gospel and then ask if any of the campus militants will surrender their lives to Christ an... Full Article » Are Lisa Miller and Her Daughter in El Salvador? - 6/4/2010 Lisa Miller is the Christian mom, who disappeared after a judge ordered her to turn over her daughter to lesbian Janet Jenkins. Miller gave birth to Isabella after artificial insemination. At the time, she and Jenkins were “lovers,” living in Vermon... Full Article » Attorney for Rifqa Bary Pleads Not Guilty to Releasing Confidential Information - 6/4/2010 Rifqa's father, Mohamed Bary, says Angela Lloyd released phone numbers, birth dates and other information from a Children Services investigation. Bary is trying to regain custody of his 17 year-old daughter, who ran away in fear of her life. Lloyd co... Full Article » McDonald's Ad Promotes Teenage Homosexuality in France - 6/4/2010 Maybe its because homosexual activists are more consistent with pressuring big corporations than are pro-family forces. Now that word has leaked out about what McDonalds is doing in France, the ad has backfired. Homosexual activists in the US complai... Full Article » Christian Police Transform Community Through God - 6/4/2010 Back in 1997, Brazilians were outraged by the televised scenes of police brutality in Sao Paulo. The city was also plagued by extreme poverty. But two officers were so saddened by the plight of the homeless that they made a pact. Major Alexander Terr... Full Article » Ted Haggard Starts New Church in Colorado - 6/3/2010 More than three years after stepping down as pastor of the 14,000-member congregation he founded in Colorado Springs, Colo., Ted Haggard announced that he is starting a new church in the same city even though he once agreed not to start a church with... Full Article » Down in the trenches with persecuted Christians - 6/2/2010 Today more than 100 million Christians face unwarranted arrest, imprisonment, beatings, torture and even execution in restrictive countries around the world. Their crime? They are followers of Jesus Christ. Rarely will the public hear about their pli... Full Article » Christian Woman Kidnapped in Pakistan Escapes - 6/2/2010 A Christian woman who was kidnapped, forced to marry a Muslim farmer and told to convert to Islam amid a dispute over a loan said she has returned home after weeks of "captivity and torture." Sania James, 33, was kidnapped April 5 by armed men who st... Full Article » Al Qaeda Cleric’s Recordings Sold at Va. Store - 6/2/2010 Some U.S. intelligence officials believe al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is now the world's most influential Islamic terrorist, surpassing even Osama bin Laden. CDs and DVDs by al Awlaki were found at Halalco, a Muslim supermarket in the Washington, ... Full Article » Courageous Missionary Murdered - 6/1/2010 Pastor Ajit saw his dream of a church building unfolding before him as God provided for the land and construction. He went to a nearby town to purchase the final building supplies for the church, but he never came home. A violent anti-Christian gro... Full Article » Muslim Students Stage Sit-In To Support Christians At Iraqi University - 5/31/2010 One person was killed and 100 others, mostly students, were wounded when a roadside bomb and a car bomb exploded near a bus. It was transporting students from a predominantly Christian town to Mosul University. Lecturers and Muslim students at the s... Full Article » Dallas Baptist Church Ousted over Gay Deacons - 5/30/2010 Royal Lane Baptist calls itself "a vibrant mosaic of varied racial identities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and denominational backgrounds." In March, the "Dallas Morning News" reported the church was "coming out of the closet" and ordaining hom... Full Article » "Fireproof" Producers Say Stakes Are Higher for New Film - 5/29/2010 "Courageous" is a bigger effort in every way than the previous church-made movie that was the most successful independent release of any in 2008. The ensemble drama has more demanding scenes, double the previous half-a-million dollar budget and highe... Full Article » US Trying to Deport Converted Son of Hamas Founder - 5/28/2010 Mosab Yousef is the author of the best-seller, "Son of Hamas." It's the story of his conversion to Christianity and spying for Israel. Yousef's legal problems started when he told Homeland Security he was the son of a Hamas founder and asked for asyl... Full Article » Aborted but Still Living Baby Sent for Cremation - 5/28/2010 A funeral home worker was startled by a cry from a box, labeled "medical waste," that he was about to put into an incinerator. He opened the carton and found the baby moving, but choking on some cotton wool. After the worker cleared his mouth, the ba... Full Article » ‘Serve Weekend‘ Replaces Church Services - 5/28/2010 At least one California church cancelled services for the weekend and took to the streets. Serve Weekend began five years ago at Whittier Area Community Church (WACC). This year, 16 other churches joined WACC with their own interpretation of Serve We... Full Article » A New York City community panel has given a stamp of approval to build a mosque near Ground Zero. - 5/27/2010 The city board voted 29-1 in favor despite a very contentious debate. New Yorkers are furious over the idea of building a mosque near the site. "This is an insult. This is demeaning." "This is humiliating that you would build a shrine to the very ide... Full Article » U.S.-Born Muslim Cleric Calls for Killing American Citizens - 5/26/2010 In a video message posted to a website on Sunday by a Yemeni offshoot of al-Qaeda, U.S.-born cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki called on Muslims to kill U.S. civilians. The cleric, who moved to Yemen in 2004, defended his position, saying the U.S. has purposely... Full Article » Rifqa Bary Diagnosed with Cancer - 5/26/2010 Rifqa Bary, the Ohio teen who fled to Florida after her Muslim parents discovered she'd become a Christian, has been diagnosed with uterine cancer. The 17-year-old has already undergone two surgeries and is preparing for a third surgery Thursday. She... Full Article » NYC Panel Approves Ground Zero Mosque - More Approval Needed - 5/26/2010 A New York City community board has voted overwhelmingly to support a plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero. The board voted 29 to 1 despite a very contentious debate. Opponents said it will be a monument to the 9-11 terrorist attack that killed 3,... Full Article » Murdered Christian's Widow Could Lose Her Children - 5/26/2010 The widow of a Vietnamese Christian who was brutally tortured and murdered may be in danger of losing her children to the state. The widow was taken to a police station and told she must sign documents giving her children to the state. The motivation... Full Article » Judge Orders Hospital To Restore Patient’s Food and Water - 5/24/2010 Recently Wuestoff Health System stopped feeding 83 year-old stroke victim Carrie Johnson. The hospital cited a power of attorney supposedly given to daughter Mamie Williams, who stands to gain from her mother's life insurance. But Johnson's grandaugh... Full Article » Study Examines Link Between Having Children and Churchgoing - 5/24/2010 Conventional wisdom that says having children will get people into church is an oversimplification. That's according to a new survey from the Barna Group, which reveals 50 percent of parents report no such link. 17 percent said having children did he... Full Article » Two Female Prisoners of Faith Finally Out of Iran - 5/23/2010 Fourteen months after they were arrested for their Christian faith and activities, Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh are free in an undisclosed country. But they were warned any future Christian activity in Iran would have serious consequences... Full Article » Texas School Board Returns Balance to Social Studies Curriculum - 5/22/2010 With a straight face critics charge the standards are a blatant attempt to insert an ideological and political agenda into Texas classrooms. But School Board member Don McLeroy counters, "All we're doing is we're completing the story. We're restoring... Full Article » In Your Face Advertising of Abortion Expected to Hit British TV - 5/22/2010 Marie Stopes argued in the 1920s for a utopia to be achieved through racial purification. Now that eugenics has been discredited, the Marie Stopes clinics plan to advertise abortion on British TV. The Christian Legal Centre hopes to stop the campaign... Full Article » Replacement Memorial Cross Torn Down - 5/21/2010 Jay Sekulow, of the American Center for Law and Justice, is calling the situation absurd. It started with a lawsuit claiming the veterans' memorial was unconsitutional. Recently, after a favorable court decision, the cross disappeared. A new one show... Full Article » Woman Battles County for Husband's Life - 5/21/2010 A judge has stepped between a woman and her comatose husband. Gary Harvey has been in a vegetative state since he fell down a flight of stairs. His wife, Sara, is supposedly unfit because she removed part of a tracheostomy tube. But she says the hosp... Full Article » God Uses Aetheist to Get Hate Crime-Related Charges Dropped Against Preacher - 5/21/2010 Peter Tatchell was not always an aetheist. The gay rights activist used to be a Sunday School teacher. In a magnificent show of objectivity, Tatchell offered to appear as a defense witness for Dale McAlpine. At that point officials dropped charges ag... Full Article » Jews for Jesus Founder Moishe Rosen Dies at 78 - 5/21/2010 "Christianity Today" calls him the most colorful Jewish evangelist of the 20th century. Moishe Rosen studied the New Testament to prove his newly converted wife was wrong. But guess how it worked out. Recently he lamented many ministries were emphasi... Full Article » Peace a long way coming for ethnic minorities - 5/20/2010 The brutal war against the tribal Karen people, one of Burma's largest ethnic minorities, has passed its 61st year making it the longest running civil war in history. The news of Burma's dictatorship holding elections this year offers little hope for... Full Article » New Wave of Christian Expulsions from Morocco - 5/20/2010 Twenty-three foreigners have been notified of expulsion from Morocco since May 10, marking a second wave of Christian deportations. We think the next step may be against Moroccans. Maybe they will make accusations or raid meeting to arrest people. We... Full Article » Church Converts Hospital Into Center to Help 'Hidden Homeless' - 5/19/2010 Pastor John Wiley didn't think it was fair that the working poor "hidden homeless" in Kansas City, Mo., had to live in pay-by-the-week motels, so his church did something about it. River Christian Fellowship purchased a $16 million vacant hospital fo... Full Article » Laura Silsby Released - 5/18/2010 The last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti is headed home. A judge has sentenced her to time already served. Silsby had testified she thought the children were orphans whose homes were destroyed by earthquake. But... Full Article » Two Tales of Redemption - 5/17/2010 In each case, the pastors listened to their problems and then joined with believers in their churches to fast and pray. Soon, both saw miracles. Govind's daughter was healed from the polio, and his whole family received Christ. The Lord healed Akil a... Full Article » Carrying the Cross for Dalit Christians in India? - 5/17/2010 Casteism is rampant in the Indian Church. Caste discrimination takes many forms among Indian Christians. For instance, in rural areas they cannot own or rent houses, however well-placed they may be. Separate places are marked out for them in the pari... Full Article » Indonesia: government ignores aggressive church closures - 5/16/2010 Indonesia is experiencing a 'religious revolution'. There are more Islamic headscarves (signifying growth in fundamentalist political Islam) and there are more churches. The growth in Christianity is coming from conversions. Nominal Muslims, disillus... Full Article » Four-year-old Boy Seized in Raid on House Church in Henan, 7 Members Detained - 5/16/2010 Seven or eight police officers raided the Sunday gathering of Christians of Chimei Town House Church in Neixiang county, Nanyang, Henan province. "They photographed, fingerprinted, and registered all the believers there, then took away nine people, w... Full Article » Payer Alert News - British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 5/14/2010 Mums angry at plan to show sex education video to primary kids - Alcohol misuse is a problem among UK troops after Afghanistan and Iraq - Niger: On the brink of severe food emergency - Egypt: Muslims who kill Christians often claim ‘Insanity' - China... Full Article » Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: "We Will Never Divide Jerusalem" - 5/14/2010 Israel's capital will never be divided, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said during a speech in honor of Jerusalem Day on Wednesday, May 12. "We cannot divide or freeze a city as vibrant and creative as Jerusalem - we will continue to build and be ... Full Article » Outreach to Muslims continues in Michigan, faces obstacles - 5/14/2010 "There are thousands of Muslims in Michigan and we want to reach out to them," The Arab International Festival, held in Dearborn, Michigan attracts several hundred thousand Arab Americans. Instead of being able to distribute 20,000 Christian books an... Full Article » Burmese Refugees Find New Life in Christ - 5/14/2010 Human rights abuses, constant fighting, and poverty are forcing tens of thousands of people to flee Burma, also known as Myanmar. Many have sought refuge in neighboring Thailand, who has hosted refugees from its neighbor country for more than two dec... Full Article » Haitian Prosecutor Urges Six Month Sentence for Laura Silsby - 5/14/2010 Prosecutor Sonel Jean-Francois told the court Silsby knew she had broken Haitian law. She testified she thought the children were orphans whose homes were destroyed in an earthquake. But all the "orphans" had at least one living parent, who had turne... Full Article » Liberty University Plans to Investigate Its Seminary President - 5/13/2010 The school is trying to find out of Ergun Caner really is who he says he is. Caner claims he was raised in a devout Muslim family and came to Christ at age 17. Critics charge he had only been a nominal Muslim, was raised by his Lutheran mother and ha... Full Article » Pakistani Officials Free Eight Christians Detained by Their Muslim Employer - 5/13/2010 Eight Christian brick kiln laborers have been released after they were illegally detained by their employer in Khushab Pakistan. Brick kiln workers in Pakistan live in slave-like conditions and are routinely mistreated by their employers. Many Christ... Full Article » Pakistani woman 'blasphemer' has been languishing in prison since 2009 - 5/13/2010 "An angry Muslim mob tortured Asia ruthlessly until the police arrived at the scene of incident and took her to safety," Sohail Johnson, SLMP Chief Coordinator told an ANS correspondent. Asia, 45, was accused of passing derogatory remarks against Pro... Full Article » Man Takes Up Cross and Follows Christ Across the Country - 5/12/2010 If you had met Joshua Sarhan in the past, you might have noticed the ex-Marine was an alcoholic, drug addict and womanizer. Now that he's surrendered to God, you might mistake him for Arthur Blessitt, except he's a lot younger than the 69 year-old pr... Full Article » Mojave Desert Cross Stolen After Legal Victory - 5/11/2010 Nearly two weeks after the Court ruled the monument could stay on federal land, thieves cut through its metal bolts. The seven-foot cross, which served as a memorial to World War I veterans, had been at the center of a legal battle over separation of... Full Article » New Immigration Reform Advocates Hope to Persuade Fellow Christians and Conservatives - 5/11/2010 One of the new immigration reform advocates is Matt Staver, dean of Liberty University School of Law. Securing US borders seems to be the first step the movement wants. After that would be a program of legalization for undocumented persons. The proce... Full Article » Study Shows Babies Know the Difference between Good and Evil at Six Months - 5/11/2010 At the age of six months babies can barely sit up, let along take their first tottering steps, crawl or talk. But, according to psychologists, they have already developed a sense of moral code, and can tell the difference between good and evil. An as... Full Article » Finding God ... and Other Things to Do During a One-Year Airport Layover - 5/10/2010 Elizabeth Woleta shares much in common with the main character of the "Terminal" movie from several years ago. In Woleta's case, her passport was stolen, leaving her stranded in a major airport for more than a year. New found friends provided food a... Full Article » Gays Get New Ally in Recognition of Same Sex Marriage -- UK Conservatives - 5/9/2010 It brings a whole new meaning to the old expression, "Politics makes strange bedfellows." The UK Conservative party is unique among the three main parties in promising gay marriage. The exact wording is "would 'consider' changing the law to allow gay... Full Article » Vietnamese Taps Cell Phones in Strategy Against Christians - 5/9/2010 Vietnamese officials are purchasing phone snooping gear so they can listen in on Christians' phone calls. That's according to persecution watchdog International Christian Concern, which also says whenever an international conversation turns to human ... Full Article » More Christians Leaving the Holy Land - 5/9/2010 Some fear the Holy Land could eventually become a "Christian Disneyland," where believers routinely visit, but never stay. About 45,000 Christians lived in Jerusalem in 1940. Now, there are less than 10,000. Jerusalem is a land of conflict and strife... Full Article » Indian Evangelist Hacked to Death - 5/8/2010 The first indication something was wrong was when Ravi Murmu failed to return home after showing a movie about Jesus. Searchers discovered his corpse with the right hand cut off, and deep wounds on the neck and other parts of the body. Police say the... Full Article » Controversy May Account for Large Turnout at National Day of Prayer - 5/7/2010 National Day of Prayer chairman Franklin Graham led the main event at the Capitol. And even though the Pentagon no longer wanted him as speaker at its event, he showed up anyway, outside the building, and prayed privately with his family. Barack Obam... Full Article » Plan Moves Forward to Build a Giant Mosque Near Ground Zero - 5/7/2010 The actual site, at the corner of Park Place and Broadway, was where a Burlington Coat Factory building was damaged by the 911 attack. The mosque will be called Corboba House, doubtless a reference to the medieval city from which a Caliph controlled... Full Article » Hospital Apologizes But Hints Nurses May Still Have to Help with Abortions - 5/7/2010 Nassau University Medical Center is a teaching hospital. The problem is it seems to be teaching that staff religious objections to certain procedures must sometime be overruled. But a lawyer for nurses who recently objected to helping with an abortio... Full Article » Widow: If People Come to Christ Because of Husband's Murder, It Was Worth It - 5/7/2010 The sign on the front door says, "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." But the four suspects in their 20s had their minds on serving themselves. They ransacked the home of James and Charlene Sanders, grabbed her wedding ring, then shot hi... Full Article » Iraq: Christians Under Siege - 5/6/2010 Iraq's more than 120,000-strong ancient Jewish community was eradicated in the early 1950s. Now it appears Iraq's indigenous Assyrian-Chaldean Christians may suffer the same fate. After years of insecurity and ethnic-religious cleansing, few Christia... Full Article » Strike Shuts Down Kathmandu, Nepal - 5/5/2010 Political Tensions Threatening New Freedoms Nepal's Maoist party has shut down the bustling capital city of Kathmandu with a bandh, a strike enforced by threats of violence. Since the bandh started on May 1 shops, businesses and schools are closed. T... Full Article » National Day of Prayer May Be Largest-Ever - 5/5/2010 Organizers say this year's National Day of Prayer may have more participation than any other in recent history now that the observance is under fire. "I really believe this is going to be one of the strongest—if not the strongest—showing and outpouri... Full Article » Iraqi Christian Families Traumatized by Muslims - 5/5/2010 “They came to our door and threatened to take our daughter or son, if we did not pay them $20,000 protection money. The soldiers returned and kicked the door open and demanded payment or one of our children. Our son lay unconscious next to the door, ... Full Article » Iranians turning to Christ, not nukes - 5/4/2010 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is rejecting allegations that his country is developing nuclear weapons, citing "not a single credible proof." While talk of nuclear weapons continues, the Iranian people are talking about Christ. "The church in ... Full Article » Muslim Extremists Execute a Somali Christian - 5/4/2010 Three gunmen from Al-Shabaab killed Mu'awiye Hilowle Ali in front of his house. They executed him by firing from close range. He died on the spot. The Muslims had previously accused Ali and his family of spreading fitna [religious discord]. Trained i... Full Article » Police Ready to Turn the Other Cheek When Muslims Throw Shoes in Their Direction - 5/3/2010 Islamic demonstrators are enthusiastic about Scotland Yard's decision. Police, who do not wish to offend Muslims, now believe shoe throwing to be a ritual form of protest. After one event, authorities joked they did not know the shoes would be thrown... Full Article » Hospital Opens 'Angel’s Cradle' Anonymous Baby Drop-Off - 5/3/2010 Dr. Geoffrey Cundiff is upset at the number of abandoned infants found dead in the streets in recent years. Church money has helped back the pro-life response. Vancouver Police promise not to investigate when babies are left in a special area of St.... Full Article » Obama Proclaims National Day of Prayer - 5/3/2010 Since 1952 every president has signed a National Day of Prayer proclamation. This year's event has had its share of controversy. A federal judged declared the day to be unconstitutional, but is allowing time for appeals. And the Pentagon has disinvit... Full Article » Molotov Mitchell’s Marketplace Ministry in the World of Media - 5/2/2010 Within a little over a decade Molotov Mitchell has transformed from a homeless person to the producer of films critiquing the culture. And the Kingdom is uppermost in his mind. Unlike many, Mitchell met God in an intellectual way, resulting in a pass... Full Article » Thousands Gather to Pray for 'May Day 2010' - 5/2/2010 For some, May Day is a pagan festival. For others, it has communist ties. But for evangelical Christians this year, its meaning called to mind the Naval term meaning emergency. Thousands of Christians gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial for a c... Full Article » Street Preacher Thrown in Jail After Saying the "H" Word - 5/2/2010 After seven hours in lock-up, Dale Mcalpine was charged with "using abusive or insulting words or behavior contrary to the Public Order Act." Mcalpine had said he believes homosexuality goes against the word of God. He reports he is not homophobic an... Full Article » US Commission Cites 13 Nations as Religious Violators - 5/2/2010 Among the countries designated as the worst violators are some of America's key allies – China, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The big question is will the announcement result in policy changes? Perhaps the most publicized recent incidents of religious v... Full Article » Orange Conference Takes Aim at Surrogate Christians - 5/2/2010 Speaker Todd Clark explained some believers never spend any time directly with God. Everything they know comes from their favorite pastor or author. Clark says when one of these surrogate believers falls, his faith crashes. He'd like to see parents b... Full Article » "Peaceful Pill" of Euthanasia Luring Desperate People in Their 20s and Up - 5/2/2010 A new study reveals over half the people dying from overdoses of Nembutal had no significant illness, deteriorating health or chronic pain. Euthanasia guru Philip Nitschke has promoted the drug for years. He's co-author of "The Peaceful Pill Handboo... Full Article » Judge: Christian Beliefs Have No Right to Protection - 4/30/2010 Lord Justice John Laws has a reputation in the UK as an activist judge. Now that he's ruled against Gary McFarlane, that reputation is more firmly established. McFarlane is a relationship counselor who was fired for refusing to give therapy to gay co... Full Article » Virginia Governor Allow Troopers to Pray in Jesus' Name - 4/30/2010 If Bob McDonnell had been governor of Virginia in 2008, several state police chaplains would probably not have resigned. But Tim Kaine was governor and his administration enforced a ban on praying in Jesus' name. McDonnell has just reversed the polic... Full Article » Supremes Raise Bar for Non-Christians 'Offended' by Faith - 4/30/2010 Justice Anthony Kennedy spoke for the marjority when he said, "The goal of avoiding governmental endorsement does not require eradication of all religious symbols in the public realm." The ruling came in a case involving a cross that had been in plac... Full Article » Church Warned that Flag of Jesus Is 'Religious Advertising' - 4/30/2010 Vicar Mark Binney is appalled. He's been told he needs official permission to fly a flag "advertising Christianity". He recently displayed a flag with the message "This is Holy Week." It also had an image of Jesus on the cross. Binney was threatened ... Full Article » Baptist Church Planter Fired Over 'Beer and Bible' - 4/30/2010 The same supervisor who gave Charles Hill permission for his 'Beer and Bible' outreach, delivered the news that he was fired. Hill has not received a phone call or email from the real decision makers. The 36 year-old minister, his wife and three chil... Full Article » Christians murdered in area that continues to be racked by violence - 4/29/2010 Muslim gangs are engaged in a deadly hunt for Christians in Nigeria. The young Muslim men were answering calls to the cell phones of the deceased journalists and bragging about the killings to the callers. "These are not just crimes of passion. This ... Full Article » 'Another Wave is our Only Hope' - 4/29/2010 In the midst of the counterculture revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States, the "Jesus People Movement" changed the course of lives and history. It was a time when everything was questioned, but through this exciting period,... Full Article » British government steps in to investigate genocide of the Karen people - 4/28/2010 The plight of the hunted Karen people continues to go ignored by almost every nation. Genocide of the Karen people has been going on for years but has only recently been recognized by one government. The British government has decided to support the ... Full Article » BCN Exclusive: BCN Reporter Bumps into Sarah Palin in Eugene after Todd and - 4/27/2010 Her message was relentlessly upbeat and positive; her passion for America was reflected in nearly every aspect of her presentation."We need to bring America back to being the 'City on a Hill,' a place where people from around the world can come to fi... Full Article » Missionary Laura Silsby Set for Trial in Haiti - 4/27/2010 A Haitian judge has ruled Laura Silsby will go on trial on a charge of arranging irregular travel. He has dropped kidnapping and criminal association charges against her and the other nine American missionaries. If convicted Silsby could face from si... Full Article » Obama Visits Billy Graham, Franklin Brings Up Treatment by Pentagon - 4/26/2010 Barack Obama and Billy Graham exchanged pleasantries – talking about their wives, golf and Chicago. But the nature of the photo op briefly changed when Franklin Graham complained about activists trying to remove all religion from the military. He had... Full Article » Survey Says Amercians Feel Connected to Jesus - 4/26/2010 Two out of three adults report having a personal relationship with Jesus. That's according to the latest Barna survey, which shows Protestants are more likely to make the claim than Catholics. Also, conservatives are more apt to feel the connection t... Full Article » Fundamentalist Liberty University Invites Mormon Commencement Speaker - 4/25/2010 The theme song of Jerry Falwell's radio program used to be "We've Come This Far by Faith." Now that he has passed on, Liberty University, which Falwell founded, has invited a member of the Morman faith to give a commencement address. Glenn Beck, of F... Full Article » Over 100 Show Up at Rally to Support Jailed Missionary to Haiti Laura Silsby - 4/25/2010 Rally organizer Randy Jackson had a word for critics who call the 10 missionaries crazy. "Maybe they were. But what they did was a crazy act of compassion and love." The group tried to take 33 children out of the earthquake-ravaged country, believing... Full Article » Lawmakers Want University Explanation for Expulsion Of Christian - 4/25/2010 It looks like Eastern Michigan University may have to stop bulldozing its way over student religious rights. Graduate student Julea Ward was expelled for refusing to affirm the gay lifestyle in a counseling project. She's suing. And the state Senate ... Full Article » Dobson's Sucessor Taking Softer Approach - 4/25/2010 A Colorado Springs church was having a community discussion on homosexuality. Several gays were panelists. Focus on the Family head Jim Daly was out of town, but taped this welcoming message, "We're not always going to agree. I'm not here to tell you... Full Article » Justice Department Files to Reinstate National Day of Prayer - 4/24/2010 The Justice Department has announced it's filing an appeal to the ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. The Wisconsin judge who made the determination has already said it would not be enforced until all appeals are exhausted. Ba... Full Article » Graham Library Renovated to Point Visitors to Jesus, Not Billy - 4/24/2010 It's refreshing to see a world renowned Christian leader take the humbler path. Billy Graham had initially rejected the idea of building a facility to honor him, but was told the library would function as an evangelistic ministry, not a shrine. After... Full Article » "Time" Magazine: Christianity Growing in Indonesia - 4/24/2010 Most Christians do not think of Indonesia as the land of megachurches. You still can't say that, but the capital of Jakarta has one church that can seat over 4500. Altogether, the city has 40 evangelical churches. 50 years ago there were none. A new ... Full Article » Franklin Graham Disinvited from Pentagon Prayer Event - 4/23/2010 Franklin Graham recently said, "True Islam cannot be practiced in this country. You can’t beat your wife. You cannot murder your children if you think they’ve committed adultery, which they do practice in these other countries." Army Colonel Tom Coll... Full Article » Tebow: I Lost Endorsement Opportunities over Pro-Life Ad - 4/23/2010 Tim Tebow calls losing sponsors a small price to pay for his ability to spread his message about faith and family. He reports multiple companies said, "No endorsements for you." As many as one-point-seven million viewers may have reconsidered abortio... Full Article » Transit Authority Avoids Lawsuits, Allows Ads Reaching Disatisfied Muslims - 4/23/2010 The protest against a bus ad trying to reach dissatisfied Muslims has backfired. The Miami/Dade County transit authority will run them after all. They're also running 20 additional ads for free. Promoters had threatened to sue for breach of contract ... Full Article » Boy Dead for Three Hours Revives, Reports Seeing Great Grandma in Heaven - 4/23/2010 Paul Eicke's great grandmother seemed surprised to see him in heaven. She then told the three year-old to go back home, promising to wait for him. Paul had fallen into a pond, which dropped his core temperature to 84 degrees, giving paramedics longe... Full Article » Port-au-Prince orphanage director praises Haiti relief effort - 4/22/2010 Journalists were fighting back tears as they reported from the scene, surrounded by children who clung to them. "The people in Haiti are open to the Gospel right now." "We have 1 million people living in tents. The situation is very difficult, life... Full Article » Iranian house-church pastor assaulted and arrested in Karaj - 4/22/2010 Plain clothes security officers attacked a house-church in Karaj, Iran, threatened the members, after physically assaulting the pastor took him away to an undisclosed location. The same day the officers entered the home and confiscated personal belon... Full Article » Kyrgyzstan: opportunites, though threat remains -- a call to pray for peace, security and the restoration of religious liberty in Kyrgyzstan - 4/22/2010 On 6 April, the Kyrgyz people rose up against the regime of the obscenely corrupt dictator. President Kurmanbek Bakiev. The protesters prevailed and Bakiev was ousted. The interim administration is struggling to contain an eruption of violent Kyrgyz ... Full Article » Radical Muslim land grabbers besiege Christian slum in Pakistan - 4/21/2010 For the last month, Christian residents of Rasoolpura Christian slum in Pakistan have been waiting prosecution and provision of justice against radical Muslim land-grabbers, who unlawfully besieged and occupied several Christian homes. THe land-grabb... Full Article » Pastor, Wife Killed in Northern Nigeria - 4/21/2010 Suspected Muslims last week abducted and killed a Church of Christ in Nigeria pastor and his wife in Boto village in northern Nigeria. Assailants whisked them from their church headquarters home. Their burned bodies were found hours later. On Jan. 22... Full Article » Men’s Event Draws 250,000 in South Africa - 4/21/2010 Hosted by farmer turned evangelist Angus Buchan, the Mighty Men Conference was the largest gathering at his farm, known as Shalom Ministries, since he launched the event seven years ago. Some estimate the attendance was as high as 300,000 during the ... Full Article » Volcano crisis strands Salvation Army group in West Africa, Adoptive Parents in Ukraine, Caribbean Bishop in New York, Forces Cancellation of Christian Watch-Dog Meetings 'Down Under' - 4/20/2010 Among the millions of would-be air travelers stranded worldwide by volcanic ash from the glacier in Iceland are 22 members of a Salvation Army mission team from the Midwest. Rosalind, one of Premier Radio's listeners, is worried about members of her ... Full Article » Young believers' passion for missions exceeds former generations - 4/20/2010 A new generation of believers is rising up with enough fervor and passion for the Gospel to take the world by surprise. "Volunteerism among young people today is really off the charts," notes Shibley. "They are far more roll-up-your-sleeves, actively... Full Article » Proposition 8 Opponents Unable to Put Repeal on November Ballot - 4/19/2010 Supporters of an effort to overturn Proposition 8 are refusing to admit their effort is irrelevant to most Californians. Gays are not even saying how far short their signature drive fell of putting their new measure on the ballot. Meanwhile, they're ... Full Article » National Day of Prayer Under Attack from Wisconsin Circuit Judge - 4/19/2010 Judge Bans National Day of Prayer: Sign Free Petition to Obama - As Federal Judge Barbara Crabb Wednesday ruled in favor of atheist complainers at the Freedom from Religion Foundation, that government recognition of prayer violates the First Amendmen... Full Article » Nigerian Pastors Buried in Bauchi as Tensions Continue in Jos - 4/19/2010 Funerals were held on Friday, April 16, 2010, for the Reverend and Mrs. Ishaya Kada of the Church of Christ in Nigerian (COCIN) Boto in Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi State, who were hacked to death and burnt to ashes by Muslims on April 12. The couple had on... Full Article » Haiti Denies Charges Dropped - 4/18/2010 Haiti’s top prosecutor is denying reports that charges have been dropped against nine of the 10 American missionaries accused of kidnapping children after a devastating earthquake in January. This conflicts with information supplied by US Senator Jim... Full Article » Pentecostal Head Retracts Name from Civility Covenant - 4/18/2010 "I do not want my name or the Assemblies of God to be associated with persons who claim to be in the Body of Christ yet reject the moral teachings of Scripture." That's according to General Secretary George Wood. The Christian unity document was dist... Full Article » Three Australians Walk 2000 Kilometers for the Last 2000 Languages - 4/18/2010 The three men are hoping to raise awareness there are still 2000 languages that do not have even a single verse of the Bible. Dave and Andrew Carnell are cousins. The third member of the team is Andrew Sav. They begin their more than 81-day route in... Full Article » Vandals Scrawl Graffiti on Rio's Christ the Redeemer Statue - 4/17/2010 It's one of the world's most recognizable sculptures – the 130-foot Christ the Redeemer, towering over Rio de Janeiro. This is the first time the statue has been defiled since it was completed in 1931. Vandals gained access through scaffolding erecte... Full Article » US Senator: Charges Dropped Against Nine of the Ten Missionaries to Haiti - 4/16/2010 The nine were arrested for trying to take 33 children across the border into the Dominican Republic following the January earthquake. They said at the time, they believed all the kids were orphans. It turns out each child had at least one living pare... Full Article » National Day of Prayer Ruled Unconstitutional - 4/16/2010 Judge Barbara Crabbe's ruling was not expected to affect this year's observation on May 6th. That's because she postponed enforcement until after all appeals were exhausted. But Barack Obama stepped in where the judge feared to tread. He's cancelled ... Full Article » Singer Made Famous by Christian Music Industry Comes Out of the Closet - 4/16/2010 Jennifer Knapp has sold more than a million albums and has even won a Dove award. She recently turned up in the US after disappearing for seven years in Australia. Now Knapp is confirming a rumor that has been following her for years - she is gay. Kn... Full Article » Large Number of African Christians Mixing Their Beliefs with Occultism - 4/16/2010 We often hear about the great growth of Christianity in Africa, but a new survey shows another factor is also at work. 25% of people identifying themselves as Christians in 19 sub-Saharan countries believe sacrifices to spirits or ancestors can prote... Full Article » In "Prophetic Act," Former First Nations' Chief on Canadian Cross-Country Tour Urging Tribes to Forgive - 4/15/2010 Moments after Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologized and asked for forgiveness for the federal government, we knelt down at the chair and prayed. That was 2008, today, a team led by Kenny Blacksmith, is on a cross-country tour urging his p... Full Article » North Korea Freedom Week to Be Held in Seoul April 25-May 1 - 4/15/2010 NKFW 2010 will begin with a prayer service and will conclude with a balloon launch from the DMZ which will include radios, money, and a special message about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. "North Koreans are increasingly finding out that ... Full Article » The Vietnamese witchcraft doctor who found Jesus - 4/14/2010 Seeking a more powerful religious experience, he journeyed to the dark side. "I went to study black magic and became a witchcraft doctor, serving 3,366 gods, They gave me power, but they made me bow my life. In 1970, missionaries entered Ai's town. H... Full Article » Man 'Praying in Tongues' Finds Missing Florida Girl - 4/13/2010 Eleven-year-old was discovered in a swampy area near Lake Jesup in the Orlando suburb of Winter Springs by James King, a member of Metro Church, where Nadia and her family worship. Nadia, who has Asperger's syndrome, is in the hospital being treated ... Full Article » Threat Against Homeschoolers Over in Britain, At Least for Now - 4/12/2010 Parliament was considering a plan that would have given local officials total discretion over whether to "register" homeschools. It would also have required criminal background checks of parents. The plan came from two sources – a UN convention and a... Full Article » Promise Keepers Relaunches, Invites Women - 4/12/2010 Promise Keepers once attracted one-point-four million men to the Washington Mall for a historic prayer meeting. Then it started to disappear out of the national spotlight. Now Promise Keepers is relaunching with an emphasis on families, including th... Full Article » Survey Says Millions of Unchurched Adults Are Christians - 4/12/2010 According to the Barna study, self-identified Christians among the unchurched stray from common assumptions. Within this group, women outnumber men; Boomers and their elders outnumber the young; downscale adults double the number of upscale unchurche... Full Article » Where Revival is Led by Four Year-olds Who Get Up at 4 AM to Meet with God - 4/11/2010 Imagine a school where children are more eager to enter into the worship of the Lord than to play on the playground. In one case, a family which has usually harvested only about 10 sacks of rice a season is now harvesting 100. This is no fantasy stor... Full Article » District Attorney Warns Teachers They Could be Charged for Obeying New Sex Law - 4/10/2010 District Attorney Scott Southworth says he will continue to do the right thing, despite death threats. He's warning teachers in Wisconsin they could face charges for showing kids how to use condoms in accordance with a new state law. He says that's c... Full Article » Congressman Who Disappointed Pro-Lifers by Switching to Obamacare Announces Retirement - 4/9/2010 It looks like Obamacare may have claimed its first casaulty. Congressman Bart Stupak, co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, has announced he's ending his political career. Pro-lifers turned against him when he switched sides to vote for Oba... Full Article » Former Muslims Find Newfound Faith in Christ - 4/9/2010 The late John Wimber called this sort of thing "Power Evangelism." Muslim Mariam Mendo lost her sight, apparently from diabetes. Her husband, who used to be commander of a Muslim rebel group, asked a pastor to pray for her. After two days, she regain... Full Article » Copeland and Others Hide Secret Plane Trips - 4/9/2010 As the cold war was ending a Russian word, glasnost, entered the American vocabulary. It means openness. Kenneth Copeland has been less than open with his partners and the public about his plane trips to Honolulu and other places. The government cons... Full Article » Move by Mayor that Osteen Helped Inaugurate May Allow Men in Women's Restrooms - 4/9/2010 It depends on who you talk to. The Area Pastor Council fears an order signed by Houston Mayor Annise Parker will allow at least some men into women's restrooms. Supporters of the measure say it won't. Then too, there's the tendency for politicians to... Full Article » Official Admits Welfare Payments Linked to Polygamous Muslims - 4/9/2010 Centerlink is an agency that delivers human services in Australia. Spokesman Hank Jongen says benefits are paid regardless of the number of "couple" relationships a person may be in. But a Muslim women's group is crying foul. Joumanah El Matrah, of I... Full Article » School Board Considers Ban Against Textbook Biased Against Jews and Christians - 4/9/2010 The textbook currently used in Knox County schools in Tennessee, defines creationism as "the biblical myth that the universe was created by the Judeo-Christian God in 7 days." One knowledgeable critic has responded evolution is a myth. He's the autho... Full Article » Haitian Judge Weighs New Charge for Silsby - 4/9/2010 Laura Silsby has been using her more than two months in jail to minister to other inmates. Pastor Paul Thompson reports 10 conversions behind bars, saying she played a part. Silsby is the only one of 10 short-term missionaries, arrested on child kidn... Full Article » Retail Chain Backs Creation of Bible Museum - 4/9/2010 The Hobby Lobby chain made headlines when the family that owns it helped rescue Oral Roberts University from financial disaster. Now the company is helping to develop a Bible museum. Plans call for it to house some of the most significant Christian B... Full Article » Sudan on the Brink - 4/8/2010 The policy of national Islamisation Sharia Law (Islamic Law) was proclaimed across the whole of Sudan. When the African, predominantly Christian and animist Southerners resisted, Khartoum responded with Islamic jihad. For 21 years the Southern Sudane... Full Article » A violent Revolution hits Kyrgyzstan - 4/8/2010 An apparent violent Revolution has taken place in the former Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Thousands of protesters took to the streets protesting high energy costs and government corruption. President Bakiyev reportedly fled the capital on his plane... Full Article » Village "Crazy Girl" Rescued - 4/7/2010 In Dalia's village, people knew to watch out for her. Most of the time she looked and acted normal, but no one could predict when she would suddenly go crazy, acting wild and even biting people. No one understood that Dalia's bursts of wild, erratic ... Full Article » The Myth of the "Black Widow" - 4/7/2010 According to conventional wisdom, female suicide bombers -- also known as Black Widows -- are women so afflicted by war, loss and "occupation" that they embrace "martyrdom" as a last desperate act through which they can avenge the deaths of their lov... Full Article » Tribunal finds ’No Discrimination’ despite ruling the British Christian nurse cannot wear a cross - 4/7/2010 British Christian nurse cannot wear a cross for religious reasons although a Muslim can wear a hijab for religious reasons. Mrs Chaplin had been told last year to remove the Cross she had worn around her neck since her confirmation, nearly 40 years a... Full Article » Rifqa Fights to Stay in US - 4/6/2010 Attorneys for an Ohio teenager who converted to Christianity and ran away to Florida say her Muslim parents are standing in the way of her effort to fight deportation. Rifqa Bary is afraid she could be killed if she returns to them or to her native S... Full Article » Judge Sides with Homeschoolers, Local Officials Could Be in Big Trouble - 4/5/2010 A judge has ruled that the case against social workers and deputies must be heard by a jury. It seems they may have crossed over the line by threatening to take John and Tiffany Loudermilk's children from them in order to get them to agree to an alle... Full Article » Baby Saved from Abortion After Mom Dials the ‘Wrong’ Number - 4/5/2010 A young woman with money problems was running late for her abortion appointment. So, she picked up the phone, intending to find out if she could still come. But instead of calling Planned Parenthood, the woman reached 40 Days for Life. As a result, v... Full Article » Charles and Frances Hunter's Daughter Takes Crusade to Haiti - 4/5/2010 Roughly 550 pastors learned how to heal in a two-day training event in the nation still reeling from a January earthquake. 200 thousand people came to a related crusade, after the training. Joan Hunter told quake survivors how to lose their grief. A ... Full Article » House Plans to Resurrect Law Requiring 'Gay' Hires - 4/4/2010 It's the kind of law that would have been "normal" in the Old Testament's Sodom. Congressman Barney Frank, other homosexuals and their supporters are trying to muscle through legislation aimed against Christian employers. Although it contains excepti... Full Article » Pregnancy Crisis Centers May Have to Post Disclaimers - 4/4/2010 Pro-lifers have been able to prevent many abortions over the years by setting up crisis pregnancy centers that counsel moms thinking about killing their unborn babies. These centers may not necessarily advertise they are against abortion in order not... Full Article » Egyptian Brothers Fight to Keep Christian Identity - 4/3/2010 What would you do if the government designated you a Muslim just because your father converted to Islam? That's what happened to two teenage brothers in Egypt. Now they have filed a legal challenge to retain their Christian identity. What is the wor... Full Article » Texas Pastor to Handout Over $2 Million in Giveaways at Easter Services - 4/2/2010 Hurry. Hurry. Hurry. Step right up and take a chance on the big prizes you could win by attending a Texas megachurch this Easter. There's two-million dollars in merchandise, including 16 cars, 15 flat-screen televisions, furniture suites and lap-top ... Full Article » Jesus Booth Too Religious for Easter Show - 4/2/2010 Organizers of the Sydney Royal Easter Show must have missed the day on Christianity in their comparative religions class. They turned down a Bible Society request for a booth called "Jesus. All about Life." The Show is run by the Royal Agricultural S... Full Article » City Opens Door a Crack for Home Bible Studies - 4/2/2010 Monday night football parties are automatically allowed, but Christian groups wishing to meet in homes are considered on a case by case basis. That's the attitude the city of Rancho Cucamonga is taking. Officials have relented in the case of a Bible ... Full Article » Southern Baptist Convention Expected to Cut Ties with Church Over Woman Pastor - 4/2/2010 Mimi Walker co-pastors Druid Hills Baptist church with her husband, Graham. Recently the Georgia Baptist Convention recommended cutting ties and it looks like the national Convention is about to do the same thing. Mimi Graham calls it going backward... Full Article » Researchers Receive Millions to Study Pentecostal-Charismatic Movement - 4/2/2010 The $3.5 millon comes from the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California and the John Templeton Foundation. Some of the most prominent recipients include Notre Dame University, the University of Chicago and Union ... Full Article » Family Says Billy Wants to Preach Again - 4/2/2010 According to his daughter Anne Graham Lotz, Billy Graham has trouble hearing, seeing and walking. But he's not yet ready to join his wife, Ruth, who died in 2007. The 91 year-old preacher has told relatives he wants to get back into the pulpit one mo... Full Article » Researchers Receive Millions to Study Pentecostal-Charismatic Movement - 4/1/2010 Observers have recognized the significance of Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity for years. But the movement has never received the recognition it deserves. "The topic has never received the attention it deserves in the academy, and especially ... Full Article » Fatwas and Extremism could Make Her a Winner on Abu Dhabi TV’s "Million’s - 4/1/2010 A Saudi Arabian mother of four, has been composing lines of poetry since she was just 12. One of her most recent poems addressed the subject of Islamic clerics who promote terrorism and extremism. In her poem, Hilel described the clerics as "vicious ... Full Article » World Vision continues response as Chile quake survivors face devastation. - 4/1/2010 Major aftershocks have rattled nerves following the Feb. 27 quake, which destroyed whole towns and caused emotional trauma for affected children like 8-year-old Constanza. A village in Niger receives a life-changing gift: clean water. Donated medici... Full Article » Court Rules in Favor of Christian Whose "Million Dollar" Tracts Were Seized - 3/31/2010 Millionaire Darrell Rundus wanted a tract to capture people's attention. So he made one that looks like US currency. The Feds did not like it one bit and confiscated his tracts. Rundus ended up taking the Secret Service to court. The judge ruled in ... Full Article » Easter Crusade Aims to Help Resurrect Haiti - 3/30/2010 Roughly 1,000 pastors in Haiti are expected to participate in a two-day event aimed at teaching church leaders to pray for physical and emotional healing. Led by Joan Hunter, daughter of healing ministers Charles and Frances Hunter, It leads up to a ... Full Article » The Best For Last - Takum, Nigeria Crusade - attendance topped 185,000 tonight - 3/30/2010 The attendance topped 185,000 tonight in this remote place! Every indicator shows God has done something remarkable here. Pastors testified their churches were flooded with new converts. Each night barrels filled with witchcraft items to be burned. T... Full Article » How Different Generations View and Engage with Charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity - 3/30/2010 Charismatic and Pentecostal expressions of Christianity have been part of the American spiritual landscape for more than a century. How much staying power does that set of beliefs and behaviors have among the youngest generations of Christians? The r... Full Article » Cops Believe Couple Starved Their Baby to Death While Raising a Virtual Daughter Online - 3/29/2010 Kim Yoo-Chul and Choi Mi-Sun disappeared after their real daughter's funeral. It's believed the child only got one bottle of milk a day. The couple had this to say after their recent arrest, "Due to our sense of guilt, we have not been to a PC gaming... Full Article » Survey Shows Prejudice Against Spiritual Gifts Is Receding - 3/29/2010 21 percent of all adults—and a quarter of all Christians—consider themselves Pentecostal or charismatic. That's according to a new study by the Barna Group, which also found Pentecostal/charismatic identification is less popular with baby boomers and... Full Article » Well-Known Preacher Goes on Leave to Re-Examine His Soul - 3/29/2010 John Piper is known as a theologian's theologian, and perhaps that is part of the problem. Piper has confessed he has "several species of pride." And he says he wants to work on his marriage, explaining there is no unfaithfulness on either side. Pipe... Full Article » Prophetic Message Proclaimed Almost Daily in Front of White House - 3/28/2010 Barack Obama does not have to go very far to hear a prophetic message. Theresa Cao has been positioning herself right in front of the White House for nearly two years. She goes beyond an evangelical message of salvation. She also promotes praise and... Full Article » Bishops Call for End to Persecution of Christians in Britain - 3/28/2010 The case of Shirley Chaplin takes center stage in a letter to a newspaper signed by a former Archbishop of Canterbury and several prominent church officials. The nurse has worn her cross daily since her confirmation and it was Chaplin's faith that le... Full Article » Brazilian Couple Receive Criminal Conviction for Homeschooling - 3/27/2010 Cleber Nunes refuses to pay his pay even though he might have to spend up to 30 days in jail. He has paid the one for his wife, to keep her out of jail. Their penalties totaled more than $3,200. This case has an unusual aspect. The Nunes' "undereduc... Full Article » Street Interviews with Hollywood Professionals Reveal Faith or Hunger for God - 3/27/2010 Despite being in the public spotlight, Hollywood professionals can be overlooked as people. That's often true when it comes to spiritual issues. But the Hollywood Prayer Network has not made that mistake. Recently it sent college interns out on the s... Full Article » Parents Sue Over Anti-Christian, Sexually Explicit Classes - 3/26/2010 More than 2200 lawsuits have been filed and parents usually win. Yet the "Education in Citizenry Course," which is mandatory for 10 to 16 year-olds in Spanish public and private schools, continues. Over 54 thousand parents have complained. This time ... Full Article » German Homeschoolers Who Won US Asylum May Have it Yanked Away - 3/26/2010 Many Christians will agree the words on the base of the Statue of Liberty apply to victims of religious and political persecution. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Persecuted German homeschoolers Uwe and ... Full Article » Israeli Newspaper Says Christian TV Station Taken ’Off-the-Air’ for Not Paying License Fee - 3/26/2010 Apparently the newspaper is also suggesting Al-Mahad TV was taken off because the Palestinian Authority disagrees with its Christian programming. At least that's what the pastor of East Jerusalem Baptist church is disputing. Alex Awad says most of th... Full Article » Regulator Rules Pharmacists Don't Have to Sell Out Their Convictions to Stay in Business - 3/26/2010 The General Pharmaceutical Council has decided to keep the existing code of ethics of the organization it's replacing, Britain's Royal Pharmaceutical Society. The code allows druggists to opt out of providing products such as the "morning after pill.... Full Article » Christ for the Nations Founder Freda Lindsay Dies - 3/26/2010 Gordon and Freda Lindsay founded Christ for the Nations Institute in 1970. He lived three more years. She has just passed away at age 95. Christ for the Nations Institute was one of the voices of the Charismatic movement, carrying echos of Latter Rai... Full Article » TAKUM, NIGERIA SHAKEN BY THE GOSPEL - 3/26/2010 Many people brought their juju, idols and witchcraft fetishes to be burned including a group of Fulani Muslim people that greeted me when I came down from the platform. After they received Jesus as their Savior, they pulled off their charms and threw... Full Article » Muslims Accused of Rape Allegedly Attack Her Sisters - 3/25/2010 Five Muslims allegedly ransacked the house of an impoverished Christian in the capital city of Punjab Province last month and angrily beat his daughters in an effort to get the family to withdraw rape charges. The armed Muslims allegedly ransacked th... Full Article » The Festival of Life Sponsors Spanish Outreach to the Eastern Coachella Valley of Southern California - 3/25/2010 A unique "love invasion" that is slated to spread the Gospel message and the joy of being a Christian, will kick off with a special Spanish-language community event on Saturday, March 27 in the Southern California desert communities of the Eastern Co... Full Article » Nigerian Representatives 'Refuse' To Meet Protesters In Los Angeles - 3/24/2010 Nigerian government representatives "refused" to meet with protestors who staged a protest in Los Angeles, on Saturday, March 20, against the recent bloodshed in Jos, Nigeria, which has seen more than 500 Christians murdered, a Nigerian-born Christia... Full Article » Signs of a Fresh Outpouring of the Holy Spirit - 3/24/2010 During the past few months I have prayed for many people to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. It has reminded me of the mid-1970s, when Baptists, Episcopalians, Catholics, Lutherans and Methodists were discovering the power of the Spirit in sma... Full Article » New Life Springing from Blood-Soaked Ground - 3/23/2010 Bodies were beaten, burned and torn apart in the Indian state of Orissa over the last two years. Hundreds of Christians died at the hands of anti-Christian extremists, and thousands of their homes and churches were burned. But today, rather than cowe... Full Article » Muslims Murder Pakistani Christian with Axe Blows - 3/23/2010 Six Muslims in Khanewal district in the southern Punjab Province of Pakistan, killed a Christian with multiple axe blows for refusing to convert to Islam this month. "The six men had threatened to kill 36-year-old Rasheed Masih unless he converted to... Full Article » Evangelist Luis Palau Addresses Historic Vietnamese Pastors Conference in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City - 3/23/2010 Speaking to 500 Vietnamese pastors and hundreds more by live Internet feed, evangelist Dr. Luis Palau commended Vietnam's pastors for their unity, respect for authorities, and passion for church growth. Dr. Palau was in Vietnam March 11-17, leading a... Full Article » Jay Sekulow Promises Lawsuit Against Health Care "Reform" Law, Says it Fails to Protect Life - 3/22/2010 The bill was passed when Barack Obama promised an executive order to placate pro-life Democrats. But Jay Sekulow, of the American Center for Law and Justice, says an executive order does not provide protection against an act of Congress. He and other... Full Article » Haitian Judge Weighs New Charge for Silsby - 3/20/2010 Laura Silsby faces a possible 3 to 6 years' in prison on a new charge, organizing irregular travel. She was the leader of 10 American short-term missionaries who tried to take 33 "orphans" to safety in the Dominican Republic after a January earthquak... Full Article » Lessons from An Unconventional War - 3/20/2010 In Northern Uganda, ambushes, bombings and kidnappings seemed to be a daily event for nearly 20 years. The perpetrators were known as "The Lord's Resistance Army." Families came together and began to repent, forgive, and pray. And as their prayers ro... Full Article » Sudanese Find Refuge at Messianic Ministry - 3/20/2010 Million of Sudanese Christians and others have been killed in a brutal "conversion" campaign that has lasted more than 25 years. But among the desert mountains across which Moses fled with another persecuted people long ago, some of these Sudanese be... Full Article » Planned Parenthood Introduces Girl Scouts to Explicit Sex Literature - 3/19/2010 Guess why a recent Girl Scout meeting at the United Nations was billed as "no adults welcome?" Explicit booklets were given out to 10 to 14 year-olds, encouraging casual sex in many forms. A spokesman denies it, but a stack of the brochures was found... Full Article » California Home Bible Group Ordered to Stop Meeting or Get Permit - 3/19/2010 The deadline is Good Friday, April 2nd. There's some doubt about whether Cuca Monga would even grant a permit. The city claims it has reason to believe the group is a church and has only learned recently that it calls itself a Bible study, which woul... Full Article » After Seeing Jesus in a Dream, Voodoo Priest Gives His Life to Christ - 3/19/2010 Registered voodoo priest Jean Odlin had been very resistant to the gospel. Then he had a dream in which Jesus wrote His name on his arm. The next day a Baptist missionary came along and helped Odlin receive the Lord. The first thing he wanted to do w... Full Article » Ten Commandments Found on New Mexico Boulder, Looks like Hebrew from 500 BC - 3/19/2010 Indiana Jones would love it! An 80-ton piece of mountain in the middle of New Mexico's wilderness is engraved with an abbreviated version of the Ten Commandments in Hebrew. The rock also has a few Greek letters mixed in. It's believed to be too old f... Full Article » Second Wave of Attacks Near Jos, Nigeria Leaves 13 Christians Dead - 3/18/2010 Muslim Fulani herdsmen strike two more villages, slaughtering women and children with a level of violence characteristic of jihadist method and motive. Men in military camouflage and others in customary clothing also burned 20 houses in Byei and Bate... Full Article » Jos Again! - second massacre in 10 days - 3/18/2010 Once again Christian residents of Jos South have been slaughtered in the night. At around 2 a.m. on Wednesday 17 March, Fulani Muslims armed mostly with knives and machetes crept into Biye and Batam villages under cover of darkness. In an attack that... Full Article » Obamacare Opponents: Kill the Bill - Or Else - 3/17/2010 As the maneuvering goes on inside the U.S. Capitol to pass health care reform, protestors are raising their voices even more. Tea Party partisans came to Capitol Hill with a specific mission: Track down their own congressmen and warn them to vote no ... Full Article » South Africa Hosts the Global Day of Prayer 2010 - 3/16/2010 It is slated to take place on Sunday, May 23, 2010, at Newlands Rugby Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa -the venue where it all started! Last year, the Global Day of Prayer movement has successfully mobilized every nation on earth to gather in large c... Full Article » Sidetracked to a Divine Appointment - 3/16/2010 As Bhagwant listened, he could tell that the students really cared about him, so he told them about his son, Pradosh, who had been suffering with seizures for three years and was bedridden. The students told Bhagwant about Christ's power to heal. Thi... Full Article » Survey Says Few Americans Correctly Identify Meaning of Easter - 3/15/2010 The resurrection of Jesus is not what most Americans answer when asked to describe the meaning of Easter. But according to the newest Barna study, two out of three mentioned something about God. That would includes answers like a Christian holiday, a... Full Article » Expelled Christian Workers Worry for Orphans - 3/13/2010 The Obama administration is in the process of tripling its support for Morocco at a time when the country has just torn children from the only parents they've known. More than 40 Christians were recently kicked out of the nation, including a group th... Full Article » Poll: Abortion Support Falling among Young Adults - 3/13/2010 Politicians who support abortion are looking anachronistic. It seems like they would be more at home as part of the world of the 70s when the procedure received growing support from young adults. A new Gallup Poll shows 18 to 29 year-olds today are i... Full Article » Possible Future Pope Blames Celibacy for Sex Abuse Cases - 3/13/2010 Protestants have been saying it for years. Now a man whom the "London Mail" describes as "tipped to be a future pope" has announced celibacy contributes to sex abuse. Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn is calling for a "change of vision." The Vatican is n... Full Article » Focus on the Family Initiative Halves Number of Children Awaiting Adoption - 3/13/2010 Focus began spearheading "Wait No More," a church/government partnership, in November 2008. Back then, Colorado had nearly 800 foster children eligible for adoption. Recently, the total was 365. State adoption offical Sharen Ford calls the results "p... Full Article » Evangelical and Ecumenical Leaders Conclude Unity Meeting - 3/13/2010 Some consider the two men unequally yoked. Others call Geoff Tunnicliffe and Olaf Tveit a couple of brothers working on common goals. Tunnicliffe is a director of the World Evangelical Alliance. Tveit is the new head of the World Council of Churches... Full Article » Survey Finds Competitive Spirit in Churches - 3/13/2010 Nearly two-thirds of US congregations say they feel competition from nearby churches. That's according to a survey from Hartford Seminary, which reports oldline Protestant churches feel it the most. The study speculates the sense of competition among... Full Article » Baby Isaiah Dies with Family on Parents' Terms - 3/12/2010 Isaiah May died in the arms of his parents. He had suffered oxygen deprivation at birth after the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. A Canadian hospital wanted to pull the ventilator plug in January, but Isaac and Rebecka May went to court to al... Full Article » Dobson Admits He Was Pressured to Resign - 3/12/2010 Some of the facts relating to James Dobson's departure from the ministry he founded are coming into focus. According to one of his programs from November, the "Focus on the Family" directors voted to request his resignation before he arrived at that ... Full Article » Arizona Town: No Church Meetings at Home, Period! - 3/12/2010 The Cub Scouts can meet in homes and so can Monday Night football fans, but as few as three church leaders getting together is too much of a traffic problem. Does this make sense? It does to members of the Gilbert town zoning board. They stopped Past... Full Article » City Manager Sets Up Emergency Prayer Station to Fight Severe Weather - 3/12/2010 City Manager Huey Long appeals to the Higher Authority to prevent weather disasters. It all began last spring when Miami, Oklahoma was threatened by a massive storm. Long prayed for protection and the storm dissipated. Now when severe weather threate... Full Article » Court Rules "Under God" is Constitutional - 3/11/2010 The AP reports "federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance and 'In God We Trust' on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments that the phrases violate the separation of church and state." "The ... Full Article » Documentary Explores Modern Asia Revival - 3/11/2010 A charismatic evangelist is spotlighting the world's "largest numerical revival" in a new documentary. 1040 explores the spread of Christianity throughout Asia, where the church has grown at an unprecedented rate. In China the number of Christians ha... Full Article » Six Dead in Bombing of World Vision Office - 3/10/2010 A terror cell attacked the World Vision offices in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six staff members and injuring at least five others. All the victims were Pakistani. Armed with hand grenades and automatic rifles, the terrorists stormed the... Full Article » Protests Held In Jos After Fulani Muslims Massacre Hundreds Of Christians - 3/9/2010 Nigerian youths in Bukuru and Barkin Ladi have been holding protests following the massacre of more than 200 Christians in Zot, Dogo Nahauwa and Rastat villages, Jos South, by armed Muslims Sunday morning (March 7). "Entire families are reported to h... Full Article » Islamic Assailants Kill Hundreds of Christians Near Jos, Nigeria - 3/9/2010 An uneasy calm prevailed in Plateau state, Nigeria, Monday following the killing of hundreds of Christians early Sunday morning in three farming villages near Jos by Muslims. The victims included many women and children killed with machetes by rampag... Full Article » Sectarian Violence Leaves Hundreds Dead in Nigeria - 3/8/2010 Up to 500 people may have been killed during weekend attacks in two Christian villages. One man, who lost his wife and two children, says gunshots were fired to scare people out of their homes. Then they were reportedly hacked by machette. Some victi... Full Article » Next to the Last American Missionary Released from Haiti Jail - 3/8/2010 Charisa Coulter left the Haitian jail accompanied by staff from the US Embassy. She, along with nine other Americans, were arrested January 29th, after trying to take a group of children out of the country without the proper documents. The group cl... Full Article » Wyoming Disentagles Itself from Bible School Regulation - 3/8/2010 It sounds like a case of good intentions gone awry. In 2006 the Wyoming legislature passed a law to address so-called "diploma mills." The statute regulated post secondary religious education. But the cost of accreditation or licensure threatened the... Full Article » Judge Orders Release of Another Haiti Volunteer - 3/7/2010 The judge says he's signed the order to release Charisa Coulter. But it's still not a done deal. Someone has lost the official stamp to seal the order. Once it's found, Coulter will be on her way home. That leaves Laura Silsby as the only remaining s... Full Article » Virginia Attorney General to Colleges: End Gay Protections - 3/7/2010 They've sworn an oath to abide by state statutes. Now members of the governing boards of Virginia's state colleges and universities are being told to honor their oaths. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says it is up to the Legislature to define discr... Full Article » State Bans Christian Schools from Teaching Creationism - 3/7/2010 Education officials in South Australia have banned non-government schools from teaching creationism in science classes. But a schizophrenic approach may be acceptable. As a spokesman says, "It can be taught in religious studies." A Christian educatio... Full Article » Coming Soon to a Megachurch Near You, the Holographic Pastor? - 3/6/2010 The first optical hologram was produced in the early 60s, but few knew about it. Holograms probably reached the public consciousness in 1977 through the "Star Wars" movie. More recently, Madonna used the 3-D imagery technique at the Emmy awards. Now,... Full Article » Ordinance Would Make it Harder to Feed the Homeless - 3/6/2010 The locals call it the homeless Riviera: two blocks over from half million dollar condos on Biscayne Boulevard, Miami's homeless have taken over. That's also where Good Samaritans often hand out food. Some people are complaining of a mess left over a... Full Article » The Day II Chronicles 7:14 became Reality in Haiti - 3/6/2010 Not long after the devastating earthquake wreaked havoc on Haiti, President René Préval made a monumental decision. He called his nation to three days of fasting and prayer in place of the regular Mardi Gras celebration. Together with his people, he... Full Article » Don Wildmon Resigns as Chairman of American Family Association - 3/6/2010 In recent months, the one-time Methodist pastor has been facing health problems. His son, Tim, is expected to take his place. Don Wildmon founded the American Family Association in 1977. He has often used boycotts to promote sanctity of life, traditi... Full Article » Will 'The Dawn Treader' Float? - 3/6/2010 Michael Flaherty jokingly calls the 100 Christian leaders who attended a "Narnia Summit" his accountability group. The producer showed clips from the upcoming "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" as they went through the entire script. The group overwhelming... Full Article » Pressing on for Haiti's Orphans - 3/6/2010 With earthquakes hitting Chile, Japan, Argentina, Taiwan. it's easy to forget Haiti. But Haiti's plight remains perilous. Not that God isn't doing miracles -- He is! Children are singing God's praises. Relief volunteers have arrived. Yet, there are r... Full Article » Haiti Crisis Escalates - 3/6/2010 Nearly two months after the catastrophic earthquake, I am still heartsick over the unbelievable pain and suffering I witnessed in Haiti. Survivors are facing more than just staggering physical needs such as food, clean water and shelter. Millions of ... Full Article » Federal Judge Dismisses Shirley Dobson from Lawsuit against the National Day of Prayer - 3/5/2010 "Prayer proclamations are a long-established and cherished American tradition going back to the Founding Fathers." On March 2nd, a federal judge dismissed all claims against Shirley Dobson, in a lawsuit that was brought by the Freedom From Religion ... Full Article » Deadly attacks mar the run up to Iraqi elections - 3/5/2010 Will any party truly protect Christians? Church leaders feel the violence is clearly linked to the elections and is meant to intimidate Christians. With the volatile situation and continuing violence, Christians in Iraq are increasingly fearful of vi... Full Article » Rolland and Heidi Baker press on to the best yet! Spiritual revival leads to transformation. - 3/5/2010 We are back in Pemba after traveling since January on an intense ministry schedule all over Asia, to Europe and across Africa. It was a thrill to see the power of God fall on hungry believers over the world. The Body of Christ is more and more desper... Full Article » Pakistani Christian couple gets 25 years in jail for 'defiling the Quran' - 3/4/2010 A Pakistani court on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 sentenced a Christian couple to 25 years in prison for defiling the Quran, the Muslim holy book, ANS has learned. Munir Masih and Ruqqiya Bibi were accused of touching Quran with unwashed hands. "CLAAS is g... Full Article » 40,000-Plus Haitians Have Professed Faith in Jesus Christ Since Earthquake; Pastor Believes Vision of 1.5 Million Haitians Coming to Christ is in Process of Being Fulfilled - 3/2/2010 40,127 Haitians have made professions of faith in Jesus Christ since the major earthquake. "In Cap Haitien, Haiti's second largest city, 'thousands upon thousands filled the streets seeking God and asking Him to spare them." Many conversions took pla... Full Article » Ministries Extend Relief Work to Chile - 3/2/2010 Despite budgets already stretched by relief work in Haiti, Christian aid groups are mobilizing teams in Chile. Samaritan's Purse and World Vision were among the first to have workers on the ground in Chile, Samaritan's Purse sent truckloads of food, ... Full Article » Governor Huckabee highlights 'mission calling' at Fox News - 3/2/2010 Following his quest for the Republican nomination for president in 2008, Governor Mike Huckabee shared at an NRB press conference, in Nashville how he'd now found his mission calling at Fox News channel, where he hosts his own weekend show "HUCKABEE.... Full Article » Son of Hamas Founder Shares Faith Journey, Reveals He Spied for Israel in New Book - 3/2/2010 The son of a Hamas founder whose Christian conversion made international headlines released the complete story of his faith journey Tuesday in a memoir brimming with spy-novel-like drama. Mosab Hassan Yousef's book details a six-year-long conversion ... Full Article » Spring Breakers Pack Meals for Haiti Relief - 3/1/2010 More than 25 hundred college students are expected to trade in part of their Spring Break to help Haitian earthquake victims. The goal is one million packed meals. Campus Crusade for Christ's annual Big Break also includes time in the sun sharing Jes... Full Article » Bible Pages Used as Kindling for Church Bus Fire - 3/1/2010 "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain ..." is left on one page fragment. The arsonists treated the written word with contempt, but officials think they may have had a change of heart. That's because of a fire extinguisher found at the scene. It and the ... Full Article » Haiti Judge Wants More Information Before Releasing Last Two Missionaries - 2/27/2010 Judge Bernard Saint-Vil says he wants to hear testimony from two real estate agents, two pastors and another man from a border town. Some of the testimony is expected to be about the orphanage the ten American missionaries intended to set up in the D... Full Article » Intrusive School Sex Survey Prompts Students with Leading Questions - 2/27/2010 The school used the same line often used by pedophiles -- Don't tell your parents. But one student broke the rules and took a copy home. A California law forbids such surveys without parental permission. Beyond that, the survey is useless from a rese... Full Article » Author Josh McDowell Treated Harshly in Egypt - 2/27/2010 Border officials prevented the American author and evangelist from entering the country to speak at an outdoor Christian festival. McDowell was detained and questioned at the Cairo airport for 11 hours. For much of that time he was prevented from rec... Full Article » European Union Moves to Defend Persecuted Christians - 2/27/2010 The European Union has established a working group to protect persecuted Christians. On a related matter, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports Italy's foreign minister has promised an international conference on religious freedom. It also sa... Full Article » Church Leader Who Inspired Other Women Steps Down After Drunk Driving Arrest - 2/27/2010 "Der Spiegel" magazine has called Margot Kaessmann the popstar of Protestantism. Last year she observed Lent by giving up alcohol. This year, she's giving up her driver's license, a month's salary in fines and her title of bishop of Germany's Evangel... Full Article » Swedish Church Group Offers Choice of Three Genders - 2/27/2010 Sensus, a Swedish church-backed study association, has adopted a policy to allow prospective employees to classify their gender in three ways: Female, Male or Other. The study association, which runs courses for more than 350,000 Swedes, has introdu... Full Article » ’Blind Side’ Leads Slate of Year’s Most Uplifting Movies - 2/27/2010 It's the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless youth who was adopted by a white family in Mississippi and went on to college and became a professional football player. 'Blind Side' topped the winners at the recent Movieguide Awards. Quinton Aaron, w... Full Article » Anglican Bishop: My Mom Wanted to Die, But Now Is Happy to Be Alive - 2/27/2010 Bishop Tom Wright sympathized with his mother's desire to die, but shuddered at the thought of speeding her on her way. Mrs. Wright eventually recovered from her unspecified illness and greeted her sixth great-grandchild. Recently, the bishop spoke t... Full Article » Sea of Galilee Declared No Fishing Zone, How Would Peter Take It? - 2/27/2010 Minister of Agriculture Shalom Simchon says the quantity of fish in the Sea has plummeted in the past decade and has now reached a critical level. He's afraid that without the two-year moratorium, all fish would die out. Simchon has asked the Financ... Full Article » Anglican Bishops Back Ending Ban on Gay Civil Partnerships in Church - 2/26/2010 Gay couples could soon “marry” in church after a decision by Anglican bishops to support a relaxation of the ban. Senior church officials say they will support an amendment to the Equality Bill that will lift the ban on civil partnership ceremonies o... Full Article » Christian School Teaches How to Lead A Mosque - 2/26/2010 Hartford Seminary was founded in 1833 by the Congregationalists, who trace their roots to New England's Puritans. It opened its doors to the first Muslim on its core faculty in the 1990s. That was shortly after deciding to pursue Christian-Muslim rel... Full Article » Family's Appeal for Exemption from Relativism Course Is Rejected - 2/26/2010 Justice Yves-Marie Morissette called the Quebec family's appeal “doomed to failure” and a moot point. He argued the children are not required to take the course because the older is in college and the younger is in private school. But other officials... Full Article » Studies: Belief in God Relieves Depression - 2/26/2010 The operative term is "caring." Researchers at Rush University found people with strong beliefs in a personal and concerned God were more likely to experience an improvement. The patients had been diagnosed with major depression or bipolar depression... Full Article » A Lunch Bag That Was Multiplied - 2/25/2010 Charlie at age 5 went to school one day proudly carrying the lunch his mom had made. When his mom went to check on him at lunchtime, she found him sitting next to his new friend, Micah. Micah was eating Charlie's lunch and Charlie had the biggest smi... Full Article » The 40-Day University Daniel Fast March 1—April 9, 2010 - 2/25/2010 There are moments in history when a door for massive change opens. Great revolutions for good or evil occur in the vacuum created by these openings. It is in these times that key men and women, and even entire generations, risk everything to become t... Full Article » Number of trafficked women increasing in Vancouver - 2/25/2010 While the Winter Olympics in Vancouver have drawn the attention of the world, it may also be drawing the attention for another dubious reason - sex trafficking. After a variety of campaigns were executed to prevent an upswing in trafficking during th... Full Article » NORTH KOREA - WORLD'S WORST PERSECUTOR - 2/24/2010 In North Korea, Christianity is a political crime because it recognises an authority greater than the Leader and advocates the worship of Someone other than him. Merely possessing a Bible risks public execution. Open Doors estimates as many as 70,000... Full Article » Arrest Warrant Out for Lesbian Mom Turned Christian - 2/23/2010 The activist judge who granted custody of a young girl to the former same sex partner of her mother has ordered the arrest of Lisa Miller. She and Janet Jenkins were lesbian lovers when Isabella was born. No one knows the whereabouts of Miller, who i... Full Article » A Soul Winner’s Dream - Numan, Nigeria CfAN Crusade - 2/23/2010 An incredible Gospel Campaign has come to a close in Numan, Nigeria and our hearts are rejoicing at everything that the Lord has done here. A total of 835,000 attended the meetings and a huge percentage made decisions to receive Jesus Christ as savi... Full Article » Pregnant Mother Threatens Pro-Life Counselor, then Changes Her Mind on Aborting Baby - 2/23/2010 "If they [pro-life counselors] weren't there, I probably would have gone through with it and regretted it for the rest of my life. I'm sincerely sorry for doing that to her." Three months after being threatened with a knife to her throat, a pro-life... Full Article » Pakistani Christian Beaten for Refusing to Convert to Islam - Brothers converted by Muslim cleric who raised them leave him for dead - 2/23/2010 Riaz Masih, whose Christian parents died when he was a boy, said his continual refusal to convert infuriated his siblings and the Muslim cleric who raised them. His brothers threatened Masih that he must convert right now or face death. "They said ki... Full Article » Two Charged in Texas Church Fires - 2/22/2010 19 year-old Jason Bourque and 21 year-old Daniel McAllister are charged with one of the recent fires. The two friends met as children at a Baptist church. Neither has a prior record. Authorities say they are the only suspects in a total of ten church... Full Article » Court: Louisiana Must Issue Birth Certificate Listing Gay Couple as Parents - 2/22/2010 It all hinges on a court interpretation of the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution, which requires states to recognize the acts of other states. The case in question concerns a Louisiana boy who was adopted by a gay couple from New York.... Full Article » Christian Support for Obama Declines - 2/22/2010 42 percent of born again adults voted for Barack Obama in 2008. But according to the latest Barna poll, only 18 percent of evangelicals are currently satisfied. Obama's lowest rating from the general polulace was for his tax policies and related acti... Full Article » Police Chief Credits the Power of Prayer With Driving Down Crime Rates - 2/22/2010 When Police Chief Roger Bartlett realized his town had one of the poorest crime detection rates in the area, he decided he needed help. So he asked churchgoers to pool their efforts in calling for back-up -- from God. The rate of solved crimes has ri... Full Article » Freed Haiti Volunteer: I Thought We Had All the Paperwork - 2/20/2010 Jim Allen joined the group of Christian volunteers within 48 hours of the relief trip. He says they were approached by a man who claimed to have a group of children without parents. It turns out up to two-thirds of the youngsters the volunteers were ... Full Article » Government Denies Sex Ed Opt Out for Faith Schools - 2/20/2010 Why does a country with a state church find it so difficult to pass laws tolerant of Christian faith? That question came into the spotlight recently as British officials withdrew support from an amendment to a sex education bill. The measure would ha... Full Article » Baby Isaiah Given More Time as Other Doctors Get Involved - 2/20/2010 Isaac and Rebecka May could learn the fate of their infant son on March 11th. In January, doctors recommended removing life-support from the brain-damaged baby, who had suffered oxygen deprivation during birth. Now the Canadian couple is after a seco... Full Article » Wife of Evangelist Benny Hinn Files for Divorce - 2/19/2010 Benny Hinn says he was shocked when his wife filed for divorce. His organization has issued a press release saying there was no previous notice. Nevertheless, the TV minister moved out of their home to Dana Point, California, when they separated a we... Full Article » Obama Accused of Establishing Religion for Soldiers - 2/19/2010 The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) has sent the White House a letter saying the proposal to allow open homosexuality in the military would marginalize chaplains with Christian beliefs. The ADF sees it as a giant conflict of interest. A military minister... Full Article » Lisa Miller Safe for Now: Virginia Judge Refuses to Issue Arrest Warrant - 2/19/2010 It's not the news Janet Jenkins was hoping to hear. A Virginia judge has refused to press criminal charges against Lisa Miller for failing to turn over custody of her own daughter to Jenkins. The two women were lesbian lovers when Isabella was born i... Full Article » Rifqa's Attorneys Ask Court to Punish Parents - 2/19/2010 The attorneys for Rifqa Bary are hoping a judge will order her parents to pay her legal fees. She's the ex-Muslim teen who left home, fearing her father would kill her for accepting Jesus. In January the Barys had agreed to settle their differences w... Full Article » Lutherans Leaving ELCA Over Gay Issues Decide on a Name and Plan - 2/19/2010 Members started leaving last summer after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted to accept homosexual clergy. Now a new denomination is forming to offer an alternative. A provisional constitution for the North American Lutheran Churc... Full Article » Detained American Missionaries Are Set Free in Haiti, Arrive in Miami Overnight - 2/18/2010 Eight of the ten detained American missionaries accused of kidnapping Haitian children following the January 12 earthquake, are now on American soil 19 days after they were arrested. The missionaries were set free by a judge Wednesday, "marking a tur... Full Article » The incredible Growth of Totonac churches spearheaded by a radio program - 2/16/2010 Totonac Christian leader, Felipe Ramos, who hosts the show, also speaks about one congregation in this remote area of Mexico He is continuing the work that began in 1972 as the Totonac Bible Center, Inc. At that time, its primary goal was to support... Full Article » Adoption `Lawyer' in Haiti Tied to Child Sex Case - 2/15/2010 The American Baptist missionaries in Haiti would probably be shocked to learn their "legal adviser" has a criminal record. Jorge Torres Puello did jail time in the United States for bank fraud, but his mother says he's the same man wanted by Salvador... Full Article » Shocking Trend in India: Child Traffickers Posing as Missionaries - 2/15/2010 Northeast India has a high concentration of Christians, but criminals are exploiting this fact to traffic in children. The phony ministers are disguising themselves as missionaries and evangelists. Recently over seventy malnourished youngsters were r... Full Article » Barna Examines Effectiveness of Tebow Super Bowl Ad - 2/15/2010 43 percent of those surveyed said they remembered seeing the commercial featuring the football player and his mom. Pam Tebow refused to abort her son during a crisis pregnancy, but the "a" word was never used in the ad. There was a lot of differing o... Full Article » Legislation Threatens Parents' Rights to Raise Their Kids - 2/15/2010 "It is forbidden for persons holding parental power over children to implement corporal punishment, cause psychological pain or to humiliate them in any other form." That's from a proposed law under consideration in Poland. It's already made it past ... Full Article » Christian Teacher ’Forced Out’ of His Job, Denies Insulting Muslim Girl - 2/15/2010 Nicholas Kafouris is a Greek Cypriot who taught at a London school for 12 years. After he formally complained about racist remarks from his pupils, he was accused of something similar. Kafouris denies insulting a Muslim girl. And he wishes Headmistre... Full Article » Church of England Continues to Encourage ’Fresh Expressions’ - 2/14/2010 A church moves into a high rise. Another caters to the coffee house crowd. Still another specializes in ministering to the learning disabled. What do these churches have in common? They are all so-called 'Fresh Expressions,' established for the benef... Full Article » Three Sketches Released in Texas Church Fires Probe - 2/13/2010 Officers are choosing their words carefully. They're calling the 3 young men in the sketches "people investigators want to get a hold of." Authorities are avoiding the word "suspects." The sketches resulted from information collected through tip line... Full Article » Aid to Haitian Missionaries Investigated, He Calls it Mistaken Identity - 2/13/2010 There's a Jorge Puello linked with a trafficking ring involving Latin American women and girls. There's also a Jorge Puello advising the 10 jailed American missionaries in Haiti, who were trying to rescue 33 children after the recent earthquake. Offi... Full Article » The NCAA Is Trying to Prevent Another Tim Tebow - 2/13/2010 Tim Tebow has captured national attention by more than his accomplishments as a Heisman trophy winner. He's the fooball player sporting Bible verses on his eye black. But the National Collegiate Athletic Association is not thrilled. The group has pro... Full Article » YouTube Makes Sure You Can't Vote for Tebow Super Bowl Commericals - 2/13/2010 The same people who censored an undercover video exposing Planned Parenthood, have excluded Tim Tebow's Super Bowl ads. YouTube's Ad Blitz contest gives fans the chance to vote for their favorite Super Bowl commercial as long as it's not Tim Tebow's.... Full Article » Church of England Gives Civil Partners of Gay Clergy "Widow's" Pension - 2/13/2010 Reverend Mark Bratton argued the current pension system was unjust and discriminatory. He introduced the motion to treat civil partners of gay clergy on the same basis as widows. It flies in the face of the Lambeth Resolution which bans ordination of... Full Article » BUSTED! Undercover Video Nails Largest Abortion Provider - 2/12/2010 Lila Rose is a UCLA college student who can pass as a younger teen. And because of her, Planned Parenthood in Birmingham, Alabama is now on probation. Lila's undercover efforts prompted a 38-page state report. There were 9 cases of the abortuary fail... Full Article » Virginia House Votes Against Forced Microchips, Some Reminded of Mark of the Beast - 2/12/2010 Some Christians in Virginia are breathing a sigh of relief. The House of Delegates has passed a bill banning forced implantation of microchips below the skin. The state Senate still has to vote. Many who see the Kingdom of God as occuring entirely in... Full Article » British Air Worker Loses Appeal Over Right To Wear Cross - 2/12/2010 Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord George Carey, calls the latest ruling a “sad blow” for the cause of religious liberty and freedom. Nadia Eweida was dismissed without pay in 2006 when she refused to cover up her cross necklace. She claims there'... Full Article » The BBC: Australia Is Tops for the Seven Deadly Sins - 2/12/2010 The authors of the BBC story used a point system to make their determination. They say Australia earned 10 points for envy, the highest score. The US ranked number one for gluttony. South Korea scored the most points for lust. Iceland was tops for bo... Full Article » Millionaire Gives Away the Fortune That Made Him Miserable - 2/12/2010 Karl Rabeder developed a strong work ethic while growing up poor. Years later, he was not so sure. "I had the feeling I was working as a slave for things that I did not wish for or need." He reached the tipping point on a Hawaiian vacation. "It was ... Full Article » Karen flee Burma army attacks - 2/11/2010 The Thai government and local military leaders want to force Karen Christians back into Myanmar, and they're willing to use military force to clear refugee camps within the next two weeks. The camps are full because the Burmese army is wiping out the... Full Article » Cruel State-sponsored Persecution in Laos - 2/11/2010 Since January 10, officials have stationed police at the entrance of Katin village to keep Christian believers from returning to their village, 48 internally displaced persons, including women and children, have been sleeping on the ground in a fores... Full Article » Judge Could Release Jailed Baptists in Haiti Today - 2/11/2010 The Haitian judge deciding whether 10 U.S. missionaries should face trial for attempting to take a busload of children out of the country is probably ready to make his ruling, a defense lawyer said. Judge Bernard Saint-Vil finished questioning the Am... Full Article » Lady Pastor, Daughter Hacked To Death in the Philippines - 2/9/2010 Three months after the deadly massacre of more than 20 Christian journalists in this island region of the Philippines, a lady pastor and her 12-year-old daughter, were brutally killed by unidentified men in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. Juliet Cata... Full Article » Son of Voodoo Priest Leads Fellow Haitians to Christ - 2/9/2010 The saved son of a Voodoo priest, 26-year-old Cineas, has dedicated his life to bringing his fellow Haitians to Christ. "It gives me joy to [share Christ]," "I love to do that. It is my life." Voodoo's influence has diminished and many Haitians are n... Full Article » Pro-Aborts Clash over Short, Sweet Tebow Ad - 2/8/2010 "Tebow's Super Bowl ad isn't intolerant; its critics are." That was the title of a "Washington Post" editorial following football player Tim Tebow's appearance, with his mother, in a Super Bowl ad. The pro-life affirmation was sponsored by Focus on t... Full Article » Christian Churches Fed 'Islam Lite' - 2/8/2010 "Islam lite" is how one expert describes the version of Mohammedanism popping up in churches. A spokeswoman for an Islamic awareness program says she heard about a congregation where an Islamic speaker was a guest. When she asked if she could present... Full Article » George Beverly Shea Celebrates 101st Birthday - 2/6/2010 "America's Beloved Gospel Singer" recently celebrated at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, near his friend Billy Graham. "Bev" began his life as a Canadian, the son of a preacher. He moved to the US during his 20s. In 1939 Shea began announcing a... Full Article » Newly Placed Cross Is a Reminder of Jesus at Pagan Worship Site, Air Force Investigates - 2/6/2010 First the Air Force Academy made it more convenient for Pagans to worship there. Now an unknown person has made it easier to remember Jesus at the Pagan site. A Pagan spokesman is crying "hate crime." The expression "destructive behavior" is also bei... Full Article » Southern Baptists Ask Obama to Help Ten Missionaries in Haiti - 2/6/2010 Three leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) say the mission volunteers may have acted "with the noblest of intentions in a desperate situation." The missionaries were trying to take 33 children to safety in the Dominican Republic when they... Full Article » Christian Politician Emerging from Scandal Pays Back 20 Times What He Owes - 2/6/2010 It made headlines around the world when members of the British Parliament were discovered to have "fudged" on their expense allowances. More than half of the MPs who appealed received favorable rulings. Paul Goggins' offense was allowing a friend to ... Full Article » Pastors Challenged to 'Ordain' Every Christian, Not Do Ministry for Them - 2/6/2010 Most Christians have bought into the idea the church is about a few people paid to make disciples. But according to church planter Jeff Vanderstelt, that's not what Jesus had in mind. Vanderstelt recently spoke at a missional church conference called... Full Article » North Korea Says It Plans to Release American Missionary - 2/5/2010 Robert Park crossed into North Korea on Christmas Day, on a mission to urge dictator Kim Jong-Il to repent. Now officials says it is Park who has shown repentance and admitted to commiting a crime. He even supposedly believes the nation with 100 thou... Full Article » Messianic Leader Says Revival Is Breaking Out Among Jewish People - 2/5/2010 Imagine a group of 400 Jews attending an evangelistic meeting. People get healed. That's including a wheelchair-bound woman who had not been able to walk in five years. According to Sid Roth, almost the entire group got up to "make public professions... Full Article » US Missionaries in Haiti Ask to Come Home Until Their Trial - 2/5/2010 They're living off of sandwiches and pizza, courtesy of their lawyer, and sleeping on the floor without blankets. The ten face up to three months in jail until their trial. What they see as a mercy mission, taking 33 children to safety in the Dominic... Full Article » FedEx Lets Employee Come Back to Work, Despite Her Cross - 2/5/2010 FedEx calls Lisa Grave's cross "personal insignia," something that's restricted. She says she had no idea that's what her piece of jewelry was considered. FedEx also claims "religious exceptions are given when requested and validated." But Lisa says ... Full Article » Congressman Declares Justice Denied in CIA Shoot Down of Missionaries - 2/5/2010 Roni Bower's mother says, "I want somebody to have to stand up and say I was responsible." But there's no real apology. Roni and her daughter Charity died after their plane was fired on by an airman more interested in stopping them than determining i... Full Article » Study Shows Some Vegetative Patients Can Answer Questions - 2/5/2010 Researcher Martin Monti says he was stunned after a man believed to be vegetative for years responded to stimulation. The study has implications for localities that permit the removal of organs from the "brain dead." On a related note, Terri Schiavo'... Full Article » Special slideshow on World Vision’s response in Haiti - 2/5/2010 In the midst of the disaster in Haiti, we have reason to be thankful for the millions of lives that have been spared. Thanks to generous donations from partners, we are caring for the injured, sheltering the homeless, and feeding the hungry. - "I fee... Full Article » UK Christians Celebrate Victory over Equality Bill that would have Robbed Them of Religious Freedom - 2/4/2010 "This is a great day for religious liberty in the United Kingdom...We give thanks to God for the outcome, and we continue to pray for our Government." In answer to many Christians' prayers, the House of Lords on Monday defeated changes to a law that ... Full Article » Imprisoned Cuban Pastor's Appeal for Freedom is Denied - 2/4/2010 Pastor Omar Gude Perez, a leader in a fast growing network of independent churches was convicted of "falsification of documents" after trumped up charges were made against him during a summary trial last July. Perez's wife said the court's decision c... Full Article » Same Sex Adoption Denied in New South Wales - 2/4/2010 The Minister for Community Services Linda Burney has announced that the NSW Government will not change the law to allow same sex couples to adopt children because of a lack of community support. Christians who fought hard to preserve the status quo h... Full Article » Pakistani lawyer faces court for murder of Christian servant girl - 2/4/2010 On January 22, a Muslim lawyer tortured and killed a 12-year-old Christian girl in Lahore, Pakistan." After Naeem bribed local police, the girl's family staged protests in front of government offices, attracting the attention of local media. When Pak... Full Article » Groundbreaking Study Proves Abstinence Education Works - 2/4/2010 The decrease is noteworthy; the study followed students a full two years after completion of the abstinence class. One third of students showed a decrease in sexual activity. Whereas, condom-promoting programs didn't affect youth behavior at all. Stu... Full Article » U.S. Missionaries See Judge in Haiti Child Case - 2/3/2010 The five missionaries were questioned behind closed doors at Haiti's judicial police headquarters in Port-au-Prince, where they are being held behind bars. The missionaries did not have lawyers present. Government officials said the detained American... Full Article » Haiti Officials Arrest 10 US Baptists for 'Orphan Rescue' Attempt - 2/1/2010 Prime Minister Max Bellerive calls the attempt "illegal trafficking of children." On the one hand, there's concern the childen were not sufficiently identified and could have families of their own. On the other, there's the feeling practitioners of l... Full Article » Air Force Academy Makes it More Convenient for Pagans to Worship - 2/1/2010 The new outdoor worship area is "much bigger, better and closer to the cadet area." That's according to Air Force Academy Sergeant Robert Longcrier, who says, "This will allow cadets to use the circle anytime they feel the need." Longcrier became a P... Full Article » Teacher Fired for Offering to Pray Can Return to Work - 2/1/2010 Officials in the UK have recognized it can be appropriate for a tutor to share her faith with a pupil or a family. Olive Jones was fired last November after a parent complained she had offered to pray for a sick child. But it turns out she had not be... Full Article » Woman Steps Out on Faith and Ministers to Prostitutes - 2/1/2010 The area around Omonoia in Athens, Greece, is a nightmare of human misery. Women stand on corners and in shadowy doorways offering their bodies to anyone who can pay. It’s not the kind of place where you want to loiter. But as I walked toward my trol... Full Article » Crystal Cathedral Lays Off 50 Workers, May Drop TV Show from Eight Markets - 1/31/2010 A spokesman says a 27% drop in contributions from 2008 has nothing to do with the dispute between founder Robert Schuller and his son, Robert. The lack of funds has prompted the church to cancel its "Glory of Easter" pageant. The re-enactment normall... Full Article » Rifqa's Parents Go Back on Their Word, Now They Want Custody - 1/30/2010 Rifqa Bary is probably counting the days till she turns 18 in August. She's the teenager who ran away from home last summer, saying her Muslim father intended to kill her for turning to Jesus. Recently, her parents agreed to let her stay in foster ca... Full Article » Mall to Christians: God Talk Banned! - 1/30/2010 When Matthew Snatchko was talking with two willing strangers about God at Galleria Mall, a store employee called Security. Guards shoved him against a window and brought out the handcuffs. A trespassing charge was eventually dropped, but Snatchko is ... Full Article » Bible Becomes New Elective at Tennessee High Schools - 1/30/2010 Tennessee high schools wanting to teach students about Noah, Moses and the Prodigal Son now have have a state-approved road map to do so. The Tennessee Board of Education has just settled on a Bible curriculum in response to recent legislation. It's ... Full Article » UK Churches Now Free to Listen to the Spirit on Hiring, Even If He's "Politically Incorrect" - 1/29/2010 The House of Lords retained an employment exemption for religious groups by a 216 to 178 vote. That means churches will not have to hire people of other faiths and lifestyles. Baronness Detta O'Cathain is thanking God. Although in Britain there is th... Full Article » Rock Church's Anne Gimenez on Ventilator and Receiving Dialysis - 1/29/2010 No one seems to know exactly what the infection is. Anne's daughter reports her mom is sedated with a depressed white blood count. It sounds like she can breathe on her own, but the ventilator makes it easier. Doctors expect Anne will be in the Inten... Full Article » e-Harmony Caves in to Homosexual Pressure Again - 1/29/2010 The settlement ends 2 1/2 years of litigation. e-Harmony has agreed to pay out $2 million. It is also adding a Gay and Lesbian Dating category to its main website, which will direct users to its homosexual site. e-Harmony doesn't feel its fair to be ... Full Article » Australian Party Leader Says All Children Should Read the Bible - 1/29/2010 Bible classes should be compulsory so children have a fundamental understanding of Christianity when they leave school. That's according to Tony Abbott, Federal Opposition leader of Australia. But he says that doesn't mean people have to be believers... Full Article » Baby Isaiah Granted Another Three Weeks for Medical Assessment - 1/28/2010 Isaiah May has been granted at least another three weeks of life. A Canadian court has recently ruled the baby should remain on life support until February 19th. That will allow time for more medical experts to assess him. Isaiah suffered oxygen depr... Full Article » German Homeschooling Family Granted Political Asylum in U.S. - 1/28/2010 A U.S. immigration judge on Tuesday granted political asylum to a German couple who fled to Tennessee so they could homeschool their children. The Romeikes, who believed the curriculum was at odds with Christian values, feared they could lose their c... Full Article » Ugep, Nigeria - Another great Gospel campaign has come to an end. - 1/28/2010 It is a miracle! Ugep is only a small village, but tonight 185,000 people were present and received the Word of God with great joy. Many thousands were born again including a group of young men who came forward to testify tonight that they were par... Full Article » Imagine a refugee camp holding 1- 2 million people. - 1/27/2010 Then imagine having to feed and provide shelter, water, and sanitation for that many people. That's how daunting it is in Port-au-Prince. That's why I've been calling it the world's biggest refugee camp. I've been to many disaster zones, but I have s... Full Article » The Chinese government may be an unintentional instigator of church growth - 1/27/2010 There's a mass migration happening in China particularly young people are moving from the rural areas to the city to look for jobs. "It's also being heavily pushed by the Chinese government. And as that has happens, God is doing the same sort of revi... Full Article » Christians Most Hit by Religious Freedom Violations in Indonesia - 1/27/2010 A moderate Muslim research institute reported 35 cases of government violations of religious freedom including 28 against Christians and 93 instances of community intolerance of churches in 2009. “The government has been timid to acknowledge violatio... Full Article » The Genocide the World Barely Hears About - 1/25/2010 The Burmese army is carrying out a huge killing campaign against the country's citizens. One targeted minority group is the Karen people, a historically Christian group. Recently an official said, "Soon there will be no Christians in this nation. You... Full Article » Mom Appeals to Government: Don't Pull Plug on My Baby - 1/23/2010 The death panel letter reads, "We must put the interests of your son foremost, and it is in his best interests to discontinue mechanical ventilation support." On the day Isaiah May was born, the umbilical chord had wrapped itself around his neck, dep... Full Article » An Estimated 300 Thousand March for Life in DC - 1/23/2010 The few pro-abortion demonstrators who turned out were outnumbered by at least 20 thousand to one. And this year there were 78 thousand virtual pro-lifers, including former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who marched on-line. Most March for Life partici... Full Article » Survey Says: Sermons Fail to Inspire Change in Believers - 1/23/2010 The College of Preachers in the UK has been around for 50 years. Recently it commissioned a survey that yielded results it may not have been expecting. Only 17% of respondents said sermons frequently changed their attitudes towards others or helped ... Full Article » Court Delays Arrest Warrant in Lisa Miller Custody Battle - 1/22/2010 The Christian mom who disappeared with her daughter to avoid turning her over to a lesbian, will not be arrested for now. The judge has given Lisa Miller 30 days to change her mind. Miller gave birth to Isabella after artificial insemination, but at ... Full Article » Ex-Associate Accuses Kenneth Copeland of Humanitarian Aid Fraud - 1/22/2010 Three-and-a-half years ago Rich Vermillion was on the platform, introducing Kenneth Copeland's Angel Flight 44 to the world. Now, he has a blog, warning the world about the televangelist. Vermillion says the ministry was never formed as Copeland pled... Full Article » Hidden Scriptures Will Be Removed from US Weapons - 1/22/2010 US military weapons will no longer declare the glory of God, at least through Bible references hidden next to serial numbers. Secular humanists were dumbfounded when they learned military contractor Trijicon had been inscribing the messages on their ... Full Article » Hamas Accepts Israel's Right to Exist - 1/22/2010 Hamas spokesman Aziz Dwaik says his organization would even be willing to nullify its own charter. Knowledgeable observers link the Palestinian's remarks to Hamas' attempts to win recognition from the international community. Dwaik was released from ... Full Article » Government Tries to Muzzle Outspoken Church by Loss of Charity Status - 1/22/2010 A registered charity must devote at least 90% of its resources to charitable purposes, if it engages in political activities. That's according to the Canada Revenue Agency, which says all the talk on homosexuality, abortion and divorce, disqualifies ... Full Article » Miraculous Praise Amid Haiti's Destruction - 1/21/2010 The earthquake had just hit, but Linda and her friends had no access to news broadcasts. All they could see were buildings collapsing and people running into the streets. Many people were covered with blood and white dust. The devastation was horrify... Full Article » What a wonderful start here in Ugep! - Cfan Crusade - Reinhard Bonnke - 1/20/2010 Have a look at the crowd-picture. The Gospel rang out clear as a bell and a wave of salvation followed. The prayer for the sick yielded glorious healings: A blind man saw, one who was crippled walked. The atmosphere was charged with faith – gripping ... Full Article » Death toll climbs, despair abounds in Haiti - 1/20/2010 The team has done about 70 major surgeries since Friday, but they've treated hundreds of others. It's almost impossible to count the number of people they've treated." Many heartbreaking stories of parents losing six or seven of their children and en... Full Article » Runaway Teen Convert and Parents End Dispute - 1/20/2010 Mohamed and Aysha Bary have given up the fight to get their daughter back. Rifqa Bary is the Christian teenager who ran away from her Ohio home, fearing she would be murdered for her conversion. She was living with a Florida minister and his wife un... Full Article » Government Plans to Eliminate Belief That Homosexuality is Immoral - 1/17/2010 The Canadian Province of Quebec is moving past the regulation of behavior with a plan to control belief. The "Quebec Policy Against Homophobia" calls the belief that homosexuality is immoral a prejudice that must be combated. It talks about targeting... Full Article » Contemporary Christian Musician Stuck in Haitian Rubble Town - 1/17/2010 Mark Stuart was in Haiti on a missions trip when the earthquake struck. Although the former lead singer for Audio Adrenaline is not pinned under rubble, he can't leave town because of the collapse of nearby mountains. Stuart reports there's not a ba... Full Article » Rifqa Bary Might Get New Foster Home - 1/17/2010 There's concern a group with radical Islamic ties may now have Rifq Bary's new address. Children's Services has made the names of her foster parents known to everyone in her court case. All three have been threatened. The Christian convert ran away l... Full Article » Thou Shalt Not Quote Phony Statistics - 1/17/2010 The reporter's question was one of the best I had ever been asked. "Why do you evangelicals love to make up and say such bad things about yourselves?" I was facing a room full of reporters in a Religion Newswriters Association session. They had invit... Full Article » Focus on the Family Will Air Super Bowl Ad - 1/16/2010 Have you ever heard anyone say, "The best part of the Super Bowl is the commercials?" This time it may be true. When Super Bowl XLIV airs on CBS in early February, the pro-life message gets a huge audience. Focus on the Family is airing an ad featuri... Full Article » Vietnam Churches Reach Out to Country's Addicts - 1/16/2010 They were considered the garbage of society. Most say they were not successful with rehabilitation centers. That is, until they experienced miraculous delivery at a very different kind of center where they feel the power of God's love. Pastor Hung D... Full Article » Woman To Robber: In The Name Of Jesus, Get Out - 1/15/2010 Just a few minutes after Marian Chadwick put the 'closed' sign on her store's door, a man with a gun walked in and demanded money. "I looked him straight in the eye and I said, 'In the name of Jesus, I command you to get out of my store. You are boun... Full Article » Homeschoolers Capture a Major Victory - 1/15/2010 Threatened legislation that would have super-regulated homeschoolers has been defeated in New Hampshire. The state House voted 324 to 34 to reject the plan. Democrat Barbara Shaw wrote the majority report for a study committee that also rejected the ... Full Article » Party Leader: Faith Schools Must Teach Homosexuality is 'Normal and Harmless' - 1/15/2010 Nick Clegg is a Liberal Democrat leader. That's the third largest party in the UK. In an interview with a gay lifestyle magazine, he outlined a number of proposals including forcing faith schools to teach a politically correct view of homosexuality.... Full Article » Is Pat Robertson Right About Haiti? - 1/15/2010 A distinguished Haitian Christian minister and scientist calls Haiti's alleged pact with the devil an uncorroborated rumor. Dr. Jean Gelin says his studies of Haitian history turn up no good evidence of the satanic pact. Robertson made the claim on t... Full Article » Most Britons Believe Islam has Divided Their Country - 1/15/2010 More than half of Britons say Islam has divided their country along religious lines. The "London Daily Mail" reports only 25% of all Britons feel positively about Islam. 55% would also strongly oppose the building of a mosque in their neighborhood. T... Full Article » Less Than 40% of Presbyterians Say Jesus Is the Only Way to Salvation - 1/15/2010 According to a survey released by the Presbyterian Church USA, 39% of members agree or strongly agree that "only followers of Jesus can be saved." 35% of pastors agree or strongly agree with the statement. 43% of members disagree or strongly disagree... Full Article » Two missionaries in Haiti survive harrowing earthquake ordeal - 1/14/2010 Bastia and his wife Betty minister at a Calvary Chapel located in rural Caneille, Haiti. They had arrived in Port-au-Prince to celebrate their wedding anniversary on the day the earthquake struck. Betty was in a grocery store and Bastia was across th... Full Article » Haiti Earthquake - Francis Frangipane - 1/14/2010 Haiti was struck by a devastating 7.1 earthquake. Yet the aftermath of the earthquake may prove more catastrophic than the earthquake itself. Food supplies are rapidly diminishing, as are medical supplies. There is no electricity and no water and ov... Full Article » Over 100 Coptic Christian Teenagers Arrested in Egypt - 1/14/2010 Egyptian State Security has intensified its intimidation of the Coptic Church and Christians in Nag Hammadi, and Bahgoura, by carrying out random arrests of Christian youth. The campaign against Christians started on Jan. 7. Numerous members of famil... Full Article » Several Reports From Mission Organizations in Haiti - 1/14/2010 Compassion International says they've heard nothing from their team, and there is no word about the 63,000 kids they help. Mission Aviation Fellowship says all their non-Haitian staff is safe, but "we don't, have a report as to what has happened to ... Full Article » Cartel violence starts a bloody 2010 in Mexico - 1/13/2010 Mexico opened 2010 with 69 murders in one day. That's unprecedented in a country that has been struggling with a sudden upward tic in violence. 283 people are believed to have died in drug-related violence in Mexico in the first 10 days of this year.... Full Article » Earthquake rocks already beleaguered Haiti - Baptist Hospital handeling lots of injuries. - 1/13/2010 "Our mission team there is alright. Our first communication was from one of our missionaries over Facebook ." Telephone and other communication lines are down. A hospital in the region was damaged and so our hospital there is handling a lot of injuri... Full Article » Earthquake Rocks Haiti: Please Help - 1/13/2010 World Vision is rushing emergency supplies to thousands of people left homeless by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti. Staff on the ground fear hundreds, or even thousands, dead and injured. Your help is needed now! Full Article » Churches Attacked In Malaysia - 1/12/2010 More Malaysian churches came under attack today (January 10) as anger escalates over what was linked to a court ruling that allowed Allah to be used by non-Muslims. At press time, the violence against churches number at seven attacks over three days,... Full Article » Las Vegas Church Launches 'Facebook Campus' - 1/11/2010 A growing trend among megachurches is holding services on multiple campuses. Central Christian Church has recently launched its second on-line campus. This one is on Facebook. The Las Vegas-based church says its mission is to "connect the unconnected... Full Article » Barna Study Investigates Economy's Impact on Church Budgets - 1/11/2010 Overall, 57% of pastors say the economy has negatively impacted their church over the last year. That's according to a Barna survey that included over 11 hundred Protestant leaders. 8% of leaders report the effect was “very negative.” 35% describe th... Full Article » Conflict over New Indian State Threatens Missionary Work - 1/10/2010 The main obstacles to ministry right now are strikes and protests. Dozens of trains have been cancelled and bus service is disrupted, bringing life to a standstill. Conflict over the possible state has been ongoing for 50 years, but recently the New ... Full Article » References to Yaweh Found in Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics - 1/9/2010 The earliest references to Yahweh,outside of the Bible, seem to be in Egyptian hieroglyphics from around 1400 BC. That's according to Charles Ailing, an Egyptologist and chairman of the history department at Northwestern College. He recently publishe... Full Article » Joel Osteen Helps Inaugurate Houston's First Official Gay Mayor - 1/8/2010 Osteen thanked God for mayor Annis Parker during her inauguration. Parker openly carries on a homosexual relationship with her partner, Kathy Hubbard. According to an Osteen spokesman, the mayor considers herself a believer. The TV preacher once told... Full Article » Rod Parsley Says He Got His Financial Miracle - 1/8/2010 World Harvest Church had to pay a big bill last year – over three million dollars. It was the settlement for a daycare spanking that left a two year-old boy with cuts and welts. Halfway through last month Pastor Rod Parsley begged for donations, sayi... Full Article » New York Couple Arrested for Failure to Register Homeschoolers - 1/8/2010 An attorney for the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) says he will find out why police took such an unusual action. Richard and Margie Cressy had failed to register their childen at the local school district for seven years. They did regi... Full Article » Virginia Backs Up Vermont: Christian Mom Must Give Up Daughter to Lesbian - 1/8/2010 Lisa Miller and her daughter, Isabella, have disappeared. Her attorney has appealed the Vermont order, saying Virginia is not required to enforce it. The appeal is pending. Miller gave birth to the girl through artificial insemination while she and J... Full Article » Number One Persecutor Tests Weapons on Christians - 1/8/2010 North Korea, which reportedly has used believers as guinea pigs to test chemical and biological weapons, is the world's worst persecutor. Iran, which may be using Christians as scapegoats for internal opposition to its president, is Number 2 on the O... Full Article » College Students Worship, Pray, Serve at Passion 2010 Event - 1/8/2010 The 22 thousand students came from 15 hundred campuses and 37 nations. They raised more than $668 thousand for social justice projects. They gave 70 thousand pairs of socks to the homeless of Atlanta. They packed over 100 thousand lunches for hungry ... Full Article » Marketplace Ministry in the World of Astronomy - 1/8/2010 Eduardo Baldaci de Lima use his knowledge of astronomy to talk about God in places which would not normally be open to a traditional pastor. He presents the telescope as just another tool for getting closer to God. A few years ago de Lima was a tradi... Full Article » Coptic Christians Gunned Down After Christmas Service in Egypt - 1/7/2010 Despite threats of violence from Muslims in an area of Egypt wracked by sectarian violence, police declined to increase security for a Coptic Christmas Eve service on Jan. 6, and six Christians were shot to death after leaving the church. Nine were w... Full Article » Holy Spirit Breaks Out at MorningStar Again - 1/6/2010 It all began when MorningStar University students returned to school after Christmas break. Non-stop praise and worship took over for 12 hours. Sensing this could be more than a one-time occurrence, leaders scheduled a live webstream event for the n... Full Article » You Can Start 2010 With Fresh Faith - J Lee Grady - 1/6/2010 When Pentecostal healing evangelist Oral Roberts died a few weeks ago I was shocked that some Christians pounced on his legacy so quickly. They didn't even wait a few days for friends and family members to mourn. While Billy Graham—a true Christian g... Full Article » Yemen: Ray of Hope for Abducted Christians - 1/6/2010 More than six months ago a German Christian family of five and a British engineer were abducted in North Yemen. Now there appears to be at least a ray of hope. A recent video shows the three children Lydia aged five, Anna (3) and Simon (1). They appe... Full Article » Fox Newsman Urges Tiger Woods to Come to Christ - 1/4/2010 When Brit Hume retired as a full-time employee of Fox News, he said he would spend his time on the three G's: God, granddaughters and golf. Recently, as a panelist on "Fox News Sunday," Hume remarked Tiger Woods could make a complete recovery if he t... Full Article » Pray for America Campaigns Kick Off 2010 - 1/4/2010 Christians nationwide have their choice of several intercession campaigns to help the country get “right with God.” Among the efforts is the National 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting, sponsored by Pray Daily America. It runs until February 12th. Meanwhi... Full Article » Christian Mom Fails to Turn Over Daughter by Deadline - 1/3/2010 Vermont law does not provide for the granting of parental rights to civil union partners. But activist Judge Richard Cohen did it anyway. Lisa Miller gave birth to Isabella after artificial insemination. She was in a homosexual relationship with Jane... Full Article » Homeschool Moms Get in Trouble with Fuzzy Indiana Education Law - 1/3/2010 It was as if Lila Ferguson and Molly Williams found themselves in the old Abbot and Costello routine, "Who's on first?" In the ladies' case, it went like this: 'What sort of education are we required to provide our children? As required by law. What ... Full Article » Dobson Plans New "Focus on the Family"-Styled Show - 1/3/2010 Fans of Dr. James Dobson may not be losing their favorite Christian radio psychologist after all. The 73 year-old broadcaster is announcing plans for a new show that would start after he leaves "Focus on the Family" in February. He says he could not ... Full Article » Newsweek: Seven Percent of Americans Attend Religious Services in a Home - 1/3/2010 This surprising little fact was buried in a recent survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. That seven percent, though, is a pretty big number, especially for a practice that defies all mainstream conceptions of churchgoing. For so many A... Full Article » Native American World - Lost and Found: The Story of Bill Pagaran - 1/2/2010 My earliest memories of childhood include drinking games when my loud, obnoxious uncles would prod me to down tequila shots. Just five years old, I felt lost, longing for my father to rescue me. But he was usually passed out upstairs. If home wasn't ... Full Article » Evangelist Slams Priest for 'Pulpit Betrayal' - 1/2/2010 A New Zealand-born author and evangelist has weighed-in on the controversy stirred up when an Anglican priest in the English city of York told his parishioners that poor people should steal food and other essentials from shops, rather than raise mone... Full Article » Pakistani Christian prisoners' families attend 'Christmas Blessings Program 2009' - 1/1/2010 Sharing Life Ministry Pakistan on December 16, 2009, hosted this extraordinary event for families of some 150 Pakistani Christian prisoners from the Pakistani province of Punjab. Some 400 people from families of prisoners and released prisoners atten... Full Article » Christmas Catalog Rickshaw Fleet Transforming Lives - 1/1/2010 Mukesh and his wife have three children, and the manual labor he was doing didn't pay enough to provide for all their needs. The family prayed and trusted the Lord. A new bicycle rickshaw became the answer to their problems. He is now earning the mon... Full Article » Jihad attacks on rise, good news for Muslim evangelism - 12/31/2009 There's uncertainty in Islam. "At the end of your life [in Islam], if your good outweighs the bad, you get to heaven." However, there is uncertainty about where the line is drawn, and Allah can change his mind. "The only way to escape the system is t... Full Article » Missouri Woman on Mission to Free Children From Human Trafficking - 12/31/2009 The New York Times reported a 6-year-old and other young children were working as slaves on fishing boats in Ghana. Cope and her husband read the article and Cope was so moved she tracked down the reporter and put the wheels in motion to rescue Mark ... Full Article » THE SPIRITUAL CLIMATE IS CHANGING - 12/31/2009 There is a detectable increase in the faith level of many Christians. New ministries with a Kingdom focus, are emerging at a rapid rate and having great influence in areas that are at present away from the public eye. Many of these are springing up ... Full Article » Newspaper Deifies American President, Dismisses Christ - 12/30/2009 "Politiken" is the number two newspaper in Denmark. A recent editorial says if the comparison were made between Obama and Jesus, it would be to Obama's advantage. This is not the first time something like this has happened. A YouTube video shows scho... Full Article » Pastor in Teen Convert Case Denies He Intentionally Broke Law - 12/30/2009 The allegation against Blake Lorenz was made by Brian Smith, who's been described as a former disgruntled employee of the pastor's church. Smith says Lorenz refused to notify authorities he and his wife were letting Rifqa Bary stay with them. The pas... Full Article » California Science Center Sued for Squelching Intelligent Design Film - 12/30/2009 The Los Angeles Science Center has cancelled the screening of "Darwin's Dilemma," saying the American Freedom Alliance (AFA) violated its rental agreement. It seems promotional materials were distributed without the Center's approval. The Center is k... Full Article » Christian Mom Is on the Lam, Unwilling to Give Up Daughter to Lesbian - 12/29/2009 Lisa Miller was hoping a Virginia judge would not honor a change of custody order from Vermont. But a New England judge is not waiting for a decision. Miller was a lesbian when she conceived her daughter by artificial insemination. Her partner, Janet... Full Article » The Top Praying Cities May Surprise You - 12/29/2009 Los Angeles and New York have made the list announced by the Presidential Prayer Team. They're among the top ten cities praying for Barack Obama. Half the cities on the list are in blue states. The rest are in red states. The organization was founded... Full Article » Ministry Seeks to Plant Houses of Prayer at Every US College - 12/29/2009 There seems to be a pattern of God showing up on college campuses, in significant ways, every hundred or so years. In 1806, it was the Haystack Revival, a big spark to the American missions movement. In 1910, the World Missions Conference in Edinburg... Full Article » Study: Home-Schooled Children Excel as Adults - 12/29/2009 The study is called “Fifteen Years Later: Home-Educated Canadian Adults.” It shows homeschoolers excelling in income, education and community involvement. Adults said homeschooling gave them confidence and helped them to be independent. Researchers r... Full Article » US Visionary Enters North Korea to Urge Dictator to Repent - 12/28/2009 It was snowing heavily when Robert Park crossed the border. In a pre-recorded video, Park said he hoped to be arrested and had no intention of leaving North Korea until the country voluntarily closes its concentration camps. He carried a letter to di... Full Article » Pastor Chuck Smith Recovering from Two Minor Strokes - 12/28/2009 A ministry spokesman reports the 82 year-old senior pastor of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California is doing well in the hospital. Chuck Smith reportedly suffered two "mini-strokes" at his home. Back in the late 60s and early 70s, Smith baptized t... Full Article » Evangelist Winkie Pratney Is ‘Doing Well’ After an Aneurysm - 12/27/2009 According to his son, William, Pratney's brain is expected to "fix itself." He's reportedly under observation in a New Zealand hospital, recovering from a "superbug." Pratney suffered the aneurysm while visiting his homeland. The evangelist and write... Full Article » Survey Conclusion: Take Church to the People - 12/27/2009 The study by Acts Mission Network concludes reaching out is more important than trying to pull people in. It says that since Christians spend most of their time outside church walls, the church can be visible in a variety of ways, offering different ... Full Article » Homeschoolers Speed Translation for Two Language Groups - 12/26/2009 A group called The Seed Company has matched money from homeschool families to help make the Gospel available to language groups in Mozambique and Tanzania. The two groups include a total of 1.5 million people. This is the first time The Seed Company ... Full Article » Falwell Legal Group to the Rescue, Ready to Sue Over Health Care Legislation - 12/26/2009 Liberty Counsel is one of a number of groups expecting to fight the Health Care Reform Bill if a final version gets Barack Obama's signature. Spokesman Matthew Staver says mandatory health care goes beyond the Constitution. Staver expects a multitude... Full Article » Virginia Mother Gets Away with Infanticide Due to 'Loophole' in the Law - 12/26/2009 The father was upset. The grandparents were upset. Sheriff's Investigator Tracy Emerson believes everyone was upset, except the mother. Officials say the woman, in her early 20s, cannot be charged because of a peculiarity of Virginia law. The state c... Full Article » Furor Erupts Over Atheist Display At Illinois State Capitol - 12/26/2009 Police stopped William Kelly from removing an atheist sign at the state Capitol. They also detained him, wrote up an incident report and ordered him to leave. Kelly, who is running for state comptroller, called the sign mocking religion "hate speech... Full Article » Did Prosperity Gospel Cause the Crash? - 12/26/2009 Many explanations have been offered for the housing bubble and subsequent crash: interest rates were too low; regulation failed; rising real-estate prices induced a sort of temporary insanity in America’s middle class. But critics now argue the prosp... Full Article » 'Santa' Says He Was Fired for Sharing His Faith - 12/25/2009 Al Harrison says it has been his practice to talk to a parent after a kid's photo with "Santa" is taken. Once the child walks away to look at nearby things, Harrison would explain candy canes represent the crucifixion. Then he would ask if the parent... Full Article » The Only Jew in School at Christmas ... And Loving It - 12/25/2009 I could pretty much sing along with the class when Christmas carols broke out. And, you know something? It didn't hurt a bit. We Jewish kids in all the other schools in town met weekly at Hebrew school, and none of us felt alienated by the exercise o... Full Article » Water wells critical to keeping African countries ahead of water shortage - 12/24/2009 Liberia and Mozambique may be facing water shortages in the coming months. That makes working water wells a critical part of survival. World Hope International says their diesel well-drilling rigs and some of their other equipment is in need of repai... Full Article » Genocide plagues Burma, agency reports Myanmar - 12/24/2009 Atrocities are mounting in Burma--the country now known as Myanmar. Thousands of people have been killed by the military-led government. And there's no end in sight. "The government seems like it's intent on genocide. 500,000 people have died already... Full Article » Swedish Family Persecuted for Homeschooling Their Son - 12/24/2009 A Swedish Christian family are in the unimaginable position of permanently losing custody of their only child, simply because they homeschool. Swedish authorities boarded a plane in June and removed Dominic from his parents. They did not have a warra... Full Article » Christmas in Pemba - Rolland & Heidi Baker - 12/23/2009 Summer is upon us, and our fans feel so good in the heat and humidity. No white Christmas here, but we have been celebrating the season in our own way, and spirits are high. In a few days Heidi and I leave for California to spend Christmas with our o... Full Article » Christians in Vietnam Hold another Historic Celebration - 12/22/2009 For the second time in 10 days, Protestant history was made in Vietnam (Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009) when 12,000 people gathered for a Christmas rally in Hanoi. The event took place in the large square in front of the My Dinh National Stadium in the heart ... Full Article » Audience Breaks Into Silent Night After School's Secular Holiday Program - 12/22/2009 Silent Night was not on the program, it was sung anyway—by the audience, after the kids were done. At least 100 of the 700 joined in. Applause and cheers erupted afterwards. There were 18 songs on the program, of which one has a sacred theme. "The pr... Full Article » Human rights group says Hamas disinters Christians in Gaza - 12/22/2009 Every three minutes a Christian is tortured in the Muslim world. In 2009 more than 165,000 Christians have been killed because of their faith, most in Muslim countries. Hamas digs up the bodies of Christians from Christian burial sites in the Gaza St... Full Article » 10 Millionth Person Comes to Christ This Year Through Web Outreach - 12/21/2009 Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) was thinking big, but God was thinking bigger, giving ministry workers over twice their annual goal. The more than 90 CCC websites drew in greater than three times last year's total. 80 to 90 percent of the inquiries a... Full Article » CD Project Opens Door to Indigenous Chinese Worship - 12/21/2009 A live worship project that joins musicians from the US, Europe and China is drawing people to Christ. "The Door" was recorded at the time of the Olympic Games during a service at Beijing’s 4,000-member International Christian Fellowship. That's a ch... Full Article » Barna Studies the Research, Offers a Year-in-Review Perspective - 12/21/2009 George Barna sums up the year in terms of four themes. One, Americans are more interested in faith and spirituality than in Christianity. Two, faith is now individual and customized. Three, Biblical literacy is nowhere in site. And four, there's litt... Full Article » Islamic Plan to Criminalize Gospel Message Crumbling - 12/20/2009 The latest totals for the UN's Defamation of Religions resolution are 80 votes in favor and 61 against with 42 abstentions. A years ago there were 86 "yes" votes. Two years ago there were 108. Although the resolution is non-binding, it is considered... Full Article » Christian Teacher Loses Her Job After Being Told Praying for Sick Girl 'Was Bullying' - 12/20/2009 Christian groups are outraged. Olive Jones taught math to students who are too sick to go to school. One day she told a mom about her belief in miracles and offered to pray. When the woman said neither she nor her child were believers, Jones took it ... Full Article » Research Points to Sharp Decline in Faith in Britain - 12/20/2009 New information from the National Center for Social Research paints a bleak picture of declining faith. A survey has found the number of people describing themselves as Christian has dropped from 66 per cent to 50 per cent in the last twenty-five yea... Full Article » US Army Major: Lose Pre-Millennial Christian Beliefs - 12/19/2009 Major Brian Stuckert objects to "clear differentiations between good, evil, right, and wrong" linked to a common End Times view. He calls them prejudices that hurt our approach to foreign relations and security policy. On the other hand, blogger John... Full Article » Rod Parsley Says Everything is at Stake, Needs Big Donations by End of Year - 12/18/2009 He's calling it a diabolically, demonically inspired financial attack. Parsley is promising a supernatural harvest for those who sow a seed of faith. His website had reported the TV show and Bible college were in jeopardy. Later, a statement indicate... Full Article » Theology Group Reflects on Impact of Prosperity Gospel - 12/18/2009 Have you ever been to a service where the preacher asks people to put their wedding rings into the offering? That's the sort of abuse a group of Lausanne scholars is trying to address. They concede some dimensions of the prosperity message are rooted... Full Article » Teacher Orders Third Grader: Put the Bible Away! - 12/18/2009 A third-grade New Jersey girl is once again allowed to read her Bible during classroom "quiet time." Michelle Jordat is upset a teacher ordered her daughter, Mariah, to put her Bible away, leaving the girl hurt and confused. The principal admits it w... Full Article » Hispanic Leaders Disagree Over Christmas-Themed Census Poster - 12/18/2009 The National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) is one of 136 thousand partners with the US Census Bureau. NALEO designed the poster that includes a silhouette of Mary and Joseph, along with the words "Don't be afraid." A Hispanic clergy... Full Article » UK Christian Marriage Registrar Loses Appeal - 12/18/2009 Lillian Ladele's case has been appealed before and she's thinking about appealing again. She's the Christian marriage registrar who refused to participate in same sex civil unions. The original tribunal ruled in her favor. A later ruling went against... Full Article » Oral Roberts Memorial to be Held Monday in Tulsa - 12/17/2009 A memorial service for healing evangelist Oral Roberts will be held Monday at the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Okla. The service will be broadcast live online beginning at 2 p.m. Central. In the hours after Roberts died Tuesday of complications from pneumo... Full Article » Pakistani Muslims Allegedly Poison Christian Employees to Death - 12/17/2009 Because they had not been paid, the three brothers had left the hall to work elsewhere. The owner called asking for them to return to work. He promised to reimburse their previous outstanding wages, as well as pay them a Christmas bonus and overtime.... Full Article » Vietnam Allows Large Public Worship Service - 12/16/2009 An historic event happened over the weekend in communist Vietnam, when tens of thousands of Christians worshipped publicly. This event came about after Vietnamese Christians had suffered many years of persecution and hardships. It's a sight that many... Full Article » Couple tried and cleared of hate crime of making comments about Islam in UK - 12/16/2009 Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang make their statement to press as they emerged from their two day trial, having been cleared of charges of committing a hate crime against a Muslim guest at their hotel in Liverpool. This was the first ever case of Christian... Full Article » Healing Evangelist Oral Roberts Dies at Age 91 - 12/15/2009 Oral Roberts passed away in a California hospital due to complications from pneumonia. His son, Richard, and daughter, Roberta, were by his side. Roberts was one of the first evangelists to go on national TV. During his ministry He laid hands on an e... Full Article » Young Believers Do "Jericho March" Around Playboy Mansion - 12/14/2009 Strike LA, the group that organized the gathering, described the event as one of its biggest in terms of targets. Director Jonathan Ngai says the primary reason for the march was to deal with the spirit of perversion. The event was scheduled to coinc... Full Article » Oral Roberts Hospitalized After Fall - 12/14/2009 Oral Roberts is listed in stable condition at a California hospital. He's being treated for broken bones and a slight case of pneumonia. The 91 year-old evangelist recently spoke by video for the funeral of pastor Billy Joe Daugherty. In September Ro... Full Article » Sleepwalking Off the Cultural Cliff - 12/14/2009 Melanie Phillips is a Jewish writer. But she's terribly disturbed at how the British government is treating Christians. She points out the double standard where minority creeds are officially supported while Christianity is attacked. And she tells ho... Full Article » 3 yr Old Boy Raised From The Dead - Day 5 Sapele, Nigeria - 200,000 Attendance - 12/14/2009 Last night after the service, a woman stopped me as we were getting in the car to leave. In her arms she held her dead 3-year-old son. I held the body for just a moment, prayed and then left. Tonight we heard the testimony; as we drove away, the b... Full Article » School Employees Forced to 'Hide in Closets' to Pray - 12/12/2009 Michelle Winkler broke down on the witness stand as she told how she and a co-worker hid inside a closet to avoid contempt charges. The other woman was seeking comfort for the loss of a child, but according to a court order, prayer is not an option. ... Full Article » Archbishop of Canterbury Accuses Government of Treating Believers as Oddballs - 12/12/2009 Rowan Williams says a lot of Government initiatives assume faith is a problem. The Archbishop’s comments echo a Church-back report accusing the Government of paying “lip service” to Christianity while “focusing intently” on Islam. He also says politi... Full Article » Criminal Background Checks Proposed for Homeschoolers - 12/11/2009 "Innocent till proven guilty" has a long tradition in Anglo-American law. But Parliament could be on the way to tossing that principle out the window as it applies to homeschoolers. A new bill would require criminal background checks for parents who ... Full Article » Germany Jails Eight Christian Fathers for Removing Children from Sex-Ed Class - 12/11/2009 The children's families also face heavy fines. The families have refused to allow the children to appear in a school play which tells young children how to have sex. The country has been hard on Christians who do not go along with the education syste... Full Article » Obama's Latest Target: Ousting Baby Jesus - 12/11/2009 The Obama administration sought to ban baby Jesus from the executive mansion as part of its plans for a "non-religious Christmas." According to the "New York Times," the announcement drew an audible gasp at a luncheon for former White House social se... Full Article » Judge Dismisses Domestic Violence Charge Against BeBe Winans - 12/11/2009 Winans considers his exoneration a wonderful Christmas gift for him and his children. He had been accused of pushing his ex-wife to the ground during an argument, but Winan's counselor said he did not need treatment. Judge Gloria Dumas subsequently d... Full Article » Legal Group Criticizes Irish Evangelicals For Support of Civil Partnership Bill - 12/11/2009 Christian Concern For Our Nation disagrees with the stand of the Evangelical Alliance Ireland. The Civil Parnterships Bill would provide home, inheritance and hospital visit rights for gay couples. Sean Mullan, of the Alliance, says the bill seeks to... Full Article » Revival Is Taking Place in Muslim Algeria - 12/11/2009 One missions spokesman says many churches are baptizing 120 to 150 people a year. That's despite a 2008 anti-conversion law intended to hamstring Christians. One church has reportedly grown by 802 percent this year. And sometimes churches are packed... Full Article » Court Upholds Right Of Churches to Be Selective - 12/11/2009 It all began when Wesley Mission in Australia turned a homosexual couple away from its foster care agency. The Mission lost the first round in court and was fined $10,000. It was also told to change its policy. In round two, an appeals panel ordered ... Full Article » Vietnamese Christians Pray, Government Pemits Big Worship Event - 12/11/2009 Two days before the event the government still had not issued a permit for the celebration. Then officials canceled a pre-event prayer rally, so organizers went back to their house churches and prayed. Soon after, the government granted the permit. A... Full Article » Survey Says Students Feel Closer to God After High School - 12/11/2009 We've all heard students struggle with faith after high school. But recent research shows that might not be the case. Fuller Youth Institute reports students say they feel "closer to God" two or three years after graduation. Other top student respons... Full Article » Sapele, Nigeria Crusade - 75,000 First Night - 12/10/2009 The Gospel is not Good News for everyone. To the principalities and powers that have held Sapele in bondage for generations, the Gospel is a declaration that their demonic kingdom has come to an end. The keys of death, hell and the grave have been ... Full Article » Myanmar Faces Famine Due to Rat Plague - 12/10/2009 The rat infiltration was triggered by the blooming of a certain species of bamboo plant-a phenomenon that takes place just once about every 50 years. The most recent blooming began in 2006. Rats are drawn to the nutritious fruit created by the blooms... Full Article » Eritrea: severe persecution needs God’s intervention - a call to pray for Eritrea - 12/10/2009 Eritrea is a highly repressive totalitarian state with an estimated 20,000 political prisoners. In September 2001 President Isaias Afewerki launched a campaign of severe repression that has generated a refugee crisis. Some 66,000 largely Eritreans ar... Full Article » Deliverance in the Bush - Rolland and Heidi Baker - 12/9/2009 Rain is pouring down through the thick trees all around us. Pools of water stand in the deep mud surrounding our bush church. A throng of Mozambicans are huddled together, tightly packed as they try to find space to stay out of the rain. Plastic and ... Full Article » Report Examines the State of Mainline Protestant Churches - 12/8/2009 When Baby Boomers were born, the Protestant landscape of America was dominated by the six major mainline denominations. Since the 1950s, however, mainline churches have fallen on hard times, declining from more than 80,000 churches to about 72,000 to... Full Article » Former Dutch Health Minister Admits Error of Legalizing Euthanasia - 12/7/2009 Elsa Borst proposed the Euthanasia Bill that was passed in 2001. That made the Netherlands the first country in the world to legalize the practice. Last year Dutch doctors reported thousands of cases of euthanasia and hundreds of assisted suicides. B... Full Article » Lesbian Awarded Custody of Christian's Only Child - 12/6/2009 A Vermont court has given Lisa Miller until New Year's Day to give up her child. Isabella was born to Miller after artificial insemination. At the time she was in a same sex relationship with Janet Jenkins. After Miller became a Christian, she left t... Full Article » US Evangelicals Push Back Against Global Warming Doom - 12/6/2009 For months there have been stories of emergent churches supporting the global warming agenda. And in Europe, more traditional churches have also gone along with the politically correct view. But now that emails from East Anglia University have been m... Full Article » Quebec Government Ready to Open Public Debate on the "Right to Die" - 12/5/2009 Proponents of death are hoping a consensus on the provincial level will pressure the national government to adjust the Criminal Code. Recent polls in Quebec seem to indicate widespread support for euthanasia. Critics point to the experience of the Ne... Full Article » Judge: Parents Are Bigots for Opposing 'Gay' Lessons - 12/5/2009 Parents are citing part of the Education Code that allows them to opt their children out of health instruction opposing their religious beliefs. But according to Judge Frank Roesch, the code section was not meant to include family life topics. The of... Full Article » Daughter Of Billy Graham Downplays Religion - 12/5/2009 Anne Graham Lotz is focusing on relationship with God. She confesses the most difficult distraction she faces is busyness. Graham identifies tiredness as another common distraction. But she says a set apart daily time with God is needed. Graham concl... Full Article » Former KKK Leader Ordained in Black Pentecostal Denomination - 12/4/2009 If you've ever been a bystander when the Ku Klux Klan marched through town, you know they can act very religious, but miss the truth by a mile. Yet God reached Imperial Wizard Johnny Lee Clary and now he's an ordained minister in one of the nation's ... Full Article » Pastor Exonerated: Judge Rules Letter on Homosexuality Not "Hate" Speech - 12/4/2009 Stephen Boissoin says he feels a bit of righteous anger after being dragged through the mud for over seven years. It all started when he wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper. Boissoin called into question new homosexual rights curricula permea... Full Article » Pentecostal Inmate Allowed to Preach Again - 12/4/2009 Two years ago the New Jersey State Prison banned Howard Thompson from carrying out the Lord's Great Commission. Recently the American Civil Liberties Union reached a settlement with officials. Now the convicted murderer may preach with the consent of... Full Article » Cash or Credit? Salvation Army Kettles Take Plastic - 12/4/2009 Instead of the sound of coins dropping into Salvation Army buckets, donors may hear the sound of receipts printing. The charity has fitted some of its famous red kettles with credit and debit card machines. The so-called plastic kettles don't look di... Full Article » N.Y. State Senate Rejects Gay Marriage Bill - 12/3/2009 The New York state Senate rejected a bill Wednesday that would have legalized same-sex marriage. In a 38-24 vote, lawmakers struck down a gay marriage bill that had been pushed by Gov. David Patterson. No Republicans supported the measure. But even w... Full Article » Prime-time media campaign puts Jesus on the agenda in Australia - 12/2/2009 "Jesus. All about life' campaign across New South Wales and Western Australia. "It was bigger than we ever thought it would be in terms of the amount of exposure and coverage we received in local, national and international press," "Throughout the al... Full Article » Pakistani Christian beaten and forced to flee - 12/2/2009 Earlier this month, 22-year-old Jehanzaib Asher fled to avoid capture by Muslims. He has been terrorized by radicals since February. Asher was forced to flee in disguise and take refuge in another city. While working in his family's barbershop, musli... Full Article » Billy Joe Daugherty Remembered for His Passion for Evangelism - 12/1/2009 Pastor Billy Joe Daugherty was remembered as a compassionate leader with a passion for evangelism during a four-hour memorial service held Monday in Tulsa, Okla. Daugherty, founder of 17,000-member Victory Christian Center in Tulsa, died Nov. 22 of ... Full Article » Death Threats Harass Doctor Who Gave Up Abortions - 11/30/2009 For nearly two decades, obstetrician Shim Sang-duk aborted as many babies as he delivered – on average, one a day, month after month. Shim eventually came to despise himself, despite the money he earned from the procedures. So, recently, he founded a... Full Article » UK Christian Marriage Counselor Fired for Opposing Same-Sex Relationships - 11/30/2009 His only "crime" was holding to a time honored standard that was respected for generations. The charity, Relate, fired Gary McFarlane when the part-time marriage counselor refused to endorse same-sex relationships. A ruling by an employment tribunal ... Full Article » Church Plans to Give Nearly $10 Million Worth of Volunteer Hours to Community - 11/30/2009 Rock Church has until the end of the year to get it in. So far, it has donated over $8.5 million worth of labor. The single congregation has given more than some large national organizations. Starbucks for example, has only donated half of Rock Chur... Full Article » Member of Parliament Tells 10,000 Christians to Claim Promise of Jesus for Capital - 11/28/2009 Stephen Timms is the Labor Party's Vice Chair for Faith Groups. Recently, at the Festival of Life, he "preached" on Jesus' promise – "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." Timms said we need to claim this promise for London,... Full Article » Egyptian State Security Accused of Cover-up in Muslim Riots - 11/28/2009 Once again native Egyptian Christians are being forced to effectively give up their right to file civil and criminal charges against their persecutors. Media in the country have been silent about recent mob violence against the Christians, also known... Full Article » Church of England Set To Lose A Tenth Of Its Clergy In Five Years - 11/28/2009 The credit crunch and a pension crisis have left dioceses facing massive restructuring programs. Church statistics show that between 2000 and 2013 paid clergy numbers will have fallen by nearly a quarter. If this trend continues, in just over 50 year... Full Article » City of Brotherly Love Named National Bible City - 11/28/2009 The National Bible Association recently named Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the National Bible City. It may not be politically correct to read the Bible just outside City Hall, but recently Christians, Jews and municipal leaders declared Bible script... Full Article » Pastor, Wife Host Ministry That Caters to People with Physical Disabilities - 11/28/2009 The Reverend Dale Miller and his wife, Tammy, know all about what it’s like to deal with serious physical challenges. The 44 year-old pastor is confined to a wheelchair. Back in 2002, he fell from a ladder while painting a house to make extra money. ... Full Article » Mom and Dad Fined $181 for Homeschooling Kids - 11/28/2009 The prosecutor is disappointed Juergen and Rosemarie Dudek were not given jail time. The judge only fined them $181. Last year they were given 90 days in jail, but the sentences were thrown out on a technicality. That's the reason for the latest tria... Full Article » Obama Makes History: Thanksgiving Proclamation First Ever to Omit Direct Mention of God - 11/27/2009 All previous presidential Thanksgiving proclamations directly mention God, Providence or another reference to the Almighty. Obama did make an indirect reference. He quoted George Washington proclaiming that the first national day of Thanksgiving shou... Full Article » Planned Parenthood Drops Lawsuit Against Former Director - 11/27/2009 Planned Parenthood had claimed Abby Johnson violated a confidentiality agreement and an employment contract. That would have been hard to prove in court since neither document exists. Now the abortion giant has quietly withdrawn its suit. Johnson res... Full Article » New Denomination Forming for "Straight" Lutherans - 11/27/2009 The new group is called Lutheran CORE and stands for "Coalition for Renewal." It arose as a response to the decision of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) to allow non-celibate homosexuals to serve as pastors. It takes a two-thirds vot... Full Article » New UK Bill Requires Homeschooled Children to be Registered - 11/27/2009 Homeschoolers are furious. They say the bill would subject them to spot-checks by local authorities. Officials could also interview children without the presence of their parents. Conservative Member of Parliament Mark Field warns action on the bill ... Full Article » TV Actor Says Christianity is Being Marginalized in Britain - 11/27/2009 David Suchet says the marginalization results from concern for not offending other faiths. Suchet is known for his portrayal of detective Hercule Poirot. He says the British are in danger of losing the importance of the Christian faith. The issue ca... Full Article » Fushan House Church Christian Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison - 11/27/2009 China Aid President Bob Fu is calling the charges against Pastor Yang Rongli and Pastor Wang Xiaoguang "trumped up." Pastor Yang's sentence was the worst - 7 years. Pastor Wang was given three years. They had been arrested on their way to Beijing to ... Full Article » Insiders Debunk Anti-Abstinence Report, Say Results Conflict with Data - 11/27/2009 The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are backing a White House request that funding for abstinence education programs be diverted to programs that teach kids how to use condoms. But two members of a panel that evaluated 83 studies disagree. Irene Er... Full Article » Australia Extends Funding For School Chaplains - 11/27/2009 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made the announcement at the Australian Christian Lobby National Conference. An extra $42 million in funding is for school years 2010 and 2011. During that time the government plans to consult with the community about future... Full Article » Vatican Researcher Claims to Find Jesus’ Name on Shroud Of Turin - 11/27/2009 Barbara Frale claims a nearly invisible text includes the words “Jesus Nazarene” and mentions a death sentence. She says the faint writing emerged through a computer analysis of photos of the shroud, which is not normally accessible for study. Frale ... Full Article » Woman Wins $20,000 for Reciting 10 Commandments - 11/27/2009 Millionaire Darrel Rundus was upset Americans can easily tick off a list of 10 stores, 10 sports teams – even 10 beers, but usually not the Ten Commandments. So he sponsored a contest. Beth Morris, of Ohio, recited them in 17.5 seconds the day he cal... Full Article » Revival Fire in Florida - Watch Video - 11/27/2009 Here is a link to a short video taken in the heat of last Friday night's "Spreading the Fire!" meeting in in Hernando, Florida. Yesterday I mentioned that this meeting was a powerful "Holy Ghost Bomb!" It was all of that! The testimonies of change... Full Article » Realization That Man in "Vegetative Coma" for 23 Years Was Actually Cognizant, Rocks Medical World - 11/26/2009 Man calls it his "second birth." His mother says: "'The important message is never give up. You must have faith. My husband and I always knew instinctively that he was there as a human being. But the doctors were always doubtful and said he was a veg... Full Article » Muslims Execute Young Convert in Somalia - 11/25/2009 Christian accused of trying to convert Muslim teenager found shot. Muslims controlling part of the Somali capital of Mogadishu this month executed a young Christian they accused of trying to convert a 15-year-old Muslim to Christianity. The 15-year-o... Full Article » 500 Chinese House Church Members Meet Despite Leaders' Detentions - 11/25/2009 Secret police filmed the prayer service on 11/15. Shanghai PSB detained members to prevent this week's meeting. Three Chinese house church pastors were recently summoned by police for interrogation for allegedly "engaging in illegal organization and ... Full Article » Uyghur Christian Wusiman Yiming Released After Two Years in Prison - 11/25/2009 Uyghur Christian house church leader Wusiman Yiming was officially released on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. After serving two years in Laogai (labor) camp, he has been finally reunited with his wife and two young children. Because of his Christian l... Full Article » Hearts Ignited in Hong Kong - 11/24/2009 Our Fire Conferences are meant to ignite the hearts of God’s people to take the full Gospel to their countries. This one was meant for the Chinese people across the world. What wonderful Christians! They are hungry and blessed. The Fire of God truly ... Full Article » Muslim Anti-Christian Riots Spread in Upper Egypt, Video Shows Looting and Burning - 11/24/2009 Muslim rioters looted and burned Coptic Christian businesses in the village of Abou Shousha, which lies 25 KM (about 16 miles) from Farshoot where recent violence had taken place. At least three large Coptic stores and a pharmacy were looted and burn... Full Article » Protests greet Ahmadinejad in Brazil - 11/24/2009 Hundreds of protestors gave a frosty welcome to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he began a visit to Brazil on Sunday, "March for Peace" was held on a Rio de Janeiro beach and was organized by the Jewish student union Hillel. The group stated... Full Article » Overseer Outspoken About Ted Haggard Meetings - 11/24/2009 The church Ted Haggard founded may not be commenting on his choice to start a new church from his home only a mile away, but that's not stopping a former overseer from the fallen leader's restoration process from speaking out. Haggard's "exploratory ... Full Article » Billy Joe Daugherty Dies at 57 - 11/23/2009 Billy Joe Daugherty burst on the scene in the late 70s when he and his wife Sharon ministered at a Kenneth Hagin Campmeeting. They remained in the Tulsa area where they pastored Victory Christian Fellowship and broadcast to a worldwide TV audience. A... Full Article » Court Order Foils Hospital Plot to Starve Handicapped Baby - 11/23/2009 Gabriel Palmer was born prematurely with a genetic abnormality, club foot, and narrow airway. But he flourished at home, where he grew and played. The nightmare began after he got sick on a weekend and ended up in the emergency room at East Tennessee... Full Article » Sarah Palin Gets Advice from Billy Graham - 11/23/2009 Sarah Palin took a break from her book tour recently to have dinner with Reverend Billy Graham at his home in North Carolina. In addition to praying together, Palin and Graham discussed issues like Israel, Iraq and Iran. Graham also shared his memori... Full Article » Arizona Church Ordered to Stop Feeding Homeless - 11/23/2009 A judge has ordered a Phoenix church to stop feeding the homeless on its property. He says Crossroads United Methodist Church is violating a zoning ordinance and is functioning as a "charity dining hall." But the church argues the weekly Sunday morni... Full Article » European Union Attack's UK's Discrimination Exemption for Religious Employers - 11/23/2009 The European Commission is upset the UK permits religious groups to avoid hiring homosexuals. So the European Union (EU) agency is "asking" the UK to be more compliant. When a country joins the EU, it gives up a measure of sovereignty. The organizati... Full Article » Humanists Use Photos of Kids from Christian Family to Symbolize Life Without Faith - 11/23/2009 Perhaps we can chalk it up to God's sense of humor. The British Humanist Association was searching through a website of anonymous stock photos, hoping to find a boy and girl who could symbolize the "joy" of growing up without faith. It turns out the ... Full Article » Former Baptist Bible Institute Lifts 68-Year Alcohol Ban for Staff - 11/21/2009 Cornerstone University President Joe Stowell says staff are now free to discern the appropriateness of drinking. But students, who are presumably being trained to hear from God, are not allowed that discernment, even though some are 21 or older. Oth... Full Article » Christian Ministry Asks Ugandan President to Overturn Anti-Gay Legislation - 11/20/2009 A major reason is the bill would require pastors and missionaries to report people suspected of homosexual behavior. That would drastically cut ministry opportunites for Exodus International. The legislation is considered likely to pass, in an effor... Full Article » Religious Leaders Fear "Equality Bill" Will Abolish Public References to Christmas - 11/20/2009 Critics in the UK say it will have a chilling effect on local councils, town halls and other organizations that might otherwise allow Christmas activities. Already there are reports of local authorities telling tenants to take down Christmas lights ... Full Article » Last Two Days 850,000 attend crusade in Ibadan Nigeria - 11/20/2009 We have just returned from the last meeting of this Gospel campaign here in Ibadan, Nigeria and we are all on cloud-nine. The attendance peaked tonight at 500,000 priceless souls, each one eternally valuable because Christ sought them in pain, blood... Full Article » Bob Brasset reports miracle healings around town - As you go preach... - 11/20/2009 We commanded the arthritis and fibromyalgia to go and the joints and muscle tissue to be restored. Then we asked them to test it out, to begin to excercise. The startled expressions on both their faces was priceless. - In the doctors waiting room, ... Full Article » Fresh Move of God at IHOP in Kansas City - 11/20/2009 IT'S HAPPENING!...an unusual move of Holy Spirit has began of historic proportions. On November 11, during a class at IHOPU, the Spirit moved in their midst with physical healings, deliverance, and a spirit of joy. That class continued for more than... Full Article » China Ascendant -- Persecution Intensifying - 11/19/2009 As the US desperately needs Chinese co-operation on climate change, trade, global economics and nuclear proliferation, it will not risk irritating Chinese leaders by criticising China's human rights record. Christian leaders who had been hoping for p... Full Article » Largest Daily Prayer Meeting In The Arctic? - 11/19/2009 Missionary radio station KICY, located on Alaska's frigid shore of the Bering Sea in Nome, has been the radio home to thousands of listeners across the frozen tundra for many years, and will mark fifty years of ministry Easter Sunday, 2010. KICY's po... Full Article » Sierra Leone clamps down on human trafficking - 11/18/2009 Human trafficking fuels conflicts, terrorism, disease and organized crime. That, in turn, fuels problems that go all the way to the top. Its victims are forced, defrauded, or coerced into labor or sexual exploitation. Sierra Leone set a precedent wit... Full Article » 15-Year-Old Egyptian Convert to Christianity Sends Plea to Obama - 11/18/2009 "Mr. President Obama, we are a minority in Egypt. We are treated very badly. You said that the Muslim minority in America are treated very well, so why are we not treated here likewise? We are imprisoned in our own home because Muslim clerics called ... Full Article » Maryam and Marzieh Released from Iranian Prison! - 11/18/2009 Two Christian converts from Islam, held in Iran's notorious Evin prison for more than six months, have been released. Elam Ministries told ICC that Maryam, 27, and Marzieh, 30, were released without bail, but that they have yet to face another court ... Full Article » Muslims attack church in Uganda - 11/17/2009 Armed with machetes and clubs, around 40 Muslim attacked the World Possessor's Church International, just outside the capital city of Kampala, Uganda on Nov. 1. Located in Namasuba, the congregation was worshipping at 11 a.m. when the Muslims stormed... Full Article » Judge Finds Hospital Guilty of "Unreasonable Obstinacy" in Saving Newborn's Life - 11/16/2009 The judge calls the resuscitation of a new born a medical error. It happened at a hospital in France. After twenty-five minutes of attempted resuscitation, the gynecologist informed the parents the baby was dead. But staff continued their efforts and... Full Article » Fifty-Nine Christians Are Released From Jails in Pakistan - 11/16/2009 Family members were present to greet their loved ones. The Christian human rights group, Life for All, had petitioned the country's president for the pardons. The organization says the 59 were imprisoned on false charges. There are still more than 2,... Full Article » Maine Churches Threatened With IRS Complaints for Marriage Support - 11/16/2009 A gay marriage advocacy group is hoping to revoke the tax-exempt status of churches that supported the repeal of Maine's gay marriage law. Maine Marriage Equality reports 80,000 people have joined its online effort. The group claims the IRS forbids i... Full Article » 100 Groups Oppose UN 'Defamation of Religions' Proposals - 11/15/2009 Some of the groups are normally on opposite sides of issues such as Concerned Women for America and the American Humanist Association. Even some Muslim organizations, including the American Islamic Congress, are opposing the UN efforts. The concern i... Full Article » Former Abortuary Director Turned Pro-Lifer Gets to Enjoy Freedom of Speech - 11/14/2009 Congressman Chris Smith had used Abby Johnson's conversion story on the House floor to argue against federal funding of abortion. Now she can speak for herself. Johnson had been under a gag order restricting what she could say about Planned Parenthoo... Full Article » House of Lords Reinserts Free Speech Clause into Hate Crimes Bill - 11/14/2009 Perseverance has paid off. The British House of Lords has put a freedom of expression safeguard into the Hate Crimes Bill, just a few days after the House of Commons removed it. Now critics are letting the phrase remain. There was strong concern, bac... Full Article » Judge Nixes “I Believe” License Plate - 11/14/2009 Judge Cameron Currie cited the Establishment Clause of the US Consitution. That's where it says Congress shall make no law regarding the establishment of a religion. She seems to have overlooked the fact that no South Carolina resident was forced to ... Full Article » Scrooge Police ‘Ban’ Carolers, Blame Fear of Strangers - 11/14/2009 Christians in the English town of Penwortham are stunned. Police are handing out cards saying carolers are not welcome because many residents are uncomfortable with groups of strangers at their doors. Those who are willing to let police do their thin... Full Article » Mayor of London Praises Work of Street Pastors - 11/14/2009 Mayor Boris Johnson was keynote speaker at the first official conference of Street Pastors. He criticized political correctness that would stifle "religious advocacy." Johnson said he had no problem with faith groups slipping in a message of salvatio... Full Article » The Vatican Joins the Search for Alien Life - 11/14/2009 To boldly go where no pope has gone before. That could describe the purpose of a recent Vatican conference with science and religious leaders. According to a Jesuit astronomer, we cannot put limits on the creative freedom of God. But a theoretical ph... Full Article » Migration Is Spreading Creationism Across Europe - 11/14/2009 Professor Michael Reiss says countries with higher percentages of Muslims and conservative Christians are more likely to reject evolution. He puts it this way – What the Turks believe today is what the Germans and British believe tomorrow. He gives t... Full Article » Lunch with Billy Graham - 11/14/2009 I was speaking recently at the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove when I received the message that Billy wanted my wife, Cathe, and me to come visit him at his home in Montreat. We were excited to see him again, and quickly agreed. He's one of ... Full Article » Couple Fights for Social Renewal in Mexico - 11/13/2009 Despite a growing drug trade that threatens Mexico’s stability, a charismatic couple believe the future is bright for the nation. Alejandro and Rosa Maria Orozco believe God has called them to help bring social and spiritual transformation in the nat... Full Article » Dr. Daniel Chen: A Physician’s Office Where the Extraordinary Has Become Routine. - 11/13/2009 In the office of Dr. Daniel Chen in Dallas, Texas, spiritual transformation is dispensed together with physical care. Dr. Chen began to see every appointment as an opportunity to minister and not just a service to be rendered. In one day alone I had ... Full Article » North Caucasus (Southern Russia): Church Struggles Amidst Terror -- the mujahideen of the ’Caucasus Emirite’ intensify their jihad. - 11/12/2009 Struggling amidst the terror and trauma of the Islamic jihad and the counter-insurgency in Russia's North Caucasus region is a church that is highly vulnerable and heavily burdened. The future of the North Caucasus, including its tenuous grip on reli... Full Article » 9 Month Discipleship Training School - Rustenburg, South Africa March 01 - November 30 - 11/12/2009 The school places strong emphasis on practical application. Each week of lecture, students participate in our local projects which includes an after care orphan program, a shelter for children in crisis, and an HIV/AIDS hospice. YWAM Rustenburg gener... Full Article » Simply Overwhelmed Day 3 over 300,000 in Ibadan Nigeria - 11/11/2009 Tonight’s attendance climbed to 300,000 in Ibadan. It was an awesome meeting. God’s glory rested on both young and old like a wonderful but heavy weight. What an altar-call and what outpouring of the healing-mercies of Jesus. One woman had a tripl... Full Article » Over 20,000 students will gather in St. Louis, MO this December for Urbana 09 - 11/11/2009 "It was the most focused experience I've ever had on understanding the state of world mission and my role in it," Urbana 09 is a triennial missions conference hosted by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. "It was profound for me as a college student t... Full Article » Egyptian Security Arrests Christian for Praying At Home - 11/10/2009 Egyptian State Security arrested a Christian for praying "without a license." Maurice, 37, had invited Pastor Elia Shafik, to conduct the prayer of "Anointing of the Sick" for his sick father, who had suffered a stroke. State Security broke into his ... Full Article » 'Gas leak' caused fire at Pakistani Christian missionary school says report - 11/10/2009 The fire that burned a Pakistani Christian missionary school in Murree on November 3 was apparently caused by a gas leak. The fire reduced three buildings of the Christian residential school to ashes and caused an estimated financial loss of ($1,195,... Full Article » Schools Back Chaplaincy Program - 11/10/2009 It has been two years since the Federal Government's controversial plan to fund chaplains in schools was implemented, and there is evidence it is actually working. There was opposition three years ago when the Howard government announced it was going... Full Article » Feed the Children Founder Fired After Installing Hidden Microphones - 11/9/2009 Larry Jones passed a lie detector test when he said the microphones in the offices of three executives were to record his converations. According to his lawyer, Jones has been misrepresented in the past. One of the executives is his daughter, Larri S... Full Article » The Rise of Evangelicals Challenges Secularism in France - 11/7/2009 As the piano strikes up, the congregation sways, palms to the ceiling, fists in the air, murmurs of hallelujah punctuating the music. As evangelical services go, this gathering is nothing unusual. In countless churches around the United States it wou... Full Article » Billy Graham Gives Thanks on 91st Birthday - 11/7/2009 For Billy Graham, receiving family members at his Montreat, North Carolina home is an important part of his 91st birthday. He says his heart is filled with gratitude to the Lord for all He has done. According to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Associat... Full Article » Traditional Anglicans in UK Accept Pope's Offer - 11/7/2009 A group of Anglican churches that are not under the Archbishop of Canterbury say they will enter into communion with the Vatican. The Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) disagrees with homosexual inroads into the better known Anglican Communion. The... Full Article » Ted Haggard Plans to Begin Home Prayer Group - 11/6/2009 Haggard announced the prayer meeting roughly three years to the day he resigned as pastor of New Life Church. Recently he told the "Colorado Springs Gazette" it could be described as a church. But Haggard told "Charisma" he would not call the prayer ... Full Article » Maine Voters Say "No" to Same-Gender Marriage - 11/5/2009 Voters in Maine made it clear they do not support same-gender marriage. The results may have been a surprise to some considering the trend of this state. However, it should be noted that gay marriage, when put to a popular vote, has lost in every sta... Full Article » India: Hindutva plus impunity equals persecution - 11/5/2009 Violent persecution continues to plague India. It is fuelled by the unchecked propagation of Hindutva (Hindu nationalist) ideology and by the impunity of persecutors. Not only are Christians suffering escalating violence -- beatings, stabbings, burni... Full Article » Brazil's March for Jesus Draws 1.5 Million Evangelicals - 11/4/2009 In its 17th year, the event brings together hundreds of evangelical churches in a country that is home to the world’s largest Roman Catholic population. It took place in San Paulo, where believers heard music from Christian bands and messages from pr... Full Article » Homeless Youth Ministry Invents Toys Sold at Radio Shack and Target - 11/4/2009 A toy helicopter powered by technology invented by a homeless youth ministry is bringing in money. Toronto-based Interactive Toy Concepts has bought 11 inventions from the homeless shelter's Inventor's Club. A spokesman for the club says inventions a... Full Article » Church Attendance Grows by 900 After Pastor Gives Away Door Prizes - 11/4/2009 Pastor Dan Willis admits the cash prizes are gimmicks, but says they're working. Each week he gives away a total of $1000 to three winners who happen to sit in seats with the winning numbers. Willis says it's all part of his focus on helping the cong... Full Article » Planned Parenthood Abortuary Head Resigns, Becomes Pro-Lifer - 11/2/2009 Abby Johnson says she experienced a conversion after watching an ultrasound video of a child being killed. She quit as Planned Parenthood, suffering from a bad economy, demanded more abortions. Now Johnson prays with Coalition for Life, in front of h... Full Article » Proposed Law in Russia Threatens Ministry to Children and Missions Trips - 11/2/2009 Feeding the poor, sharing the Gospel with a child or evangelizing on a short-term trip could result in an over $500-fine. The contemplated crackdown would also keep Russian believers from ministering at hospitals, orphanages and homes for senior citi... Full Article » Pat Robertson's Replacement Named at Regent University - 11/2/2009 Pat Robertson calls Dr. Carlos Campos "an outstanding leader with proven, award-winning experience in higher education." He's currently vice president of academic affairs for Regent. Before coming to Virginia, Campos taught literature in Nevada where... Full Article » Evangelical Churches Shake Up Social Order in Africa - 11/1/2009 The fire of Pentecostal evangelism is burning through the African continent, shaking the status quo to its foundation. Meanwhile, traditional churches watch helplessly as their members defect. Recently the leader of an ancestral worship sect appeared... Full Article » NBC Show Defends the Unborn - 10/31/2009 Two decades into an NBC staple, "Law & Order" produced its first-ever overtly pro-life episode. Two late-term abortionists are both depicted by the writers as fanatics, immoral and criminal, violating even New York's permissive abortion laws. They ar... Full Article » "Death Panels" Return: House Bill Has Potential Physician-Assisted Suicide Loophole - 10/31/2009 The so-called "death panels" have re-emerged in the final version of the health-care reform bill in the US House. Although it says advance directives "shall not promote suicide, assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing," none of these terms are... Full Article » Maine Counselor's Career Threatened For Support Of Marriage - 10/31/2009 Guidance counselor Donald Mendell recorded a TV ad asking voters to vote "yes" on an initiative that would repeal a recent redefinition of marriage. Now a complaint has been filed with a state licensing board overseeing his profession. On the other h... Full Article » Hate Crimes Measure is Now the Law - 10/30/2009 With the stroke of a pen, Barack Obama has turned the controversial hate crimes measure into law. Many Christians disturbed about similar laws in Canada and Sweden, are afraid pastors could be prosecuted if they Biblically address homosexuality. The ... Full Article » Judge Compromises Christian Teen's Freedom of Association - 10/30/2009 Rifqa Bary has already been ripped away from her Christian friends in Florida, who were encouraging her in her new faith. Now she's back in Ohio and the judge has restricted access to the outside world through her cell phone and Facebook. It was in a... Full Article » Muslim Leader Calls for Polygamy to be Legalized - 10/30/2009 It started with an article Keysar Trad wrote for "The Age" newspaper in Melbourne. He's actually building his campaign on the back of homosexual activists for same sex marriage, demonstrating the concept of the "slippery slope." Trad's religion has a... Full Article » Clinton Denounces Proposed 'Defamation of Religions' Policies - 10/30/2009 Earlier this year Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brushed aside religious rights in deference to economic concerns involving China. Now she's criticizing defamation of religion policies that restrict religious speech. This comes just two days befo... Full Article » Over 100 Respond to Gospel Message in Heart of Mormonism - 10/30/2009 The groundwork was laid at small meetings of Mormon scholars and evangelical theologians from Fuller Seminary. The closed-door dialogues began in 2000. LDS officials are aware of the meetings, but do not necessarily approve. Instead of succumbing to... Full Article » Communist Party Secretary Invites Expelled Christian Teen Back to School - 10/30/2009 School officials promise to investigate who leaked the information about Chen Le's expulsion. It seems international pressure was "making trouble" for the Party Secretary. That's apparently why he and other authorities showed up on Chen's doorstep to... Full Article » Dobson Plans to Leaves "Focus on the Family" Radio Early Next Year - 10/30/2009 Focus on the Family calls it the third chapter in a transition that began in 2003. That's when Dobson stepped down as Focus president. He resigned as board chairman early this year. The 73 year-old broadcaster plans to record programs until the end ... Full Article » Somali Christian Killed After Refusing to Wear Veil - 10/29/2009 Three masked members of a militant Islamist group in Somalia last week shot and killed a Somali Christian who declined to wear a veil as prescribed by Muslim custom. Ali had told Christian leaders that she had received threats for not wearing a veil.... Full Article » Misery and illness continue through 'rat fever' in Philippines - 10/29/2009 The Philippines breathed a sigh of relief as typhoon Lupit spared them over the weekend. Their attention returned to dealing with the crisis at hand: "rat fever." State-run hospitals have been overwhelmed by an outbreak of leptospirosis--a bacterial ... Full Article » Haiti ministry feels gnawing hunger keenly - 10/29/2009 The impoverished Caribbean nation still faces a threat to international peace and security despite recent progress. The problems are exacerbated by poverty, high unemployment, rising food prices, starvation and hopelessness. One in four people are at... Full Article » Massive ‘Reconversion’ Event in India Aimed at Christians - 10/28/2009 Hundreds of tribal Christians and adherents of aboriginal religion from villages in Maharashtra state were reportedly "reconverted" to Hinduism Monday in the Mumbai suburb of Thane at a ceremony led by a Hindu nationalist cleric. Many reports of "rec... Full Article » Iraq Bombing Leaves Baghdad Church Nearly Ruined - 10/28/2009 Iraq's deadliest bombing in two years left a Baghdad church littered with body parts and nearly ruined. The twin truck bombing Sunday "almost totally ruined" the church compound, which includes a medical clinic, bookstore and school. Everything is de... Full Article » Freedom comes to Indonesian children on Independence Day - 10/27/2009 Students from their Bible, Missionary and Training Work Centers, ran Good News Bible Clubs. On Indonesia's Independence Day, they threw 90 Freedom Parties. They had 8,787 children who attended. Out of that group, 5,676 children accepted Christ as the... Full Article » Russian Ministries summer camps impact more than 8,000 youngsters - 10/27/2009 The day they arrived, a bomb had exploded near a downtown concert hall, killing seven people and wounding many more. The next night a powerful explosion went off across the reservoir. But God was in control, protecting these young Christian leaders,'... Full Article » Home Depot Worker Wears 'Under God' Button More Than Year, Then Gets Fired - 10/26/2009 Trevor Keezer did not start working at The Home Depot to make a religious statement. He just wanted to earn money for college. He sees the phrase, "One nation, under God, indivisible," as his way of supporting American troops at war, and of expressin... Full Article » Police Question Grandmother Who Claims She Was Verbally Abused at Gay Pride March - 10/26/2009 Police came to Pauline Howe's door saying her letter of complaint to city officials was considered a hate incident and had caused offense. But they stopped short of arresting the 67 year-old grandmother. The officers apparently showed no interest in ... Full Article » Student Who Sued Over Anti-Christian Remarks Must Pay District - 10/26/2009 Former student Chad Farnan won his case against teacher James Corbett last May. So way is he suddenly being required to pay the opposing attorneys' fees? A clerk of court has determined it's because the same lawyers that represented Corbett also repr... Full Article » Hindu Radicals Attack School for Street Children in India - 10/25/2009 Adarsha Children’s Education Centre belongs to a minority Christian community. Last week 25 members of a group called the Army of Lord Ram barged in and damaged the school property and destroyed Bibles and other books. The radicals then accused schoo... Full Article » St. Louis Pays $80,000 for Censoring Christians - 10/24/2009 St. Louis officials have learned a lesson the hard way. Restricting the first amendment right of freedom of religion can cost the city money. Municipal authorities have agreed to pay $80 thousand dollars for censoring the speech of Christians during ... Full Article » Congress Passes Hate Crimes Measure - 10/23/2009 The other shoe has fallen and the sound isn’t pleasant to most Bible believing Christians. The Senate’s approval of the Hate Crimes Measure comes just two weeks after the House’s approval. The controversial legislation was added to a major defense s... Full Article » US Sponsors UN Plan To Restrict Free Speech - 10/23/2009 The latest anti-defamation plan at the UN was submitted by the US and Egypt. It claims to be a call for protection of freedom of opinion and expression, but critics see it as a crackdown on freedom of speech. They also fear it will require national l... Full Article » Armed Robber Talks about Praying with Victim - 10/23/2009 Gregory Smith was jobless and desperate to help his family, so he decided to rob a check-cashing store. Smith pointed a gun at teller Angela Montez. She began to cry, and then to pray as she told him about her family. Smith knelt down. The two prayed... Full Article » Pro-Life Student Forced into Isolation by Principal Who Says Free Speech Doesn’t Apply - 10/23/2009 16 year-old Jennifer Rank’s principal stopped her at the door while police cruisers stood nearby. She wore red duct tape marked with the word “life” over her mouth. That’s how students observe the annual pro-life day, but this time she was the only... Full Article » Priest Reaches Out to Moscow's Punk Rockers - 10/23/2009 A Russian Orthodox priest is combing Moscow's club scene. He's not doing it for the music. Instead, it's all about the message. Sergei Rybko sticks out like a sore thumb among the city's hard-core punk rockers. In between bands, he takes the microph... Full Article » United Kingdom: Religious Liberty Fading Fast - 10/22/2009 While Christians are being silenced, Islamisation is advancing, with Islamic fundamentalists appeased at every turn by politicians who lack political courage and hanker after political gain. While Christians are fined, sacked and sued for expressing ... Full Article » Churches, Denominations in United Kingdom Come Together Proclaiming: "Christmas starts with Christ" - 10/22/2009 Denominations are uniting in the UK in the "first ever church-sponsored Christmas advertising campaign and it is planned to run over the next five years,". Churches will sponsor a bus shelter carrying one of the posters depicting the nativity and pri... Full Article » Pakistan's Taliban threatens Christian leaders - 10/21/2009 The Taliban is directly threatening believers in northeastern Pakistan's Punjab province. Members of the Taliban sent threatening letters warning Christian leaders to convert to Islam or face dire consequences. "If the Christians do not convert, pay ... Full Article » A Marriage Made in Heaven - 10/21/2009 The extraordinary love story of Joni Eareckson Tada and her husband, Ken Tada. After being becoming a quadriplegic, unable to use her hands or legs, after a tragic 1967 diving accident in Chesapeake Bay, Joni Eareckson was so depressed that she even ... Full Article » Children's stories illustrate human toll taken by Asia Pacific disasters - 10/21/2009 From a boy whose books were lost to a typhoon, to a girl displaced by an earthquake, World Vision is assisting the most vulnerable after this recent spate of disasters. PUR packets help fight cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe. Orphaned girl in Cambodia as... Full Article » Churches Flooded with Converts - Afikpo, Nigeria - 10/20/2009 A group of pastors came to our lodge this afternoon to bring us the report that their churches were flooded with new converts this morning! This is a wonderful indication that the seed of the Gospel has fallen on good soil here in Afikpo and will con... Full Article » Facing Death Opens Hearts to the Gospel - 10/20/2009 Mahit's mother was sick and bedridden, they visited her, they shared the Gospel and prayed for her healing-and the Lord touched her and healed her completely! Mahit's family members opened their hearts to Christ. But Mahit held back saying he would b... Full Article » Update on Rifqa Bary: State of Ohio will Take Custody of Her for Now - 10/20/2009 On Friday, Oct. 16th, an Ohio judge ruled that the teen convert to Christianity, Rifqa Bary—who ran away to Florida in fear for her life—will be transferred to the state custody of Ohio, until the problem with her immigration papers can be sorted out... Full Article » Todd Bentley's Current Wife Admits Mistake - 10/19/2009 The restoration of Todd Bentley has moved another step forward with an admission by Jessa Bentley. MorningStar Ministries, which is overseeing the process, has released a video in which she admits they were wrong in entering into a relationship too q... Full Article » Will Muslim to Christian Teen Convert Be Returned to Sri Lanka from US? - 10/19/2009 The custody case took an unexpected turn following the revelation that Riqa Bary's family may not be in the US legally. Florida judge Daniel Dawson ordered her parents in Ohio to produce valid immigration papers. Riqa had left her family, alleging he... Full Article » ‘Agents for Christ’ Spread Gospel Across US - 10/19/2009 Two Christian couples are taking the gospel to the streets. Bill and Danyal James and Deanna and Dave Chaffee sold their homes in Portland, Oregon a year ago. Now they're traveling in their RVs, evangelizing on city streets, in churches and at youth ... Full Article » Hostilities Flare in Madhya Pradesh, India - 10/18/2009 Since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in Madhya Pradesh, Christians in the state have suffered increased attacks. Before the BJP took office the state recorded two or three attacks against Christians per year. In the ... Full Article » Famed Cardiologist Witnesses Miracles Amongst Vietnamese - 10/17/2009 Wave after wave were slain in the Spirit at the Fresh Oil, New Wine Revival Conference in Houston. 15 accepted Jesus for the first time and over 20 healings were reported, including restoration of sight. Dr. Chauncey Crandall testified about superna... Full Article » British Man Found Free of Cancer Dies After Food and Water Denied - 10/15/2009 Pat Jones has won an £18,000 settlement for the death of her husband, who died in connection with a controversial British medical policy. Jones says her husband, Jack, responded to chemotherapy but developed pneumonia after surgery. She reports no te... Full Article » Missions Firebrand Spiros Zodhiates with the Lord at Age 87 - 10/15/2009 His voice was known to thousands when he hosted the “New Testament Light” radio program. Spiros Zodhiates also had an impact on newspaper readership, pioneering the use of “advangelism.” It allowed him to reach behind the iron curtain and into Islam... Full Article » Emergency Flood Update - 10/14/2009 In the two states in South India that were recently hit with some of the worst floods in memory, our missionaries and believers have already been able to reach 10,000 families with relief supplies. The death toll has already surpassed 300, and millio... Full Article » Billy Joe Daugherty Diagnosed With Cancer - 10/13/2009 Oklahoma pastor Billy Joe Daugherty told his congregation Sunday that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. Daugherty, founder of Victory Christian Center in Tulsa, said he was hospitalized last week because of a viral infection in his throat. After r... Full Article » Judge Plans to Return Teen Convert to Ohio - 10/13/2009 Teen convert Rifqa Bary may be returned to Ohio before the end of this month. Florida Judge Daniel P. Dawson said today that he will order the teen to be transitioned back to her home state after her parents provide requested immigration documentati... Full Article » Pakistani Christian victims of blasphemy-related violence describe their ordeal - 10/13/2009 The Christian victims who had their houses burned at the hands of Muslims in July, 2009, are condemned to live in a graveyard and are in a constant state of fear and uncertainty. As winter approaches, these hapless Christians are without blankets, ma... Full Article » Churches Close Their Doors for One Sunday to Allow People to Be the Church - 10/12/2009 It's a risky move for many pastors, but dozens of churches decided to cancel their weekend worship services and put their faith into action. Pews were empty as Christians across the country wore their white and orange "Don't Go to Church. Be The Chur... Full Article » Prophetic Minister James Goll: Eight-Year Battle with Cancer Over - 10/12/2009 James Goll says he was stunned when his doctor gave him the good news. After all, he had reason to be discouraged. Goll's wife, Michal Ann, died of cancer about a year ago. Also, at the time, physicians reported the disease was progressing in his own... Full Article » Hate Crimes Bill Crammed into Defense Budget - 10/11/2009 Supporters of the so-called Hate Crimes Bill are pitting their cause against national defense. They've included the provisions under an armed forces bill. Even though Congressman Mike Pence urged the House to vote against it, it recently passed. Nay ... Full Article » Canadian Parliament Debates Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Bill - 10/10/2009 The bill would change the Criminal Code to allow doctors to kill patients wishing to die. Six members of Parliament spoke against the bill. Only two defended it. Opponent Steve Passmore, a disabled man, gave media interviews, but received little, if ... Full Article » Christians Concerned Over Acquittals in India Violence - 10/10/2009 Only 24 people have been convicted a year after anti-Christian violence in Orissa state, while the number of acquittals has risen to 95. Dr. John Dayal, of the All India Christian Council, is calling the trials "a travesty of justice." The incidents ... Full Article » London Church May Be Forced to Close Over Muslim Neighbor Singing Complaint - 10/9/2009 It all began when Baha Uddin, who had bought the church's former parsonage, made a complaint last year. Since then, Immanuel House of Worship drastically cut the length of Sunday morning worship and rescheduled Sunday evening services to once a month... Full Article » French Police Seize German Homeschool Kids - 10/9/2009 Four children of a family that fled Germany to avoid further fines for homeschooling have been snatched from their home in France and accused of "being alone." According to an administrative report, the Wunderlich children were "socially isolated" an... Full Article » Ukraine Pastor May Face New Investigation - 10/9/2009 Sunday Adelaja is now accused of preaching that the main task of his church was to create a "Christian state" in Ukraine. He replies any church could be accused of treason if it seeks to influence government. Meanwhile, Adelaja maintains his innocen... Full Article » Disease and starvation add threat to Philippines storm survivors - 10/8/2009 Landslides added misery to the typhoon wreckage in the Philippines. The United Nations wants $74 million USD to help survivors. When Typhoon Ketsana struck, over four million people were affected, including 340,000 displaced. "It also devastated our ... Full Article » The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Terrorises -- Southern Sudan, northern Congo, eastern Central African Republic (CAR), Uganda - 10/8/2009 Claiming to be the Lord's army led by the Holy Spirit, the LRA is deeply occultic. It receives support and supplies from the Islamic regime. LRA soldiers collect their victims' genitals, livers, hearts for use as occult charms. Kony routinely enters ... Full Article » Christian doctors who prescribe 'Divine Healing' for their patients - 10/8/2009 About 500 medical professionals to gather in Kiev to examine 'documented miracles' at unique 'Spirituality and Medicine' conference. 500 medical professionals, including many Christian doctors from around the world who believe in "Divine Healing", wi... Full Article » Islamists Attack Pakistani Christian Family For Refusing to Convert - 10/7/2009 Islamists attacked the home of a Christian family near Islamabad, for refusing to convert to Islam. The family had lived in peace with Muslim neighbors for years. In the past few months, they received phone calls and letters warning them to convert t... Full Article » World Vision Sends Emergency Supplies to Philippines Flood Victims - 10/7/2009 World Vision is working with the Philippine Coast Guard to distribute aid as quickly as possible and they are dispatching relief by helicopter to some of the hard-to-reach areas adding that their emergency response teams hope to reach nearly 150,000 ... Full Article » Spiritual Awakening: The Only Thing That Will Save Us - 10/7/2009 We charismatics have generated a lot of our own sound and fury, but much of what we have created is a shameful substitute for revival. We must become desperate for the real thing. Today our movement is mired in the shallow waters of self-centered, ca... Full Article » Marketplace Ministry in the World of Coffee - 10/5/2009 People who feel uncomfortable in a church building now have a chance to learn more about God in a coffee shop. Justin Osmond and Barney Barron are starting a weekly Alpha course at a Costa location in the UK. Ingredients include free coffee and low-k... Full Article » Benny Hinn Denied Entry into England, Crusade Visitors Left Wondering - 10/4/2009 One ministry follower put it this way - "It has cost me a fortune in hotel bills and I feel we have been led up the garden path." It's all because of a new government policy that keeps out preachers who do not bring valid certificates of sponsorship.... Full Article » More Than 400 Leave Coral Ridge Over Billy Graham's Grandson - 10/4/2009 The organist, choir director and even elders are among those who have left Coral Ridge Presbyterian. Their breakaway church is called "The Church" and meets in Butterfly World, the largest butterfly facility in the world. They're dissatisfied with Co... Full Article » Round Two: Chinese Officials Kidnap Nine Fushan Church Leaders - 10/3/2009 Nine Fushan Church leaders have not been heard from since Public Safety Bureau officers kidnapped them in late September. They had intended to petition the central government for justice after local authorities attacked their worship center. Official... Full Article » Georgia Community Defends Cheerleaders' Bible Banners in Football Games - 10/3/2009 Hundreds of people joined a rally the other day to support a Georgia high school's cheerleaders and their right to paint Bible verses on banners. The signs, which the football team has run through for years, were banned recently over a complaint that... Full Article » Missing National Motto Restored in Washington - 10/3/2009 The $600 million Capitol Visitor Center is no longer ignoring God. An engraving of "In God we trust" has been unveiled for every visitor to see. Previously the Center had erroneously identified the national motto as "E pluribus unum," despite Congres... Full Article » Christians Crucified in Sudan - 10/2/2009 Sudan's Christians are now urging for international help after seven believers were crucified by a rebel group close to the Ugandan border. The guerrillas also desecrated two churches and kidnapped several young people. The prime suspects are believe... Full Article » Evangelist Roberts Liardon Leads London Bible College - 10/2/2009 The school trains Christians to evangelize throughout Europe and around the world. It's the training arm of the charismatic Kensington Temple London City Church. The appointment comes nearly eight years after Liardon confessed to a homosexual relatio... Full Article » Over 350 Public Schools Teaching the Bible in 43 States - 10/2/2009 Leading the pack is Texas where more than 50 schools are teaching Bible courses this fall. That's according to the Bible Literacy project, publishers of a student textbook called "The Bible and Its Influence." Right behind Texas, schools in Georgia, ... Full Article » Iranian Holocaust Denial and Peace Seeking - 10/1/2009 Ahmadinejad told his Tehran audience, "The pretext for establishing the Zionist regime the Holocaust is a lie; a mythical claim. Netanyahu said, "Nearly every Jewish family was affected including my own. My wife's grandparents, her father's two siste... Full Article » Powerful quake rattles Indonesia - 10/1/2009 Buildings collapsed after a powerful 7.6 earthquake rocked Sumatra, Indonesia yesterday. The quake also severed power and phone connections. Emergency personnel and aid groups are having a tough time getting into the region. It could be days before c... Full Article » A Shining Star in the birthplace of Jesus - Bethlehem Bible College - 9/30/2009 It is very important to keep Christianity here in this land where it all started. At present, we have about 144 students and we also have an extension in Nazareth and also the Galilee Bible College in Galilee. All of our students are Palestinians an... Full Article » Typhoon floods Philippines: World Vision responds. - 9/30/2009 World Vision is rushing emergency supplies to children and families devastated by the catastrophic flooding that has swept through Manila and the surrounding provinces in the Philippines. Thousands of homes in these areas are damaged or destroyed, an... Full Article » Islamic extremists in Somalia hunting Christians - 9/30/2009 Somalia's Muslims are hunting down converts to Christianity. Al-Shabaab members have murdered 14 believers since July 15. On the day of his death, Khalafe was carrying 25 Somali Bibles to an underground fellowship. At a checkpoint a rebel group linke... Full Article » Christian Groups Step in to Help Bring Relief to Philippines after Typhoon Ketsana - 9/29/2009 Thousands of people have lost all they owned—their food, their clothing, bedding, school items, and kitchen equipment. But their immediate needs are for food and water…" A devastating typhoon that hit the Philippines recently, has left massive floodi... Full Article » Ignition in Rio de Janeiro - CfaN - 9/29/2009 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Fire Conference ignited thousands of mainly young people: It was glorious! The Gospel Crusade at the beach was rather short; only two days. When I made the altar-call many people responded and when Daniel Kolenda prayed fo... Full Article » Muslim Prayer Rally Draws 3,000 - 9/28/2009 The website promoting the Islamic rally declared "our time has come." But only a fraction of the 50 thousand hoped for participants came to Capitol Hill. One possible reason was Christian intercession organized by Lou Engle, of TheCall. He stresses t... Full Article » Egyptian Paper: Coins Found Bearing Name of Joseph - 9/27/2009 Coins with Joseph's name and image have been found "carelessly" stored at the Museum of Egypt. That's according to a report from a Cairo newspaper. This upset some historians who believed Egypt had a barter economy at the time. But the mint dates ma... Full Article » ORU Erases $55 Million Debt - 9/26/2009 It's a financial miracle rivaling the biggest healings Oral Roberts saw in his tent revival days. ORU President Mark Rutland is thanking donars who participated in a year-long debt-elimination campaign. Board of Trustees Chairman Mart Green and his ... Full Article » Chinese Officials Secretly Offer to Pay for Damage After Destroying Church - 9/26/2009 $219,000 is supposed to quiet down all the talk so the national government is not embarassed on an upcoming holiday. News of the 3 AM raid, in a country which constitutionally guarantees freedom of religion but often fails to allow it, has gone aroun... Full Article » Could ENDA Be the End of Faith-Based Hiring Practices by Religious Groups? - 9/26/2009 Legislation to outlaw employer discrimination against homosexuals may have a crippling effect on faith groups. That's the message National Religious Broadcasters Vice President Craig Parshall had for Congress. Although the Employment Non-Discriminat... Full Article » Finally a Positive Step in a German Homeschooling Case - 9/26/2009 Tests show 14 year-old Aaron Schmidt performs at high academic levels. That's not unusual for a homeschooler. But Aaron lives in Germany where homeschooling has been banned from the Nazi era. Recently a judge decided to let him continue living with h... Full Article » Iris Ministries Missionaries Rolland & Heidi Baker Miraculously Healed From Near Death and Pressing On. - 9/26/2009 "Heidi and I would both be dead by now if our doctors had been right. Heidi was in the hospital for a month with a staph infection that went out of control. The doctors gave up on her. Then suddenly, while preaching in a lot of pain, God healed her."... Full Article » Disability Rights Activist Alarmed at Euthanasia Policy for England and Wales - 9/26/2009 Technically, assisted suicide is still illegal in England and Wales. Practically, it is not. That's because of new government guidelines eliminating prosecution in many cases. A related effort to legitimize euthanasia redefines food and water as pote... Full Article » Attendance Triples for Latest Boston Night of Worship - 9/26/2009 More than 2,000 worshippers brought a new atmosphere to Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Even when every seat in the auditorium was taken, groups in the lobby broke out in praise. According to founder Zenzo Geoffrey, true unity in worship is th... Full Article » Students Praise Obama to the Tune of a Christian Hymn - 9/24/2009 Christian musicians have long been known for putting spiritual words to secular songs. But did you know someone has adapted a Christian song to praise a politician? There's a video making its rounds on YouTube in which public schoolchildren sing a "v... Full Article » "Newsweek" Pushes Euthanasia - 9/24/2009 The title rivets your attention - "The Case for Killing Granny." Princeton professor Evan Thomas wrote an article about his mother, an emphesma patient who insistently told doctors she's rather die than accept additional treatment. Rather than taking... Full Article » Pakistan: Islamic fundamentalists target Christians - 9/24/2009 A Muslim woman discovered that her daughter was romantically involved with a Christian boy (19). Enraged, she told her imam that he had desecrated Hina's Qur'an. During Friday prayers, the imam called upon Muslims to punish the Christians. Many were ... Full Article » Muslims demand arrest of Pakistani Christians accused of provoking Gojra violence - 9/24/2009 In Gojra, Faisalabad, a small town in Pakistan seven Christians were burnt alive by miscreants on August 1. Heavy contingents of police had been deployed around the Christian colony. "Muslims were carrying out an "economic assassination" of Christian... Full Article » Iran: Despite deteriorating health, two women stand firm in prison for their faith. - 9/24/2009 In March, officials incarcerated Maryam Rustampoor and Marzieh Amirizadeh in one of Iran's worst prisons. Their health has deteriorated in the harsh conditions. These women have stood boldly for Christ in many interrogations and trials. Both women we... Full Article » More sharia in Bande Aceh, Indonesia and Christians are concerned - 9/24/2009 Christians are concerned about a new law that could usher in harsh Islamic law. Lawmakers in the region voted unanimously that adulterers can be sentenced to death by stoning, just months after voters overwhelmingly chose to throw conservative Isla... Full Article » 60,000 People Gathered in Times Square to Pray; Event Ignored by Mainstream Media - 9/24/2009 Event organizers from Time Square Church had expected about 15,000 to attend but their expectations "were far exceeded at the third event of its kind in the last three years." Despite the magnitude of the event, no major media covered it – even on a ... Full Article » Coral Ridge Votes to Keep Billy Graham's Grandson - 9/21/2009 Members of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church voted by a more than 2 to 1 margin to keep Tullian Tchividjian as their pastor. A two-hour meeting addressed a petition put forth by six church members including, Jennifer Cassidy, daughter of founding pasto... Full Article » Converts from Islam Jailed, Pursued in Somalia’s Breakaway Region - 9/21/2009 A convert from Islam in Somalia's self-declared state of Somaliland has been jailed for distributing Christian materials, and another is on the run from both family members and police upset over his new faith. Promotion of any religion other than I... Full Article » Legal Group: European Union’s Equality Plans Will 'Silence' Christians - 9/20/2009 Christian Concern for our Nation says the proposal could be used as an “instrument of cultural genocide” against Christians. The plan is supposed to eliminate discrimination in the provision of goods and services. But businesses could be sued if they... Full Article » Next Generation Christians are 'Brightly Burning Lights' in Former Soviet Union - 9/19/2009 It might appear that there isn't much reason for hope or joy in the former Soviet Union. The once wide-open door for the gospel is slowly closing in Russia. As politicians talk about alliances and decry violence, young Next Generation Christians burn... Full Article » Hindi New Testament will reach millions - 9/19/2009 The number of believers in India continues to rise on a daily basis. The introduction of a new printing of the Bible in Hindi will boost this number to even higher heights. “It is truly exciting and challenging to contemplate the possibility of reach... Full Article » School Officials Found Not Guilty of Violating Prayer Ban - 9/19/2009 Judge Case Rodgers has ruled Pace High School Principal Frank Lay and Athletic Director Robert Freeman did not violate a court order by offering a meal time prayer. Each could have been fined five thousand dollars and spent six months in jail. While ... Full Article » Director Seeks to ‘Honor Christ’ With New Film - 9/17/2009 Rich Christiano believes Christ-honoring films don't always have "cross-over" appeal. He wants his new movie,"The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry," to reach souls. The theme is simple -- an elderly man befriends three neighborhood boys and teaches them b... Full Article » Many Injured in Violent Attack on Chinese House Church - 9/16/2009 Authorities even told the local emergency room to withhold treatment from church members. An estimated 400 people in police uniforms broke into the site of Fushan Church in a dawn attack. Intolerant assailants beat church members, who were sleeping a... Full Article » Over 100 Quebec Doctors Say No To Euthanasia - 9/16/2009 It's in response to a plan to recommend the decriminalization of euthanasia by the Quebec College of Physicans. The pro-life doctors say there are no special circumstances justifying the practice. Member of Parliament Francine Lalonde has recently in... Full Article » Coral Ridge Presbyterians Vote on Whether to Keep Billy Graham's Grandson as Pastor - 9/16/2009 The vote stems from a petition signed by 100 dissatisfied church members. Dissidents including Jennifer Cassidy, daughter of founding pastor D. James Kennedy, claim Tullian Tchividjian fails to present the Gospel clearly and raise awareness of curren... Full Article » Many UK Families Are Not Told When Doctors Deny Treatment to Loved Ones - 9/15/2009 According to a new report, more than a quarter of UK families are not told when their loved ones are taken off life support. The National Health Service allows doctors to deny "treatment," including food and water, to patients they classify as incura... Full Article » Number of Female Senior Pastors in Protestant Churches Doubles in Past Decade - 9/14/2009 From the early 1990s through 1999 just five percent of senior pastors of Protestant churches were female. Since that time the proportion has slowly but steadily risen, doubling to ten percent in 2009. Women in the pulpit are generally more highly edu... Full Article » Police Storm Plane on Runway and Nab Seven Year-old Homeschooler - 9/13/2009 At first everything sounded okay. Christer and Annie Johannson were planning to leave Sewden for India. A local principal had even agreed to supply academic materials to the homeschooling family. Then he broke his word. As the Johansson's were sittin... Full Article » Fashion Photographer Trains His Lens on Jesus in the 21st Century - 9/12/2009 Michael Belk does with his camera what Renaissance artists did with their paint brushes. The scenes in classic Christian paintings often resembled the culture of the time more than Israel of the first century. But that's not a bad thing. It helped Eu... Full Article » British Doctors Left Premie to Die at 21 Weeks, 2 Days Too Young to Rescue - 9/11/2009 Sarah Capewell says her son Jayden cried and lived for two hours before dying in her arms. James Paget University Hospital staff were following guidelines that seem more like inflexible laws. The British national health care rationing body, the Nati... Full Article » Prayer Group Started in Ukrainian Parliament - 9/11/2009 Since Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union, it did not have one evangelical believer in Parliament until after the election a year ago. All of a sudden there were four. They started a prayer group that has grown to twelve, including O... Full Article » Mohammed Second Most Popular Name for Baby Boys in England - 9/11/2009 There are eight alternate spellings for Mohammed. When they are all counted, the name beats Oliver for second place, but falls behind Jack, which has been number one for thirteen years in a row. Critics are lambasting the Office for National Statist... Full Article » Christians in Pakistan Fear Further Firestorms - 9/9/2009 In the wake of Islamists setting fires that killed at least seven people in Punjab Province last month, the latest of several attempts to provoke further attacks on Christians took place in a village on Friday when unidentified men tore pages of the ... Full Article » Muslims to Hold Massive D.C. Prayer Rally - 9/9/2009 A New Jersey mosque is spearheading a national prayer rally in Washington, D.C., that they expect to attract tens of thousands of Muslims to pray for the soul of America. Describing the event as the first-ever of its kind, leaders of Dar-ul-Islam in ... Full Article » UK Physicians Expose Flaws in Government Health System "Scheme" that Allows Patients to Die "Prematurely" - 9/9/2009 "Forecasting death is an inexact science. Patients are being diagnosed as being close to death without regard to the fact that the diagnosis could be wrong. As a result a national wave of discontent is building up, as family and friends witness the d... Full Article » Sudan: bleak future for Christians as war looms - 9/9/2009 There is much concern that Sudan is heading towards a war that would lead to disintegration, chaos and a humanitarian catastrophe of unprecedented scale. Meanwhile, Khartoum is believed to be behind the massive violence in the south. Some 2000 people... Full Article » Thousands to Gather at Courthouses on 9/11 to Pray for New "Great Awakening" - 9/8/2009 "America right now is facing great complexities. We have a financial struggle that we're in, we're facing health-care issues that have us scratching our heads. Our place in the world has shifted. We're a nation that really needs help from beyond ours... Full Article » Out From the Rubble - 9/8/2009 God spared John’s life and helped him find a way out of Ground Zero. Around 12:45 p.m., his cell phone rang. It was Mary. She had taken the E Train to work that morning, and it had been delayed. When she exited the subway at 8:50 a.m., she saw the No... Full Article » "The Shack" Collaborator’s Pharasectomy: from Law to Grace - 9/7/2009 Wayne Jacobsen started early as a junior Pharisee, collecting perfect attendance pins in Sunday School. But the pins did not reflect a growing, intimate relationship with Christ. He continued to play the religious game, becoming a pastor, who still ... Full Article » Former Body-Shop Worker Opens Prayer Stand, Sees Healings - 9/6/2009 Hand-painted fiberboards welcome motorists to Matthew Cordell's roadside stop with this message -- Prayer Stand, Drive Thru Open. One woman pulled in on her way to Urgent Care for chest pains. Cordell said the pains subsided and she went home instead... Full Article » Shot Fired at Mission Aviation Fellowship Plane - 9/6/2009 It happened as the plane was landing at a remote airstrip in Papua New Guinea. The pilots reported hearing a sound like a cargo strap breaking and slapping a coffee bag. The bullet narrowly missed hitting fuel cells, the aircraft's battery and contro... Full Article » Students Kicked Out of Mall after Praying - 9/5/2009 No one could accuse River Ridge Mall in Lynchburg, Virginia of promoting marketplace ministries. Mall officials say they can work with groups who need to pray. But that's not how a security guard handled it when two rival high school football teams j... Full Article » Experts Warn Lives Ended Prematurely Under England's National Health Care - 9/5/2009 A group of experts claims some patients are being wrongly judged as close to death. Under National Health Service guidance introduced across England, doctors and other medical staff can have fluid and drugs withdrawn from dying patients. Many are put... Full Article » Canada's 'Hate-Speech' Law Declared Unconstitutional - 9/4/2009 The decision, announced Wednesday, threw out the Canadian Human Rights Commission's controversial legal mandate to pursue "hate speech" on the Internet. Mark Steyn, author of "America Alone," was on trial in Canada for allegedly inciting hatred again... Full Article » Young Evangelist Leads ’One Million-Heirs’ to Christ Before the Age of 30 - 9/4/2009 As a young man, Daniel King, the son of missionaries to Mexico, read extensively about some of the great evangelists of our time. His heroes were men like Billy Graham, Oral Roberts and T. L. Osborn. King set a goal of winning one million souls befor... Full Article » Lawsuit Challenges State Ban on Bible - 9/4/2009 A lawsuit is challenging Idaho officials who say the state constitution forbids use of the Bible in a charter school. Authorities have threatened to revoke the charter of Nampa Classical Academy if it uses the Bible or any other religious documents o... Full Article » Southern Baptists Forced to Cut Missionaries - 9/4/2009 The Southern Baptist missionary board has decided to suspend 69 missionaries who are ready to hit the mission field. The reason? A shortfall in missions giving. More than 5,600 Southern Baptist missionaries reach the unreached for Christ. They rely ... Full Article » Steakhouse Serves Free Buffet to Customers at Weekly Bible Study - 9/4/2009 Jeffrey Conway is sharing his faith with the business community in a unique way. As owner of a high-end steakhouse in Savannah, he's started a Wednesday noontime Bible study that includes a free buffet lunch. Dinner prices normally range from 50 to 7... Full Article » Gaza 'Islamization' Continues, Schoolgirls Told 'Cover Up'. - 9/3/2009 The new rules are being enforced on members the region's Christian minority as well. Gaza took another step towards strict Islamic law with the imposition of new dress codes on schoolgirls. Girls and young women returning to school were told that the... Full Article » Two Christians Arrested by Pakistani Police for Eating During Ramadan - 9/1/2009 Their bus stopped at the Bismillah Hotel to let off passengers. Aafter the waiter served them tea and a snack, several policemen question them as to why they were desecrating Ramadan by eating during the Islamic fasting season. The police then threw ... Full Article » Attorney: Ohio Mosque a Threat to Runaway Teen - 9/1/2009 "The problem is the Noor Center. This is a mosque that has unique beliefs and is extremely dangerous." The mosque hosted extremist speakers and supported a Muslim scholar with ties to the militant group Hamas. The mosque's leader is a former leader ... Full Article » Modern Gadarene Type Scenerio - Pastor and Believers Threatened, Situation Tense - 9/1/2009 A woman who had suffered for a long time from demon possession, suddenly interrupted the service and began to shout, manifesting signs of her demonic oppression. They prayed for her and the Lord delivered her from the bondage of the evil spirit. News... Full Article » Doctor Gets Away with Euthanasia-Style "Murder" - 8/31/2009 Dr. Ewing Cook says he does not regret fatally sedating a 79 year-old patient during the Hurricane Katrina evacuation in 2005. He admits writing "pronounced dead" on Jannie Burgess' chart and walking away to fill in the time later. The 36 year-old ph... Full Article » Iowa School District Backpedals on Religious Liberty Initiative - 8/31/2009 What started out as a bold attempt to restore balance seems to be fading away. The school system was contacted by some of the usual suspects, including Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Superintendent Greg Ebling says a lawsuit wou... Full Article » Pat Robertson Recovering from Successful Heart Surgery - 8/31/2009 The 10-hour procedure corrected a condition called atrial fibrillation which is frequently debilitating. Doctors at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, North Carolina cauterized Robertson's heart with radio frequency-generated heat. Th... Full Article » How Many People Attend House Church? Barna Study Finds It All Depends - 8/31/2009 Researchers discovered the number of participants varies significantly according to the definition used. It ranges from 4% of the adult population to 33%! George Barna says he prefers the narrowest definition. The question begins something like this ... Full Article » Hunger and disease still stalk Kenya and Ethiopia - 8/31/2009 Drought is aggravating food shortage and water access problems. Thousands of animal farmers are going to Ethiopia in search of pasture and water to keep their flocks alive. Children are going with their parents and abandoning their education. The cho... Full Article » Muslims Buying West Africans Into Islam - 8/30/2009 The economic crisis and absence of evangelical input have caused a shift. Muslims are buying Africans into Islam. "If you want to convert to Islam, we'll not only sell you our produce more cheaply, but we'll also set you up with your own market stall... Full Article » FORCED ISLAMIZATION OF COPTIC GIRLS A RAPIDLY ESCALATING PROBLEM - 8/30/2009 Systematic abduction and forced Islamization of Coptic minor girls in Egypt is a frequent, dangerous and rapidly escalating phenomenon, "the issue of abducted Coptic girls forms the most complex problem in the relations between Christians and Muslims... Full Article » HONOUR KILLINGS A BLIGHT ON ISLAM - 8/30/2009 In Somalia four converts from Islam have been beheaded by radical Islamists. In their minds, all converts who leave Islam must be killed. Radical Islamists are intent on Islamizing the world by killing all minorities within their Islamized states. in... Full Article » Miracle Stumps Doctors: All 90-Year-Old Man Knows is He Was Blind and Now He Can See - 8/29/2009 90-year-old Marty Alvey hasn't been able to see further than 6-inches in front of him since he was diagnosed with macular degeneration years ago. But now, the formerly "legally blind" man can see again and he, and his friends and family, are calling ... Full Article » More bloodshed in Iraq, Christians cry out for help - 8/29/2009 After a period of relative peace, the situation in Baghdad has become worse again. The most recent attack claimed the lives of 95 people, while injuring more than 500 in the heart of Baghdad. Many people were killed and injured: 350 killed reported i... Full Article » Daughter of Pakistani man accused of blasphemy appeals to Pakistan government and Chief Justice for release of her father - 8/29/2009 Hector Aleem was arrested by Pakistan police on January 22, 2009 accused of blasphemy in a text message "My father neither sent nor received a blasphemous text," She said his work for betterment of Christian community under "Peace Worldwide," an orga... Full Article » God Kicked Out of Kentucky Homeland Security Statute - 8/27/2009 Although acknowledging there are 32 references to God in Kentucky statutes and the state Constitution, Judge Thomas Wingate ruled against the Almighty's inclusion in a 2006 law. He called the legislation unconstitutional because it "places an affirma... Full Article » Methodists Say No to Lutheran Gay Clergy - 8/27/2009 The Evangelical Lutheran Church's vote to be inclusive of gay clergy has caused a rift with a denomination with which they just established full communion. The United Methodists say they will not allow non-celibate homosexual Lutherans to serve as cl... Full Article » Youth Group Takes 'Mission Trip to Nowhere' - 8/27/2009 Thirteen youth and sponsors from University Church in Denver planned for months for their annual summer mission trip. Yet when the nine teenagers and four adults piled into the van one steamy morning, they had no itinerary. Fresh from finishing a stu... Full Article » FBI Questions Reverend Who Prayed in Front of Chinese Embassy - 8/26/2009 Reverend Patrick Mahoney held a prayer vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy on the 20th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Later two FBI agents showed up at his door to "gather intelligence" about his activities. A Freedom of Information ... Full Article » New Hampshire Court Orders Home-Schooled Child into Government-Run School - 8/26/2009 Judge Lucinda Sadler cited the findings of a guardian ad litem who was disturbed the 10 year-old girl strongly reflected the faith of her mother. The advocate recommended public school to exposed her to opposing viewpoints. Nevertheless, he found the... Full Article » Pro-Life Pharmacists Score a Preliminary Win in Illinois - 8/26/2009 Luke VanderBleek and Glenn Kosirog are now allowed to run their pharmacies according to their moral and religious beliefs. That's because of a preliminary injunction protecting them from having to dispense the "morning after" pill. Judge John Beltz i... Full Article » Taking Jesus to the Fringes: Good Vibrations in California - 8/26/2009 Tucked between a tarot card reader and a Rastafarian artist, Cindy McGill is offering "Spiritual Alignments" at her table along the boardwalk of Venice Beach. She uses dream interpretation and the gifts of the Spirit to attract people who would norma... Full Article » 'Christians' Celebrating Ramadan? - 8/25/2009 Two controversial theologians with Christian roots are joining Muslims in celebrating the month of Ramadan. Brian McLaren describes his observance as "a God-honoring expression of peace, fellowship, and neighborliness." Tony Campolo says we can find ... Full Article » Pentecostal Pastor Leads Tent Revival in the Hamptons - 8/25/2009 Long Island's rich and famous have the chance to worship God in old-fashioned tent-meeting style. Frank White is holding a revival in Southampton, New York. The former Wall Streeter says it's wrong to only present Christ to the down and out. But reac... Full Article » Oklahoma Town Wants to Build Faith-Based Prison - 8/25/2009 A small city may soon play a big role in reducing the number of repeat offenders in Oklahoma. Wakita has signed a working agreement with Dallas-based Corrections Concepts to build a faith-based prison. If the plan is approved by the state, it will be... Full Article » Southern Baptist Seminary President: Church Dying Out - 8/25/2009 At least two-thirds of young people are leaving the Southern Baptist church between adolescence and adulthood. That's according to Reverend Albert Mohler, who says if this trend is not reversed, the Southern Baptist Convention will die out. He claims... Full Article » Church Drops Lutheran After Denomination's Gay Vote - 8/24/2009 Pastor Richard Mahan says he's ashamed of what the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has done to a church he has loved for 40 years. The denomination recently voted to allow the ordination of homosexuals. Now the sign that used to proclaim "St. ... Full Article » 4,000 Still in Orissa Refugee Camps, One Year Later - 8/23/2009 A year after the worst anti-Christian violence in India’s democratic history, more than 4,000 Christians are still stuck in squalid refugee camps. If they return to their homes, they risk death or forcible conversion to Hinduism. Last fall at least 1... Full Article » Evangelical Lutheran Church Allows Gay Clergy Relationships - 8/22/2009 The break with centuries of church teaching came at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) convention in Minneapolis. The denomination has decided to extend ordination rites to those involved in committed homosexual relationships. As a re... Full Article » Teen Christian Convert Will Stay in Florida for Now - 8/22/2009 A Florida judge has decided to allow Rifqa Bary to stay in the state as legal processes continue. The 17 year-old had been raised in a Muslim family in Ohio. Four years ago she became a Christian. Recently Bary ran away to Florida. She says she's afr... Full Article » Finding God in Rwanda’s Killing Fields - 8/21/2009 Both Hutus and Tutsis now attend Emmanuel's church. I cannot comprehend the level of demonic hatred that was unleashed in Rwanda 15 years ago, nor can I fathom how much grief still paralyzes people. But after meeting Emmanuel I was reminded of how ou... Full Article » Congress Set to Consider Bill Forcing Religious Groups to Hire Gays - 8/21/2009 If the bill passes, “sexual orientation” would be added to a list of federally protected classes under a 1964 act that prohibits job discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Church-related organizations and facili... Full Article » Joyner Launches Initiative to Bring 'Profound Change' - 8/20/2009 MorningStar Ministries founder Rick Joyner has convened some 300 ministry leaders to help launch an organization aimed at mobilizing Christians to bring "profound changes to the political, financial and spiritual landscapes of the world." "Our devoti... Full Article » Conflict and disillusionment within Islam - 8/19/2009 Muslim states have gained independence, Islamists have risen to power and Sharia Law has been widely adopted, but the promised utopia is not materialising. In fact the Islamic world seems more corrupt, violent, conflicted and insecure than ever. Now ... Full Article » Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty! - 8/18/2009 The Lord has been bringing back a prophetic word He gave us previously. He is saying that we are to "wake up Sleeping Beauty." Originally, it was the seed for a great miracle in the life of a "sleeping beauty" from a diabetic coma. In the last few we... Full Article » How a Voodoo Worshipper Encountered Jesus - 8/17/2009 Abraham was raised in the Voodoo religion, like others in his village in the Benin Republic. The first reports he heard about Christians were less than flattering. One day a group of Bible school students came to share about Jesus. Abraham liked the ... Full Article » Preacher Threatened with Arrest for Reading from the Bible in Public - 8/16/2009 Lawyers for Miguel Hayworth are calling it intimidation and abuse of power. Hayworth was street preaching in Manchester when officers told him reading and preaching the Bible could be offensive. He was also threatened with arrest and informed he was ... Full Article » Censors Keep Bible as Literature Out of Charter School - 8/16/2009 The Idaho Public Charter School Commission has told the Nampa Classical Academy it can not use the Bible as an instructional text. Officials with the new Nampa charter school had planned to use the Bible and other religious texts as a primary source ... Full Article » Florida Educators Criminally Charged for Praying - 8/15/2009 The principal and athletic director at Pace High School are accused of breaching a settlement with the ACLU. The group describes itself as "our nation's guardian of liberty," but tries to force students and faculty to leave freedom of religion at the... Full Article » Millionth Bible Sent to Closed Nations - 8/15/2009 Voice of the Martyrs says the millionth Bible under its Bibles Unbound program has been sent by a Texas woman to a private address in China. The program was started to let Christians in the free world send Bibles directly to individuals in restricted... Full Article » ‘Gay Survey’ Planned for Church of England - 8/15/2009 Inclusive Church, a network of individuals and organizations reportedly working for better recognition of minorities, says the survey will be the first of its kind. It's intended to prove lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered clergy play a crucial... Full Article » Dealership Seeks God, Not Government for Bailout - 8/15/2009 Even with the "Cash for Clunkers" program, it's been rough for the nation's auto dealers. The employees of Cardinale Motors in Mesa, Arizona are literally praying their business will succeed in this economic downturn. Both the sales and service tea... Full Article » Focus on the Family Faces Budget Downfall - 8/14/2009 Evangelical Christian group Focus on the Family is facing a nearly $6 million shortfall -- and now it's reaching out to other Christian organizations for help. President Jim Daly also sent a letter to the organization's 800,000 supporters asking for ... Full Article » D. James Kennedy's Daughter Banned from Coral Ridge - 8/14/2009 Internal divisions at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church have burst into the open with six members ordered to stay off the premises. Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy and the others are calling for the ouster of Pastor Tullian Tchividjian, a grandson of Billy Gr... Full Article » A Move of God's Spirit Touching the Aboriginal People of Central Australia - 8/13/2009 Reports of signs of an incredible renewal among indigenous Australians and expectations that this move of God's Spirit will impact non-indigenous Australians. "Many young Aborigines in Central Australia have turned to Jesus from drugs, worshipping th... Full Article » Memorial funds for pilot and mechanic - 8/13/2009 Two families and AIM Air are grieving the deaths of missionary pilot Frank Toews and mechanic Ryan Williams. Toews died on impact in a plane crash in Nairobi on August 1. Williams succumbed to his injuries several days later. Each leaves behind a wi... Full Article » Ohio Teen Who Converted from Muslim to Christianity Says Family Threatened to Kill Her - 8/12/2009 An Ohio teenager who says she ran away from home because her family threatened to kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity, is now in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families. The teenager testified Monday that she'd ... Full Article » H1N1 Flu concerns close schools in Peru - 8/12/2009 The first influenza pandemic in 41 years has spread during the Southern Hemisphere's winter over the past few months. Kids Alive has two children's homes and a children's care program in Peru. Their after-school program shut down. A lot of the moms a... Full Article » Extremists Threaten Missionary, Bring Student Home - 8/12/2009 Bible college students study hard for a vocation that may cost them their lives. A first-year Bible college student was forced to return to his home after anti-Christian fanatics threatened his family and pastor. The radicals made their threats bec... Full Article » Iran Tightens Grip on Christians as Unrest Boils - 8/12/2009 More than 30 Christians were arrested in the last two weeks near Tehran and in the northern city of Rasht. Police took all their passports, documents, cash, CDs, computers and cell phones. Detainees have been tortured, abused, killed and most recentl... Full Article » Earl Paulk's Former Church Sold - 8/11/2009 The 51-acre campus of an Atlanta-area megachurch that used to be home to one the nation's most influential charismatic congregations has been sold. The Cathedral at Chapel Hill, founded by the late Earl Paulk Jr., was purchased by Greater Traveler's ... Full Article » Death Toll Climbs in Attack by Islamic Sect in Nigeria - 8/11/2009 An Islamic extremist sect known as Boko Haram, which initially attacked police and government bases, left hundreds of people dead and large property losses. With 12 more Christians, including three pastors, confirmed killed in rioting ignited by an I... Full Article » How Faith Varies by Church Size - 8/10/2009 What church sizes are most likely to have people with orthodox Biblical beliefs? According to the latest Barna survey, the answer includes megachurches and house churches. Small congregational-style churches do not average out as well. Barna says th... Full Article » Prison Fellowship Helps Stop Jail From Censoring Religous Content of Mail - 8/10/2009 Anna Williams sent her incarcerated son a three-page letter. All that was left after the censors got through was the greeting, the first paragraph and "Love, Mom." Prison Fellowship and othe groups demanded religious censorship stop at Rappahanock R... Full Article » Homeschoolers Do It Again –Another Outstanding Academic Year - 8/10/2009 Homeschoolers average 37 percentile points above public school students on standardized achievement tests. That's according to a new study looking at the performance of nearly 12 thousand homeschool kids in 2007/2008. The average public school spends... Full Article » Missionaries Steering Clear of Honduras - 8/8/2009 Political instability in one Central American nation is keeping short-term missionaries away. Honduras is usually a top destination for North American missions teams, but since the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya many are canceling their trips. Con... Full Article » Christian Confirmed as Head of National Institutes of Health - 8/8/2009 Dr. Francis Collins is the scientist credited with cracking the genetic code. He led the Human Genome Project - a team of scientists that unraveled the mysteries of DNA. Collins talks about the glory of creation and worshipping God through science. B... Full Article » Over 138 Thousand South Africans Make Decisions for Christ in 46 Days - 8/7/2009 Rodney Howard-Browne is broadcasting revival services to congregations in 63 cities from The River Church in East London, South Africa. Satellite networks and the Internet provide additional coverage. He continues to use a soul-winning "script" devel... Full Article » Supporters of Traditional Marriage bring Rally to the Streets and Find the Public Agree - 8/6/2009 "…when driving by the group's roadside demonstrations after reading the huge 'HONK for traditional marriage' signs. In some places, so many people honked that the intersection literally turned into a 'honk orchestra.'" "We found strong support for tr... Full Article » No Pardons for Thousands of North Korean Prisoners - 8/6/2009 Today U.S. journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling returned home to their friends and family in an emotional reunion after North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il issued a special pardon. North Korea is suspected of detaining more political and religious prisone... Full Article » Pakistan Parliament condemns Gojra carnage - 8/4/2009 Parliament observed 2 minutes silence for victims on Federal Minister's request. Pakistan Parliament on Monday condemned killings of Christians in Gojra on August 1. ANS has learnt that some 200 people have been arrested in connection with August 1 v... Full Article » North Korea pardons US reporters - 8/4/2009 North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has issued a special pardon to two detained US journalists. The news comes hours after former US President Bill Clinton made an unannounced visit to Pyongyang on what was described as a private mission. Clinton is the ... Full Article » Australian Businesses Receptive to Prayer Volunteers Sent Out to Bless Them - 8/3/2009 With their bold T-shirts reading ‘OPERATION HOPE,’ twelve volunteers went door-to-door in pairs, asking about the state of business and offering to pray a blessing. An overwhelming majority of businesses were receptive. Many received prayer for heali... Full Article » Charter School's Use of Bible Ignites Public Firestorm - 8/2/2009 Unlike a typical public school, Nampa Classical Academy has freedom under Idaho's Public Charter School Commission to develop its own curriculum. The Bible would be used in history and literature classes. At a meeting of the Commission, parents stood... Full Article » Florida Megachurch Brings Worship to the iPhone - 8/2/2009 Northland, A Church Distributed, a megachurch in central Florida, is all about helping people worship where they are. Their latest iPhone Web app is helping thousands do exactly that. Northland is one of the first churches to stream worship services ... Full Article » House of Lords Rule in Favor of Assisted Suicide Seeker - 8/1/2009 Debbie Purdy has multiple sclerosis and is planning on ending her life in Switzerland. But the British woman wants her husband, Omar Puente, by her side. In the UK, assisted suicide is punishable by 14 years in prison. Purdy is asking that Puente not... Full Article » Prime Minister Released from Prison 15 Days After Prophecy, Now Serving Christ - 8/1/2009 A former prime minister of Ethiopia who spent years as a freedom fighter says he’s on a new mission – to help his nation find freedom through Christ. Although Tamrat Layne has consistently denied corruption and abuse of power charges, he was found gu... Full Article » Bringing Church to People in the Mall - 8/1/2009 Independence Mall in Wilmington, North Carolina is suffering from lost business and shuttered shops. In steps Life Community Church and it's a win-win situation. Pastor Tim Blevins hopes to bring hundreds through the doors, flooding the shopping cent... Full Article » Christian Coach Sues Over Dismissal by Muslim Principal - 7/31/2009 A Michigan high school coach has filed a federal lawsuit claiming a Muslim principal fired him because of his Christian faith and his association with a minister who helped lead a Muslim student to Christ. Gerald Marszalek, a wrestling coach for 35 y... Full Article » Thousands displaced in Nigeria battle - 7/31/2009 Nigeria continues to route Islamic militants out of the north. The fighting has displaced thousands. The militant group, Boko Haram, is pushing for sharia law in all Nigeria's states. The trouble started with an attack on a police station in Bauchi s... Full Article » Britain's War on Christianity: America's Future Fight? - 7/31/2009 At her coronation, Queen Elizabeth, like British monarchs before her, promised to "maintain the laws of God and the true profession of the gospel." But today, British Christians who take their faith into the workplace risk being demoted or fired. The... Full Article » City Rejects 'In God We Trust' Logo - 7/30/2009 Commissioners in the city of Kissimmee, Florida have rejected a proposal to add "In God We Trust" to the municipality's logo. That was after the mayor strongly criticized the opinions of the commissioner who opposed it. Commissioner Art Otero had cha... Full Article » Terminally Ill Man Baptized in Hospital Birthing Center Tub - 7/30/2009 Sentara Obici Hospital has been the site of weddings and funerals, but it had never hosted a full-immersion baptism before. That changed recently when 20 or 30 people gathered for Andy Chaney's special ceremony. The 48 year-old terminally diabetic h... Full Article » Rick Joyner Speaks Out on National Health Care "Reform" - 7/30/2009 When I read the brief on what was contained in the National Health Care bill that is now being presented before Congress, I could not believe I was reading something that was actually being considered in the United States of America. This is not abou... Full Article » Church grows despite economy - 7/28/2009 The global economic downturn is hitting Ireland especially hard. The fact that Ireland is an English-speaking country attracted a lot of immigrants to work there. "But as the economy began to drop, these people left. They left a huge black hole that ... Full Article » Church in Somalia grows despite turmoil - 7/28/2009 Christians in Somalia face persecution and political upheaval but still remain strong. The country of Somalia is in a dire state. The terrorist group Al Shabaab, linked with al Qaeda, wants to overthrow the government. Anything that goes into Somali... Full Article » Islamic Militia Launches Attacks in Four Nigerian States - 7/28/2009 Islamic group has launched a series of attacks on churches and state facilities in four states in northern and central Nigeria. The group is also known as the Nigerian Taliban and aims to cleanse Nigeria of western influences and impose Sharia law th... Full Article » Dozens Die in Nigeria Violence - 7/28/2009 Dozens of people have died in Nigeria since Sunday in violent clashes involving Muslim militants who burned churches and a police station, and set off bombs near residential areas in the northern city of Maiduguri. The violence began after the arrest... Full Article » Christian Leaders Lobby Against Health Care Reform Bill - 7/28/2009 Conservative Christian leaders are ramping up their opposition to a health care reform bill that they say opens the door to government-funded abortion. Family Research Council President Tony Perkins hosted a press conference today on Capitol Hill cal... Full Article » Friend: Billy Graham Barely Speaking - 7/27/2009 A long-time friend of Billy Graham reports the 90 year-old evangelist can hardly talk. In a recent radio interview, Jack Hayford said while Graham is understandable, he could not get up and speak before a group. According to his son Franklin, the ev... Full Article » Marketplace Ministry in the World of Community Service - 7/27/2009 Members of a Texas church served the community one recent Sunday morning by painting an elementary school. The principal says it would have taken the school staff weeks to do the job that, thanks to the volunteers, was completed in three hours. It al... Full Article » Street Pastors Cut Violent Crime by a Quarter - 7/26/2009 Street pastors are taking a bite out of crime in the UK. Devon and Cornwall police are praising the effort which sends trained Christians onto the streets at closing time for pubs and clubs. One constable reports no robberies at all in a particular d... Full Article » Doctor Sacked Over Gay Adoptions Reinstated - 7/26/2009 Dr Sheila Matthews was removed from a county adoption panel because she was not willing to recommend gay couples as adoptive parents. A newspaper report led to a protest. Now she's been reinstated. The Christian doctor will be giving medical examinat... Full Article » Survey: Faith of African Americans Grows Stronger, More Orthodox - 7/26/2009 According to The Barna Group, over the last 15 years Blacks have grown more orthodox in their Christian beliefs. Findings from surveys that included 1,272 African Americans reveal that Blacks today are more likely than they were in the early 1990s to... Full Article » North Korea Executes Christian Woman For Distributing the Bible - 7/24/2009 North Korea has publicly executed a Christian woman accused of distributing the Bible and “spying” for foreign countries. 33 year-old Ri Hyon-ok was accused of spying for South Korea and the United States, and organizing dissidents. A coalition of 50... Full Article » Russian Students May Get More Religion in School Than American Kids - 7/24/2009 A Russia still reeling from the aetheistic days of the Soviet Union, is getting ready to allow God in the classroom. President Dmitry Medvedev has proposed a pilot project requiring students at 12 thousand schools to either study secular ethics or on... Full Article » State Senate Allows Pastor to Mention Jesus, House Had Censored Him - 7/24/2009 Gerry Stoltzfoos had originally accepted an invitation to pray at Pennsylvania's House. But word came that he was not allowed to include the name of Jesus. The pastor then declined. Senator Rich Alloway heard about it and invited Stoltzfoos to pray f... Full Article » China Yanks Licenses of Human Rights Lawyers - 7/24/2009 More than 50 lawyers are affected. According to Radio Free Asia, officials of the Civil Affairs Bureau raided a legal center called the Open Constitution Initiative. They confiscated computers, questioned employees and took several lawyers into custo... Full Article » Christians Surround Gay Pride Event With Prayer, Evangelism - 7/23/2009 In what is being called the largest outreach of its kind in Charlotte, N.C., more than 1,000 Christians are expected to pray and evangelize at the city's annual gay pride event Saturday. "Our statement is that God has a better way," said organizer Mi... Full Article » Sorcerer's Daughter Discovers Jesus - 7/23/2009 Tanvi Dasgupta came from a long line of sorcerers. Her ancestors made their living by wielding the power of witchcraft. It was only natural for her father and brothers to carry on the family tradition. She suffered for years. Even though she underwen... Full Article » Alkarma TV is seeing many miracles as it continues to broadcast the Good News to the Arabic-speaking world . . . - 7/22/2009 Thousands have come to Christ. God has been using the ministry in an unbelievable way. Last year, we were able to distribute some 18,000 Arabic Bibles and DVDs of the JESUS Film and other materials from our little studio and we received over 70,000 p... Full Article » ORU Reaches Out to Hispanic Pentecostals - 7/22/2009 Oral Roberts University (ORU) today formed a strategic partnership with the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) both groups will make ORU the school of choice for Hispanic Pentecostal students. Over 20 million Hispanics embrace ... Full Article » Medevacs for Mozambique - 7/22/2009 In many cases, it takes up to three days to reach a remote clinic, driving in a four-wheel-drive vehicle over bone-jarring roads. With the flying doctors program, a journey may be cut to hours, or even minutes. It allows them to work with a number of... Full Article » Creating Community Where Everyone Belongs - 7/22/2009 There are times in our lives when we face situations that are overwhelming. Whether it is everyday difficulties or other challenges that are financial, emotional, or physical, these challenges can isolate us and keep us from realizing our potential a... Full Article » Reaching Out to Aila Survivors - 7/22/2009 More than 600,000 homes were destroyed by the storm- including 396 that belonged to one group of believers-and local fields and ponds were filled with salt water, ruining the soon-to-be-harvested rice crops and the fish supply. Without fresh drinking... Full Article » Survey Says Megachurch Leaders See Themselves as Teachers, Not Pastors - 7/20/2009 81 percent of senior leaders in churches with more than 2,000 attendees view their role as preacher/teacher. That's according to the Leadership Network's Large-Church Senior Pastor Survey. Only 16 percent see themselves as a pastor, shepherd or spiri... Full Article » Soccer Group Tells Brazil’s Superstars ’Keep God Out of Football’ - 7/19/2009 The soccer world's governing body has sparked controversy after disciplining the Brazilian team for overt displays of Christianity during a match. Stars including Real Madrid forward Kaka and captain Lucio recently revealed T-shirts with slogans such... Full Article » Campus Crusade Web Sites Win Over One Million to Christ in June - 7/18/2009 The ministry reports 1,030,581 people indicated either a first-time decision or a recommitment during the month. That's through more than 90 affiliated web sites. On an average day, sites like Jesus2020.com get 150,000 visitors. Campus Crusade estima... Full Article » Jewish Reporter Moved By Genuine Christian Fellowship - 7/18/2009 In the "Jerusalem Post," journalist Michael Freund exhorts the Jewish community to embrace Christians as true friends. Freund recalled his reception at Pat Robertson's CBN station in Virginia Beach a week earlier. Anchorwoman Wendy Griffith folded he... Full Article » Indian Government Compensates Victims Of Anti-Christian Violence - 7/17/2009 India Home Minister Chidambaram is staying true to his promise. The government has begun distributing funds to victims of last year's anti-Christian violence. India has disbursed around $10.5 million in assistance among 35 families who were affected ... Full Article » Homeless to Voice New Audio Bible - 7/17/2009 Authors Michael and Hayley DiMarco are out to give the Bible a fresh, authentic voice, and raise awareness of a growing social problem. The husband-and-wife team will be traveling around 10,000 miles to record the entire New Testament using homeless ... Full Article » Ousted Honduran president stirs things up - 7/16/2009 The deposed president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, is calling for an "insurrection" so he can return to power. Acording to Zelaya "when faced with a usurping government and a coup-supporting military", insurrection is a democratic right. The word is o... Full Article » Rock Church Pastor Secretly Transferred to Re-education Through Labor Camp - 7/15/2009 On June 29, Pastor Dou Shaowen was secretly transferred to Shifo Re-education Through Labor Center in Zhengzhou city, Henan province. Pastor Dou was first arrested on June 14 when government officials raided and forcibly abolished and sealed Rock Chu... Full Article » 8 Arrested in Xinjiang House Church Raid - 7/14/2009 A House Church in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has been raided and 8 Christians were arrested by Chinese officials. Due to the riots that erupted on July 5, in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, ChinaAid has had difficul... Full Article » The Church in Burma is Growing Despite Obstacles - 7/14/2009 Devastating cyclones, bitter ethnic wars, and human rights abuses have all had a part in contributing to the poverty and spiritual darkness that characterizes Mynamar, which was formerly known as Burma. Despite this opposition, the church in Burma is... Full Article » FRANCES HUNTER PASSED AWAY TODAY - May 8, 1916 - July 14, 2009 - 7/14/2009 Frances Eileen Hunter was born May 8, 1916 in a small town in Illinois at a whopping 2 pounds, placed in a shoe box and not expected to live for an hour much less 93 years. She is survived by her spouse of 39 years, Charles Hunter (88). Together, the... Full Article » Chinese Authorities Ignore Pro Christian Report and Turn To Persecution - 7/13/2009 A prominent Chinese scholar has suggested the government offer legal standing to house church Christians, but authorities have reacted with raids, arrests and forced church closures . Scholar Yu Jianrong has concluded house churches are a positive in... Full Article » Homelessness Prevention Officer Fired Over God Advice - 7/13/2009 Duke Amachree was suspended in January after working for local government in London for almost 18 years. He advised a terminally ill homeless woman he was helping to put her faith in God. But Wandsworth Council does not believe in markeplace ministry... Full Article » Paula White Returns to Without Walls - 7/13/2009 Evangelist Paula White has returning to lead the charismatic megachurch she and her now ex-husband, Randy White, founded 18 years ago. Paula White recently began her role as senior pastor of Without Walls International Church. Her first service paid ... Full Article » Iran Interrupts Christian Satellite Channel - 7/11/2009 As the Iranian government cracks down on communication modes following its disputed presidential election, Christian satellite channels have been among its victims. A restriction affecting cell phone and satellite signals is intended to stop citizen... Full Article » School Officials Hope to Restore Balance, Include Religious Expression - 7/11/2009 School officials in Spencer, Iowa, have proposed a policy that would offer students elective classes on the Bible and on arguments against the theory of evolution. Officials there are concerned public education has "gone too far" in excluding religio... Full Article » Religious Censors at Virginia Jail Remove References to God from Incoming Mail - 7/11/2009 Prison Fellowship and other groups are demanding Rappahannock Regional Jail stop editing out spiritual content. They’ve contacted Jail Superintendent Joseph Higgs, detailing the altering of correspondence from Anna Williams to her son, who was an in... Full Article » Jon Rivers Explains Why He Disappeared from K-LOVE Radio - 7/10/2009 We realize that we have not given you much detail about all that has been happening with us, and that our quick exit from the K-LOVE Morning Show left many confused. Sherry, Lexi, and I have been on quite a journey the past few months. All of the har... Full Article » Presiding Bishop of Episcopal Church Calls Individual Salvation Heresy - 7/10/2009 The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church calls the idea individuals can be right with God a great Western heresy. Katherine Schori believes it is behind many problems facing the church and society at large. Speaking at the triennial meeting of th... Full Article » Court Orders Pro-Life Pharmacists to Violate Their Conscience - 7/10/2009 A federal appeals court ruled recently pharmacists cannot refuse to dispense the Plan B pill. That's even if they're personally opposed to the "morning after" contraceptive on religious grounds. But two pharmcists involved in the case can still follo... Full Article » British Lords Back Free Speech Protection in ‘Hate Crimes’ Law - 7/10/2009 Peers voted by 186 to 133 to keep the protection in place. The matter will go back to the House of Commons where Members of Parliament voted for repeal. The protection clarifies that criticising or discouraging homosexual conduct is not a crime. Seve... Full Article » Life Education Program OK in Schools Until Pro-Life Links Revealed - 7/10/2009 New South Wales education officials were happy with a life education program until an Australian newspaper spilled the beans. "The Sydney Morning Herald" revealed "The Wonder of Life" had links, through its creator, with the pro-life movement. Now Br... Full Article » Marketplace Ministry in the World of Car Repair - 7/10/2009 Kip Bynum used to be a telecom executive. Now he's owner of the local Christian Brothers Automotive in Saint Louis. Every morning he starts the day with prayer for his company's guidance and his customers' blessings. Bynum does not really look at it... Full Article » RECONCILIATION' BUT NOT JUSTICE IN PAKISTAN - 7/9/2009 Sharia Law does not allow a Christian to testify against a Muslim. As this becomes the official policy - or even just the common practice - Muslims discover they can terrorise and pillage Christians with impunity. Then intolerance and violent persecu... Full Article » Karen Christians among victims in Burma/Myanmar attacks - 7/9/2009 Escalated violence in rural Burma/Myanmar has resulted in a growing number of displaced Karen people, a tribal group that is 60 percent Christian. Despite the world's largest resettlement program, Thailand's refugee population -- numbering more than ... Full Article » Well Known Christian Musician Opens "Healing Home" for Special Needs Orphans in China - 7/9/2009 Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife have recently opened a "healing home" for orphans in China who have special needs. The building is six stories high, and 60,000 square feet. The facility is slated to staff 190 nurses and nannies, with 128 beds avai... Full Article » Medical needs open doors for outreach in Haiti - 7/7/2009 The story of Haiti is heavy and depressing, particularly in Grand Bassin. Seeing the needs there opens many doors for ministry. The average wage is under $3 a day, and that makes medical care costs exorbitant. There is no electricity or power lines a... Full Article » International Aid Ceases Operations - 7/7/2009 Michigan-based International Aid (IA) said on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, that it is ceasing operations effective immediately. "While this was a tough decision for all of us who believe in the mission of the organization, we simply do not have the resou... Full Article » MORE CAN BE DONE TO END SEX SLAVERY - 7/7/2009 Women brought to Australia were being forced into prostitution. The women were told they were on contract, and had to repay debts of up to $50,000. "We were made to feel like animals. We were sexually abused, we were dragged, we were hit . It was li... Full Article » Survey Shows How the Faith of America’s Hispanics Has Changed - 7/6/2009 A few years ago the Hispanic population passed African-Americans as the largest minority group in the US. A new survey by The Barna Group indicates Hispanics are assimilating the faith of the Caucasian population faster than anyone would have predict... Full Article » $600 Thousand Pastor Quits Two Months After Installation - 7/5/2009 Although Brad Braxton had said God approved his massive pay package, he has resigned as senior pastor from Manhattan's Riverside Church. Some members complained Braxton was moving Riverside to what they called a conservative style of religious pract... Full Article » Islamic Sharia Law Courts Operating in the UK - 7/5/2009 Twenty-two secret Islamic courts are issuing rulings under strict sharia law in the UK's Midlands. That's according to "The Sunday Mercury," but think tank Civitas says there are at least 85 sharia courts across the country. Some of the rulings, base... Full Article » North Korea Scared of Christian Fax Messages - 7/5/2009 Fearing an email alternative to the Communist world view, North Korea has threatened "very bad" consequences to the sender if the faxes do not stop. Voice of the Martyrs began sending out weekly messages of love and forgiveness after collecting fax n... Full Article » Creationists Reach Out to Teachers with Darwin Bibles - 7/4/2009 Creationists at the National Association of Educator's (NAE) annual meeting are hoping to shift viewpoints and win souls. They're distributing "The Charles Darwin Bible," to commemorate the evolutionist's 200th birthday. It contains information that ... Full Article » Believers Suffer Another Onslaught in Orissa - 7/3/2009 40 to 50 people recently attacked a group of believers in Orissa State, India for refusing to celebrate a Hindu festival. The attackers broke into the Christians' homes and beat them up. When police showed up, they tried to calm the mob. Three believ... Full Article » Man Comes Back to Life On Operating Room Table, Asks Jesus to Let Him Return to His Wife - 7/3/2009 Jim Anderson was dying from a massive heart attack. A balloon catheter was inserted into his artery. He was stabilized and placed on a heart transplant list. But two days later, Jim flat lined. The doctors and nurses did not give up. They shocked Jim... Full Article » Police Share Jesus with Squatters - 7/3/2009 There was no protest from the American Civil Liberties Union. That's because the ministry happened on one of the Fiji Islands in the South Pacific, where local government sees no conflict between church and state. Officers also donated food and cloth... Full Article » Atheist Father's Prayers Answered; Now He's Considering Being a Believer - 7/3/2009 Some are calling the first week of Ava Stinson's life a miracle. She was born three months early in Hamilton, Ontario but the hospital there did not have enough neo-natal beds. Ava was eventually transferred to a hospital in Buffalo, New York despite... Full Article » Australia - COURT REJECTS ISLAMIC SCHOOL PROPOSAL - 7/1/2009 The backers of an Islamic school are considering their options after a court rejected their appeal for the school to be built in Camden. The Land and Environment Court knocked back the Quranic Society's application to build a $19 million school for 9... Full Article » ChinaAid Calls for Prayer and Action on Behalf of Imprisoned Christian Publisher Shi Weihan - 7/1/2009 Most of the books Shi Weihan published were Bibles and Christian books. He distributed them free of charge, because the Chinese government does not permit Bibles to be sold in public bookstores, and there is a great need for them. Concerned believers... Full Article » Rock Church Pastor and Wife Sentenced to One Year of Labor Camp in China's Henan Province - 7/1/2009 Pastor Dou Shaowen and his wife Feng Lu were arrested on June 14, when several dozen officials broke into the church's Sunday worship service. Officials forcibly photographed and videotaped the more than 100 present. Pastor Dou Shaowen is imprisoned ... Full Article » Honduras coup forces duel for leadership - 6/30/2009 The crisis is not only hurting their short-term teams, but it's also hurting their partners on the ground. "The electricity has not been working, there is a curfew in place, and that there are people marching in the street. There's military presence ... Full Article » Growing church in Iran to face persecution - 6/30/2009 Se are seeing the outcome of what we understood for a long time to be the case, which is scholarship and research tells us about 70 percent of the Iranian population are dissatisfied with the Iranian state and would advocate for a more free, freedom ... Full Article » Christian Lawyer Appointed High Court Judge in Pakistan - 6/29/2009 Judge Jamshaid Rehmatullah calls the development a “positive omen” for Pakistani Christians as well as for other religious minorities in that country. His appointment was largely due to the efforts of another Christian, Federal Minister for Minoritie... Full Article » Pro-Life Group Wants Justice Department to Investigate Death Threats, Gets Refusal - 6/28/2009 A pro-life group is asking the Justice Department to review several death threats it has received in the wake of the shooting of late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller. However, Operation Rescue officials say the Obama administration has not r... Full Article » Doctors in the UK Want Right to Talk Faith - 6/28/2009 The British Medical Association conference is expected to hear a message from Christian physicians – staff talking about faith should not be disciplined as long as they handle the issue sensitively. The doctors say recent cases where health workers g... Full Article » Pakistan crisis worsens - 6/27/2009 Another million people have fled their homes in fear. Of the nearly 3 million displaced, "More than 2 million people are out of sight, absorbed into homes with up to 25 people in one room. Many are suffering under 40 degree [104º F] heat with no acce... Full Article » Megachurch Pastor Creflo Dollar Sued - 6/27/2009 Well-known televangelist Creflo Dollar is the target of a new lawsuit. California businessman Devone Lawson filed the suit against the pastor Wednesday. Lawson claims he spent a year working with Dollar's ministry to develop a spiritual text messagin... Full Article » Indian Home Minister Says ‘Sorry’ To Orissa State Christian Riot Victims - 6/27/2009 Indian Home Minister Chidambaram has recently told Christian riot victims in Orissa he is "sorry" for last year's violence. A total of thirty-eight Christians were killed in one district. Many churches in Orissa were burned and thousands of Christian... Full Article » Bible Clubs Return to Tulsa Housing Project - 6/27/2009 The Tulsa Housing Authority has decided to allow Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) back in to teach the Bible. Several weeks ago Youth at Heart, a contractor with the authority, had said the Bible clubs would only be allowed if teachers agreed to lea... Full Article » All 18 House Church Leaders Released in Sichuan - 6/26/2009 The release was apparently due to pressure from many supporters who called the police station after seeing a news release. Thirteen of the leaders served detention for ten days. Five served time for just under two weeks. Thirty people had originally ... Full Article » 'Hate Crimes' passes House, USA Christians targets - 6/25/2009 (Hate Crimes Legislation) will go before the Senate Judiciary Committee soon. Congress, paving the way to conspicuously curtail religious freedom in a country that espouses freedom. The International human rights watchdog International Christian Conc... Full Article » 167 Internally Displaced Pakistani Christian Families Get Relief Goods - 6/25/2009 Sharing Life Ministry Pakistan has distributed relief goods to 167 Christian families who are currently taking refuge in camps in the city of Mardan, after fleeing from the war-torn areas of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Another 100 inter... Full Article » Church Showered with Stones in Northern Israel - 6/25/2009 "The church was crawling with people - the worshipers stood not only inside the church, but also outside, as the building is very small, when suddenly a few young men started throwing stones"Young children were crying, everyone was very frightened." ... Full Article » Unique wheelchairs transform lives - 6/23/2009 A contraption has been transforming the lives of people who cannot walk. It's like seeing someone walk out of the darkness into light. When we bring these to people, some of them crawl across the dust to get into it, and others are carried. And when ... Full Article » Iran violence increasing, Christians are concerned - 6/23/2009 Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard issued a warning to demonstrators that they would face a "revolutionary confrontation" if they continued to protest results of the June 12 presidential vote. It's unclear how many people have died or have been inju... Full Article » Good News in Nepal - 6/23/2009 Despite growing unrest in Nepal, Gospel for Asia missionaries are experiencing God's blessing on their efforts to encourage the Body of Christ. For a long time, GFA Radio listeners were asking for a chance to meet the radio speakers face to face, The... Full Article » Pastor Takes Matters Into His Own Hands - 6/23/2009 When Vic Pentz opens his arms to welcome newcomers, it takes on a different meaning now. That's because the Atlanta pastor recently made a promise from the pulpit to take in any newborn baby brought to the church. The surprise announcement came towar... Full Article » Healings Break Out in Disneyland - 6/22/2009 I went down to see my best friend, Jason Tax, in Los Angeles, just to visit for a week and hang out—and who knows what adventure the Holy Spirit might lead us into. Jay and I love to do street evangelism together. On the way down, I saw a Disneyland ... Full Article » Beijing Church Website Forcibly Shut Down by Government - 6/21/2009 Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau forcibly shut down the website of Shouwang Christian Church of Beijing at 10:45 a.m. on April 13, 2009. Church members say that government authorities have never concluded that their house church is an illegal... Full Article » Thousands of Christians Share Gospel in Mexico - 6/20/2009 Some 6,000 young Christians recently invaded the streets and parks of Oaxaca, Mexico, to pray and share the gospel with its people. They shared their faith one-on-one and prayed for the sick, and also spent time praying for the city. "Either the chur... Full Article » Desperation in Burma: children orphaned by Cyclone Nargis take refuge in the jungle from violence - 6/20/2009 Orphaned by a devastating cyclone in 2008, thousands of children in Burma (Myanmar) are now engaged in a deadly game of hide and seek with Burmese soldiers. "The army attacks the mountain villages, shooting the inhabitants as they run for their lives... Full Article » NEPAL – Extremists Warn Believers - 6/19/2009 The Voice of the Martyrs received a copy of a letter from the Nepal Defense Fund (NDF), threatening to bomb 10 Christian homes in Nepal if believers did not leave in 30 days, according. The letter published in a local newspaper, warned that these Chr... Full Article » In war-torn Pakistan, host families risk their own displacement - 6/17/2009 U.S. economic crisis forcing many families deeper into poverty. Families who were already struggling now find themselves left with few options. - Some 15 years after the Rwandan Genocide, forgiveness prevails - Fathers find a helping hand through Wor... Full Article » T. D. Jakes Was "Guided" Away from Home Explosion - 6/16/2009 Recently a natural gas explosion damaged the home of pastor T.D. Jakes. No one was hurt. The pastor of The Potter's House says he would have been getting dressed near the blast had he not suddenly had the feeling he should call off a planned meeting.... Full Article » Survey Says: Children Who Attend Sunday School Are More Likely to Question Scripture - 6/16/2009 Ken Ham, of Answers in Genesis, finds today's 20 to 29 year-olds with a Sunday School background are more likely to leave the church, defend the legality of same-sex marriage and abortion, and condone premarital sex. He says the problem started when ... Full Article » The Passing of Dr. Kelley Varner - Service Details - 6/15/2009 Dr. Kelley Varner has stepped into another dimension. We will be releasing the details of the service tomorrow. To all of those who have called and prayed we say thank you. The Varner Family Full Article » Christians threatened; start radio stations - 6/14/2009 Hindu extremists in Nepal have threatened to use 1 million bombs against Christians in the country unless they stop sharing the Gospel and leave, "God had given some of our partners vision to do radio in the country. Currently, the stations are test ... Full Article » Thai man's crops and faith thrive - 6/14/2009 Ten years ago, Shua, a Christian man from Thailand, and his village were deeply impoverished. They had barely enough crops to eat, let alone make a profit. However, FARMS International came into their area and began to help Shua’s family, church and ... Full Article » Promise Keepers No Longer for Men Only, Seeks to Include Women - 6/13/2009 Promise Keepers is broadening the focus of its stadium event this year to reach out to women, the poor and Jewish believers. For the first time in the history of the 19 year-old men's ministry, women will be invited to a Promise Keepers meeting. Acco... Full Article » Ruse About Holocaust Museum Gunman Being a Conservative Christian Backfires - 6/12/2009 Mainstream media voices who jumped on the opportunity to label James von Brunn a conservative Christian now have to admit they were wrong. The online ravings of the man who killed a guard at the holocaust Museum prove he hated Christians. Von Brunn b... Full Article » Britain Tightens Leash on Homeschoolers, Is It Going the Way of Germany? - 6/11/2009 Under new rules, officials are allowed to enter private homes to interview children, without parents present, on “quality of education.” A parent who doesn't impress authorities could face criminal penalties. There's also talk of a program called "E... Full Article » Chinese Christian Given Six Year Sentence for Printing and Giving Away Bibles - 6/11/2009 Shi Weihan's family is asking for prayers for wisdom following his recent conviction. Although the Chinese government brags about printing Bibles, the 38 year-old house church man was found guilty of related "crimes." His wife isn't sure whether fili... Full Article » Crystal Cathedral Founder Passes Ministry Baton - 6/11/2009 Robert Schuller has named a permanent replacement for his son, who headed the Crystal Cathedral until apparently pressured out because of a difference in vision. The televangelist's oldest daughter, Shelia Coleman, takes his place. Schuller's son, al... Full Article » Christian Business Leaders Find Silver Lining In Dark Clouds of Economic Uncertainty - 6/10/2009 With Congress spending nearly a trillion dollars to stimulate the economy, many people have lost hope. Often ignored in this negative chorus is a gathering cloud of witnesses: Christian business executives and entrepreneurs whose companies are prospe... Full Article » Business Strategy for Missions - 6/10/2009 Interest is growing in marketplace missions. It's a strategy that dates back to the apostle Paul and other tentmaker missionaries in the Old Testament. Even William Carey, a well-known missionary from the 1800s, incorporated business. Although a prof... Full Article » Hare Krishma Group Hopes to Place One Million Hindu Holy Books in Hotels and Motels - 6/9/2009 Organizers were supposedly inspired by the example of the Gideons. The project got a big boost after manning a booth at a convention for the Asian American Hotel Owners Association. One volunteer distributor says close to 60 percent of economy guest ... Full Article » Public Housing Project Risks Lawsuit Because It Chases Out Children's Ministry - 6/9/2009 The public housing projects in Tulsa, Oklahoma have told Child Evangelism Fellowship it is no longer welcome if it continues to evangelize children. That goes in the face of a 2001 Supreme Court ruling granting religious groups the same rights to mee... Full Article » Underground Church Growing in Muslim-Dominated Indonesia - 6/9/2009 The tsunami-ravaged coast of Indonesia is experiencing a wave of conversions and healings. The country has an official policy of religious tolerance, but in Muslim-dominated areas Christians face open hostility and persecution. Sumatra is one of the... Full Article » Pakistan Christian Leaders Call for an End to Islamic Tax - 6/8/2009 How would you like to be forced to pay a tax to support a faith other than your own? That's what Christians are facing in an area of Pakistan on the Afghan border. Those unable or unwilling to pay the "Jizia" have a few days left to move. Earlier thi... Full Article » Christian Rocker Brings Church to Japanese Nightclub - 6/8/2009 Raised on rock band KISS, became a Christian at age 20, interned at Calvary Chapel and pioneered church in a nightclub – that's the story of Marre Ishii. Many of his church members are employed at the “Kick Back Café,” which he owns. Ishii testifies ... Full Article » Planting Churches Along the Subway Line - 6/8/2009 Greater Europe Mission hopes to plant nine more churches along Stockholm's red subway line. A house church has already begun in Varberg, one of ten stops on the line. Missionary Forrest Hendricks says he's inspired by the planting of 12 thousand hou... Full Article » Americans Are Exploring New Ways of Experiencing God - 6/8/2009 Americans are in a new age of exploration, deploying new approaches to marriage, communications, sexuality, education, and more. According to results from a new nationwide survey by The Barna Group, the “and more” includes how people pursue their fai... Full Article » ICC Orphanage in Burma Attacked by Burmese Government Forces - 6/6/2009 Burmese government forces have attacked two internally displaced people's camps along the Thai border in a heightened effort to defeat the Karen. That's according to International Christian Concern (ICC), which reports at least 400 people were shelte... Full Article » Philadelphia Police Sued for Badgering Preacher - 6/6/2009 Michael Marcavage says police have violated his first, fourth, fifth and fourteenth amendment rights. So far, officials haven't commented to the media. Marcavage routinely ministers where his message is often rebuffed, such as at gay pride events and... Full Article » 400 Students Shock ACLU Censors by Reciting the Lord's Prayer - 6/6/2009 Nearly 400 seniors at a Florida high school stood up in protest against the ACLU recently and recited the Lord’s Prayer during graduation ceremony. Many of the students also painted crosses on their graduation caps to make a statement of faith. The A... Full Article » Alternate Lifestyle Group Incensed Gay Marriage Law "Discriminates" Against Polygamists - 6/6/2009 The expectation that polygamists, and those with other sexual proclivities, would use the same civil rights and equality arguments used by homosexuals seeking "marriage" rights has been predicted for years. It's called the "slippery slope" argument. ... Full Article » Mighty Healings Invade Southern India at Chiropractor's Redemption Festival - 6/6/2009 One of our team members had a vision of the area around the city being closed as a box of oppression. That's according to Dr. Pete Sulack, who says as the vision unfolded, the hand of Jesus come out of heaven, unlocking and opening the box. The chiro... Full Article » Senator Threatens Filibuster of 'Pedophile Protection Act' - 6/5/2009 Jim DeMint, of South Carolina, is the first US senator to announce opposition to the bill. The proposal, called the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, has already passed the House 249-175. But analysts contend it would designat... Full Article » UN Report Says Pro-Life Laws Constitute Violence Against Women - 6/5/2009 A new UN report states criminal sanctions against all forms of abortions and contraception constitute an act of violence against women. The UK’s Society for the Protection of Unborn Children calls it an extreme pro-abortion/anti-family report. The do... Full Article » Churches Learn to Live Without the Building - 6/5/2009 When Barry Diamond first told fellow ministers his Las Vegas church was preparing to leave its 12,000-square-foot rental space in April and worship instead in members' homes, they warned him he was "committing ministry suicide." But Pastor Diamond an... Full Article » 'Ten Commandments Judge' Makes Run for Governor - 6/4/2009 During his kickoff speech Roy Moore criticized the government's refusal to acknowledge God. The Republican candidate also called for social and economic reform, objecting to federal power that intrudes into private business. Moore has been leading t... Full Article » Obama Says to Take Pride in Being Gay - 6/4/2009 Barack Obama has issued a proclamation declaring June to be ‘Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.’ He upset pro-family advocates in January when he expressed a plan to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, implemented by President Clint... Full Article » Convert to Aetheism Gets Converted Again – to Christianity - 6/4/2009 Former atheist A.N. Wilson has slowly emerged from the closet as a believer again. The renowned journalist and biographer, who was raised in the church of England and who had once considered himself a believer, had a conversion to atheism 20 years ... Full Article » 'Jesus' T-Shirt Becomes Factor in 'Hate Crimes' Argument - 6/4/2009 Christians protesting a plan to impose a "hate crimes" law on citizens of the United States say they're already experiencing what life under that law would be like. That's because government is targeting them for a message on their T-shirts: "Truth i... Full Article » Court: Mom Can Read Son's Favorite Book As Long as It's Not the Bible - 6/4/2009 The family of a Pennsylvania kindergartener who was a victim of classroom intolerance has gotten no help from the courts. A recent ruling said Principal Thomas Cook acted correctly in keeping Donna Busch from reading her son's favorite book to the c... Full Article » ORU Debt Under $1Million - 6/4/2009 Once more than $50 million in debt, Oral Roberts University now owes less than $1 million. A recent gift-matching campaign raised $22 million from more than 15,000 donors. The contributions were matched with $24,280,001 from the trustees, bringing th... Full Article » US Evangelicals Pessimistic about Christianity in America - 6/4/2009 Evangelical leaders are very bullish on the future growth of Christianity, but not in America. That's according to National Association of Evangelicals president Leith Anderson, reflecting on the latest Evangelical Leaders Survey. Expectations for gr... Full Article » Pentecost ‘Flashmob’ Worship Stuns Portsmouth - 6/4/2009 Stunned passers-by watched as worshippers performed an impromptu, ‘flashmob’ act of worship in Guildhall Square. 50 Christians suddenly appeared for the 5-minute event to mark Pentecost. At a pre-arranged signal, worshippers took off their shoes and ... Full Article » London Flooded with Prayer during Pentecost Weekend - 6/3/2009 Christians across London flooded the city with prayers during Pentecost weekend with a series of events that's hoped will help turn the tide of a country in crisis. On Saturday morning Christians gathered outside Westminster Abbey for a prayer servic... Full Article » Women imprisoned for their faith in Iran - 6/3/2009 Their only crime is that they are committed Christians who follow the teachings of Jesus," Farsi Christian News Network explained. "They are being unfairly labeled as 'anti government activists' because of the hostility of the government towards prac... Full Article » New leader rumored in North Korea - 6/3/2009 A new day may be coming to North Korea, and Christians are hopeful. According to unconfirmed reports, North Korean President Kim Jong Il's third son may be tapped to be the next leader of the rogue nation. "To me it indicates that Kim Jong Il is real... Full Article » 'A Festival God would come to' - 6/3/2009 For the second year running the Pentecost Festival took the Christian message to more than a hundred outreach events throughout London last week May 26-31, in venues ranging from nightclubs, pubs, theatres, cafes and even a boat. We wanted to provide... Full Article » Lebanon: pivotal elections spotlight Christians - 6/3/2009 The election results will reveal the degree to which revolutionary Shi'ite Iran is ascendant in the region. Whilst it will be a close contest, opinion polls have the Hezballah-led March 8 Alliance in front. In the event of an election victory, Hezbal... Full Article » Aloha Islam Day? Hawaii Decision Faces Backlash - 6/1/2009 Hawaii's decision to have a special "Islam Day" is now causing a backlash. The State Legislature recently passed a resolution, designating September 24th as a day to foster awareness of and education about Islam. Already some main-landers have sent e... Full Article » Global Day of Prayer Leader: The UK Must Wake Up - 6/1/2009 The convener of the Global Day of Prayer London has delivered a tough call to Christians in the UK to wake up and take an uncompromising stand for their faith. Jonathan Oloyede warned of the threat posed by ungodly legislation being passed by Parliam... Full Article » Pepsi Distributor Ends Arrangement with Christian Charity, Reverses Decision the Same Day - 5/31/2009 The Wytheville Pepsico Distribution Center recently announced it was ending its donations to God's Pit Crew. WSET-TV was intially told the reason was because 'God" was in the name of the disaster relief organization. Less than an hour after the story... Full Article » Journalist Says God's Presence in Iranian Prison Gave Her Strenth to Take Back False Confession - 5/31/2009 Roxana Saberi is a graduate of an Evangelical Lutheran college, but perhaps she learned the most about God while imprisoned in Iran. It's not totally clear why Roxana was arrested, but she confessed to being a spy so her parents would know her wherea... Full Article » Actor Says God Led Him to Speak at Graduation - 5/31/2009 Actor and Christian Stephen Baldwin says he felt God led him to speak at Trinity Christian Academy’s graduation in Branson, Missouri. Baldwin’s spiritual journey started when his housekeeper told him it was prophesied to her in Brazil that she would... Full Article » Thousands of Englishmen Report Not Being Promoted Because of Their Faith - 5/31/2009 The first poll of Britain's churchgoers, carried out for "The Sunday Telegraph," found thousands believe they are being turned down for promotion because of their faith. The Archbishop of York has urged Christians to "wake up" and defend their belief... Full Article » San Diego County Backs Down on House Church Controversy - 5/30/2009 A San Diego county code officer who threatened a house church was right about one thing – things would get ugly if it did not shut down. A barrage of emails and phone calls have kept officials hopping. The house church is now free to meet and County... Full Article » Notre Dame Arrests Challenge Two Supreme Court Decisions - 5/30/2009 It all goes back to two decisions that have been on the books for years. In 1946, the Court decided when a private institution opens its grounds to the public, its right to curb free speech is limited. In 1886, justices ruled selectively arresting in... Full Article » Young Earth Creationist Dumped as State School Board Chairman - 5/30/2009 It may have been a case of too much diversity for the Texas Senate. State school board chairman Don McElroy was accused of not listening to experts in the shaping of science curriculum standards. Despite his influence, the board did away with a provi... Full Article » Jack Hayford Will Not Seek Second Term as Foursquare President - 5/30/2009 Hayford made the announcement during Foursquare's annual convention in Anaheim, California. The 74 year-old pastor is founder of The Church on the Way in Van Nuys. Hayford said there were no negative reasons for his withdrawal, and that he will remai... Full Article » Archbishop of Canterbury Recommends Aetheist Author - 5/30/2009 Reading Philip Pullman can help people to understand theology. That's according to Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Williams says he disagrees with Pullman's atheistic view. But he recently praised the author's search for some way o... Full Article » Courageous Congressmen Rebel Against Pelosi - 5/28/2009 May 21, a piece of historic legislation was introduced by a courageous, bipartisan group of lawmakers. Thirty-five members of the House of Representatives co-sponsored a bill that would define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. In an era dev... Full Article » Canadian Media Can't Ignore the Increase of Christianity in Canada - 5/28/2009 The growth and power of the evangelical movement is a fascinating part of Canada's current fabric. the movement is so pronounced in Canadian society—with evangelical Christians experience double digit growth—that a Global TV documentary narrated by K... Full Article » Andrew Palau Festival to Bring Hope and Healing During Rwanda's 15-Year Genocide Remembrance - 5/28/2009 Still recovering from the 1994 genocide that killed an estimated 1 million people in 100 days, more than 350 churches in Rwanda's capital city invited Andrew Palau to bring his message of hope and Good News where the need is great. The festival is fu... Full Article » The Miraculous Story of Vanderbilt Student Who Defied a 1-in-8 Million Prognosis - 5/27/2009 After suffering two strokes requiring brain surgery early in her undergraduate career at Vanderbilt due to a rare kidney disease, Kelly Finan's kidneys failed. 60-year-old Dan Romano had awakened one morning with an inexplicable, "uncontrollable call... Full Article » Missionary Works to Give Cambodia Hope - 5/27/2009 Cambodia has been growing rapidly over the past few years, but remains one of the poorest countries in Asia. Studies show that aside from creating more jobs for the rural population, improvement in agricultural is needed. A Christian agriculturist is... Full Article » Vicar of Baghdad: 'Fighting for Peace in the Middle East Not Just One Problem, But Many' - 5/27/2009 "The reality is that the Middle East does not have just one problem. Those who think that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will solve all the problems in the region are very wrong." "The conflict which caused havoc in Algeria had nothing to d... Full Article » Countdown for 'Cape Town 2010' Now in its Late Stages - 5/27/2009 Planning is now in the late stages for the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, an historic gathering of evangelical leaders known as 'Cape Town 2010', to be held in South Africa in October 2010. Founded by Billy Graham and John Stott, Th... Full Article » Salvation Army Aplogizes to Prostitutes After Fund Raiser Threatened - 5/25/2009 The Salvation Army has apologized to sex workers for its newspaper ad focusing on a prostitute the ministry helped. It told the story of a male sex worker named "Rick," who is now living a new life thanks to requested intervention. Prostitutes had b... Full Article » Church Of Scotland Upholds Gay Minister's Appointment - 5/25/2009 Reverend Scott Rennie claims his homosexuality is not contradicted by scripture. The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland apparently agreed by a 326 to 267 vote. Over five thousand church members had petitioned to overturn his appointment to an... Full Article » Pastor: Take Something Out of the Offering Plate If You Need It - 5/25/2009 Cross Timbers Community Church in Texas is a megachurch that emphasizes money, specifically giving it away to those in need. When finances were down, Pastor Toby Slough took a reverse offering. That's where you put something in if the Lord leads and ... Full Article » Police Clash with Campus Evangelists - 5/24/2009 A ministry event at a community college in Ohio has resulted in four members being arrested, one on a felony assault charge that the ministry's leader claims is fabricated. It all began when a team of students arrived at Sinclair Community College wi... Full Article » San Diego County Declares War on House Church - 5/23/2009 A pastor and his wife were interrogated by a county official and warned of escalating fines if they continue to hold Bible studies in their home. The questions included: "Do you have a regular weekly meeting in your home? Do you sing? Do you say 'am... Full Article » Evangelicals Urge Church of Scotland to Back the Ministry of Gay People - 5/23/2009 Church of Scotland founder John Knox would be "spinning in his grave" if such a thing were possible. 11 organizations, some of which claim ties to evangelicalism, are urging the denomination to back the ministry of gay people. This is happening at th... Full Article » Messianic Jews Petition High Court to Immigrate Under Law Of Return - 5/23/2009 Three Messianic Jews are petitioning the High Court of Justice to allow them to immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return. John Christopher from California and Nina and Kevin Ayres, from the UK, accuse the Israeli government of discrimination. In a... Full Article » Son of Aimee Semple McPherson Dies at 96, Led His Mother's Four Square Denomination - 5/23/2009 Rolf McPherson was one of the few surviving witnesses of the early days of the Pentecostal movement. After his mother's death in 1944, McPherson, then 31, took over the ministries she founded including the International Church of the Foursquare Gospe... Full Article » Law 'Will Force Churches to Employ Gay Staff' - 5/22/2009 A bill in the UK Parliament rules out discernment in church hiring practices. Under existing legislation, certain unspecified religious positions are excluded from gay rights protection. But the Equalities Bill narrows this down to only those who lea... Full Article » Missions Strategist Ralph Winter Dies at Age 84 - 5/22/2009 Ralph Winter died at his home in Pasadena, California, surrounded by his wife, three of his four daughters, and other loved ones. Winter was in the middle of radiation treatments and had grown extremely weak. He's widely recognized as one of the key ... Full Article » Christian Millionaire Offers $20,000 for Ten Commandments - 5/22/2009 Quick! List the Ten Commandments in order! You've got 20 seconds! Did you stumble already? A self-made millionaire believes Christians in America should be able to recite them. So Darrel Rundus is offering a prize of $20,000 that will be given to som... Full Article » America's Poor Are Its Most Generous Givers - 5/22/2009 Ever hear the saying: If you need something done, ask a busy person? Data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics supports a related concept -- If you're facing a financial need, ask a poor person for help. It turns out the lowest income groups are th... Full Article » Retired General Stands by Bible Verse Decision - 5/20/2009 The military official responsible for including Bible verses on the covers of intelligence briefings says he doesn't regret making the decision to do so. General Glen Shaffer says the reports were prepared for a group of 12 to 20 senior Pentagon offi... Full Article » Crisis in Zimbabwe - Campus Crusade responds -- see dramatic video - 5/20/2009 Our Zimbabwe relief team is on-site right now and reports: 5.1 million people are on the verge of facing serious starvation . . . There is no food . . . [We] turned away six orphanages that last week came to the office for food. We didn't have anyth... Full Article » Oklahoma Legislature Honors Oral Roberts - 5/19/2009 The Oklahoma State Senate unanimously adopted a concurrent resolution May 7 honoring the life of veteran healing evangelist Oral Roberts. "I'm almost overwhelmed at this great honor that you chose me to come here today to honor my life, I'm 91 years ... Full Article » Aetheists Are Losing Their Children to Godliness - 5/18/2009 Militant atheism may be on the warpath in the English-speaking world, but recently its promoters had to face some embarrassing news. According to a study by the Pew Forum on Faith and Public Life, about 54 per cent of those reared in unaffiliated hou... Full Article » Dubai: A Spiritual Oasis - 5/18/2009 Religious persecution is often a way of life for Christians in the Middle East. But in one Muslim country, Christians are experiencing unusual favor from the government. Dubai is one of seven states that make up the United Arab Emirates. It's also ho... Full Article » Congressmen Look Back to Founding Fathers, Draft Spiritual Heritage Resolution - 5/17/2009 Ignoring revisionist historians who read today's "politically correct" interpretations into America's founding, 25 Democrats and Republicans are referencing John Adams, Ben Franklin and others. House Resolution 387 designates the first week of May, A... Full Article » Indian Christians Celebrate Early Election Results - 5/17/2009 The latest trends show the Congress party claiming a near majority in the 545-seat lower house of Parliament. This means Manmohan Singh is expected to remain Prime Minister for the next 5 years. For the Christian community, the elections are critical... Full Article » Nearly One Million Turn to Christ in Rodney Howard-Browne’s 'Great Awakening' Tour - 5/16/2009 After years of evangelism by preaching to large crowds, Rodney Howard-Browne has switched to a new strategy. The cost of the old method was getting prohibitive – over $2 million for a six-week event at Madison Square Garden. Although Howard-Browne s... Full Article » Gallup Poll: Majority of US Pro-Life - 5/16/2009 It is the first time a majority of US adults have labeled themselves pro-life since Gallup began asking the question in 1995. Of those polled, 51% say they are pro-life, while 42% are pro-choice. According to Gallup, half of Americans called themselv... Full Article » Dobson: 'There's Utter Evil Coming Out of Congress' - 5/15/2009 Some call it the Pedophile Protection Act. HR1913/SB909 has been described as a bill to create penalties against victims who were chosen based on an actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. An attempted amendment to exclude pedophil... Full Article » Brazilian Government Seeks to Remove "Homophobic" Christian Programming from Daytime TV - 5/15/2009 The Brazilian government is considering adding warning labels to Christian programming it regards as "homophobic." The programs would display a warning that reads, "not recommended for people under the age of 18." According to Brazil's Secretary of J... Full Article » Single Mom Refuses to Sell Her Soul for $271,366.01 - 5/15/2009 Behind in rent and facing eviction, struggling single mom Lynita Regis could not believe her eyes when she went to the ATM. It said her balance was $271,366.01. Lynita started mentally spending the cash on a new car, bills, or on her friends. But the... Full Article » BBC Names Muslim as Head of Religion Unit - 5/15/2009 For the first time, the BBC, the world’s largest broadcaster, has appointed a Muslim to head the religious programming unit. Aaqil Ahmed, who has been serving as an executive at another channel, was named to the post earlier this week. British Christ... Full Article » Land of New Beginnings: A Louisiana Prison - 5/15/2009 At the end of a lonely stretch of Highway 66 sits Angola prison, once known as the bloodiest penitentiary in America. It is home to some 5,000 murderers, rapists, and other violent criminals. Nowadays, inmates and prison officials see Angola much dif... Full Article » Urgent humanitarian need as Christians are caught in the crossfire of Sri Lanka`s civil war, drought and persecution - 5/14/2009 "More than 50,000 civilians, including many Christians, are trapped in the crossfire between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels (LTTE). The Christians of Sri Lanka are also suffering persecution and natural disaster." In a major offensive launc... Full Article » Christians: trapped and displaced by war - 5/14/2009 North Vietnamese , the (PLO) and Balkan Islamists all used PsyOps to their advantage. Al-Qaeda (and its affiliates), the Taliban, Hezballah, Hamas, MILF (Moro jihadists, South Philippines) and LTTE (Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka) all wage war this way. The... Full Article » Businessman-Turned-Evangelist Believes Revival Is Coming to U.S. - 5/14/2009 David Turner has seen the deaf receive their hearing and the blind gain their sight at crusades across India, Mexico and Malaysia. But the Phoenix-based businessman-turned evangelist believes a revival of miracles will soon hit the U.S. "God is about... Full Article » Newly Discovered "Message in a Bottle" Records the Lives of Six Christians and a Jew in Auschwitz - 5/13/2009 They were trying to leave some trace of their existence behind. Workers demolishing the wall of a building outside the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp last week, found a message in a bottle written by prisoners 65 years ago that hints at what happened ... Full Article » CHINA PREDICTED TO BE A CHRISTIAN NATION WITHIN 10 YEARS - 5/13/2009 Jonathan Shibley, Vice President of Global Advance says there has been substantial growth in the number of Christians in China, especially in Chinese business circles and predicts that within ten years China could become a Christian country. "All of ... Full Article » 200,000 MEN ATTEND CONFERENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA - 5/13/2009 Two hundred thousand men, 3.5 million square meters of camping area, 1.2 tons of grass cut and baled, and eight kilometres of underground water pipelines installed to supply 333,000 litres of water an hour for the showers. These are the statistics su... Full Article » Pakistan faces refugee crisis - 5/12/2009 As Pakistan continues its press on the Taliban, thousands are fleeing the Swat Valley. It's hot, overcrowded, and there are inadequate sanitation facilities as well as a lack of electricity. Add to that: diseases and a lack of medical help, and the s... Full Article » Scientific Proof that a Spiritual Dimension Exists? - 5/12/2009 "One of quantum physics' crazier notions is that two particles seem to communicate with each other instantly, even when they're billions of miles apart...A series of recent mind-bending laboratory experiments has given scientists an unprecedented pee... Full Article » Answer to Prayer -- Laws of Physics Apparently Suspended to Avoid Killer Accident - 5/11/2009 So much energy going straight forward would not allow the truck to swerve into the left lane if Roger Henry had tried. The jack-knifing tractor trailer would have taken out the black sedan plus several other vehicles. But no screeching sound of steel... Full Article » Many Churchgoers and Faith Leaders Struggle to Define Spiritual Maturity - 5/11/2009 America may possess the world’s largest infrastructure for nurturing human spirituality. But a new study identifies an underlying reason why there is little progress in helping people develop spiritually. Many churchgoers and clergy struggle to expr... Full Article » Jail Evicts Keyes Against His Will - 5/10/2009 An unknown person has bailed former presidential candidate Alan Keyes out of jail. Keyes was arrested recently at the University of Notre Dame along with 21 others, on charges of trespassing while they were protesting against Barack Obama's abortion ... Full Article » Criminal Complaint About to be Filed Against Pope for Possession of Stolen Property - 5/9/2009 Baruch Marzel and Itamar Ben-Gvir claim Pope Benedict XVI has been hiding artifacts from the 70 AD plundering of the Jerusalem Temple in the Vatican basement. They are sure that includes the seven-branched golden menorah. They say the Pope may also b... Full Article » Queen's Trinity Cross Medal Scrapped... Because It's 'Too Christian' - 5/9/2009 A medal personally established by Queen Elizabeth has been replaced to avoid offending Muslims and Hindus. The Trinity Cross Medal has been awarded to 62 distinguished residents of the former colony of Trinidad and Tobago over a more than 40-year sp... Full Article » Declaration of Repentance and Reconcilation for Tiananmen Square Anniversary - 5/9/2009 80 Chinese Christian leaders are calling for forgiveness, repentance, truth, justice and reconciliation as the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square masssacre approaches. Most of the signers of the Declaration of Repentance and Reconciliation suff... Full Article » African American Who Ran for President Arrested Over Pro-Life Walk - 5/8/2009 Former ambassador Alan Keyes was jailed for acting on his belief that civil rights should extend to unborn children. Notre Dame University considers him and other demonstrators trespassers. The university has come under criticism for inviting Barack ... Full Article » Afghan Bibles Confiscated by US Military - 5/8/2009 Bibles sent to a soldier serving in Afghanistan by his home church are creating a stir. They were printed in two Afghan languages with hope of distribution to the people. A military chaplain says the intention was good-hearted but not the way to go, ... Full Article » Missionary Testing Flying Car - 5/8/2009 Where are those flying cars that science fiction promised for the 21st century? Huaorani Indians may soon be riding in them in the Amazon basin. Missionary Steve Saint is testing the Maverick, which looks like a dune buggy with a propeller in back an... Full Article » North Carolina Company Uses Profit to Provide Clean Water in Africa - 5/8/2009 Every 15 seconds a person dies from a water-related disease. One in every six people lives without consistent access to safe drinking water. And more than one third of the world's population lacks proper sanitation. It's statistics like these that mo... Full Article » Indian State Court Rebukes Lower Court Judge; Affirms Dalit Rights - 5/7/2009 An appeals court overturned a lower court ruling stating that a Dalit man had no reputation to be ruined. The appeals court disagreed, declaring that a person's dignity is not determined by his wealth. The appeals court ruling amounted to declaring t... Full Article » Nepal Crisis Threatens New Freedoms - 5/7/2009 The people of Nepal have endured decades of political upheaval. They are now asking Christians to join them in praying that the political situation stabilizes in their country. "Nepal needs an absolute miracle," "Right now we have a high emergency, ... Full Article » God Has Pushed a Great Big Reset Button - 5/6/2009 What we are experiencing is so much more than an economic recession. I'm sure you feel the daily convulsions that are rocking our world. Change is hitting America right between the eyes. Everything that can be shaken is being shaken—from banks and in... Full Article » Looks Like No National Day of Prayer Celebration in the White House This Year - 5/4/2009 According to "U.S. News & World Report," the White House said it will issue a National Day of Prayer proclamation but will stop short of holding an official White House event. A schedule released by the White House shows Barack Obama is only expected... Full Article » List of Nations with Worst Religious Tolerance Grows - 5/4/2009 The two newest additions are Iraq and Nigeria. Iraq was added because of severe abuses against minorities and the government’s tolerance of violence, particularly against groups including Christians. Nigeria was recommended because of evidence of the... Full Article » New Zealand Church Reaches Backpackers - 5/2/2009 Jesus said to go into all the world and preach the Gospel. But what do you do when all the world is coming to you? A church in New Zealand is answering that question by reaching out to backpackers. Thousands of young people come to the country every ... Full Article » Doctors Face Orders To 'Kill On Demand' - 5/2/2009 Montana could become the kind of state suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian would really appreciate. A District Court judge has ruled doctors must kill a patient who requests death. Certain other states have an opt out provision for physicians with moral ob... Full Article » Arabic Christian TV Pushes Women's Rights in the Middle East - 5/2/2009 It began as a Masters degree thesis and has developed into a series of 26 documentaries. SAT-7 executive producer Juliana Sfeir knows what she's talking about. Sfeir has faced gender-related injustices herself. The Christian network will be spotlig... Full Article » Night Clubs and Street Chaplains – a Late Night City Ministry Making a Difference - 5/2/2009 It’s 3 AM and Black Betty’s nightclub is winding down. People around and inside are drunk and noisy. Street chaplains walking past notice a girl crying. One of the chaplains, a middle aged mom in her own right goes up to the girl, gives her a hug and... Full Article » Study: High School Teachers Influence Students' Evolution, Creationist Views - 5/2/2009 It's no wonder non-Christian educators are so scared of creationism. A new study by the University of Minnesota shows students exposed to creationism -- in some cases alongside evolution -- are more likely to believe in creationism than those exposed... Full Article » Congregation Leaves the Building to Become a Community of House Churches - 5/2/2009 The church began as First Southern Baptist of La Habra in 1952. Now it's known as The Well. It once boasted 700 people, but numbers dwindled to 15 or 20 by late 2003. Pastors came and went. Questions like "What next?" or "What went wrong?" popped up... Full Article » Kennedy Brings 'Hate Crimes' into Senate to Match House Plan - 5/1/2009 The bill would provide federal money to train law enforcement officers to identify and criminally prosecute speech and thought offensive to homosexuals. Critics fear it will be used to crack down on Biblical teachings. Pastors, Christians and mission... Full Article » Brazilian President Seeks to "Criminalize Words and Acts Offensive to Homosexuality" - 5/1/2009 For several years President Luiz Lula has tried to pass a "homophobia law" that would make it a crime to criticize homosexual behavior. Although he has failed so far, in many cases Brazilian courts already enforce existing laws as if they prohibit su... Full Article » Governor Crist Supports Jesus License Plates - 5/1/2009 A governor named "Crist" is taking a firm stand about the face of Jesus appearing on vehicle license plates in his state. Florida Republican Charlie Crist says he would not veto legislation creating a specialty tag featuring artwork of the Son of God... Full Article » Missions Specialist: China Could Be Christian Country in a Decade - 5/1/2009 Jonathan Shibley, of Global Advance, reports big growth in the number of Christians, especially in business circles. He says hundreds, if not thousands, of small business fellowships meet within major corporations and homes. According to Shibley, the... Full Article » IRAQ - Three Christians Killed, Two Others Wounded in Kirkuk, Iraq - 5/1/2009 On April 26, three Christians were killed and two others wounded in Kirkuk, Iraq. Local police in southern Kirkuk told CNN that attackers slit the throats of a Christian woman and her daughter-in-law, killing them both. Meanwhile in a nearby neighbor... Full Article » Pro-Family Group Urges Action Against Hate Crimes Bill - 4/28/2009 American Family Association is urging Christians to contact their representatives to oppose a bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes under federal hate crimes law. The bill would inhibit pastors fr... Full Article » Hundreds Protest North Korea Human Rights Abuses at Capitol Hill Rally - 4/28/2009 Hundreds were expected to gather on Capitol Hill today to rally for an end to human rights abuses in North Korea, where millions have died of starvation in the last decade and some 200,000 political prisoners are languishing in labor camps. "North Ko... Full Article » Pastor Says God Approves His Pay Package Thought to Total $600 Thousand - 4/27/2009 Some parishioners at New York's Riverside Church sued, hoping to prevent the installation of the highly paid Brad Braxton. But the judge did not interfere. One of his defenders says Braxton is only making $450 thousand. The new pastor is a former pr... Full Article » Creation Institute Sues Texas Education Agency, Claiming Discrimination - 4/27/2009 The federal suit claims the school's graduate degree program was rejected because it does not teach science from an "evolution-only" viewpoint. The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) has also filed a state suit against the Texas Higher Education C... Full Article » Member of Parliament Under Investigation for Threat to Miss California - 4/27/2009 British police are investigating MP Alan Duncan for saying he would kill Miss California for being homophobic. Carrie Prejean was asked during the Miss USA pageant what she thought about the legalization of gay marriage. She replied the idea went aga... Full Article » Evangelistic Festival Attracts 160,000 People in Honduras - 4/27/2009 As many as 160,000 people heard the Gospel message recently in Honduras. American evangelist Mike Silva and his team coupled messages of hope and salvation with visible acts of kindness. A medical team provided more than 1,000 exams and procedures ra... Full Article » Obama Honored With Blasphemous Painting in Union Square - 4/26/2009 On his 100th day in office, Barack Obama will be "crowned" in messianic imagery at New York City's Union Square. Artist Michael D'Antuono's painting "The Truth" – featuring Obama with his arms outstretched and wearing a crown of thorns upon his head ... Full Article » US Senator Addresses Senate, Receives Petition for Chinese Prisoner - 4/25/2009 The fight for Chinese freedom of conscience prisoner Gao Zhisheng has been kicked up a notch. Over 50 thousand people have signed a petition calling for information on his whereabouts and for his release. Gao was kidnapped in China in early February ... Full Article » Security Arrests Street Preacher Outside CNN, He Files Lawsuit - 4/24/2009 The pastor says a CNN security guard assaulted, falsely imprisoned and harassed him all because of his religious expression. Dick Christensen was among a group spreading the Gospel, holding religious banners and passing out Christian literature. When... Full Article » 'How Hate Crimes Laws Forced Me into Exile' - 4/24/2009 Family activist Julio Severo reports he was forced to flee Brazil after being charged with "homophobia" for statements about the nation's "Gay" Parade. Severo says his homeland regulates what biblical principles can be preached and bans scriptures th... Full Article » Christians Defend Miss California - 4/24/2009 Miss California Carrie Prejean was honored with an invitation to appear on the Dove Awards Show after a stressful incident at the Miss USA pageant. Her question in the closing moments of the competition had to do with gay marriage. Carrie truthfully ... Full Article » State Threatens Locals: Marry 'Gays' – or Else - 4/24/2009 Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is warning county recorders' offices that workers must process "marriage" licenses for same-sex couples or face possible charges. But Miller himself may wind up in court, trying to fight Iowa Code 146.1. That's where... Full Article » Pro-Family Leaders Say Hate Crimes Bill Threatens Religious Freedom - 4/22/2009 Pro-family groups warn that a hate crimes bill that goes before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday could silence Christian opposition to homosexuality and jeopardize religious freedom. The so-called hate crimes bill will lay the legal foundat... Full Article » Pulling India’s Children from the Fiery Furnace - 4/22/2009 Last December some children in the north Indian state of Orissa watched Hindu militants burn their fathers to death. Today these kids have found a refuge. More than 150 boys in matching uniforms stood in neat rows on the tile floor of their prayer ch... Full Article » Woman Miraculously Unharmed After being Shot in the Head - 4/22/2009 Tammy Sexton "shocked deputies when they found her alert and coherent after being shot in the head by her husband. The bullet completely passed through her brain. It entered at the middle of her forehead and exited from the back of her head. It's one... Full Article » UN racism conference off to a rocky start - 4/21/2009 "There are significant concerns raised about the fairness of this conference, dubbed "Durban II." "The conference itself is going to be approving the statements that were made at the last conference in Durban in which Arab countries linked Israel's p... Full Article » Nick Vujicic talks to the Arabic-speaking world via TV joined by Joni Eareckson Tada - 4/21/2009 Nick Vujicic, 25, was born in Australia without any arms or legs, yet his vision to reach the world for Christ despite his physical handicap, took another huge step forward on Monday, April 20, 2009) when he took questions from around the globe from ... Full Article » Sunday Adelaja Marks 15 Years in Ministry Despite Controversy - 4/20/2009 Prominent Ukraine pastor Sunday Adelaja marked 15 years in ministry this month, drawing thousands to his Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God in Kiev. The government has accused him of involvement in a company that promised up to 60% returns, then s... Full Article » State Prosecutor Asks For 7-Year Prison Sentence For Cuban Pastor - 4/19/2009 A prosecutor has requested a seven-year prison sentence for Pastor Omar Gude Pérez. He is charged with “illicit economic activity and falsification of documents.” But those close to him believe Pérez is being targeted because of his religious activit... Full Article » Muslim Hired to Run Church's Youth Programs - 4/19/2009 A Mississippi church that really believes in diversity has hired a Muslim to run its youth programs. Farzana Hassan's official title at the Unitarian congregation in Mississauga is director of spiritual exploration. Reverend Jeff Brown says it's prob... Full Article » Indoctrinating Our Toddlers with Secularism - 4/19/2009 Babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers are set to become agents of change under new federal government guidelines in Australia. At least that's the way the "Melbourne Herald Sun" is describing it. The proposal sounds reminscent of John Dewey, a secular ... Full Article » Young Christians Take on European Missions - 4/18/2009 European society has been called post-modern and post-Christian. Some even say it's the new dark continent. Recently more than 3,000 young people from 40 European nations met in Germany to explore ways to bring new life to the continent. One of the b... Full Article » Church Affiliated University Covers Up Name of Jesus to Appease White House - 4/17/2009 Several Christian leaders are expressing outrage after a symbol of Jesus' name over a Georgetown University stage was covered. It was for a speech by Barack Obama. What appears to have been a panel of black-painted plywood blocked the letters IHS. Th... Full Article » ORU Receives $1M Donation; Drops Debt from $55M to $2.5M - 4/17/2009 Just one day after its president-elect said the school would be debt-free “very soon,” Oral Roberts University received a $1 million donation from one of its trustees. Michael Armand Hammer and his wife, Dru, gave the money to the school’s Whole Pers... Full Article » Texas Christian University Reconsider Housing for Gay Students - 4/17/2009 What seemed like a done deal is now under review. Chancellor Victor Boschini says officials will assess whether the concept of housing residential students based on themes supports the academic mission of the institution. Eight students had committed... Full Article » Hong Kong Christens an Ark of Biblical Proportions - 4/17/2009 Three billionaire brothers in Hong Kong have just completed a full-size replica of Noah's ark. Middle brother and ark champion Thomas Kwok insisted it be constructed according to biblical specs. The hull is 450 feet long. 67 pairs of fiberglass anima... Full Article » Cambodia one of the highest rates of sex trafficking - Over 24 million in slavery worldwide - 4/14/2009 Human trafficking is at an all-time high across the globe. "We've been able to assess that currently, today, there are more than 24 million people who are being trafficked worldwide." It's hard to be sure of numbers. But there are millions being traf... Full Article » Somali pirates intensify ministry focus - 4/14/2009 The Justice Department is considering whether to take a detained Somali pirate to the U.S., Kenya, or Somalia to face charges. Piracy and hostage-taking carry life sentences under U.S. law. The story has a darker underbelly. Speaking of the pirate wh... Full Article » Christians Fare Well in Queensland Elections Australian Prayer Network - 4/14/2009 Last months Queensland elections saw Labor win a fifth consecutive election in the State and see Anna Bligh become Australia's first elected female Premier. When counting was finalised Labor had won 51 seats in the 89-seat parliament, with the LNP (L... Full Article » Most American Christians Do Not Believe that Satan or the Holy Spirit Exist - 4/13/2009 A new nationwide survey of adults’ spiritual beliefs suggests Americans who consider themselves to be Christian are often mixed-up about their faith. 59% of 'Christians' agreed Satan is not a living being but is a symbol of evil. 58% agreed the Holy ... Full Article » Christians Offer Faith-Based Health Care - 4/13/2009 They call it Siloam. Last year the clinic treated more than 18 thousand people. 79% were from immigrant communities. Founder, Dr David Gregory, got the idea 20 years ago during a Sunday morning service. The staff includes three full-time physicians, ... Full Article » Canadian Believers in a God Down To 71 Percent - 4/12/2009 A new survey shows the number of Canadian believers has dropped to 71% from 84% in 2000. Men did the worst, decreasing from 86% who believe to 63%. Women nearly held steady with a slight drop from 82% to 79%. The largest decline registered for midd... Full Article » Students Fear 'Anti-Religious Indoctrination' - 4/11/2009 Elected student leaders at American River College have adopted a resolution seeking to protect classmates from the anti-religious and political indoctrination of professors. Resolution author George Popko says he plans to present it to the General As... Full Article » State Lawmakers Allow Parents with High School Diploma to Homeschool - 4/11/2009 Homeschool families in North Dakota are happy the legislature has loosened restrictions against them. Although some lawmakers argue more regulation is needed, statistics show student achievement is 30% lower for public school kids than for homeschoo... Full Article » Survey Says: Obama's Plan To Scrap Conscience Protection Extremely Unpopular - 4/11/2009 A survey commissioned by the Christian Medical Association shows 87% of Americans want to let doctors follow their conscience when it comes to controversial procedures. 95% of Christian physicians said they would rather stop practicing medicine than ... Full Article » 'Flash Mob' Worship Event Makes Shopping Center Holy Ground - 4/11/2009 Wikipedia defines flash mob as a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse. Recently a flashmob appeared at a Liverpool Shopping center, taking off their shoes to ... Full Article » Wycliffe Plans to Reach 200 Million People First Time by 2025 - 4/11/2009 Despite a sluggish economy, Wycliffe Bible Translators is planning to go ahead with an ambitious program of language development. That's thanks to recent generous pledges of financial help. The billion-dollar effort is expected to provide literacy an... Full Article » ‘Christian’ College Creates Homosexual Housing - 4/10/2009 According to a report in the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram," Texas Christian University (TCU) plans to open a section of apartments for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and their allies. It will also have two living groups that are designa... Full Article » Randy Clark Developing Advanced Degree Program Involving Theopathic Healing - 4/10/2009 Dr Randy Clark will lead in the development of curriculum for the spiritual and supernatural healing aspects of the degree program at the Theopathic Health and Healing Institute. The Institute is part of Phoenix University School of Theology. The sch... Full Article » Indiana Professor Awarded $150,000 Grant to Study Divine Healing - 4/10/2009 Associate professor Candy Brown says the research helps provide a broader understanding of Pentecostal Christianity, the fastest-growing segment of the church in the US and much of the world. Her research focuses on two divine-healing groups, Global ... Full Article » Expulsion Threatened over Prayer For Sick Teacher - 4/10/2009 A judge has refused to dismiss a case against the College of Alameda, which threatened two students with expulsion. It all stems from an incident in which Kandy Kyriacou prayed for a sick instructor with her consent. Faculty member Derek Piazza walke... Full Article » Rick Warren Backpedals on Proposition 8 Support - 4/10/2009 Well-known pastor Rick Warren recently denied ever endorsing California's Proposition 8 that put a halt to gay marriage. Warren told CNN's Larry King that he "never once" gave an endorsement for the amendment that defined marriage as between one man... Full Article » Adult Stem Cell Breakthrough by Sydney Scientists - 4/10/2009 Most talk of stem cell research to save lives ignores an important point – an embryo has to die. But that's not the case with the news of a recent research breakthrough. A team from the University of New South Wales is using stem cells from adults to... Full Article » 12 Year-Old Quebec Girl Sues Dad for Grounding Her…and Wins - 4/10/2009 A father recently lost an appeal after a lower court ruled he had issued a too severe punishment against his 12 year-old daughter. The case involves a divorced man who says he caught the girl, over whom he had custody, surfing websites he had forbidd... Full Article » Thousands turn up on Memorial night Vigil, “Candles of Hope” for Rwanda - 4/9/2009 Over 25,000 people turned up for the commemoration night vigil at Amahoro National Stadium Tuesday to participate in lighting “Candles of Hope” for Rwanda, 15 years after the Genocide. 10,000 candles were lit on the highly emotional night, in honour ... Full Article » North Korea's defiant missile launch sheds light on intent - 4/9/2009 While North Korea protests innocent motivation behind its long-range rocket launch, the people of North Korea are living a different story. The global public face is different from the one seen inside North Korea's walls. There's a war-like buildup b... Full Article » A ministry to Zimbabwe works smarter - 4/9/2009 Although Zimbabwe's national unity government has launched an ambitious 100-day reform program, a cholera outbreak and mass starvation threatens to derail it. Zimbabweans are desperately short of food, healthcare, clean water, and safe sanitation. T... Full Article » British Member of Parliament Encourages UK Christians to Declare Their Faith - 4/9/2009 A campaign to see 100,000 Christians in the United Kingdom publicly declare their faith online this Easter has received backing from a British Member of Parliament. The 'I am a Christian' campaign launches this week as a direct response to the Nation... Full Article » GFA Worker Perseveres, Sees Fruit Amid Opposition - 4/9/2009 Gospel for Asia-supported worker Jayesh serves Jesus under the watchful eyes of several anti-Christian extremist groups that are active in his area. Yet even this environment has yielded fertile soil for the Good News to take root, and many of the pe... Full Article » Schindler's list discovered in Australian library - 4/7/2009 A find regarding Jewish survivors of the Nazi Holocaust is causing excitement among library workers in Sydney. A list of 801 Jews saved during the Holocaust by German businessman Oskar Schindler, later depicted in a famous movie, were discovered by a... Full Article » Iraqi Christians Face New Wave of Attacks - 4/7/2009 As President Obama made a surprise visit to Iraq today to meet with military and government leaders, Christians in the nation faced what may be a new wave of anti-Christian violence. Four Iraqi Christians were murdered within two days last week. Shab... Full Article » Pro-Life Pharmacists Get Critical Win in 'Conscience Clause' Case - 4/6/2009 An Illinois judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the governor and other state officials. It demands they not enforce a regulation requiring all pharmacies to dispense the "morning after" pill. Judge John Belz found the requirement p... Full Article » Mystery Millonaire Steps in to Fight Children's Adoption by Homosexual Couple - 4/5/2009 The children's mother is a recovering heroin addict. The sibling's grandparents were ruled too old, at ages 46 and 59, to offer a loving home. A social worker wants to place the four year-old girl and five year-old boy with a homosexual couple, even... Full Article » Cell Church Symposium Motivated By ‘Lack of Harvest’ - 4/5/2009 A Baptist Seminary is getting serious about the cell church approach. The doctor of ministry program at Golden Gate Baptist is one of several co-sponsors of the upcoming Cell Church Symposium in Waco, Texas. Organizer Ralph Neighbour says traditiona... Full Article » Project Offers New Start for Prisoners - 4/5/2009 Church and state are teaming up in an English community to discourage released prisoners from returning to crime. Fresh Start-New Beginnings is a community chaplaincy initiative. As inmates from Shrewsbury Prison approach release, the program will he... Full Article » Jon and Sherry Rivers Fans Shocked at Their Abrupt Exit from KLOVE - 4/4/2009 Christian radio listeners are starting their day without the familiar voices of Jon and Sherry Rivers. According to a news release from KLOVE, a listener supported network of over 400 stations, the couple is dealing with family issues. Beyond that, t... Full Article » B. Hussein Obama Wants Pro-Life Doctors and Nurses to Violate Their Consciences - 4/4/2009 B. Hossein Obama's plan to require pro-life doctors to perform abortions, may have the effect of forcing many of the best out of medicine. Health professionals who are only doing it for the money and not because of a calling would be unaffected. Oba... Full Article » ORU Makes Big Progress in Paying Off Debts - 4/4/2009 Oral Roberts University has whittled its debt down to $5.3 million after reporting last year that it was $52.5 million in the hole. And ORU has received more to fuel projects and developments than it has to eliminate debt. According to ORU’s website,... Full Article » Bible Club Attendance at Public High School at Record Level - 4/4/2009 Redbank Valley High School broke a record recently. Nearly half the student body voluntarily attended the Bible Club. Advisor Joe Harmon believes that's the highest attendance for any kind of regular club, meeting at the school. Just a few years ago,... Full Article » Christian Leaders Outraged by Iowa's Gay Marriage Ruling - 4/3/2009 Christian leaders were outraged by the Iowa Supreme Court's unanimous decision today to strike down the state's Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which made Iowa the third state to legalize gay marriage. "Once again a small handful of justices have for... Full Article » Notorious Cambodian Killer Seeks Forgiveness - 4/3/2009 A man standing trial for his role in committing 14,000 murders as part of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime publicly apologized for his crimes Tuesday, asking survivors to "please open a window and let me ask for forgiveness." He said his Chris... Full Article » 97% of Iraqis have satellite TV and 18.8% of those watch SAT-7®! - 4/2/2009 Data just released from a nation-wide study in Iraq found that 97% of the population has access to satellite television and that 18.8%, or 5.3 million people in that country alone (out of an estimated 2008 population of 28 million), watch SAT-7. The ... Full Article » Youth for Christ leads National Liberation Day festivities in Trinidad and Tobago - 4/2/2009 Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago, parading throughout the city with floats, singing praises to God and dancing in the streets. "This is undoubtedly the largest Christian celebration of national and spiritual liberation in the Western Hem... Full Article » Urgent Concern for Health and Safety of Uyghur Christian Prisoner Alimujiang Yimiti - 4/1/2009 Alimujiang Yimiti, who has been imprisoned for his faith and held for more than one year was seen Tuesday morning at Nongsanshi Hospital in Kashgar. His hands bound and being roughly escorted by police and a prison doctor, he cried out to onlookers r... Full Article » Effectiveness of Short-Term Mission Trips is Questioned - 3/31/2009 The youth group mission trip has become a summer fixture for Christian churches around America. They raise support in a variety of ways, then head out to take the gospel to unreached people around the globe. When they return, the kids can't wait to s... Full Article » Earl Paulk Dies After Long Battle With Cancer - 3/30/2009 Former Atlanta megachurch pastor Earl Paulk, who was plagued for decades by sexual scandal, has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 81. Paulk, founder of what is now known as the Cathedral at Chapel Hill, was taken to an Atlanta hospital ... Full Article » Civil Servant Mentions God to Homeless Woman and Gets Suspended - 3/30/2009 Mentioning God to a terminally ill homeless woman can get a civil servant in trouble, even in a country where there is supposedly no separation between church and state. So far, 53 year-old Duke Amachree, of London, has been off the job for two month... Full Article » Worship Leader Draws Unlikely Audience -- New Agers - 3/30/2009 Mary-Kathryn Cunningham had finished a recording in 2005, but sensed God telling her to wait to release it. When she asked God why, He said she had been tending sheep, and it was time to take healing and deliverance to people in the New Age movement.... Full Article » Secret Government Effort Revealed to Put More Muslims in the White House - 3/29/2009 The same people who would be screaming "separation of church and state" if the White House were to try to recruit more Baptists or Church of God people, are silent this time. So far, 45 Muslims have been presented for special consideration. A program... Full Article » Champion of Traditional Christianity Retires as Bishop to Defend Persecuted Christians - 3/29/2009 Dr Michael Nazir-Ali is only 59 and could have stayed for another decade in his position. But he has chosen to devote the rest of his career to working where Christians are in a minority. Dr Nazir-Ali is the Church of England's first and only Asian ... Full Article » State Department Releases Religious Freedom Blacklist - 3/29/2009 The State Department has belatedly released the last religious freedom violator blacklist designated by the Bush administration. It consists of the same eight countries as in 2006 -- Burma, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, the Peoples Republic of China, S... Full Article » Texas Rejects Effort to Require Teaching of Evolution Weaknesses - 3/28/2009 Academic freedom has suffered another blow. The Texas School Board has refused to restore a rule that the strengths and weaknesses of evolution be taught in science class. That effectively stalls the progress of students at the year 1859. Cutting edg... Full Article » UN Committee Approves Defamations of Religion Resolution, Full Vote in Fall - 3/28/2009 It seems that the UN votes on the issue every year. The organization's Human Rights Commission has given its approval to the resolution, which could be used to criminalize Christianity or any religion that publicly disagrees with Islam. The Commiss... Full Article » Survey Says: UK Has "Fuzzy Faith" - 3/28/2009 Britain is one of the least religious nations in Europe. That's according to a major survey by the European Union which shows only 12% of Britons feel they belong to a church, compared with 52% of the French. It also found the UK has one of the high... Full Article » Obama Volunteer Bill Prohibits Religious Instruction and Evangelism - 3/27/2009 The bill’s title is called “Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education” (GIVE). It forms what some are calling “Obama’s Youth Brigade.” The bill would forbid any student in the brigade to participate in engaging in religious instruction, co... Full Article » Jailed Pro-Life Pastor Brings Thugs to Christ - 3/27/2009 A pastor is now behind bars for holding a poster that read, "Jesus loves you and your baby. Let us help you," outside an Oakland abortion clinic. Walter Hoye was charged with unlawful approach and harassment. Hidden camera footage showed accusations ... Full Article » Ex-Wife Accusing Gospel Singer of Assault Declared Not a Credible Witness - 3/27/2009 BeBe Winans spent a short time in a Nashville area jail after Debra Winans accused him of pushing her down in front of the children. It turns out the judge does not find Debra to be a credible witness and has issued a protective order in favor of BeB... Full Article » Small Town Upset Minister Taking in Ex-Con Child Killer - 3/27/2009 Every week, David Pinckney preaches to his congregation about being like Jesus. Now the small-town New Hampshire pastor is discovering not everyone wants to follow through, especially when it comes to forgiveness. Recently Pinckney did the unthinkabl... Full Article » Most Iraqi Viewers of Christian TV Ministry are Muslims - 3/27/2009 A new survey has found around 5.3 million Iraqis, or about 19% of the population, watch the Christian satellite programs on SAT-7. As Iraq’s tiny Christian community numbers less than 600 thousand, it is safe to say that most of SAT-7’s viewers are M... Full Article » A Joy Not Shared - 3/26/2009 Huffing and puffing after their three hour walk to the mountain village, Tanka Biren and Munin Hari were shocked to see the crowd of 600 people waiting for them. God worked in the lives of 60 people who decided to follow Him. Among this group were th... Full Article » Fears of more violence after second Hindu leader killed in Orissa - 3/26/2009 "The murder of a second Hindu fundamentalist leader in Orissa has sparked fears of a fresh wave of violence. The culprits are believed to be Maoist rebels. Around 15 men attacked and shot Prabbhat Panigrahi, a member of a Hindu fundamentalist group. ... Full Article » Assemblies of God missionaries evacuated from Madagascar - 3/24/2009 Assemblies of God World Missions has evacuated its missionaries from troubled Madagascar, an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. Following months of threats and infighting for political position, Madagascar exper... Full Article » Australia - Federal Government Moves To Curb Corporate Executive Greed - 3/24/2009 Treasurer Wayne Swan has moved to cap the level of "golden handshakes" available to departing company directors. The current law allows termination payments to reach up to seven times a director's total annual remuneration package. Mr Swan said the G... Full Article » Nigerian Banker Sets Up Radio Station to Promote Godliness - 3/23/2009 A banking executive in Nigeria has set up a new radio station to renew the moral fiber of the country and promote godliness. That's despite a ban on explicit religious broadcasting. Erastus Akingbola, the Christian CEO of Intercontinental Bank, said ... Full Article » Seed of Faith Planted in ’83 Blossoms into Worship Center to Complement Existing Churches - 3/22/2009 It may easily be mistaken for a mega-church. The Worship Center is a 32 thousand square-foot building that can seat over 12 hundred people. It even has a café and a hospitality room. On the other hand, the Worship Center has no pastor, no Sunday s... Full Article » Somalia, Kenya and the dispersed Somalis - 3/21/2009 Since Ethiopia withdrew its forces in January 2009, virtually all southern Somalia has fallen under the control of a Taliban-style, al-Qaeda-backed Islamic group. Lawlessness, repression and conflict have driven southern Somalia's Christian remnant '... Full Article » 'White-winged Angels' continue to bring 'Home Comforts' to Missionaries in Faraway Places as MAF Takes Delivery of its First KODIAK 100 - 3/21/2009 KODIAK 100 -- what one missionary calls 'White-winged Angels' are the next-generation bush planes. Because the KODIAK 100 can carry nearly twice the cargo of the C206, the amount of medicine, food or disaster relief supplies MAF delivers will dramati... Full Article » Talented Young Man Trades in Planned Medical Career for Miracle Healing Ministry - 3/21/2009 Andres Bisonni had it made until God interrupted his plans with something so much better. The young man who was fast tracking to a professional career had just earned pre-med and other degrees from Baylor University when he returned to his native Ar... Full Article » Khartoum position unclear and unstable - 3/20/2009 Sudan is now pledging not to expel any more aid groups, especially those in Darfur. The UN says they have received reassurances that there were no more expulsions in the pipeline. Khartoum expelled 13 foreign and three local aid groups from operating... Full Article » French Physicist Wins Templeton Religion Prize - 3/20/2009 Bernard d'Espagnat, an 87-year-old French physicist and philosopher of science is the winner of the 2009 Templeton Prize for religion and will receive the $1.42 million prize for his work in quantum physics that shows the limits of knowable science a... Full Article » Nigeria: The Battle for Shari'ah Supremacy - 3/20/2009 In January 2000, Governor Bakura defied the Nigerian Constitution and enacted Shari'ah Law in his state of Zamfara. Other northern and middle-belt Muslim-majority states soon followed and soon all 12 northern states were under Shari'ah Law. In religi... Full Article » Webster's Dictionary Redefines 'Marriage' - 3/18/2009 Noah Webster is figuratively spinning in his grave. Today's Merriam-Webster dictionary has expanded the meaning of marriage to include same sex unions. Webster was a devout Christian and his 1828 dictionary contained the greatest number of Biblical... Full Article » Court Upholds Texas Moment of Silence Law as Constitutional - 3/17/2009 One lawyer remarked, after the decision, that a moment of silence is not a government endorsement of religion just because someone might use the time for prayer. David and Shannon Croft filed suit in 2006, three years after the law went into effect. ... Full Article » Courageous Mother Delays Chemotherapy, Saves Lives of Twins - 3/17/2009 If Rachel Crossland had listened to conventional medical wisdom, she would have aborted her twins in favor of immediate chemotherapy. 19 weeks after Crossland chose life for the babies, Poppy and Saffron were born. Doctors removed a cancerous tumor ... Full Article » Charismatic Churches See Growth and Miracles in Ireland - 3/17/2009 It's a cutting edge approach -- setting up a "Healing" banner across a street and offering prayer. That's what one Vineyard church is doing on both sides of the border dividing the island of Ireland. Reports are coming in of the blind, lame and oth... Full Article » London Police Investigating "Faith Hate" Attack on Christian Minister - 3/16/2009 A Christian minister who has had heated arguments with Muslims on his TV Gospel show has been brutally attacked by three men who ripped off his cross. They also threatened to break his legs if he returned to the studio. Noble Samuel did go back on th... Full Article » Landslide Favors Keeping 'In God We Trust' - 3/16/2009 An MSNBC online poll suggests a landslide of support for keeping the motto "In God We Trust" on US currency. According to the survey, 86% of more than 12 million participants say the motto should not be removed, citing historical and patriotic signif... Full Article » South Korean Taxis Drive Passengers to Christ - 3/16/2009 Come to think of it, cab drivers have a captive audience. One taxi outfit in Korea has 450 drivers sharing the Gospel though personal testimony and Christian radio. The taxi missionaries are driven to evangelize because they see the streets of their ... Full Article » Groundbreaking Producer of Christian Films and TV Passes Away - 3/15/2009 Just one of Dick Ross' films is responsible for up to 650 thousand decisions for Christ. He produced numerous movies for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Ross also created the Oral Roberts prime time specials and Kathryn Kuhlman's weekly ... Full Article » Oops! B. Hossein Obama Reinstates Stem Cell Research Ban Two Days After Lifting It - 3/14/2009 There's good news for prolifers who suffered a setback recently when a new executive order lifted the ban on federal funding for embrionic stem cell research. Two days later B. Hossein Obama signed the 465-page omnibus appropriations bill. Hidden aw... Full Article » Terrorists Lead Man Back to God, But Not Intentionally - 3/14/2009 Few people have escaped from Colombia's notorious FARC terrorists, but American Marc Gonsalves is an exception. Gonsalves said he did not expect to survive captivity in the jungle until he felt God's presence in the midst of his suffering. It happene... Full Article » Activist Judge Overrules Homeschool Mom - 3/13/2009 A North Carolina judge has ordered three children to attend public schools this fall because the homeschooling their mother has provided needs to be "challenged." The children, however, have tested above their grade levels – by as much as two years. ... Full Article » Porn Lawyer Confirmed for Deputy Justice Spot with McCain’s Help - 3/13/2009 David Ogden and John McCain used to be on opposite sides of the issue. McCain had been the chief sponsor of the Children's Internet Protection Act. Ogden had written a brief against it. Yet McCain was one of 11 Republican Senators who recently vote... Full Article » UK Deports Christians Under New Immigration Rules - 3/13/2009 If Don Francisco had said he was a singer, he probably would have gotten through, but because he said ‘gospel singer,' they got him. That's how one Christian leader in London summarized it. Francisco was scheduled to participate in a musical, but it... Full Article » Actor Plays Smith Wigglesworth, David Wilkerson and Other Heroes of the Faith - 3/13/2009 Living a life of miracles and standing up to gang members is all in a day's work for David Robinson. He's an actor who plays heroes of the faith in the UK's Saltmine Theatre Company. Sometimes he even gets to meet real life heroes like Brother Andr... Full Article » Abortion survivor found loving family in Storm Lake, Iowa - 3/13/2009 ‘I started to make sounds and movement and that’s when they stepped in to save me.’ Thirty-one years ago at St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City, Melissa, at 2 pounds, 14 ounces, fought to survive. Nurses were attending to her mother, who had had an ab... Full Article » Franklin Graham Calls on President Obama to Immediately Appoint a Special Envoy to Sudan, Urges President al-Bashir to Allow Aid Groups Back into Darfur - 3/12/2009 Upon his return from Africa, Graham emphasized that "the United States must take the lead in solving the Darfur crisis and the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Su... Full Article » The Word is Preached in Bali - Christ for all Nations - 3/12/2009 I was preaching already at 7.30 AM. 25,000 registered delegates attended. In the evening a massive harvest of souls miracle-healings followed: - A man unable to walk for 4 years was brought by his sister the power of God came over him and completely... Full Article » Todd Bentley Begins Restoration Process as a Newly Remarried Man - 3/9/2009 Just as the Christian world nearly abandoned Jim Bakker in the late 80’s when "The PTL Club" collapsed in scandal, many have rejected Todd Bentley, who was powerfully used in the Lakeland Outpouring until news of his marriage problems became public. ... Full Article » David Wilkerson Prophesies Earth-Shattering Calamity of Judgment Coming to New York - 3/9/2009 David Wilkerson describes it this way -- An earth-shattering calamity is about to happen. His vision is of fires raging through New York City. Wilkerson says other major cities will also be affected. The Teen Challenge founder is urging people to st... Full Article » Baptists Are Grieving After Their Pastor was Gunned Down in Church - 3/9/2009 An Illinois pastor was killed when a gunman entered the church and opened fire during the first of three morning worship services. 45 year-old Fred Winters was senior pastor at First Baptist of Maryville since 1987. 27 year-old Terry Joe Sedlacek is ... Full Article » State Bans Prayer at Christian Institutions - 3/9/2009 A policy that bans Christian schools from offering a prayer over their public address systems, when they host certain athletic events, is up for challenge. Word has been getting out about several private schools facing the restriction from the Illin... Full Article » Revival Spreads from Cell Phone City - 3/9/2009 When people hear of the small town of Nokia, Finland, they're likely to think think one thing -- cell phones. Yes, Nokia is the birth place of the major cell phone giant, but in Finland's religious circles, cell phones take a back seat to the Nokia r... Full Article » Study Proves School Voucher Program Improves Public Schools - 3/8/2009 The benefits of competition in education are clearly established by the evidence. The school voucher program allows parents to use public funds to send their children to the school of their choice, public or private, and has a successful reform. 160,... Full Article » Living Legend Wade Taylor Shares His Heart at Doug Fortune Conference - 3/8/2009 As conference organizer Doug Fortune put it, Wade Taylor has been a blessing “for decades and decades and decades.” But don’t let the length of his life fool you. Taylor’s heart still burns with his first love for Christ, only now it’s stronger tha... Full Article » Raising the Dead: A Doctor Encounters the Supernatural - 3/7/2009 Forty minutes later he was declared dead. After filling out his final report, the supervising cardiologist, Dr. Chauncey Crandall, started out of the room. In a later interview Dr. Crandall explained, "Before I crossed its threshold, however, I sense... Full Article » North Korea: from a glimmer of hope to deepening darkness - a call to pray for - 3/7/2009 In North Korea Christians are regarded as political subversives because their worship of the Lord as God is contrary to the State cult that venerates the Kims as the divine saviours of Korea. For the 'crime' of Christianity, three generations of a fa... Full Article » The Witch Doctor's Daughter - 3/7/2009 Chants and sacrifices were normal events in Leena's world. Her father was a famous witch doctor and diviner. People from the village came to him so that he could perform poojas (symbolic rituals) and pray to their traditional gods for healing. But no... Full Article » Report: US Textbooks 'Whitewash' Islam - 3/6/2009 Students are not getting a realistic picture of radical Islam. And textbook publishers are even promoting the religion in public schools. That's according to experts such as Gilbert Sewall, director of the American Textbook Council. He told Fox News ... Full Article » UN Proposal Would Criminalize Criticism of Islam in the US - 3/5/2009 Muslim nations at the UN are once again pushing a religious "anti-defamation" plan that would bar all criticism of Muhammad and his teaching. The proposal has been repeatedly brought in recent years by the Organization of Islamic Conference states. I... Full Article » Ex-Drug Addict Tackles Bank Robber and Prays for Him - 3/5/2009 When Shawn Miller looked into the eyes of the suspected bank robber he had just tackled, he saw a familiar sight — his own past. Holding the man on the ground as he waited for police to arrive, Miller asked the man if he could pray for him. He agreed... Full Article » ORU Lawsuit Dismissed - 3/4/2009 A Tulsa County judge has dismissed a former Oral Roberts University accountant's lawsuit alleging misspending at the school. Trent Huddleston claimed he was forced to funnel more than $1 billion through unrestricted accounts to benefit former Presid... Full Article » Abortion Worker Arrested, Jailed Following Death of Baby Born Alive During Botched Abortion - 3/4/2009 Belkis Gonzalez has been charged with unlicensed practice of a health care profession, resulting in serious bodily injury, and with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. She faces a minimum penalty of a $1,000 fine and a one-year sentence.... Full Article » Graham Speaks Up for Sudanese President Facing Arrest for Crimes Against Humanity - 3/4/2009 In a shocking statement, American evangelist and relief organization head Franklin Graham says he prefers that Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir remains in power. Graham admits Bashir's involvement in the Darfur genocide and attacks on Souther... Full Article » Judges: Coach Can't Bow Head While Players Pray - 3/4/2009 The US Supreme Court has refused to hear a case involving a high school coach's effort to respect his players' tradition of a moment of prayer before games. That leaves in place an appeals court decision that essentially mandates a school policy that... Full Article » At 11, a ‘Speechless’ Boy but a Confident Preacher - 3/4/2009 The first time Terry Durham preached, he was not in front of a group of people or even inside a church. He was in the bathroom of his grandmother’s home in Fort Lauderdale, delivering his first sermon surrounded by toothbrushes, soap and towels. He w... Full Article » Prayer Warriors Show Up at Local Job Fair to Pray for Employment-Seekers; Hundreds Respond - 3/3/2009 The prayer table was just as busy as any employer's booth represented at the fair. "At one point in time, the line for prayer was longer than any line for jobs". "You can weather a lot of storms if you know somebody cares, particularly if they know t... Full Article » Benin's President Boni Welcomes Mercy Ships - 3/3/2009 President Boni emphasized the contribution Mercy Ships is making to his government's effort in providing better access to health care.He spoke briefly about the "Millennium Challenge." The volunteer crew is projected to impact more than 53,000 lives ... Full Article » Christians Turn To God Over State Of UK - 3/2/2009 “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done” was the prayer of hundreds of Christians who gathered at a London church to cry out to God over the moral and spiritual crisis. All major church groups were represented. The meeting grew out of a previous gather... Full Article » Praying Against Child Sacrifice - 3/2/2009 In the West greed, godlessness and moral corruption have been fueling the abortion industry. In Uganda, Anglican Archbishop Henry Orombi says the same factors contribute to the original form of child sacrifice. Orombi is praying against it. His 40-d... Full Article » China for Christ in Post-Revolution Era - 3/2/2009 They were arrested, tortured and killed for their faith. But now, more than 40 years after the cultural revolution, Chinese Christians are getting bolder about sharing their faith. In different corners of the country, Christian businessmen are openl... Full Article » Paul Harvey, Radio Legend, Dies at 90 - 3/1/2009 Paul Harvey died in Phoenix, Arizona, surrounded by family. At last word, no cause of death was announced. A broadcaster since his teens, Harvey once said he fell in love with words and ran away from home to "join the radio." In recent years, he di... Full Article » Nebraska Appeals Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against God - 3/1/2009 The state Court of Appeals has dismissed former Senator Ernie Chambers’ lawsuit against God. Chambers sued the Almighty to prove the point that everyone has a right to their day in court. Douglas County District Court Judge Marlon Polk threw out the ... Full Article » Chinese Church Leaders: 'Secret Meeting' Not Supported by Gov't Despite Claims - 3/1/2009 The Chinese government did not officially support a meeting between its church body and house church leaders. A London newspaper had reported in January that a “secret meeting” between Chinese officials and house church leaders marked the government’... Full Article » Twin Brothers Share Passion and Faith in God - 3/1/2009 Jake and Josh Flannery go to school together, work together and both plan to attend the same university next fall to study pastoral ministry. The 17 year-old twins even hope to be pastors at the same church someday. Their mother Heidi is in prison. ... Full Article » Virginia Senate Panel Kills Bill Allowing 'Jesus' Prayers - 2/28/2009 Ignoring the freedom of religion of state police chaplains, a Virginia Senate committee has killed legislation that would have restored their right to pray in Jesus' name at public events. Early this year the legislation passed the Virginia House in ... Full Article » Portland Mayor Sam Adams Accepts $100,000 Gift to City from Area Churches - 2/28/2009 As the Oregon unemployment rate moves close to 10 percent, Portland’s 2009 Season of Service seems to have arrived at just the right time. The Season of Service is a collaborative effort between the city, local churches and nonprofit organizations. T... Full Article » Survey: Parents Rely on Personal Experience Over Biblical Guidance - 2/28/2009 Although most parents say they are trying to improve their parenting skills, few look to the Bible or church for guidance. According to a new study by Lifeway Research, 60 % heavily rely on their own experiences growing up, but only one-fifth say the... Full Article » Dobson Resigns as Chairman of Focus on the Family - 2/27/2009 The 72 year-old broadcaster will continue to host his radio program, but perhaps not as frequently. Both Dr. James Dobson and people in the audience were choked up as he announced his resignation at chapel. He said founders of ministries frequently h... Full Article » Fred Price Names Son Pastor - 2/27/2009 Fred Price Jr. says he felt called to the ministry while attending a meeting led by Creflo Dollar. The well-known televangelist is scheduled to speak at the new pastor's installation service. Outgoing pastor Fred Price Sr. founded Crenshaw Christian... Full Article » Salvation Army Snubbed in Overseeing Distribution of Bushfire Appeal Funds - 2/27/2009 Salvation Army officials in Australia are wondering if Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's government is snubbing them because of their Christian values? Or could it be because they were close to previous Prime Minister John Howard? Even though the Salvatio... Full Article » The Living Hell created by the "Lord's Resistance Army" in Sudan - 2/26/2009 Sudan has approximately 1,000,000 orphans at extreme risk to slavery from both the Northern Islamic Sudan Government ("GOS") as well as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) from neighboring Uganda, which the GOS funds. Make Way Partners has the only indi... Full Article » Hope Lives Despite Orissa Dangers - 2/26/2009 Orissa has endured almost constant violence for the past year. Missionary Ojas Ganj can only see out of one eye today. On February 19, four extremists beat him severely, inflicting multiple wounds including an eye injury. This was the second time fan... Full Article » Tony Blair's God Thing - 2/25/2009 He thinks they're important. Sometimes, this lands him in hot water. Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in DC, Britain's former Prime Minister related an amusing anecdote: During a crisis, he wanted to close an address to his nation with "God ... Full Article » My Hope World Evangelism Through Television Ministry turns Living Rooms into Stadiums - 2/25/2009 Since its inception in 2002, the My Hope World Evangelism Through Television Ministry, an evangelistic outreach of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, has been implemented in 44 countries and has seen more than 9.5 million people make commitme... Full Article » Why the British Aren't Boarding the Atheist Bus - 2/25/2009 British atheist Richard Dawkins wants to stamp out Christian faith in England. I'll admit I tend to think of England as a godless country. We've all heard the stories of British churches being turned into mosques. But during my visit I found many enc... Full Article » Most Jewish Israelis Want to Stop Church Growth in Jerusalem - 2/23/2009 A vast majority of Jewish Israelis want their government to bar Christian organizations from buying land to construct new churches in Jerusalem. That's according to a survey conducted by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies and the Jerusalem Ce... Full Article » Iraq's 'Safe Haven' a Refuge from Torture - 2/23/2009 Security conditions in Iraq have improved greatly in recent months. But for Christians living in this war-ravaged nation, life is still very challenging. Since the US-led invasion, dozens of churches have been bombed and many believers killed by radi... Full Article » B. Hossein Obama Wins Popularity Poll Over Jesus - 2/22/2009 It gives new meaning to the phrase "American Idol." B. Hossein Obama’s popularity overwhelms that of Jesus Christ. That's according to a new Harris Poll that shows Americans spontaneously named the politician, who refuses to release his official birt... Full Article » Assemblies of God Quickly Replaces Disgraced Leader - 2/22/2009 The Assemblies of God has named Missouri pastor James Bradford as its new General Secretary. The appointment came roughly a week after the man who previously held the post resigned. John Palmer had confessed to inappropriate interaction with a woman ... Full Article » Teens' Exposure to Christian Music Leads to Suspension, Lawsuit - 2/22/2009 In a lawsuit, Maureen Loya charges Orangewood Children's Home with religious discrimination. It slapped her with a six-week suspension for exposing children to unapproved religious activities. The counselor took four teenage girls on an approved fiel... Full Article » Australian Christians Praying for Rain - 2/22/2009 Although the smoke is beginning to lift over Melbourne, it will take some time before the people here come to grips with the worst wildfires ever to strike their nation. In the wake of the deadly fires, Christians gathered in downtown Melbourne to pr... Full Article » Israeli Publication Kind to Messianics - 2/22/2009 Christian leaders are pleased to learn of a feature-length story that recently appeared in a "Jerusalem Post" publication giving fair treatment to Israel's Messianic community. The minority religious group had been increasingly harassed last year by ... Full Article » Danny Steyne Tells Raleigh to Persevere - 2/21/2009 One of the first things that strikes you about Danny Steyne is his joy. Laughter seems to come easily to him. But when he came to Raleigh, North Carolina recently, it was with a purpose. It had been a year since his last visit to a crowded room wit... Full Article » Oral Roberts Praises ORU Leaders - 2/20/2009 Veteran healing-evangelist Oral Roberts said the university he founded is headed in the right direction under the leadership of board chair Mart Green and his family, whose $70 million gift last year helped save the school from near-financial ruin. "... Full Article » Sharia Law: Tearing the West in Two - 2/20/2009 Sharia, or Islamic law, is gradually working its way into public life in Islamic and non-Islamic nations around the world. What is it and what does sharia mean for Christians and others forced to abide by it? The goal of radical Islamists is to impos... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 2/20/2009 God and the workplace must reconnect - Recession may be jolt that selfish Britain needs - Army chaplain's new creed: ‘We don't believe!' - Italy: Crucifix row teacher barred - China: Persecution to escalate in 2009 - *Sharia law tearing the world in ... Full Article » A 'Valentine's Card From Heaven' And His Battle With Blindness - Cliff Barrows tells of his life - 2/19/2009 She knew she didn't have long and so at Christmas time before she passed away, she wrote a Valentine's Card and gave it to my daughter to mail so it would get to me wherever I was on that day. On Valentine's Day 1995, I walked into the hotel there an... Full Article » Building a Better World - Uganda - Congo - Zambia - Haiti - 2/19/2009 Mothers in Uganda take desperate measures to cope with hunger - Young, vulnerable, and displaced in war-ravaged eastern Congo - Women in Zambia have special vision to help the vulnerable - A grieving mother shares love through child sponsorship - HIV... Full Article » Willow Creek Chicago Pastor Resigns Over 'Sexual Impurity' - 2/18/2009 Willow Creek Community Church's Senior Pastor Bill Hybels has announced the resignation of the head of the church's Chicago campus. The Reverend Steve Wu has left as campus pastor of the Chicago branch of the South Barrington megachurch. The church s... Full Article » Australian Memorial Services Feature Stirring Messages of Faith, Hope and Charity - 2/18/2009 A recent service was supposed to mark a church group's 10th anniversary. A lunch was planned to celebrate. But the brushfire disaster forced the church to cancel the lunch and squeeze the service between deliveries of truck loads of donated clothes a... Full Article » Church Celebrates Black History Month by Recognizing Contributions of White Abolitionists - 2/18/2009 Many African-American churches across the country observe Black History Month with special skits and presentations about their own race. But one black pastor has turned things around by recognizing the contributions of white people during an abolitio... Full Article » Libraries Put Bible on Top Shelf to Placate Muslims - 2/18/2009 Librarians in the UK are being told to move the Bible to the top shelf to avoid giving offense to followers of Islam. Muslims have complained of finding the Koran on lower shelves, saying it should be put above commonplace things. So officials have ... Full Article » Kinglake, Australia Resident says It was a "Miracle" and by the "Grace of God" that He Survived - 2/17/2009 Struggling just to get a breath, Jason began running for a dam near the back of his property. His boss called him on his cell, urging him to use every last ounce of strength to get to the safety of the dam. Staying on the cell phone, Jason—bordering ... Full Article » Australia: A Day in the Life of A Chaplain At The Fire Front - 2/17/2009 I spent a day as a chaplain offering pastoral care to those returning from the mountain having seen their devastated homes and properties for the first time. Much of my time I spent with families with young children. I met Paul outside the relief cen... Full Article » Pat Boone: still going strong after all these years - 2/17/2009 Pat Boone continues to influence and inspire fans, industry newcomers and seasoned veterans alike. A best-selling author, successful entrepreneur, chart-topping recording star, family man and legendary humanitarian, Pat's contribution to the American... Full Article » 'Underground' Project to Deploy Defectors Back to North Korea - 2/16/2009 It’s hard to imagine why someone would want to go back to North Korea after escaping the totalitarian regime that has the world’s worst human rights record. But some Christians are volunteering to return in order to spread the Gospel. For 12 months, ... Full Article » Judge Says Government is Persecuting Him for His Christian Faith - 2/16/2009 A Spanish judge removed from the bench for refusing to approve a homosexual adoption says prosecutors attempted "extortion" against him. Judge Fernando Calamita reports the prosecutor's office repeatedly contacted him through third parties, suggestin... Full Article » Where Does Your State Rank in Religious Belief? - 2/15/2009 Gallup has conducted a telephone poll of US adults, asking the question -- Is religion an important part of your daily life? As one might suspect, states from the "Bible Belt" scored the highest, with 85 percent of Mississippians and 79 percent of Te... Full Article » Congressman Upset Obama Kept Quiet About Religious Rights Offenders - 2/15/2009 In remarks on the House floor, Congressman Frank Wolf criticized the Obama Administration. It was for failing to actively participate in a United Nations review of the human rights records of “four of the worst offenders." Those countries were identi... Full Article » Publisher Recalls Encyclopedia for Being 'Too Christian' - 2/15/2009 The publisher of the "For Dummies" series of books has made a decision that doesn't sound too smart. It's recalling copies of "Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization" for being "too Christian." The books were to have gone on sale this month. It make... Full Article » Senator Says Two Televangelists Have Cooperated Over and Above What Was Asked - 2/14/2009 Joyce Meyer and Benny Hinn are the only two televangelists that have fully cooperated with an investigation scrutinizing four other popular ministries. Meyer and Hinn are now reportedly taking their own action to ensure proper financial standing as n... Full Article » Christians Pray For God's Glory To Come To The UK - 2/14/2009 Hundreds of Christians packed Westminster Chapel recently to pray for God’s glory to return to London and the nation. Pastor Jonathan Oloyede, convener of London's Global Day of Prayer, told believers not to settle for being nominal Christians. Belie... Full Article » Ministry Serving Hungry Under FBI/IRS Investigation - 2/14/2009 The Angel Food Ministries website says the feed the hungry charity is making headlines. That happened big-time recently when the FBI raided their office. According to 2006 tax records, CEO Joe Wingo was paid over two and a half times the average for ... Full Article » The Vatican Claims Darwin's Theory of Evolution Is Compatible With Christianity - 2/14/2009 Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi says that while the Church was hostile to Darwin's theory in the past, the idea of evolution could be traced to Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas. He also cites Pope Pius XII, who called evolution a valid scientifi... Full Article » Pastor Leaves Black Majority Church to Found Multi-Cultural Congregation - 2/14/2009 Jonathan Oloyede is well known for spearheading London's Global Day of Prayer. The Nigerian raised pastor is leaving his comfort zone by stepping away from the city's largest black majority church. He's planting a multi-cultural congregation in Lo... Full Article » School Secretary Threatened After Daughter Mentions Jesus - 2/13/2009 Five year-old Jasmine was recently scolded by her teacher for talking about God and her faith. The girl's mother, Jennie Cain, emailed friends from her home computer, asking for prayer. Somehow officials got wind of it, and now the part-time secreta... Full Article » "Jesus Film" Partnership Reports Nine Million Decisions for Christ - 2/13/2009 It was 1997 when Campus Crusade for Christ first approached the Church of the Nazarene about partnering to show the "Jesus Film" to lost people around the world. The partnership made the Nazarenes the first denomination to base its main evangelism st... Full Article » Study: Moviegoers Prefer Movies with Christian, Biblical Worldviews by Up to 33 to 1 - 2/13/2009 It looks like Hollywood studios are wasting their resources making sex and violence pictures hardly anyone wants to see. According to an annual Movieguide study, the real blockbusters are more wholesome. In general, moviegoers seem to prefer films wi... Full Article » Wildfires in the Outback - 2/12/2009 As the death toll continues to climb from the worst wildfires in Australia’s history, Christian leaders are rushing aid to hundreds of victims left injured or homeless by bushfires that ravaged the southern state of Victoria. Suffering families desp... Full Article » Pro-God buses for London streets - 2/11/2009 Buses adorned with the slogan "There definitely is a God" are from the Christian Party, while the Trinitarian Bible Society chose a Biblical verse. "The Russian Orthodox Church is also preparing bus adverts," The adverts, which are unrelated, come a ... Full Article » OM launching largest ever ministry ship despite credit crunch - 2/11/2009 The Logos Hope has been renovated to have a whole extra ministry deck. exhibition area with videos, interactive displays. The teaching and conference facilities onboard are much better. We can host a whole range of conferences, there's pastor's train... Full Article » Mubi, Nigeria - 350,000 First Night Attendance - 2/11/2009 The first meeting of the Gospel Crusade in Mubi just finished. It was a glorious start. 350,000 people attended tonight! Have a look at the awesome picture. The Word of God and His presence penetrated each and everyone with multitudes repenting of th... Full Article » Tutsi Pastor Facilitates "Searing Moments of Truth" to Imprisoned Hutus to Bring Restoration, Peace to Rwanda - 2/10/2009 Bishop Rucyahana—whose own family was tortured and murdered during the genocide—has witnessed "thousands of searing moments of truth" since 1997. He has ambitious goals: nothing less than a restored, reunified Rwanda at peace with itself." Prison Fel... Full Article » Italy's "Terri Schiavo" Dies Suddenly Thanks to Her Dad and the Country's President - 2/9/2009 Although euthanasia is illegal in Italy, Eluana Englaro died only four days after doctors began a "gradual" reduction in her food and water. Her father, Beppino Englaro, has been fighting for this kind of death for his disabled daughter for years. P... Full Article » School Rejects Parents' Religion After 'Sincerity Test' - 2/9/2009 School board attorney David Cohen played the role of Grand Inquisitor to determine if the faith of a mother and father was real. This is the second time for Ron and Rita Palma, a couple who object to mandatory vaccinations. Cohen asked questions like... Full Article » Christian Woman No Longer Allowed to Be Foster Parent After Muslim Girl Converts - 2/9/2009 The foster mother has been forced out of the farm house she rented to take care of vulnerable teenagers. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, says she did not put pressure on the girl. Social Services did not not object to the teenager a... Full Article » Christian Nursing Home Funding Restored after “Sexual Orientation” Flap - 2/9/2009 A British city council has backed down after it initially stopped funding for a Christian nursing home. Elderly residents, some of them missionaries, had refused to answer questions about their sexuality. Municipal officials then accused Pilgrim Home... Full Article » Coral Ridge Pastor Decision Rides on Church Merger Talks - 2/8/2009 The selection of Billy Graham's grandson as senior pastor of the church founded by D. James Kennedy is still up in the air. Tullian Tchividjian only wants to assume the new duties if Coral Ridge Presbyterian and his current congregation, New City Chu... Full Article » Prime Minister Promises to Help When President Ignores Food and Water Deprived Woman - 2/7/2009 It sounded like the death knell for Eluana Englaro when Italian President Georgio Napolitano refused to sing an emergency order that would have saved her life. Now Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is rushing a bill through the Senate that should help... Full Article » Trained to be Arrested - 2/7/2009 Not many graduations include advice on dealing with the police. But that was practical advice for a group of 29 young people recently graduating from Gospel for Asia's Bible college in Karnataka, India. Because of increasing persecution, it is likely... Full Article » Stimulus Bill Discriminates Against Christians - 2/6/2009 Conservatives say a provision in President Obama's economic stimulus plan could block Christian college students from using campus facilities. The provision also prohibits federal funds from going to religiously affiliated post-secondary schools. Jay... Full Article » Justice Department Nominees Raise Eyebrows - 2/6/2009 Several conservative leaders are voicing concern over three of President Obama's Justice Department picks, claiming their backgrounds show a history of support for pornography, abortion and assisted suicide. Most of the criticism targets David Ogden... Full Article » United Nations' Threat: No More Parental Rights - 2/6/2009 A UN pact bans spankings and homeschooling, if children object. 193 countries have ratified it, but so far the United States hasn't. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been a strong supporter of the pact, and she now has direct control over the ... Full Article » Italy's Communist President Refuses to Allow Young Woman Food and Water - 2/6/2009 President Georgio Napolitano has refused to sign an emergency measure, passed by the government, that would save the life of Eluana Englaro. The young disabled woman has been compared to American Terry Schiavo. Eluana's father is denying her food and... Full Article » Homeschoolers Under Attack in the Granite State - 2/6/2009 New Hampshire will have one of the most restrictive homeschool laws in the country, if state representative Judith Day gets her way. She wants to require all homeschool students to both take a test and submit a portfolio for examination by a "credent... Full Article » Another View of the Crystal Cathedral "Lay-offs" - 2/6/2009 It sounds like the main point of disagreement between veteran televangelist Robert Schuller and his son, also named Robert Schuller, might be about transparency and accountablility. At least that's the take of an "insider" who's been talking to "Chur... Full Article » Prayer Offered in the Marketplace, Shoppers Get New Lives - 2/6/2009 Among the shoppers making their way down the High Road in North Finchley are those seeking a different kind of fulfilment than what the stores can offer. The set-up is modest: a few chairs, a loudspeaker playing praise music and a simple banner with ... Full Article » Victory for British Christian Nurse who Faced being Fired for Offering Prayer - 2/5/2009 The nurse who was suspended for asking a patient whether she would like to be prayed for, has been reinstated. They recognized that Mrs Petrie had been acting in the "best interests of her patients" and that nurses did not have to "set aside their fa... Full Article » The World’s Worst Persecutors - 2/5/2009 The world has become a more dangerous place for Christians. Open Doors USA yesterday released its annual World Watch List naming the 50 countries that are the worst persecutors of Christians. Topping the list for the seventh consecutive year is North... Full Article » Ethiopia Brings Criminal Charges Against Members of Radical Islamic Group - 2/4/2009 Ethiopian officials have brought criminal charges against 18 members of a radical Islamic group known as Kwarej. The 18 organized 80 more militants and provided them with bombs as well as other military hardware, ICC said. The militants were then ins... Full Article » Legendary Gospel Soloist George Beverly Shea Celebrates Century Mark with Friends and Family - 2/3/2009 Private Event in Asheville, N.C. Highlights Singer's Humility, Integral Role in Evangelism over Six Decades. A warm gathering of friends, family and loved ones celebrated the latest achievement of one of Christian music's most beloved ministers Monda... Full Article » Australia: Humanism To Be Taught As A Religion In Victorian Schools - 2/3/2009 Victorian primary school students will soon have religious education lessons taught by people who do not believe in God and say there is "no evidence of any supernatural power". The Humanist Society has developed a curriculum, which the State accredi... Full Article » Nurse Suspended for Offering to Pray - 2/2/2009 Caroline Petrie has been on leave without pay since before Christmas. It all started when she offered to pray for an elderly woman who, it turns out, wasn't interested. Petrie thought that was it, until the patient complained. Will the forces of int... Full Article » After Nearly 500 Years Pope Admits Luther was Right: Salvation is by Faith Alone - 2/1/2009 Disagreement over the doctrine of salvation was at the heart of the Reformation in the 16th century, splitting Christiandom in western Europe. Yet, the pope admitted recently it was biblical to say, as Luther did, that it was the faith of a Christian... Full Article » Markertplace Ministry in the World of Art in Paris - 2/1/2009 The call to mission through art is a new idea for most Christians. Many Frenchmen are not currently ready to directly interact with God’s truth. So, the indirectness of art can be important for mission. Many forms of art can do exactly what Jesus did... Full Article » Fox Steps on Board for 3rd 'Narnia' Movie - 1/31/2009 Fans of Christian author C. S. Lewis can breathe a sigh of relief. 20th Century Fox has stepped in to partner with Walden Media to produce a third "Chronicles of Narnia" movie. A few details still need to be worked out before it's final. If all goe... Full Article » Crystal Cathedral Lays Off Staff, Sells Land, Denies Its Headed to Bankruptcy - 1/30/2009 Robert Schuller founded the Crystal Cathedral on "possibility thinking." Now it appears the possibilities are limited. Recently, the church layed off an unknown number of staff including at least two pastors. It's also trying to sell an office bui... Full Article » Mark Rutland Officially Selected as President of ORU - 1/30/2009 The president of a once-struggling Assemblies of God college that tripled its enrollment and transitioned to become a university has been named the new president of Oral Roberts University. Mark Rutland, who also helped a Florida megachurch reduce a ... Full Article » School in Clear over Teaching Biblical View of Creation - 1/30/2009 A board of studies in Australia has found that Pacific Hills Christian School has met the requirements for teaching the science syllabus, including evolution. The board said it had not substantiated a complaint about how science was taught at the sc... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 1/29/2009 Prayers for 'let down' children - Schoolgirls are being lured into prostitution, MP warns - Christian bus driver protests ‘no God' ads - Turkey: Lawyers move to expand scope of Malatya trial - USA: Obama's search for spiritual home - Gaza: Smuggling ... Full Article » Eye On Palin - 1/29/2009 After months of enduring attacks and harsh criticisms by media, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has launched SarahPAC-a political organization aimed at advancing her values and ideals. America's top priority right now is creating a str... Full Article » 425,000 Attend the Finale in Isokoland - 1/28/2009 Tonight was the climax of the Gospel Crusade in Isokoland, Nigeria. The crowd was 425,000 people hungry to hear the Word of God! After the prayer for salvation we prayed for the crowd to receive the Baptism into the Holy Spirit and the Fire fell. Th... Full Article » Thieves Rape Girl When They Realize Victim is Christian - 1/28/2009 Six unidentified men went on a robbing spree in a rural village in Pakistan and when they realized that one of the households they were robbing was Christian, they gang-raped a 14-year-old girl in front of her parents to violate their faith. "The cri... Full Article » Cholera epidemic overwhelms Zimbabwe - 1/28/2009 World Vision is responding to a devastating cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe that has killed 2,700 people. More than 50,000 children and adults have contracted the normally preventable disease in Africa's worst outbreak in nearly a decade. More than half... Full Article » Pro-life Obama Ad Viewed over 250,000 Times in Three Days - 1/28/2009 "…we do know that our ad is making people stop and think—especially supporters of Barack Obama." A video advertisement being dubbed the "pro-life Obama ad" has been well received by Americans during the week of President Barack Obama's inauguration. ... Full Article » Terrorists Control Large Portions of Pakistani Territory - 1/28/2009 Pakistan tells the rest of the world that they don't allow terrorists to operate. Taliban has consolidated its control in the Swat Valley. "They have banned women from the marketplace, killed dozens of innocent people everyday and left their bodies i... Full Article » Unprecedented Motion Filed by Chinese House Church Leader to Dismiss Chief Justice for Non-Action - 1/27/2009 The wife of Tong Houyong recently filed a motion to dismiss the Chief Justice of Chuanhui District People's Court of Zhoukou on behalf of her husband, Tong Houyong, along with two other Christian men, who were each sentenced to one year for organizin... Full Article » "I’d Rather Have Jesus." - George Beverly Shea as he reaches 100 years of age - 1/27/2009 George Beverly Shea, the singer with the bass-baritone voice who sang at Billy Graham's crusades for almost six decades, will be celebrating his 100th birthday on Sunday, Feb. 1. As incredible as it might seem at his age, Bev Shea, who has done over ... Full Article » Africa Mercy's race against time - 1/27/2009 The clock is ticking for the crew of the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, to prepare the vessel for its next field service to Benin in West Africa. Mercy Ships largest ever vessel is set to leave this Saturday for Ben... Full Article » Prosperity Gospel on Skid Row - 1/26/2009 Some of the high-flying icons of the prosperity gospel have run into financial turbulence. In Fort Worth, Texas, a review board recently ruled that Kenneth Copeland Ministries' $3.6 million jet did not have tax-exempt status. The ruling came after th... Full Article » More Christians Die in Eritrea's Military Detention - 1/25/2009 Two Christians have reportedly died under harsh conditions in Eritrea’s military confinement this month. That brings to three the total known deaths within the past four months. 37 year-old Mogos Kiflom and 42 year-old Mehari Asgedom both died in the... Full Article » New Sex Accusation Against Ted Haggard Surfaces From His Past - 1/24/2009 A member of New Life Church says Ted Haggard took advantage of him sexually one night. The man, in his early 20's, claims he was paid a large sum of money by New Life Church to keep the abuse quiet. Under an agreement with the church he was not suppo... Full Article » Israel Experiencing a Spiritual Awakening Linked to Conflict in Gaza - 1/24/2009 Miracles are taking place daily. People would be amazed at the transformation of the Israeli people. Israel is undergoing an absolute renaissance on a personal and national level. The soldiers seem to have a huge spiritual hunger, and are unified in ... Full Article » Christian Parents Sending Kids to Public School to Avoid Muslim-Dominated Church Schools - 1/24/2009 Christian families are such a rarity in some inner-city British communities that two Church of England schools now cater exclusively to Muslim pupils. Five church schools have become 99 per cent Muslim and in two, every pupil is Muslim. At least one ... Full Article » Evolution Disclaimer Proposed for Mississippi Textbooks - 1/23/2009 A Mississippi lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require textbooks to include a disclaimer describing evolution as a "controversial theory." Representative Gary Chism introduced House Bill 25 earlier this month. The 200-word disclaimer also ad... Full Article » Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church chooses pastor - He's Billy Graham's grandson - 1/22/2009 William Graham Tullian Tchividjian, the grandson of Billy Graham is in line to become the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He will be only the second senior pastor the Fort Lauderdale church has ever had. ... Full Article » Ga. homeless ministry tends their feet, dignity - 1/22/2009 ATLANTA — Bryan Flournoy sits in a downtown church, sipping coffee and taking inventory of his life: He's 33 and homeless. He's a stranger in Atlanta, where a bus dropped him off from California last month. In a few minutes, he'll be hoofing across t... Full Article » Ole/Ozoro, Nigeria - 85,000 people first night - 1/21/2009 Our Gospel Crusade in Delta State/Nigeria, an obscure little place called ISOKOLAND, began tonight. 85,000 people showed up this very first meeting and God's power of mercy and love exploded gloriously. A huge number of people received Jesus as their... Full Article » A New Song in His Heart - 1/20/2009 As a child, Tanvir had to drop out of school and grow up far too quickly. His family depended on it. But today, this young man is a Gospel for Asia missionary who has a joyous song in his heart-and a church of believers he leads in weekly worship and... Full Article » Jesus breaks the power of witchcraft in Burundi - 1/20/2009 Citing Simon Guillebaud and Adri Roos, Joel News says that in Muyinga, a prostitute called Victoria was kidnapped by cannibal witchdoctors who took a bite out of her thigh, but found she 'tasted bitter', and so they didn't eat her. Instead they curse... Full Article » Christian Mom Told Daughter Will Be Taken from Her by Force for Visits with Lesbian - 1/19/2009 Despite a Virginia law that forbids the recognition of same sex unions, Judge William Sharp recognized the former union of Lisa Miller and Janet Jenkins in Vermont. Miller was artificially inseminated during a lesbian relationship with Jenkins. The... Full Article » BBC Radio Host: It's Becoming "Socially Unacceptable" to Be a Christian in Britain - 1/19/2009 Jeremy Vine feels he's unable to talk about his faith on his show because he fears how people would react. He argues that society has become increasingly intolerant of the freedom to express religious views. The 43 year-old broadcaster had a convers... Full Article » Sales for "The Shack" Are Up While Book Industry Slumps - 1/18/2009 A Christian book has been holding the number one spot on a "New York Times" best-sellers list for 33 straight weeks. Recently, Neilson Bookscan reported a 43% growth in sales for "The Shack." It's the story of a man who receives a note from God inv... Full Article » Christian Refuses to Drive Bus Displaying Atheist Ad - 1/17/2009 62 year-old Ron Heather told supervisors at First Bus that the atheist ad was at odds with his Christian faith. Though the bus company reports it tried to find buses without the ads for him to drive, Heather says he's willing to surrender his job on ... Full Article » Supremes Won't Restore Christian Prayer - 1/17/2009 US Supreme Court justices have refused to intervene in a case that seeks to restore Christian references in prayer at city council meetings. The case involved a Fredericksburg, Virginia city councilman who was banned from ending prayers "in Jesus' na... Full Article » A Musical Miracle - 1/16/2009 Every Sunday, while Mina Raj leads worship at her father's church, she is grateful to the Lord for the miracle that allows her to do so. Mina grew up watching her father, a Gospel for Asia missionary, play several musical instruments, and it inspire... Full Article » A ministry sees God's fingerprints on 38 villages in Honduras - 1/16/2009 When launched in Honduras, it was affectionately called the "Rambo Project." There's nothing but good news to share a year later about how effective the fast-moving, high-impact community transformation project turned out to be. Contact with the Gosp... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 1/16/2009 Credit crunch is opportunity to rediscover nation's vision - Prisoners convert to Islam for gang protection - Church told to speak out against racism - Bin Laden tape calls for jihad - Latvia: Anti-government rioting hits Riga - Germany: Evangelical ... Full Article » Mark Rutland Recommended to Lead ORU - 1/15/2009 Mark Rutland is the only candidate scheduled for consideration at ORU's upcoming board meeting. He's currently president of Southeastern University, an Assembly of God school in Lakeland, Florida. The presidential search committee's recommendation c... Full Article » 12 Years of Bondage Broken - 1/13/2009 Amil had been unconscious on the floor for 20 minutes. But the room was loud, filled with the voices of prayer. All the Christians in Gospel for Asia missionary Kijor's church surrounded Amil and asked God to deliver him. For 12 years, he had been at... Full Article » Legal Victory For House Churches In Karnataka - 1/13/2009 Over four months after government authorities closed several house churches in Karnataka, India, the Karnataka High Court said they should reopen and can hold worship services. This followed the action of several pastors and Christian believers from ... Full Article » Mass arrests in Eritrea concern ministry - 1/13/2009 "Eritrea is probably the most-closed country in Africa today." Arrests began in November. By December, "The detention spread northwards, and approximately 100 Christians have been detained, transferred to a military facility, some severely mistreated... Full Article » Kirk Cameron Movie Beats Scarlett Johansson Film at Box Office, Wins Award - 1/12/2009 "Fireproof" was the highest-grossing independent film of 2008 with over $33 million in theater sales. It beat out such movies as "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and "Milk." "Fireproof" explores a firefighter's struggle to save his failing marriage. It was... Full Article » Jill Austin's Death Interrupts a Busy Ministry Schedule - 1/12/2009 Jill Austin’s unexpected death came ahead of several conferences, including Matt Sorger's Prophetic Glory Conference this week. The 60 year-old prophetic minister died after an intestinal problem resulted in two emergency surgeries. Her friend, Patri... Full Article » Christianity Is No Longer Americans’ Default Faith - 1/12/2009 For much of US history, the assumption was that if you were born in America, you would affiliate with the Christian faith. But a new survey shows views have changed. Half of all adults now contend Christianity is just one of many options and a huge m... Full Article » British Christian Care Home Loses Funding Over 'Gay Rights' - 1/11/2009 Pilgrim Homes, a charity that has been caring for older Christians for more than 200 years, has lost thousands of pounds of funding because of its religious beliefs on homosexuality. Brighton City Council wanted the home to ask its residents about th... Full Article » Prophetic Minister Jill Austin Dies After Two Emergency Surgeries - 1/10/2009 Jill Austin passed away at 7:48 PM PST, on Friday January 9, 2009. She had two emergency surgeries in the last week involving her intestines, colon and stomach. Jill Austin has traveled extensively for over 25 years as a national and international co... Full Article » Florida QB Makes 'John 3:16' Hottest Google Search - 1/10/2009 Tim Tebow brought "John 3:16" to the top of the Google Search list when he inscribed the verse on his eye-black for the recent BCS National Championship Game. Tebow ended up leading the Florida Gators to a 24 - 14 victory over the University of Oklah... Full Article » Bible Is Only Book in These Public school Classes - 1/10/2009 High schools in the Augusta, Georgia area say they are finding Bible classes an increasingly popular student option. Eight area schools offer them and more could join the list next year. According to one education official, students who know don't th... Full Article » Jakes New Film Fights for Godly Families - 1/10/2009 Televangelist T.D. Jakes is receiving critical acclaim from secular media for his latest film project. Jakes calls "Not Easily Broken" a realistic depiction of marital strife, which also offers Christ as the solution. Jakes believes the film may been... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 1/9/2009 Ghurkhas decision delay criticised - New Evangelical Alliance leader brings fresh hope - Atheist bus ads say ‘probably no God’ - Israel/Gaza: Gaza’s children in the firing line - Iran: 70,000 Students ready for suicide attacks against Israel - Zimbab... Full Article » India Supreme Court Orders Protection for Orissa Christians - 1/9/2009 The judges are telling officials to provide security for displaced Christians in Orissa and are barring the state from withdrawing security troops without the central government’s permission. A ministry leader working in India reports Orissa authorit... Full Article » Homeschooling Grows Rapidly - 1/9/2009 The US Department of Education estimates homeschooling grew 36% between 2003 and 2007. It estimates 1.5 million homeschooled children, or 2.9% of the school age population in 2007. Parents gave the agency these reasons for homeschooling: negative pee... Full Article » Bills Aim to Block 'Fairness Doctrine' Return - 1/9/2009 Congressional Republicans have introduced new legislation to stop any attempt to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. The Fairness Doctrine was abolished 21 years ago. It required radio and TV stations to offer equal air time to opposing views on issues.... Full Article » From Pearl Harbor to Calvery - 1/8/2009 This is the incredible story of the lead pilot of the December 7, 1941, raid on Pearl Harbor. After the war he was a defeated warrior in Japan. In 1950, Fuchida miraculously came to know Jesus as Saviour through a tract handed to him in Tokyo. The t... Full Article » Gaza pastor gives update from war zone - 1/7/2009 No Christians in Gaza have been injured despite living in hard-hit areas, a pastor there reported to Baptist Press late in the afternoon Jan. 6. Christianity Today, meanwhile, were reporting three Christians have died since the hostilities began in G... Full Article » 15,000 people find Jesus in Finnish Revival - 1/7/2009 In the Finnish town of Nokia, over the past 18 years an estimated 15,000 people have encountered Jesus in the so-called 'Nokia Revival.' According to Joel News International (JNI) the Nokia Revival dates to 1991 when Lutheran vicar Markku Koivisto wa... Full Article » More than Forty Gazans Reported Killed in Blast at UN School - Hamas using school to fire mortars - 1/6/2009 The ongoing conflict in Gaza has exacted the bloodiest toll of civilian lives yet, when the bombing of housing, and United Nations schools being used as refugee centers, killed more than 50 people, including an entire family of seven young children. ... Full Article » Children Traumatized; Palestinian Christians Afraid to Leave Homes in Gaza - 1/6/2009 Describing the chaotic situation in Gaza, one church leader says that while everyone suffers he feels especially bad for the children, who are especially affected. The children wake up several times in the middle of the night; crying or even screami... Full Article » Orissa's Christians Still in Hiding - 1/5/2009 As cold weather grips Orissa state, Christian leaders in India are shocked that there are still believers hiding in forests to escape violence. That's in spite of the presence of thousands of paramilitary forces in the state. They are fearful of a re... Full Article » Pat Robertson: God Says US Will Accept Socialism - 1/4/2009 Pat Robertson has announced God told him Americans would embrace socialism in 2009 in order to relieve their pain. He foresees the economy rebounding, but warns against hyperinflation that would send prices through the roof and the value of the doll... Full Article » Pastor’s Diagnosis Inspires Church Members To Shave Their Heads - 1/4/2009 Central Baptist Church Pastor Tim Coker has always been fond of his perfectly manicured hair. So he became a bit worried when a bout with cancer forced him to shave his head. But some members of the South Carolina church felt his pain and beat him to... Full Article » Christian Contemporary Radio Stations Continue Steady Growth - 1/3/2009 Contemporary Christian radio continued to grow in 2008, adding 28 stations over the past year and more than doubling its numbers from a decade ago. Contemporary Christian is the second most popular format following Country radio. "InsiderRadio" lists... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 1/2/2009 Church of England to debate whether Christians should try to convert Muslims - Spain: Massive pro-family rally in Madrid - Spain: Massive pro-family rally in Madrid - Nigeria: Wife forgives killers of her husband - First native Bible translation for ... Full Article » Aetheists Sue Rick Warren and Others to Stop Inaugural Prayer - 1/2/2009 Atheists are planning to crash the inauguration invocation, claiming the government is choosing between believers and those who do not believe. Michael Newdow is joining Dan Barker in a lawsuit to stop the Presidential Inaugural Committee's sponsorsh... Full Article » Proposal Could End Christian Lawyers' Careers Before They Start - 1/2/2009 The Arizona State Bar is considering requiring new lawyers to swear they won't let their personal religious perspective on homosexuality affect their representation of clients. That means they would have to be willing to represent lesbians who want c... Full Article » Former Bronco's Lineman Kicks Drug Habit, Now in Seminary - 1/2/2009 Matt Lepsis was having a blast - doing drugs, partying and even playing in NFL games while he was high. At teammate Jason Elam's urging, Lepsis decided to ask God for help. He went in a closet at his home and closed the door. Now, instead of helping ... Full Article » Heidi Baker -- Clinging to the Promises and Presence of God - 1/1/2009 Heidi Baker may well have seen more miracles per square mile in Mozambique, than others have observed anywhere else in the world. That includes healings, multiplication of food and resurrections. Heidi's explanation goes back to the often overlooked... Full Article » No Money Left - 12/31/2008 Exhausted missionary Manohar stood in a city far from his home with his wife, Sarita, who was dying. He had managed to get her to a hospital, but there was no money left for treatment. Manohar serves God in a remote village with no medical facilities... Full Article » On an obscure, lonely hill they call Wounded Knee - 12/31/2008 Setting foot on this side walk, I realized that I was standing above the burial ground of more than 160 Lakota men, women and children, thrown naked into a gaping mass grace, covered over with dirt thrown by the men who murdered these innocent Native... Full Article » Pro-Israel Groups Say Self-Defense Motivated Gaza Offensive - 12/30/2008 Israel was forced into launching airstrikes in Gaza last Saturday to defend against Hamas rocket attacks in southern Israel. Hamas is a recognized terrorist group and since January 2008 has launched more than 2,500 rockets and mortar bombs into Israe... Full Article » Israel Pounds Gaza - Christians Caught In Bombings - 12/30/2008 The Gaza Baptist Church building is still standing but has had some of its windows shattered. A police station across from the church building was bombed. The hospitals are overwhelmed with the casualties and are often without power. Some Christian f... Full Article » Ted Haggard Says He's 'Miserable' in New Film - 12/30/2008 An HBO documentary that airs next month follows the disgraced evangelical pastor to Arizona, after he was dismissed from his former church in Colorado amid a drug and sex scandal. He says his homosexual urges stemmed from same-sex sex play in the sev... Full Article » Young Christian Woman and Her Father Imprisoned on "Blasphemy" Charges - 12/29/2008 The 20 year-old Pakistani woman and her father could get at least four years in prison if convicted. Sandul and Gulsher Bibi are charged with violating the country's blasphemy law. The young woman is accused of ripping pages from the Koran. Local Chr... Full Article » Orissa Hindus Joined Christmas Celebration - 12/28/2008 Reports of Christmas being cancelled in Orissa State were greatly exagerated. According to Dr. Sajan George, of the Global Council of Indian Christians, Christmas worship services were conducted peacefully in every church. He reports the diplomatic e... Full Article » Atheist Believes Africa Needs God - 12/28/2008 Now a confirmed atheist, I've become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work of secular NGOs, government projects and international aid efforts. These alone will not do. Educati... Full Article » China Cracks Down on Christians During Christmas Week - 12/27/2008 It was a replay of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," only Red Chinese-style. Officials chose Christmas week to crack down on house churches. In Hunan province, police actually interrupted a nativity play and arrested performers. The government demand... Full Article » Disney Jumps Ship on Third "Narnia" - 12/26/2008 Disney has cited budgetary reasons for not producing "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader." The gross for "Prince Caspian" was down 44% from that of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." But "Caspian" still outperformed many other films. "The series is ... Full Article » Brazilian Court Convicts Homeschooling Family Despite Evidence of Success - 12/26/2008 The civil court has refused to examine David and Jonatas Nunes' outstanding tests results. Teachers have admitted they could not pass the tests themselves. The civil court also refused to consider an assessment showing the children are psychologicall... Full Article » A Third Of Teachers Want Creationism - 12/26/2008 Three in 10 science teachers believe creationism should be taught in science lessons. That's according to a new survey of more than 900 teachers in England and Wales. And 37% of primary and secondary teachers in general believe that the subject shou... Full Article » Family Moves to Crime-Ridden DC Neighborhood to Minister - 12/26/2008 Carlos Williams swore he'd never return his children to Washington, where drug deals, fights and drunks outside his father's apartment used to keep him awake at night. But there they were, Carlos, his wife and their seven children tumbling out of the... Full Article » A Politically Incorrect Christmas in Baghdad - 12/25/2008 Walking the streets of Washington DC leading up to Christmas, I have come across a most interesting phenomenon.. Nowhere, and I mean absolutely nowhere, is Jesus to be found! Well, contrast that to Baghdad. There was a special Christmas Celebration i... Full Article » Kim Clement Makes Top 30 Donor Alert List - 12/23/2008 According to IRS Form 990, Kim Clement was paid over $1 million in compensation in 2006. He had two Cadillacs at his disposal, which were reported as used 100% for business, plus over $65 thousand in auto expenses. Meals and entertainment exceeded $3... Full Article » Businessman Gives Up Fancy Sports Car So He Can Help Impoverished Children - 12/23/2008 Mike Foster has traded his luxury sports car for a 1993 Toyota Camry, allowing him to use the $600 a month savings to help rescue children from poverty. Upping his giving by downgrading his car felt so good that Foster invited friends to do the same ... Full Article » Children Starved to Coerce Mom to Renounce Christ - 12/23/2008 Authorities in Egypt are starving two children, ages 2 and 4, to force their mother to abandon Christianity and return to Islam. That's according to reports from several ministry organizations. Martha Samuel, formerly known as Zainab Said Abdel-Aziz,... Full Article » Muslims Finding Christ Through Dreams - 12/23/2008 Although it takes a back seat to rumors of war, a tsunami of faith is quietly overtaking the Muslim world. Islamic adherents are laying aside their allegiance to Muhammad to follow Jesus Christ. Propelled by dreams, visions and miracles, this wave of... Full Article » European Court Refuses to Intevene to Save Italian "Terri Schiavo" - 12/23/2008 The Strasbourg Court has announced that an appeal lodged by a coalition of pro-life organizations was inadmissible because the groups had no direct legal link with Eluana Englaro. The woman has been in a state of minimal consciousness since a car acc... Full Article » Pharmacy Owners Look to Next Step in Freedom of Conscience Case - 12/23/2008 Pharmacists Luke Vander Bleek and Glenn Kosirog believe requiring druggists to fill "morning after" prescriptions tramples on their freedom of conscience. The effect of the pill has been described as an extremely early term abortion. Recently the Ill... Full Article » Newsweek Lists Nigerian Pentecostal Among World Influencers - 12/23/2008 Church planter Enoch Adeboye is included beside presidents as one of the world’s 50 most powerful people. Redeemed Christian Church of God, which Adeboye has led since 1981, has about 5 million members in 14,000 congregations in Nigeria alone. There ... Full Article » Man Finds A Way Around Ban of Manger Scenes at the Courthouse - 12/23/2008 A man in Lafayette, Indiana has loaded up Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus in the back of his pickup truck to create what's being called a mobile manager. He's upset because nativity scenes are banned on county property, so during the Christmas Season he ... Full Article » Focus on the Family Promotes Mormon Glenn Beck - 12/23/2008 The Friday, December 19th edition of "CitizenLink" included an interview with Glenn Beck, who is moving his TV show from CNN to FoxNews. It promoted his partly biographical/partly fictional book, "The Christmas Sweater." The third paragraph talked ab... Full Article » Registered Chinese Church Demolished a Day After Court Victory - 12/23/2008 It seems to be a case of powerful businessmen pressuring government officials. The Chengnan Christian Church had just won a court case protecting its building against attackers. Less than 24 hours later, the structure was demolished by a crowd of clo... Full Article » Gospel Message Stays on New York Public Highway - 12/23/2008 A Christian businessman has won a partial court victory. Transportation officials had told Daniel Burritt to remove his truck, painted with Gospel messages and visible from the highway, from his own property. They threatened to declare it a public nu... Full Article » Jewish News Anaylst Upset Church of England May Lose its Official Status - 12/23/2008 A head of steam is building up for the disestablishment of England’s national Church. I am a Jew; yet I believe that without Protestantism holding the ring, British culture will descend into a fight for supremacy. The undermining of Christianity from... Full Article » Megachurch Grieves Loss of Christmas Show Performer - 12/21/2008 23 year-old Keri Shrylock fell 25 feet head-first to a concrete floor during opening night of "Awaited." She had been suspended on a rope, but police say her "D" ring failed. Ironically, the gymnast was not playing an angel, but a wiseman. The 10,00... Full Article » Christian Registrar Loses Right of Conscience on Same-Sex Civil Unions - 12/21/2008 London's Employment Appeals Tribunal has overturned a ruling that granted compensation to a UK registrar subjected to harassment and the potential loss of her job. Lillian Ladele had refused to perform civil unions for same sex couples because of her... Full Article » Israelis Detain Two Messianic Jews - 12/21/2008 Israeli authorities recently detained two American Messianic Jews trying to enter the country. Interior ministry officials detained Jamie and Stacey Cowen at Ben Gurion Airport and held them for more than eight hours. They were coming into the countr... Full Article » Australian "Experts" Want to Target Down Babies for Eugenic Abortion - 12/21/2008 Can you imagine if "the experts" suggested that genetic tests be done on all pregnant women to screen for supposedly undesirable racial characteristics? There would a huge outcry. Well, that is precisely what is happening in Australia, only the targe... Full Article » Singers Putting Christ in Christmas in Nepal - 12/21/2008 A singer from India is organizing concerts to introduce un-churched youth to the meaning of Christmas. This year, Bonny Andrews and his team are performing in Delhi, India; Berlin, Germany and for the first time in Katmandu located in the Hindu natio... Full Article » Seven Students Suspended for Refusing Anti-Christian Class - 12/21/2008 Seven Christian students in Quebec have been handed suspensions for refusing to participate in a new mandatory Ethics and Religious Culture course. According to one critic, the course is a superficial mishmash of trendy theoretical platitudes. The go... Full Article » Survey Says: Most Britons Do Not Believe in The Nativity - 12/21/2008 78% of 16 - 24 year-olds said they were not convinced of the nativity's historical reliability. According to a poll by the British Marketing Research Bureau, 70% overall were sceptical of the baby's birth in a manger to a virgin mother. A separate st... Full Article » Officials Allow Muslims to Demolish 30 Christian Homes for Stable - 12/20/2008 The stable will keep the Muslims' animals warm and dry, these 30 Christian families are now homeless in their village of Kotla Punjubaig in Sheikhupura district near Lahore, Pakistan. "A few days back the hard-line Muslims armed with firearms, invade... Full Article » Purpose Driven Pastor Agrees to Pray at B. Hussein Obama’s Inauguration - 12/19/2008 Pro-life pastor Rick Warren will give the invocation at President-Elect B. Hossein Obama’s inauguration. Even though Warren and Obama disagree on the life issue, they do see eye to eye on many social justice issues. Both the political left and right ... Full Article » Next Taxpayer Bailout: Abortion Industry? - 12/19/2008 The Obama-Biden Transition Project shies away from the term bail-out when it comes to abortion. Nevertheless, one of the biggest elements of the project's Advancing Reproductive Rights website is a proposed one billion dollars for the overseas aborti... Full Article » Christian School Reported for Teaching Creationism - 12/19/2008 It all started when an education official saw a TV segment about how science class was taught. Pacific Hills Christian School, in Australia, was accused of violating the science curriculm by teaching creationism. It appears the only "crime" was askin... Full Article » Sunday Adelaja Accused of Supporting Investment Scheme - 12/19/2008 Ukraine’s most prominent charismatic pastor, Sunday Adelaja, is at the center of controversy. It's over his alleged involvement in a business venture that some claim bilked investors out of $100 million. The company drew many of its investors from hi... Full Article » Bad Times Draw Bigger Crowds to Churches - 12/19/2008 During each recession cycle between 1968 and 2004, the rate of growth in evangelical churches jumped by 50 percent. That's according to a study called "Praying for Recession: The Business Cycle and Protestant Religiosity in the United States." Resear... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 12/19/2008 Falling pound is no excuse to neglect poor - Teenage pregnancies rose last year - Archbishop backs disestablishment - Holland: Liberal policies on drugs and brothels to be scrapped - Bangladesh: Emergency prayer alert - Somalia: UN Approves Land, Air... Full Article » Iraqi Christians still under siege - 12/17/2008 Since 2004, thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled to Syria, Jordan and to the West for refuge and a new start. Many were forced to leave family behind, which means there is a remnant church in Iraq. "Christians in Mosul over the last few months hav... Full Article » Bangladesh: pivotal elections amidst Islamic threats - 12/17/2008 These elections are pivotal fo r Bangladesh's future. The terrorist outfit Jama'at-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has been issuing death threats against commentators and Awami League ministers who have spoken out against the Islamic agenda. JMB has a... Full Article » Cowboy churches in America: following Jesus on horseback - 12/17/2008 A typical cowboy church may meet in a rural setting in a barn, metal building, arena, sale barn, or old western building, have its own rodeo arena, and a country gospel band. Baptisms are generally done in a cattle tank. The sermons are usually short... Full Article » Land Grab Threatens YWAM Ukraine - 12/16/2008 A land grab move that’s become a common practice in Eastern Europe is threatening Youth With a Mission's work in Ukraine. It appears false owners may have bribed local government officials to give them a deed for land that YWAM already owns. The new ... Full Article » Westminster Abbey Adds Hindu Snowmen to Christmas Displays - 12/16/2008 Some Anglican clergy have added a multicultural twist to Christmas decorations. Hindu snowmen, a Chinese dragon and a Jewish temple now join the scene which traditionally displayed only a baby Jesus, angels and three wise men. The life-size snowmen w... Full Article » Christians Using Art to Calm Violence, Evangelize - 12/16/2008 The scarred intersection on Chicago's north side was the battleground for a dozen rival street gangs. At the corner of Sheridan Road and Sunnyside Avenue, memorials marked the spot where slain gang members had fallen. But in the space of a few weeks,... Full Article » Arson Suspected in Blaze at Palin's Church - 12/15/2008 The damage to the 2 1/2-year-old Wasilla Bible Church building is estimated at $1 million. The few people who were inside, when the fire started at night, got out safely. Fire Chief James Steele says the blaze is being investigated as a case of arson... Full Article » Younger Schuller Resigns, Ex-Discipleship Leader Takes His Place for Now - 12/15/2008 Robert A. Schuller has resigned as senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral a month after his father kicked him off TV. The 82 year-old founder of the ministry, Robert H. Schuller, said he and his son had been struggling with different vision's for the... Full Article » Software Company Donates £1 Million Aircraft to Mission Aviation Fellowship - 12/14/2008 AFD Software is donating in celebration of its own 25th anniversary. The Kodiak 100 is a new type of aircraft designed with mission in mind. It is capable of taking off and landing under rough and rugged conditions. The plane will be used to serve th... Full Article » Pakistani Christians Risk Lives for God - 12/14/2008 Supplies bound for Afghanistan are destroyed by Taliban militants. It's just another example of the Pakistani government's inability to control the lawless border region. Pakistani children sing praise songs at a Christian school near the city of Lah... Full Article » Supremes Refuse to Help Christian Mom in Danger of Losing Daughter to Lesbian - 12/13/2008 The decision by the US Supreme Court this week not to hear the case of Lisa Miller v. Janet Jenkins may, effectively, send a Christian mother to jail. Miller did not share Thanksgiving – and her 6 year-old daughter – with her former lesbian partner. ... Full Article » Christian Buys Billboard Space to Challenge Anti-Biblical Businesses - 12/13/2008 Billboards of Bible verses have appeared throughout Kalamazoo in recent weeks and their locations are no coincidence. Next to the adult-entertainment clubs Deja Vu and Little Darlings is a sign saying: Anyone that looks at a woman lustfully has alrea... Full Article » Homeschoolers Win When Government Charges Dropped - 12/12/2008 The case involving Bert and Kathrin Brause began in 2001. Mr Brause wrote a letter to the governor asking for permission to homeschool his children. In response, state officials tried to force the family to register their kids in the local public sch... Full Article » Survey: Fewer Doctors Believe in Importance of Everyday Prayer - 12/12/2008 In 2004, New Jersey-based HCD Research surveyed 1,000 physicians and found 46%agreed that prayer is important in everyday life. A second survey, conducted just last week, found only 30% of physicians agree to the importance of everyday prayer. 71% he... Full Article » Irish Mom Blows the Whistle: Christian Words Removed from Children's Dictionary - 12/12/2008 Lisa Saunders, of Northern Ireland, noticed words were missing from the "Oxford Junior Dictionary" while helping her son with his homework. The publisher claims changes have been made to reflect the fact that Britain is a modern, multicultural, multi... Full Article » TheCall Holds Massive Gathering in Kenya - 12/12/2008 "We sense God's hand on TheCall Kenya." Thousands of African prayer warriors gathered in the Kenyan capital Nairobi this past weekend to pray for a spiritual awakening in the city, state and all of Africa. It was the first time TheCall was held on th... Full Article » Christians Blast 'Newsweek' Article Endorsing Gay Marriage - 12/11/2008 Christian groups are outraged that the Dec. 15 cover story uses the Bible to argue in favor of gay marriage. Prayer leader Lou Engle called on Christians to cancel their subscriptions. “Instead of objectively reporting the news, Newsweek is catering ... Full Article » Obama ‘proud’ to have homosexual band march in inaugural parade - 12/11/2008 President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden have officially invited the Lesbian and Gay Band Association to march in the Inaugural Parade. One of the association’s web sites reports that the group will also march in September as p... Full Article » China Reaches Out to House Churches; Raids, Arrests Continue - 12/11/2008 In recent months Chinese officials have attempted to build bridges with the Protestant house church movement even as police raided more congregations, arrested Christian leaders and forced at least 400 college students to swear they would stop attend... Full Article » Christians reach out in Honduras' HIV trouble - 12/11/2008 Honduras is at the center of the AIDS epidemic in Latin America. In San Pedro Sula, the country's second-largest city, AIDS has infected 5.5% of the population. Although Honduras accounts for 17 percent of Central America's population, it bears rough... Full Article » 400,000 Attend Final Two Days Okitipupa, Nigeria Crusade - 12/11/2008 Today was the final meeting in Okitipupa. 225,000 people attended the finale. Another mighty harvest of souls was brought in. Then the Holy Spirit fell upon the hungry crowd filling them with power from on high. As the roar of new tongues went up, a ... Full Article » Children Around the World This Christmass Hope through World Vision Gift Catalog - 12/11/2008 Sponsored children share their wishes for the new year - Frigid winters in Romania create a struggle for survival - Christmas made a bit brighter for two orphans in Tanzania - Gift of sheep gives hope to girl orphaned by AIDS in Ethiopia - This Chris... Full Article » Kansas City Revival Goes Global - 12/10/2008 The former pastor of the ‘Smithton Outpouring’ says his Missouri congregation is now ready to host a global revival. The man who led a three-year-long outpouring in Smithton, Mo., a decade ago says a new revival has broken out at his church. Every Fr... Full Article » Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak: World Vision Distributes 500 cholera kits - 12/9/2008 Following the recent outbreak of Cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe, the World Vision is at present distributing 500 cholera kits. A single cholera kit has enough supplies for 50 people and also contains cholera drugs, water purification tablets, disinfect... Full Article » The Netherlands: 2,500 people meet Jesus online - 12/9/2008 More and more people are seeking God or looking for spiritual help on the worldwide web. For a Dutch missions organization this was the trigger to develop an active internet evangelism ministry. In it's first three years has had over half a million v... Full Article » The Netherlands: The 'chainsaw method' of the Kingdom - 12/9/2008 Tineke is convinced that we need the power of the Holy Spirit when engaging with people about Jesus. "You can cut trees with an axe, a handsaw, or a chainsaw," she says. "Now, there's nothing wrong with an axe or a handsaw, but a chainsaw is so much ... Full Article » Hundreds of Complaints Force Zoo to Break Ties with Creation Museum - 12/8/2008 The Cincinnati Zoo has caved in to pressure to drop its mutual promotion deal with the Creation Museum in nearby Kentucky. Hundreds of letters from individuals intolerant of creationism prompted the action after less than a three-day run. Museum foun... Full Article » A letter from Zimbabwe which deserves our attention and our prayers. - 12/8/2008 I ask that you all pray for us in the way that you know how. You can't just be in denial and pretend it's not going on. To be frank with you, it's genocide in the making. This Government has GONE MAD. Help us publicize our plight---or how can we be r... Full Article » Assisted Suicide Ruled 'A Patient's Right' - 12/7/2008 An activist judge has ruled a Montana man has the right to kill himself with the help of doctors. Judge Dorothy McCarter stretched pirvacy and dignity clauses in the state's constitution to support her decision. Up till now, laws passed by the legisl... Full Article » British Missionaries in Gambia Spend Seventh Day in Prison - 12/7/2008 David Fulton is being held in a high security prison. His wife, Fiona, and their young adopted African daughter are in custody in a police station. Authorities in the 90 percent Muslim country accuse the family of sedition. Mr. Fulton is a chaplain ... Full Article » Bailed-Out AIG Offers Islamic Insurance To US - 12/6/2008 AIG is stepping up its dealings with Islamic finance by offering Shariah-compliant homeowners insurance to the US. Because of over $150 billion in bailouts, taxpayers own 80% equity in the company. Sharia law enforces discriminatory and segregationis... Full Article » Leader of Salvation Army Church Expected to Lose Job for Violating Marriage Policy - 12/6/2008 A rule that's been in place almost since the founding of the Salvation Army in 1865 is making headlines. Johnny Harsh, who has led the church in Oshkosh for more than three years, lost his wife after her heart attack. Recently he became engaged and s... Full Article » Bentley and Joyner Dispute Parts of Fresh Fire Letter - 12/5/2008 Leaders of the Canadian ministry evangelist Todd Bentley founded a decade ago say he is “intent” on divorcing his wife and is yet to begin a restoration process. Bentley says emotional involvement with a former female staff member did not cause his i... Full Article » School Cancels Traditional Christmas Play for Muslim Celebration - 12/5/2008 British parents looking forward to seeing their children in a Christmas play are fuming after a school decided to cancel the performance. Why? Because it conflicts with the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. Greenwood Junior School says it has to respec... Full Article » Anti-Terrorism Law Puts God First - 12/5/2008 When Kentucky formed its state Office of Homeland Security, it listed the department's initial duty as stressing dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth. There's even a plaque in the emergency operations center d... Full Article » ACLU Sues to Let Pentecostal Inmate Preach in Prison - 12/5/2008 The American Civil Liberties Union and Christians often find themselves on opposite ends of a lawsuit, but not this time. The ACLU is suing the New Jersey State Prison on behalf of convicted murder Howard Thompson. The 44 year-old inmate was ordained... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 12/5/2008 Micah Challenge presses Brown on climate change action - One in 10 children suffer abuse, say experts - Church gay advert breached codes - Fed up with bad language? Then tell the Prime Minister! - Norway: Treaty signed to ban cluster bombs - India-Pa... Full Article » German Church Wants to Help Mother of Baby Abandoned in Manger - 12/4/2008 The priest of Peter and Paul Church in the village of Poettmes was shocked to find a real baby in the manger church members had built in front of the altar. “I was in the church shortly after midday to pray and I heard the baby crying," "We prepared ... Full Article » Four Church Leaders Sentenced to Labor Camps as More Than 400 College Students in Beijing and Zhejiang Detained and Interrogated - 12/4/2008 From the end of September to early November 2008, a large police force was dispatched to raid house gatherings in Beijing and in areas near college campuses in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. More than 400 Christian college students were arrested and in... Full Article » World AIDS Day Marked Worldwide - 12/4/2008 From governments to church leaders, officials worldwide pledged to continue combating the spread of HIV/AIDS. With an estimated 33.2 million people worldwide infected with the HIV virus, including 2.5 million children, the United Nations Joint Progra... Full Article » "They Couldn't Catch Me" - 12/3/2008 Missionary Chouhan is telling his story-in his own words-about the harrowing ordeal and his miraculous escape. I told them I needed to use the bathroom and they let me walk into the forest. "I don't know from where I got such power to run. The mob ev... Full Article » Nigeria : Religious violence explodes in Jos - plus urgent prayer concerns: India-Pakistan Crisis; North Korea - 12/3/2008 Local officials refused to publish the results of council elections held Thursday 27 November. Muslims accused Christians of rigging the result and, propelled by their mosques, went on an anti-Christian rampage attacking churches, Christians and Chri... Full Article » North Korea returns to isolation - 12/2/2008 The State is highly militarised and its civilian population, particularly outside Pyongyang, is terribly weak due to starvation, isolation, brainwashing and repressive State-terror, making it highly unlikely that a "people's revolution" would ever be... Full Article » Okitipupa/Nigeria in Ondo State - Outpouring of Salvation - 12/2/2008 Here, in this extremely remote place, many thousands gathered to hear the Gospel message and to witness the demonstration of its power firsthand. Evangelist Bonnke preached on the blood of Jesus and a massive outpouring of salvation followed. He then... Full Article » Canada: Turning a truck into a prayer room - 12/2/2008 24-7 prayer rooms have always been found in unconventional places, soaking ordinary locations with God's presence. The team parked the truck on a main boulevard in Montreal near one of the biggest malls. Many people came and prayed. They saw God do s... Full Article » Rescuing the Perishing - Heart touching and encouraging story - 12/2/2008 With feeble, painstaking steps, Kalpana walks back to her home. The open sores and mangled toes on her left foot-and the total absence of her right foot-make the short journey extremely difficult. Kalpana leans on her makeshift cane, gripping it as t... Full Article » Australian Health Minister Fires Men’s Health Ambassador for Documenting Risks of Homosexuality - 12/1/2008 Last week, Australian Health Minister Nicola Roxon appointed Warwick Marsh as one of six men’s health ambassadors charged with the task of building a federal men’s health policy. The homosexualist group, Coalition for Equality, however, immediately ... Full Article » Nativity Scene Goes on Display in Illinois State Capitol for First Time - 12/1/2008 Solely funded and constructed as a result of donations from private citizens, the display will stand in the East Hall of the Capitol Building through December 28th. Organizers were inspired by a similar display at Daley Plaza in Chicago. The Springfi... Full Article » Cast and Crew Pay for Dropped $25K Camera, Production on Christian Movie Resumes - 12/1/2008 Tim Morgan was inspired to be a voice for the unborn in the arts while attending TheCall. When someone dropped the camera he was using to fulfill that dream, the prayer experience at Lou Engle's rally came in handy. When Morgan eventually returned th... Full Article » Churches Stand to Lose Several Billion Dollars in Lost Donations Due to Economic Downturn - 12/1/2008 Americans are now passing on their financial pain to churches and other non-profit organizations by cutting back substantially on their giving during the fourth quarter of 2008. Most non-profits and churches count on the fourth quarter of the year to... Full Article » Houses of Worship Burned, Over 300 Killed in Nigeria - 11/30/2008 Angry mobs burned homes, churches and mosques in the second day of riots following an election. Tension began when electoral workers did not post the results in ballot centers, causing many locals to assume the election was going to be another fraudu... Full Article » China Thumbs Its Nose at Its Own Constitution, Bans House Church Alliance - 11/30/2008 20 government officials confronted the head of the Chinese House Church Alliance recently to announce the abolition of his organization. They accuse Pastor "Bike" Zhang's unregistered Alliance of operating as a social organization without authorizati... Full Article » New Report on Faith and Family Challenges Stereotypes - 11/30/2008 A Joseph Rowntree Foundation report questions the negative link the media often makes between religious beliefs and parenting practices. It also reported religious beliefs and practices are shifting from institution to believing without belonging. A... Full Article » Mumbai Seige Ends, Terrorist Captured and Identified - 11/29/2008 The two-and-a-half day killing spree ended with nearly 200 dead, including 6 Americans. The death toll is expected to rise. There are reports of at least 11 gunmen killed. One suspect has been arrested -- 21 year-old Azam Amir Kasav, of Pakistan. Ind... Full Article » Defamation of Religions” Resolution Losing Support at UN - 11/29/2008 A recent committee vote on the Defamation of Religion resolution got less support than a similar vote did a year ago. The latest results are 85 "yes" votes, 50 "no" votes and 42 abstentions. This is the first time the “no” and “abstention” votes hav... Full Article » Israel Tour Organizer: Messianic Youth Need Not Apply - 11/29/2008 Orthodox, Reformed and Conservative Jewish young adults can apply for a free 10-day trip to Israel. But tour organizer Birthright draws the line at Messianic. In fact, applicants have to swear to this statement -- I do not subscribe to any beliefs or... Full Article » Judge Scolds San Diego County for Closing Church - 11/29/2008 US District Judge Jeffrey Miller calls San Diego County's action "draconian." That means Guatay Christian Fellowship will probably win its lawsuit against the county. Officials had said the building could be used for a bar, but not worship. They thr... Full Article » Survey: Homelessness Hitting Women, Children Hardest - 11/29/2008 High fuel and food prices, economic turmoil, and foreclosures are leading more families into homeless and hitting single women with children the hardest. That's according to a recent survey by the Association of Gospel Missions. Women with children m... Full Article » The Gift That Keeps on Killing -- Planned Parenthood's Gift Certificate - 11/28/2008 Just in time for Christmas, Planned Parenthood of Indiana says it will begin selling gift certificates. They may be used to pay for sexually transmitted disease testing and abortions. As the top abortion provider says on its website -- Why not buy a ... Full Article » Islamic Judges Strip Christian Mothers of Children - 11/28/2008 Muslim judges are defying Islamic law in custody battles involving Christian mothers and Muslim fathers to shield children from Christian influence. Egyptian law's Article 20 states children younger than 15 should stay with their mothers. But it seem... Full Article » God Once Again Welcome on Indiana License Plates - 11/28/2008 The month-long policy that banned mention of God is being abandoned in favor of what Motor Vehicles Commissioner Ron Stive calls a common sense approach. Each request for a personalized plate will now be considered on a case-by-case basis. Liz Ferris... Full Article » Campaign Warns Americans About Looming Shariah Code - 11/28/2008 Shariah, or Islamic law, may be spreading around the world. But according to members of the United American Committee, it is not going to be established in the United States without opposition. Officials with the non-profit have erected a 48-foot-lon... Full Article » Swedish Pastor's Call for Unity Criticized - 11/28/2008 Swedish pastor Ulf Ekman is at the center of controversy again. Now Ekman is embracing Catholic and Protestant leaders who advocate uniting all Christians “under the pope.” Back in the 80s and 90s he was considered controvesial for his Word of Faith... Full Article » Oxford researcher Finds Children Are Born Believing in God - 11/28/2008 Dr. Justin Barrett claims young people are predisposed to believe in a supreme being because they assume everything in the world was created with a purpose. He says children have faith even when they have not been taught about it by family or at scho... Full Article » Big Time Abortionist Credits Heavenly Dream For His Conversion to Pro-Life "Apostle" - 11/28/2008 Stojan Adasevic used to be known as the best abortionist in Belgrade. Now he may be known as the worst adversary the industry has in the area. For months Adasevic envisioned himself watching young people between the ages of 3 and 20 running and play... Full Article » Russian bombshell: Fifty-six religious organizations officially scheduled for ‘liquidation’ including several Western ministries - 11/28/2008 On October 15, 2008, a declaration unexpectedly appeared on the webpage of the Russian Ministry of Justice listing 56 religious organizations scheduled for “liquidation.” These include the humanitarian ‘World Vision’ and ‘Youth with a Mission’. At ... Full Article » Videos Show Muslims Storming Church in Egypt - 11/27/2008 Thousands of Muslims who stormed a church in Ain Shams, Cairo, on Sunday and set fire to the building, are seen in two videos on a news agency website. A crowd of Muslims, estimated at 20,000 strong, were enraged by an extension that was added to the... Full Article » Forces Fight through Siege Hotels in Mumbai, India - 11/27/2008 Commandos are fighting room-by-room through two luxury hotels in Mumbai, more than 24 hours after a series of devastating attacks across the city. Indian PM Manmohan Singh vowed to track down the attackers, who have killed at least 110 people and inj... Full Article » PRAYER ALERT: BBC Reports Mumbai, India Under Attack by Terrorists - 11/26/2008 The terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India are being described as "coordinated" and "simultaneous." Death count has unofficially risen to 90 people. There are accounts of Western hostages still being held, but there is no evidence as yet of any being US ... Full Article » As Japan enters recession, plans for ministry growth threatened - 11/25/2008 Japan, the world's second-largest economy, has officially slipped into recession. Unable to fend off the effects of a worsening global slowdown, experts are looking for signs of a severe decline. Economists say the worst is yet to come. The bad news ... Full Article » In Mosul, a Battle for Christians - 11/25/2008 A month after thousands of Christians fled the Iraqi city in terror, many refugees have returned home. However, some fear a new wave of sectarian violence. Iraqi police now guard churches throughout the tense, battle-scarred city, where once-dominant... Full Article » Africa: God transforms those who oppose Him - 11/25/2008 Five encouraging accounts of how the Gospel is spreading in risky areas in Africa. For security reasons names and places have been anonymized, and a stock picture has been used for this story. -School teacher plants nine churches - 'Machete man' beco... Full Article » Three Shot in New Jersey Church - 11/24/2008 Authorities are searching for a California man accused of opening fire in a New Jersey chuch, killing his estranged wife and one other person. A third victim was critically injured. 27 year-old Sanish Pallipurath drove off in a jeep with a California... Full Article » Christians Ready to Adopt Children From State Custody - 11/24/2008 Focus on the Family is getting Christians involved in an abortion alternative -- adoption. Well over 1200 people showed up recently at a Focus event in Colorado Springs. 250 of them initiated the adoption process on the spot for children in the stat... Full Article » “Zero Tolerance for Dissent” from Radical Anti-Life, Anti-Family EU Documents - 11/24/2008 Pro-lifers have been warned to expect the publication of documents, funded by the European Union, promoting abortion, euthanasia and other anti-life practices. One document argues that withholding legal abortion is a form of “gender-based discriminat... Full Article » Hindu Extremists Turn Church Building into Temple, Plan "Reconversions" - 11/23/2008 The extremists abuse believers physically and mentally, until they bow to traditional idols and deny Christ. Some of the tortured Christians had never been Hindus earlier. The extemists also attract "untouchable" teenage boys. An indoctrination progr... Full Article » Reaching the Marketplace for Jesus - 11/23/2008 Ordinary Londoners will soon learn how to take the Gospel to the streets. The Streetwise' course is for believers who have a busy day, but still want to reach out. It runs one Saturday a month for six months. Evangelists teach and host workshops on c... Full Article » Group Opposes Claim Against 'Unnecessary' Bible Smuggling in China - 11/23/2008 China Aid argues it would take five years for government-sanctioned printing presses to print enough Bibles for each believer. Also, "official" Bibles are only available at government-sanctioned bookstores and distribution points. This leaves out bel... Full Article » Praying-Coach Case Heads to Supreme Court - 11/22/2008 Praying before games has been a tradition at East Brunswick High School for nearly 25 years. That's according to coach Marcus Borden, a New Jersey man who hopes to have his right to pray with the team vindicated in US Supreme Court. Litigation has be... Full Article » eHarmony Founder Knuckles Under to Legal Pressure, Agrees to Start Website for Gays - 11/21/2008 Rather than closing eHarmony down and refunding open memberships, Dr Neil Warren is starting a "sister" site called Compatible Partners. The court battle had been going on for 3 years. The settlement requires him to post pictures of same-sex matches ... Full Article » Mom Relents, Allow Daughter to Use Feeding Tube - 11/21/2008 Randy Richardson, had fought for years to keep his daughter, Lauren, alive. But a Delaware Court gave custody to Lauren’s mother, Edith Towers. She claimed the yong woman did not want to live in an incapacitated state. The couple recently reconciled ... Full Article » North Korea Enraged by Launch of Gospel Balloons - 11/21/2008 North Koreans who have fled religious persecution have found a way to get the message of hope back to their family, friends and community. They're launching balloons with a time-release mechanism for dropping 10 thousand tracts a piece. Communist off... Full Article » Alabama Adopts New Textbook for Study of the Bible - 11/21/2008 It took a year for the decision, but the Alabama Board of Education has approved a Bible curriculum. This means any of the state's high schools may offer the elective course, which has been reviewed by scholars and proven to be academically legitimat... Full Article » Homeschoolers Seek Asylum from Nazi-Era Law - 11/21/2008 It sounds like a first, refugees fleeing to the United States from a Western democracy to escape persecution. Uwe and Hannelore Romeike got in trouble for homeschooling their children in Germany, where a Nazi-era ban is still enforced. This summer th... Full Article » Focus on the Family Cuts 18 % of Its Workforce - 11/21/2008 Focus on the Family will terminate 149 employees and eliminate 53 vacant positions. The ministry blames the layoffs on the economic slowdown. Focus also plans to turn four of its eight print magazines into online publications. The non-profit brought ... Full Article » Going Rate to Kill a Pastor: $250 - 11/21/2008 The bounty on pastors is just one of the inducements Hindu extremists are offering for murder in Orissa Province. One estimate claims 500 Christians have been killed since late August. The extremists say they are contemplating a possible massacre on... Full Article » Study: Attending Religious Services Sharply Cuts Risk of Death - 11/21/2008 Regular attendance at religious services reduces the risk of death by approximately 20 percent. That's according to a study published by Yeshiva University. The more than 90 thousand subjects came from a wide range of denominations. Investigators say... Full Article » ‘Prayer Booths’ Erected in New York City - 11/21/2008 An art exhibit in the center of one of the nation’s most liberal cities is inviting passers-by to think about faith and the power of prayer. They look much like typical phone booths. Created by artist Dylan Mortimer, the public prayer booths depict t... Full Article » One in four children in the UK bullied as a result of religious faith, Beatbullying report shows - 11/20/2008 A bullying prevention organization based in London, published a report indicating that one in four young persons in the UK are being bullied because of their beliefs. "There is little or no support, few outlets and limited provision provided for youn... Full Article » Extremists Demand End to Christian Activity in Orissa - 11/20/2008 Two of the anti-Christian extremist groups responsible for the violence against Christians in Orissa, India, are demanding that the state government ban Christian witnessing and officially honor their murdered leader. About 50,000 people representing... Full Article » Broken Walls: Entering Prison Walls, Setting Captives Free - 11/20/2008 Mission Wounded Knee and Native Band join hands to minister in prisons and reservations. Native band Broken Walls performed nine concerts-three in prisons, five on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservation, and one at New Life Assembly in the state cap... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 11/20/2008 Church attacked over Remembrance - Vulnerable man banned - Police team that investigated tide of human traffic is closed - Disabled woman 'banned' from Marks and Spencer - Methodists support responsible alcohol pricing - Paris meeting on Iran sanctio... Full Article » Called by the Lord to Summer Short-Term Missions? Head to Atlanta in January for Inspiration and Training - 11/19/2008 Whether you're in a college setting, a leader in a church, or someone who has been called on to be a leader in Short-Term Missions, the National Short-Term Missions Conference may be just the place for you. The 2009 conference will be held January 2... Full Article » World economic crisis hitting short term missions - 11/19/2008 Some groups are already seeing an impact in short-term missions participation. "This fiscal year we will experience at least a 10-percent decline in our numbers. It's not all bad news. He adds, "People with medical skills who see the need worldwide a... Full Article » Preparing for a Charismatic Meltdown - 11/19/2008 Three prominent charismatic ministries have suffered huge setbacks this month. What does this mean for our movement? Foreclosure. Eviction. Bailouts. We’re hearing those terms a lot these days, and not just in the newspaper’s business section. In the... Full Article » Radical Gay Activists Seek to Intimidate Christians - 11/19/2008 The Nov. 4 passage of constitutional amendments banning gay marriage in California, Arizona and Florida has evoked a sometimes-violent response from radical gay activists who have vandalized churches, mobbed intercessors and disrupted a worship servi... Full Article » Richard Roberts Gets $440 Thousand While ORU Lays Off 100 Employees - 11/17/2008 ORU will pay Richards Roberts' annual salary of $223,600 for the remaining term of a three-year appointment that ends November 2009. Roberts resigned close to a year ago after being sued by three professors alleging wrongful termination. He was also... Full Article » Indian Prime Minister Affirms Place of Christianity in National Heritage - 11/17/2008 India's Prime Minister has hit out at Hindu groups, that claim Christianity is a foreign religion, by hailing it as part of the country's heritage. According to Dr Manmohan Singh, Christianity has a longer history in India than in many Western countr... Full Article » Disabled Italian Woman Gets Another Chance at Life Despite Her Dad's Wishes - 11/17/2008 The nuns who run the hospice in which Eluana Englaro has been living for 14 years have refused to carry out the court order to remove her food and hydration tube. The Italian Secretary of Welfare also holds out hope, saying there is no obligation for... Full Article » Christian Teens Meet Underground Church in Vietnam - 11/17/2008 See what happens when eight ordinary teens set out on a mission to meet the underground church in Vietnam. Six Americans and two Australians were forced to flee from a Christian youth camp when police suddenly arrived. The teens also interviewed a pa... Full Article » Coffee House Teaches Biblical Lesson - 11/17/2008 Kirk Walker has had a passion for coffee since he drank his first cup at age 14. His love for the brew has since led him to launch a business that is not only satisfying palates, but also creating ministry opportunities. Walker says God gave him the ... Full Article » Focus Puts Retailers on a Naughty And Nice List for Christmas - 11/17/2008 Focus on the Family wants shoppers to know which retailers are naughty and which ones are nice - at least when it comes to holiday lingo. It has just launched its second annual holiday campaign. Retailers are classified as Christmas-friendly, Christ... Full Article » Musicians Enter Prison Walls and Set Captives Free - 11/16/2008 Spokesman Bruce Bartelli puts it this way -- We are still swirling from the powerful times of God's anointing, divine appointments and favor! Bartelli coordinated the Journey to the Father's Heart Tour, a concert ministry that recently visited South ... Full Article » Author Makes Sense Out of Suffering, Reveals Beauty Treatments For the Bride - 11/15/2008 Christine Beadsworth is a prophetic artist, poet and speaker from South Africa who has wrestled with the meaning of suffering. For her, it's connected to a question each individual must answer -- How close do I want to be to Jesus? She'll tell you su... Full Article » Atheist Humanist Ads Hit Washington DC Buses During Christmas Season - 11/14/2008 The new ad campaign proclaims - Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake. American Humanist Association president Fred Edwords claims morality doesn't come from religion. Matthew Staver, of Liberty University Law School, calls the humani... Full Article » The Night Watch Signs Off - 11/14/2008 The internet music and prayer ministry's 7.5 year run has just ended. Founder and Manager Jeff Tyler says the main reason is inconsistent financial support. Technical problems and health issues have also played a role in the decision. This is not th... Full Article » Papa Gets His Wish, Court Allows Daughter to be Dehydrated to Death - 11/14/2008 The highest Italian court has cleared the way for a young disabled woman to be dehydrated to death at the request of her father. This is the first decision of its kind in Italy. Eluana Englaro has lived with the assitance of a feeding tube since a ca... Full Article » Gift Bag Bomb Explodes at Missionary's Home - 11/14/2008 Missionary Gary Stevenson thought the pink, gift-wrapped bag he found on his doorstep was a present left for one of his toddler daughters. But when he brought it inside his home, the bomb within the bag exploded. Twenty neighboring units in the townh... Full Article » Woman Says Bible Saved Her from Half a Million Dollars in Debt - 11/14/2008 Katrina Clements says that at her worst she had $500,000 in credit card debt. She was earning $30,000 a year as a nurse and would use one credit card to pay the other. For more than 10 years, her debt went up and down, taking a toll on her marriage a... Full Article » Ted Haggard Speaks on Scandal for First Time - 11/14/2008 Ted Haggard says he is stronger as a result of the experience. He spoke recently on the second anniversary of his resignation as president of the National Association of Evangelicals. It seems it all started when he was seven years old. Haggard had... Full Article » Earl Paulk's Church Being Sold - 11/14/2008 In recent years, membership at the Cathedral at Chapel Hill has declined from 10,000 regular attendees to roughly 1,000 after a series of sexual misconduct allegations. Current pastor, D. E. Paulk, recently learned his uncle Earl, founder of the chur... Full Article » Wycliffe Bible Translators Get $50 Million Anonymous Gift - 11/14/2008 It marks the single largest donation in Wycliffe's 75-year history. The multi-million dollar donation will go toward the ministry's Last Languages Campaign, a push to translate the Bible for the remaining one-third of language groups worldwide that n... Full Article » Randy White's Church Faces Foreclosure - 11/14/2008 Pastor Randy White promises to fight the proceedings, saying his Florida megachurch has never been late making mortgage payments. Evangelical Christian Credit Union is demanding immediate repayment of a $1 million line of credit and a $12 million lo... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 11/13/2008 UK aid combats radical schooling - Police 'must trust public more' - In the lap of the council - Teens who watch Sex in the City more likely to get pregnant - Government 'neglects married couples' - Russia: Wants to increase EU monitors in Georgia - ... Full Article » FAITH UNDER FIRE - Lesbians, condoms go wild in attack on Christian church - 11/13/2008 Worshippers at a Bible-teaching church in Lansing, Mich. were stunned Sunday when members of a pro-homosexual, pro-anarchy organization named Bash Back interrupted their service to fling propaganda and condoms around the sanctuary, drape a profane ba... Full Article » Healed from Tuberculosis - 11/12/2008 Like the overwhelming majority of the 70,000 Mang Garudi, Samata and Redit had never heard Christ's name uttered. They were hopeless and lost. Then she contracted TB. They thought she was doomed. That is, until a special visitor showed up in their vi... Full Article » Two Christian Sisters Killed in Al Qahira section in Mosul, Iraq, by Islamic terrorists for just being Christians - 11/12/2008 The two sisters were murdered as the terrorists stormed into their house. Their mother was severely injured as a result of stab wounds. In addition, the terrorists placed a bomb in the house, which destroyed the small building. A police officer said ... Full Article » Report from the Front—More Great Progress in Iraq - 11/11/2008 "If we can change someone's life, it makes me feel like I've accomplished something." Addington who is in his final month of his 15-month deployment, said it's important for Iraqis to have an understanding of what the Soldiers are doing here. "The ne... Full Article » Haiti‘s tragic school collapse is sign of nation‘s instability - 11/11/2008 Another sad reminder that Haiti‘s political and economic stability is very fragile. At least 90 students and adults were killed in the collapse along with over 150 severely injured. Haiti is just recovering from a series of back-to-back hurricanes th... Full Article » Persecution Rages on Eritrea and India - 11/11/2008 The persecution of Christians in Eritrea continues to grow as arrests become more prevalent. More than 2000 Christians are currently in prison in Eritrea simply because they are Christians. - Violence against Christians expanding in India. Murder of ... Full Article » Israel's Crackdown on Christian Workers - 11/10/2008 Several Christian organizations founded to assist Israel are being forced to downsize and revamp their services. Some are in danger of closing altogether due to a new enforcement of government policy. Recently Israel’s Ministry of Interior began enfo... Full Article » Illinois Federal Appeals Court Rules Against "Choose Life" License Plates - 11/10/2008 The decision means less money going to adoption services in the state because the plates were intended to generate money for that purpose. Secretary of State Jesse White had argued approving the "controversial" message would have opened the way for t... Full Article » Governor Appoints Lawyer Friendly to Traditional Family to State Commission - 11/9/2008 Believers in the traditional family are happy about a decision in Lousiana. Governor Bobby Jindal has appointed Mike Johnson to the state Commission on Marriage and Family. Johnson is a senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). The AD... Full Article » China's Government-Approved Church "Reaches Out" to House Churches - 11/9/2008 The official church organization recognized by the Chinese government says it is willing to provide house churches with Bibles. Fu Xianwei, chairperson of the national Three-Self Patriotic Movement, made that announcement late last month. Churches in... Full Article » House Churches Banned in Chinese City - 11/9/2008 House churches in Yichun city, Heilongjiang province, China were recently banned. That's according to a report from China Aid Association. Verbal orders to end all house church activity came from both provincial and central government agencies. Full Article » Billy Graham Never Expected to Reach 90 - 11/8/2008 Billy Graham recently celebrated his 90th birthday with an intimate family gathering near his mountainside home in North Carolina. All five of his children, most of his 19 grandchildren and many of his great grandchildren were there. There was one im... Full Article » Prominent House Church Leader Pastor Released After International Outcry - 11/7/2008 American churches, government officials and private individuals added force to the international outcry. It's suspected Bike Zhang, his wife and his sister-in-law were arrested to keep them away from the Third Anniversary of the Chinese House Church ... Full Article » Traditional Marriage Upheld in Election - 11/6/2008 "Florida and Arizona on Tuesday became the 28th and 29th states to amend their constitutions to define marriage as the union between one man and one woman, and California's marriage amendment also [appears to be passing]." Voters made their voices he... Full Article » Prayer Day for Persecuted Church - 11/5/2008 Prayer Day for Persecuted Church The international prayer day comes on the heels of attacks against Christians in India and Iraq. Christians from around the world are expected to unite in prayer Sunday for the 100 million believers who are being per... Full Article » 10 Ways to Pray for Barack Obama - 11/5/2008 Whether you are happy about this week’s election results or not, all Christians must unite in prayer for our new president. Please don’t forsake this responsibility. It’s over. We’ve reached the end of the longest, angriest and most nerve-wracking ca... Full Article » Kidnapped Pastor Free After Nearly Two Weeks of Torture in Mexico - 11/4/2008 It all began when Pastor Manuel Tec was driving with his family in Tiajuana. Armed kidnappers took him away, leaving his wife and son unharmed. Then came a phone call demanding one million dollars in ransom. The pastor was eventually dumped from a pi... Full Article » Billy Graham at 90 - 11/4/2008 The preacher to presidents has good days, but others when he doesn't stir from bed. I know how to die, Graham has told friends, admitting nobody ever taught him how to grow old. He spends his days in his mountaintop home in Montreat, relying on a wal... Full Article » Just in Time for the Election, TheCall Comes to San Diego - 11/3/2008 Tens of thousands of Christians gathered for the 12-hour fasting and prayer rally, asking God to guide the spiritual direction of the nation. A line-up of pastors led over 30,000 in prayers of repentance. The gathering took place just three days ahe... Full Article » Study: Teens Who Watch Sex-Laden TV More Likely to Become Pregnant or Cause Pregnancy - 11/3/2008 It took researchers a long time to connect the dots, but a secular study confirms what preachers have been saying for years. Teens who watch sex-oriented television shows are more likely to try it themselves with the girl getting pregnant. In fact, ... Full Article » Exorcisms Performed on TV - 11/2/2008 Deliverance ministry is getting exposure on a secular TV outlet --The Sci-Fi Channel. In the past, Bob Larson's radio program has attracted controversy for his long conversations with demons manifested during deliverance sessions. Some critics, who a... Full Article » Christianity to be Restored to Capitol Visitors Center - 11/1/2008 The new $600 million Capitol Visitors Center in Washington DC will soon depict a more accurate representation of American history. The references to God, which were intentionally omitted, are going in after all. Representative Randy Forbes wrote a l... Full Article » Governor Loses Fight to Ban Jesus' Name in Prayer, Victory Party Outside Executive Mansion - 11/1/2008 "Politically incorrect" prayers in the name of Jesus sounded within earshot of the Virginia governor's mansion this weekend. The rally was to celebrate a court victory allowing chaplains to pray in Jesus' name, even in public. Six state police chapl... Full Article » Hebrew Text Discovered a Thousand Years Older Than Dead Sea Scrolls - 11/1/2008 Scholars say the discovery of five lines of ancient text is Israel's most exciting archaeological find since the Dead Sea Scrolls. Carbon-14 dating reveals the inscription was written 3,000 years ago. Experts estimate it will take months to fully tra... Full Article » Persecution abounds worldwide, IDOP just days away - 10/31/2008 The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church Sunday is November 9, 2008. Christians face bodily injury and even death around the world, simply for being a Christian. Story after story chronicles the plight of believers around the globe. ... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 10/31/2008 BBC prank calls row goes to Trust - Christian counsellor urges compulsory purchase of ‘mega-mosque’ site - National Day of Prayer for the Armed Forces - Christians to pray in London for religious freedom in Nigeria - Moscow: Two Jesuit priests murder... Full Article » Terror Serial Blasts Hits North East India Gateway Cities; many dead and injured - 10/30/2008 Guwahati Baptist Church Damaged and Pastor Injured. The North East India's Gateway city of Guwahati was rocked with ever heavy terror strike this morning (Thursday, October 30, 2008). Fifty are reported to have died and over 300 were injured. Shops w... Full Article » Christian Aid Worker in Somalia Beheaded for Converting to Islam - Anti-Christian violence spills into Kenya as Somali Muslims attack in Nairobi - 10/29/2008 Among at least 24 aid workers killed in Somalia this year was one beheaded last month for converting from Islam to Christianity. Muslim extremists from the al Shabab group on Sept. 23 sliced the head off of Mansuur Mohammed, 25, a World Food Program ... Full Article » An African Pastor's Uncomfortable Warning to America - 10/29/2008 Mbijiwe Mwenda says we are being naive to ignore Barack Obama’s ties to a dangerous Kenyan politician. “I am afraid we are about to lose the America we have known in the past. Barack Obama has a cozy relationship with Raila Odinga, an avowed Marxist ... Full Article » Christian Mom Faces Possible Contempt Charges for Refusing Custody of Daughter to Lesbian - 10/27/2008 Lisa Miller could be charged with contempt of court for refusing to allow unsupervised visitation of her daughter. Miller, an ex-Lesbian, has returned to her Christian faith. Isabella Miller spoke of committing suicide after her last unsupervised vis... Full Article » Mosque Official Threatens Lawsuit, Can't Stand for Christian TV to Look at Certain Issues - 10/27/2008 Ashar Mall's program on UK-based "Venus TV" was trying to address Muslim misconceptions about atonement, redemption and salvation. Muslim community leaders are saying this goes against the government's goal of promoting tolerance. Mall, a Pakistani C... Full Article » Robert Schuller Kicks His Son Off TV - 10/26/2008 Less than three years after handing over the "Hour of Power" to his son, Robert Schuler has taken the TV show away from him. He says the ministry was in jeopardy because they had divergent visions. A succession of guest preachers will be featured on ... Full Article » Debate Recommended on Replacing Lord's Prayer with Something Aboriginal - 10/26/2008 Jesus may be forced aside from His moment of respect in the Australian Parliament to make time for a daily indigenous acknowledgement. Speaker Harry Jenkins is proposing debate on the question. Although the Prime Minister formally apologized to the A... Full Article » Young People Take on Missions - 10/26/2008 Jesus commanded his followers to go into all the world and preach the gospel. Now, a new generation is heeding that 2,000 year-old call to the ends of the earth. What's it like for a 16 year-old on her first missions trip? Grace Mitchell traveled to ... Full Article » Atlanta Finally Allows Church to Occupy Its Rented Building - 10/26/2008 Kingdom First Ministries spent thousands to lease and furnish its new facility in the West End. At the time it signed the lease, the neighborhood was zoned for churches. A month later it had been rezoned. Then, the church applied for a special use p... Full Article » Megachurch Cancels Services to 'Be' the Church - 10/26/2008 Attendees of North Coast Church in California have no excuse for failing to be a light outside church walls. Over 6,000 are tackling 139 community service projects at 70 sites throughout North San Diego county. According to Pastor Larry Osborne, a he... Full Article » Brother Yun – ‘The Heavenly Man’ – Tells His Story - 10/25/2008 Brother Yun has been calling himself the heavenly man, since his arrest years ago in China. God told him that was how he was to reply when police asked his name. A much persecuted house church leader and evangelist, the exiled Yun is now sharing his ... Full Article » 'No God' Ads Expected to Hit London Buses in January - 10/25/2008 Richard Dawkins, a scientist who just doesn't get it when it comes to creation, has pledged to contribute up to £5,500. A British Christian group says the public doesn't like to be preached at and may respond to the in-your-face atheism with graffiti... Full Article » Pastor Charged with Felony for Spanking Son - 10/25/2008 The doctor for Barry Barnette's son does not believe the 12 year-old was abused and is calling the event a social services fiasco. Jurors get to decide if the spanking was reasonable disciple, which Wisconsin permits. The pastor was turned in by a te... Full Article » UK Endorses Islamic Sharia Courts - 10/25/2008 Islamic courts have been cleared to deal with family and divorce disputes. Sharia tribunals will be able to decide how a Muslim couple divide their money and property and who gets the children. Muslim ministers have warned that sharia should not have... Full Article » ORU Lawsuit Settled - 10/24/2008 Oral Roberts University (ORU) has announced it has settled a wrongful termination lawsuit filled a year ago by three former professors. Tom and Paulita Brooker had originally requested $2.5 million, which ORU initially rejected. Terms of the actual s... Full Article » Africa sends out missionaries by the thousands - 10/23/2008 An Ethiopian tells that when he landed on Indian soil as a missionary in 1998 it surprised him as much as anyone else. "We always thought only white people could be missionaries." This created a worldview change for him. Africa was the continent that... Full Article » 2,000 Families Flee Mosul - Open Doors Launches Relief Effort To Suffering Christians - 10/22/2008 “At this time 10,000 Christians have left Mosul because of the escalating terrorism specifically targeting Christians,” The number of families fleeing Mosul has reached almost 2,000 in the past week. A car with a loud-speaker system drove through the... Full Article » Form Inside Orissa, India: Missionary Report And Plea For Prayer YWAM - 10/21/2008 The cry rose up 'Kill the Christians!' And the horror began. We have first hand witness to hundreds of churches burned and many dozens of Christian tribals slaughtered. Because they bear the name of Christ. Many believers killed and hacked into piece... Full Article » Christian Aid Worker Killed in Afghanistan - 10/20/2008 A Christian aid worker has been shot dead in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban, which claims responsibility, says Gayle Williams was targetted because she was spreading Christianity. Williams' organization, called SERVE, reports its workers were not ev... Full Article » Pastor Defies Ban on Endorsing Candidates, Sending Sermon to IRS - 10/19/2008 Robert Smith is taking a path less-travelled by many pastors during election years. He's endorsing a presidential candidate from the pulpit. Smith's sermon is aimed at fighting a policy that bans charities and churches from taking part in political c... Full Article » Open Doors Opposes Removal of North Korea from US Blacklist - 10/19/2008 Open Doors USA president Carl Moeller claims taking North Korea off the terrorism list prolongs the life of a failing regime by giving it legitimacy. Open Doors has been working with persecuted churches for more than 50 years. The US State Department... Full Article » Pastor Who Led Dictator Chavez to Christ Urges Him to Recommit - 10/19/2008 Dr. Ricardo Reyes reports Hugo Chavez, of Venezuela, once asked him to prophesy. Reyes ended up leading Chavez to Christ and anointing him. The politician even remarked that if he ever betrayed Jesus or his country, he would rather be dead. Reyes rec... Full Article » The Charismatic Megachurch: An Endangered Species? - 10/18/2008 If you haven't seen the most recent study on megachurches, be forewarned: It's simultaneously intriguing, disheartening and reaffirming. Less than half as many megachurches today are identifying themselves as 'charismatic' or 'Pentecostal.' That's co... Full Article » TV Couple Seeks to Put God First, Network Edits Out References to Him - 10/18/2008 Jon and Kate Gosselin have the nation's attention. They and their eight children are featured in a TV reality series. Special lighting fixtures have been installed in their house and the cameras roll three days a week. The Gosselins even get to sh... Full Article » GOD TV Debuts in China - 10/17/2008 GOD TV's Greater China launch was marked by a special live broadcast from studios in Washington, DC where Rory and Wendy Alec shared their network's far-reaching vision for China. The new Greater China feed includes GOD TV's full line-up of internati... Full Article » Lutherans Criticize Current Pope for Offering Indulgences - 10/17/2008 Lutheran churches have criticized Pope Benedict XVI for offering indulgences in connection with the celebration of the Apostle Paul’s 2000th birthday. According to the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church indulgence offers a release from punishment... Full Article » Woman Prayer-Walks the United States - 10/17/2008 Most Christians are familiar with the concept of prayer-walking their neighborhoods. But what if God told you you were supposed to prayer-walk the entire country? There's a woman out there walking everyday, praying for your nation. Lyn Hatush says sh... Full Article » Airline Ban on Christian Cross Appealed - 10/17/2008 An airline employee is filing an appeal, claiming what's allowed for Muslims and Hindus should be allowed for Christians. It all goes back to when Nadia Ewieda was sent home after refusing to remove her cross. British Airways lets non-Christian faith... Full Article » The False Faith of Scientific Reason - 10/17/2008 We are living in a deeply irrational age. Millions are putting their faith in such mumbo-jumbo as astrology, parapsychology, paganism, witchcraft or conspiracies between sinister groups and extra-terrestrial forces. When people stop believing in God,... Full Article » CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ FLEE TARGETED TERROR - a call to pray for Christians facing genocide in Iraq - 10/17/2008 Northern Iraq's Nineveh province is the historic homeland of Iraq's indigenous Assyrian Christians. Christians forced to flee the religious 'cleansing' of Basra and Baghdad went north to Mosul and the relative safety of Nineveh. But not only has Mosu... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 10/17/2008 Human greed behind financial crisis - Jobless rise highest for 17 years - British Airways worker seeks to overturn ruling on wearing cross - Majority says parents should have the opportunity to choose faith-based schools - EU: Threatens fresh sanctio... Full Article » God is Moving In the Land of Abraham - Iraq - 10/16/2008 From the four corners of the country they gathered in a remote location in eastern Iraq. By bus, car, airplanes, some came on foot. Believers from the cites in the north - Mosul, Dahuk, Kirkuk, Erbil, Sulimaynia.from the south - Basra, Najaf and Bagh... Full Article » 1.5 Million In Nsukka Crusade - 10/16/2008 We just returned from the final meeting, where 425,000 people gathered to hear the Word of God. It is amazing, that during this whole event over 1,500,000 people attended. Our counselors are still counting the completed Decision Cards and it will be ... Full Article » Villagers Suffer as Rats Destroy Crops - 10/14/2008 In a nation known as the "Rice Bowl of the Far East," an estimated 200 villages in the Chin state of Myanmar (Burma) are suffering severe food shortages as a result of a massive infestation of rats. The plague of rats extends into neighboring Rakhine... Full Article » Pray For Christians In Mosul - Terrorists Continue Killings; Believers Flee Iraqi City - 10/14/2008 News and information is coming in about a huge increase in violence taking place in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. According to an Associated Press report, a Christian music store owner was shot to death in Mosul today. Also, in the past week ap... Full Article » Amazing Growth - church that began with 13 people now has 100,000 members and 7,800 branch churches around the world - 10/14/2008 Central Church in Seoul, has grown to 100,000 members and has 7,800 branch churches around the world, two television networks and a full-time professional orchestra. South Korean Christians are the most fervent evangelists and missionaries that I hav... Full Article » Lakeland Outpouring Officially Ends - 10/13/2008 The Lakeland Outpouring’s final meeting was held at Ignited Church recently. It's been six months since evangelist Todd Bentley launched the meetings in the Florida city. He stepped down from ministry in August after nearly constant night to night me... Full Article » Billy Graham Returns Home Following Hospital Observation - 10/12/2008 Billy Graham was admitted to an Asheville, North Carolina Hospital after tripping over one of his dogs at his home in nearby Montreat. Graham did not break any bones. Personal physician Dr. Lucian Rice says the fall should not pose a setback for the ... Full Article » Scientist Coalition Accused of 'Suppressing' Evidence Against Darwinism - 10/10/2008 While the 21st Century Science Coalition may sound like it’s on the cutting edge of scientic innovation, at least one of its critics argues otherwise. Dr. John G. West says the group should be called The 19th Century Science Coalition. Recently the C... Full Article » Cuban Churches Gain Newfound Hope - 10/10/2008 In the Communist country of Cuba, the church has undergone 50 years of persecution. Dictator Fidel Castro declared atheism the state religion and Christians were arrested, sometimes killed. In recent years, Cuba has eased up, and churches are free to... Full Article » Rains Follow Successful Murray/Darling Pilgrimage - 10/9/2008 Rain began to fall within 48 hours of the completion of the Murray/Darling prayer pilgrimage recently at the junction of the two Australian rivers. The Mayor of Wentworth, Marg Thomson, greeted the many prayer pilgrims with a short speech and a praye... Full Article » Rolland Baker Needs a Miracle in Intensive Care Unit - 10/9/2008 I just got off the phone with Rolland Baker. Rolland contracted Malaria and upon his arrival in South Africa, his colleagues there noticed he needed some treatment. In fact the parasites had rapidly invaded his body producing a dangerous life-threate... Full Article » "The Church has left the Building!"—On Sunday, the Congregation moves to the Marketplace - 10/9/2008 All across America this Sunday, churches will usher members, not inside their doors, but outside, in participation of the Faith in Action program. The four-week campaign is intended to create an outward focus and encourage a heart to serve. Regular s... Full Article » Economic Woes Create Spiritual Hunger in Zimbabwe - 10/9/2008 Despite the political distress and poverty that has rocked Zimbabwe thousands are committing their lives to Christ. The devastating toll of Zimbabwe’s fiscal drought and resulting food shortage has sparked an unprecedented spiritual hunger. Many are ... Full Article » 125,000 Attended the First Night - Nsukka, Nigeria Crusade - 10/8/2008 We just returned from the first crusade-meeting here at Nsukka. 125,000 attended on the university-field. God’s power simply came down. It was such an honor and pleasure to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. A huge number of people received salvation... Full Article » In India, They Hack Christians to Pieces - 10/8/2008 The people in Sindhipankha do not have 401Ks. Many of them, in fact, no longer have homes. Across the state of Orissa, in northeast India, Hindus have ransacked and burned hundreds of Christians’ houses and churches during the last two months. Hundre... Full Article » Despite Benefits, Few Americans Have Experienced Short-Term Mission Trips - 10/7/2008 A century ago, missionaries had to commit to years of service. With the comparative ease and affordability of travel, church and ministry leaders now encourage short-term mission trips. These journeys, typically lasting from a few days to several wee... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 10/6/2008 Business ‘faith and hope message’ - Scottish Children’s commissioner urges delay to plans - Micah Sunday to mobilise churches against poverty - Irish abortion ban defended - Plea by church against illegal logging - EU: Lauded for pressing Iran to dro... Full Article » Most Successful European Pastor Passes on the Baton - 10/6/2008 When Nigerian pastor Sunday Adelaja started a church in Kiev, Ukraine in 1994, it quickly grew to 25 thousand people. Today it's the largest Christian congregation in Europe. Despite this success, the 38 year-old pastor's vision is to work himself ou... Full Article » International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church Encourages Christians Worldwide to Pray - 10/5/2008 More Christians were martyred in the twentieth century than all previous centuries combined, and this onslaught has continued unabated into the new century, according to some, with over 200 million Christians in 80 countries worldwide being persecute... Full Article » Fact-finding Tour Reveals Christians in India Living in Fear of Attacks as Violence in Orissa Spreads to Neighboring Provinces - 10/5/2008 ORISSA: 14 Districts hit, 300 Villages destroyed, 4,400 Houses burnt, 50,000 Homeless, 59 People murdered, 10 Fathers, Pastors and Nuns injured, 2 Women gang-raped confirmed [One Nun], 18,000 Men, women, children injured, 151 Churches destroyed, 13 S... Full Article » India's Anti-Christian Violence Unparalleled Among World Democracies - 10/5/2008 Orissa violence continues unabated and enters seventh week as police neglect duties Despite the deployment of thousands of central and state law enforcement troops, the violence in Orissa continues to inflict daily casualties and massive damage to Ch... Full Article » Iran feeling the tensions between faith and religious freedoms - 10/4/2008 The Iranian Government is being asked to reconsider their highly controversial draft bill on apostasy. "The European Union has issued a declaration urging Iran to drop the apostasy bill and also to release Christian converts from prison. So, I'm hopi... Full Article » November Election High Stakes: The Next President Will Tip the Courts in America - 10/3/2008 "The Supreme Court is on the ballot this fall, and the stakes could not be higher for Americans." The next president will tip the courts, one way or another, Supreme Court openings are all but guaranteed, and that's just the start: 44 trial and appel... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 10/3/2008 Back to Church Sunday - Pro-life minister leaves Cabinet - Archbishop hits out at City ‘bank robbers’ - And lead us not into liquidation - Al-Qaeda leader threatens France and Spain - Laos: Christians held in stocks for their faith - Australia: Droug... Full Article » Is Islamic TV in English a threat to America? - The founder of Alkarma TV believes it could be - 10/3/2008 "When we started Alkarma TV a few years ago, we were focusing completely on preaching the Gospel in the Arabic language, but now I see that there are new English Islamic channels that are springing up and are being aimed at Americans. They are talkin... Full Article » Finding Christ in the Terminal - 10/2/2008 In a movie called "The Terminal," an eastern immigrant finds himself stranded in JFK Airport, and takes up temporary residence there. Something similar happened in Moscow Airport recently, where missionaries Brian and Ingrid met a woman called Elizab... Full Article » Pastors Rally for Virginia Police Chaplains - 10/1/2008 Last month, the state police superintendent asked chaplains to offer only non-denominational prayers at public events and ceremonies. That prompted six chaplains to resign over not being allowed to pray in the name of Jesus. In response, 86 pastors a... Full Article » Fewer Christians Read Their Bible - 10/1/2008 An Australian survey shows 21 per cent of church goers read their Bible daily, 14 per cent open it a few times a week and only 6 per cent read the Word once a week. 72 percent of Pentecostals read the Bible at least a few times weekly, followed by 62... Full Article » Christian Ex-Muslim Couple Gets Asylum in UK - 9/30/2008 Even though they're in a "safe" country, the couple's attorney is not releasing their names. The husband came to Christ in 2003. His wife made the same decision two years later. Then, they began sharing their faith online. Converting from Islam can ... Full Article » Missionaries Pray, Fast for God's Intervention in India - 9/30/2008 Youth With A Mission is calling on its 17,000 workers worldwide to join in three days of prayer and fasting for the church in India as it faces violent attacks from Hindu radicals. YWAM India joined 90 Christian leaders recently in praying for an end... Full Article » Liberal Ministers Complain to IRS, Want Officials to Crush Politics in Pulpit Movement - 9/29/2008 The two Ohio pastors organizing the complaint are from the United Church of Christ. The denomination itself was investigated by the IRS last year for allowing presidential candidate B. Hussein Obama to speak at its convention. The Alliance Defense Fu... Full Article » Tony Winner Uses the Arts to Disciple Youth - 9/29/2008 Ben Harney helps youth develop discipline and social skills by participating in wholesome theatrical productions such as "Annie," "The Wiz" and "A Raisin in the Sun." Harney, who accepted Christ in 1979, never expected his profession to merge with a... Full Article » US Capitol Architects Dump God on Drawing Room Floor - 9/29/2008 American taxpayers have spent more than $600 million on a new visitors' center at the Capitol in Washington, DC. It will have acres of marble floors and walls, photographs of Earth Day, information about an AIDS rally and details about the nation's i... Full Article » Charismatic Women Pray to Transform America - 9/28/2008 More than 2,000 charismatic women have gathered in Washington, DC to pray ahead of the US presidential election. According to Aglow president Jane Hanson Hoyt, the prayer focuses on government, family, the Church, media, education, science/business/t... Full Article » Former Church Building Converted to Mosque - 9/28/2008 The former site of a church has hosted its first service as a mosque. The city of Utica, New York took over the former Word Faith Deliverance Ministries church building in 2006 because of $208 in unpaid water bills. It had been abandoned for years.... Full Article » Christians Begin 40-Day Prayer Efforts for Election - 9/28/2008 Believers across denominational lines are starting 40-day prayer and fasting campaigns for the 2008 general election on November 4th. Leaders say the efforts are “crucial” to shape the course of America’s future. Some organizations are not only prayi... Full Article » Arafat Sniper Now Works for Jesus - 9/28/2008 When Taysir Saada served as an assassin for Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization, he admits he hated Christians. If he found a home belonging to followers of Jesus, he would sometimes throw a grenade inside and shoot it up with bursts of machine-gun fi... Full Article » Porn Obsessed Preacher Unlikely to be Prosecuted Over Cancer Scam - 9/27/2008 Police say no one has made a formal complaint. Mike Guglielmucci has admitted to pretending to have cancer to explain symptoms he now attributes to shame over porn addiction. The Hillsong artist was well known for performing "The Healer" while wearin... Full Article » Osteen's Church Tops List of 100 Biggest Churches Despite Nearly 7.5 % Attendance Drop - 9/27/2008 According to "Outreach" magazine, the attendance at Lakewood Church in Houston is 43,500, almost twice that of the second biggest church in America. But Osteen's smile is not quite as gleaming as it might have been. Attendance was even higher in 2007... Full Article » Kirk Cameron Says He'll Kiss Only His Wife—Even on the Set - 9/26/2008 Kirk Cameron's new film is about how God can save a troubled marriage. But in good conscience, Kirk was not willing to kiss his co-star in a defining scene. He had made a commitment to his real wife of 17 years, Chelsea Noble. The producers of "Firep... Full Article » Governor Defends Policy Forcing Out Chaplains Who Pray in Jesus' Name - 9/26/2008 Five Virgina State Police chaplains have been forced to resign because of a new state policy that fails to respect their faith. Police Superintendent Steven Flaherty single-handedly created, then enforced, a strict "non-sectarian" prayer policy at al... Full Article » Millions of Students Pray at School Flagpoles - 9/26/2008 Millions of students throughout the US and elsewhere took part in the 19th annual See You at the Pole prayer event recently. This year's theme was centered on 1 Sam. 3:10—“Speak, for your servant is listening.” More than 20 nations took part this tim... Full Article » The youth prayer movement: a global perspective - 9/25/2008 Over the last two decades we have seen an explosion of prayer around the globe that is unprecedented in history. "An exciting phenomenon over the last few years has been the growth of prayer awareness amongst the younger generation," Today, children ... Full Article » Dramatic healing leads to salvation of Hindu family - 9/25/2008 Riya and Mamta were Hindu, but when Riya started watching a Christian television program that showed people being healed by Jesus Christ. Riya had an unusual request. "I told my mother that I didn't want to go to the doctor. I wanted to go to Jesus,... Full Article » Iran apostasy law could be devastating for Muslim background believers - 9/25/2008 Ahmadinejad has repeatedly denied the Holocaust and threatened Israel's destruction. Now, Iran is threatening her own people through apostasy legislation. The new law hasn't been ratified yet, but it has received overwhelming approval by Iran's parli... Full Article » More attacks in India, Orissa government may disband - 9/23/2008 The India Christian Council is endorsing the Union Government's decision to warn state leaders about anti-Christian violence in the states of Orissa and Karnataka. The Central Government, today, proclaimed that unless you stop doing this, we are goin... Full Article » World Vision Supports More Than 120,000 Children in Philippines - 9/23/2008 World Vision in the Philippines has sent over 250, 000 Filipino children to school from mostly remote communities nationwide and that at present the organization is supporting over 120, 000 children. WV was able to send some 121,221 children in 33 pr... Full Article » Wall Street Workers "Turning to Religion" Amid Turmoil - 9/23/2008 Trinity Church Wall Street, "People are just sitting there praying or crying, and definitely exhausted. There has definitely been an increase in the number of people who have come in. The economic financial crisis is a reminder that we cannot put our... Full Article » Minister Fights Zoning to Let Homeless Live in His Church - 9/22/2008 Pastor Jack Wiser has been fined $500 for allowing three homeless people to live in his parsonage, northeast of Pittsburgh. Wiser, who has filed an appeal, argues he should be allowed to let missionaries or any other guests stay there. He also says c... Full Article » Amish Turn to Solar Power for Electricity - 9/21/2008 The Amish have long been known for shunning connections to the outside world, including the power grid. But now they're becoming pioneers in the adoption of solar energy. As one observer puts it, it's like tapping into God's power grid. The Amish are... Full Article » Evangelicals to UN: Indict Ahmadinejad - 9/21/2008 A prominent evangelical organization has delivered a petition to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanding Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad be indicted for incitement to genocide against Israel. It was signed by tens of thousands of Christians ... Full Article » Christians are Looking to Prayer to End Wave of Shootings and Stabbings - 9/20/2008 24 young people have died from shootings and stabbings in London this year. Christians are fighting back with a prayer relay. Sprinters in a sprint relay use a metal baton. But for Christians in this prayer relay, the baton is the Bible. It has been... Full Article » India Government Criticizes States Amid Anti-Christian Attacks - 9/20/2008 The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a warning it would take action against state governments if violence does not cease. After hundreds of churches were burned and Christians were murdered in Orissa, Hindu extremists shifted attention to South In... Full Article » Christian Magazine Sold Under the Counter Like Porn - 9/20/2008 In some bookstores pornographic magazines are stored under the front counter to shield customers from their provocative covers. Over 100 Lifeway Christian bookstores are treating the current issue of "Gospel Today" the same way. The ladies on the cov... Full Article » Half of Americans Believe in Angels - 9/20/2008 Half of all Americans believe they are protected by guardian angels. One-fifth say they've heard God speak to them. One-quarter report they have witnessed miraculous healings. 16 % say they've received one. And 8 % pray in tongues. That's according t... Full Article » Christian Music Artist's Confession Shocks Believers - 9/19/2008 Ray Boltz has divorced his wife, started dating and lives what he calls "a normal gay life." Boltz reports he had fought homosexual feelings for more than 30 years. The 55 year-old singer is best known for his song, "Thank You." Boltz has received ... Full Article » Royal Society Scientist Loses Job Over Comments About Creationism - 9/19/2008 It's a sad comment about academic freedom in the UK. Michael Reiss has lost his job as the Royal Society's director of education, after suggesting creationism should be treated as a world view in science classes. A couple of Nobel prize winners compl... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 9/19/2008 Christian groups seen as 'tainted' by Government, warns Archbishop - UK Muslims have 'victim mentality' - Christian leaders fast ahead of UN Poverty Summit - Crackdown on 'suicide websites' - Europeans keep faith out of politics - India: Violence spr... Full Article » A Lion in Church and Other Wild Stories from Survivors of Hurricane Ike - 9/18/2008 As clean up continues in Texas following Hurricane Ike, stories are emerging that paint harrowing pictures of the incredible power of nature and the tendency of man to call out to God in their hour of need. One incredible story involves a lion owner ... Full Article » "We Love to Go for Walks" Two Miracles - 9/18/2008 Like these women, Sanika and Indali can now walk. After 18 months of paralysis, the Lord completely healed both of them. Like most people in Bhutan, Sanika Dorji and Indali Ngedup walk to get where they need to go. They walk to the market and they wa... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 9/17/2008 Met police facing another racism claim from Muslim woman - Christians part of new coalition to challenge UK poverty - Unions say Christian should be fired from equality board - WCC delegation finds deep wounds in South Ossetia - Russian ambassador wa... Full Article » Fellow Americans Need Your Help - CBN - 9/17/2008 Hurricane Ike has brought devastation to the Gulf Coast. Today: 37,000 people can't go home 2.2 million people have no power or water Fellow Americans are praying that someone will help them in their hour of need. Please answer their prayers an... Full Article » 37 New Converts Baptized, 3 Pastors ordained in Negroes, Philippines - 9/17/2008 This was made possible with the recent weekend mission by the missionaries of South East Asia Mission Teams (SEAMIST), who do church planting work among this unreached. Prior to Pastor Cordova missionary outreach to the Aeta people there was not a ch... Full Article » Michal Ann Goll is Now with the Lord - 9/15/2008 This past weekend I ministered in a conference hosted at Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda's church. I was in contact with Kathy Colbert. She made me aware that Michal Ann's strength was slipping. On Sunday night I did return home. After I ministered to my wi... Full Article » Sharia Courts Are Operating in Britain - 9/15/2008 The government has quietly admitted rulings of Sharia courts are enforceable with the full power of the judicial system. But not every government official agrees. Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve calls the legal mechanism unlawful. Muslim women i... Full Article » Promise Keepers Brings Founder Back to Ministry Helm - 9/14/2008 Promise Keepers is expected to undergo major changes with the return of co-founder Bill McCartney. He's been brought out of retirement to head the nearly 20 year-old organization. The leadership change comes during an ongoing attendance decline at Pr... Full Article » Archbishop of Canterbury Finds it Necessary to Apologize to the Late Charles Darwin - 9/14/2008 Some say the Archbishop of Canterbury is making a monkey of himself with a half-baked apology to Charles Darwin for misunderstanding the author of "The Origin of Species." In doing so, the Church of England is distancing itself from Christians who be... Full Article » Lousiana Prisoners Studying Theology, Some Go on to be Missionaries - 9/14/2008 Warden Burl Cain was convicted of his spiritual responsibilities for his prisoners after watching an execution. Close to a quarter of the inmates at Angola have expressed faith in God, largely in connection with his outreaches. So far, 143 have gradu... Full Article » Dramatic Healing Leads to Salvation of Hindu Family - 9/13/2008 Eleven year-old Riya lives in Delhi, India. After she had a fever for more than 15 days, her right leg went numb and she had trouble walking. Riya and her mother, Mamta, were Hindu, but when Riya went to her aunt's house, she started watching a TV pr... Full Article » Teen Challenge Awarded Nearly One Million Dollars in Lawsuit - 9/12/2008 The city of Nashville and Davidson County have learned their lesson the hard way. The two Tennessee local governments have been ordered to pay Teen Challenge a total of almost one million dollars. The award is related to the violation of the Equal Pr... Full Article » Abortion Bill Passes Lower House of Victoria's Parliament - 9/12/2008 The bill to remove abortion from the Crimes Act of the state of Victoria, Australia, has passed its third and final reading in the lower house. After a marathon session, members of Parliament voted 48 in favor and 28 against legalizing abortion in th... Full Article » Return of 'Hate Crimes' Plan Looms in Congress - 9/12/2008 A federal "hate crimes" plan to criminalize speech or thoughts critical of homosexuality may be resurrected before the election. That's according to Mathew Staver, of Liberty Counsel, who says the legislation is expected to be offered as an amendment... Full Article » Leading Scientist Urges Teaching of Creationism in Schools - 9/12/2008 Reverend Michael Reiss is director of education of the Royal Society. He says it's self-defeating to marginalize the 10 per cent of pupils who believe in the literal account of creation. National curriculum guidlines in Great Britain discourage bring... Full Article » Teacher Who Posted Declaration of Independence Quote About Creator Wins in Court - 9/12/2008 A judge has sided with a math teacher who sued his school district. Bradley Johnson had posted a banner in his home room for 25 years containing the words, "In God We Trust." He also posted another banner including the phrase, "All Men Are Created Eq... Full Article » Audio Bible ministry hit hard by India violence - 9/11/2008 The work in Orissa State was hard hit. During recording three of our readers were killed. They were killed because they were Christians not for participating. The Orissa project manager was adversely affected. Two of his uncles have been killed. One ... Full Article » Bolivia poll unites some, divides others - 9/11/2008 Efforts by Bolivia's president Evo Morales to reform the country are meeting with staunch opposition. The country erupted with riots and strikes following a national referendum over changes in the government that would empower the indigenous majority... Full Article » Papua New Guinea: 106-year old chief gets baptized - 9/9/2008 You're never too old to get baptized. That's the message that Napa Namb presented to visitors of his baptism service in Papua New Guinea. He was baptized at age 106. He allowed a church in the village but continued serving his ancestral spirits. For ... Full Article » Brazil: God transforms a desert community (2) - 9/9/2008 The team headed out again on the day-long trek to Algodao de Jandaira. This time, however, something was different. They approached a riverbed they had crossed dozens of times before. But not this day. For the first time in a quarter century, raging ... Full Article » Attorney General: State Mandates Bible Teaching in Schools - 9/8/2008 Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has decided a recently passed law requires all public schools to offer instruction in the Old and New Testaments. Representative Warren Chisum introduced it into the 80th Legislature. Chisum has said teachers would... Full Article » Authorities Threaten ’More Harm’ if Vietnamese Church Continues to Meet - 9/7/2008 Vietnamese police disrupted a service recently, chasing the guest speaker into a bathroom and snatching his camera. Pastor Chinh Van Nguyen reports five hours of interrogation. The next day, police called him back and made threats. Nguyen says his re... Full Article » Pro-Lifers Outnumber Disposable Infant Proponents 20 to 1 at Australian Demonstration - 9/7/2008 As debate in Victoria’s state parliament takes place soon, legislators will have something to think about. Close to 2000 pro-lifers showed interest recently at the state parliament versus only about 100 protesters wanting to weaken current limits. A... Full Article » Chinese Christians Persecuted But Still Patriotic, Says Open Doors Head - 9/7/2008 Chinese house church Christians seem to have a paradoxical view of their country. Open Doors USA leader Carl Moeller reports they're proud of the way China was shown as a positive place in Olympics publicity. At the same time, they faced restrictions... Full Article » TV Newsman Admits Anti-Christian Bias in Media - 9/7/2008 Widespread anti-Christian bias in the media means Christian groups face an uphill struggle for fair coverage. That's according to David Blevins, a correspondent for the London-based Sky News. He also says journalists select the information they wish ... Full Article » Canada's Broadcast Authority Nixes Christian Radio Proposals, Supports Porn TV - 9/6/2008 Christians are frustrated after Canada's counterpart to the FCC turned down two applications for Christian radio in the nation's capital. Christian Hit Radio had 780 letters of support. The second Christian proposal was for a French language station.... Full Article » Cops Sued After Pro-Life Girls Strip Searched in Parking Lot - 9/5/2008 It sounds like the kind of harassment you would have expected from the Gestapo. But it happened here in the United States when 18 pro-life advocates held up signs on a public street. Three young women, including teenagers were subjected to two rounds... Full Article » Girl Rips Off Brace After Kids' Church Prayer, Surgery Cancelled! - 9/5/2008 Children from kids’ church prayed for torn knee ligaments and the girl ripped off her brace and danced about. Her upcoming surgery was later cancelled. That was just one of a stream of miracles associated with the Winchester Outpouring. A couple from... Full Article » Imprisoned Book Store Owner Barely Recognizable to Friends Due to Deteriorating Health - 9/5/2008 Chinese Christian bookstore owner and house church leader, Shi Weihan, has been moved to Beijing Haidian Detention Center. According to personal acquaintances, Shi's closest friends barely recognized him. He was first imprisoned last November, releas... Full Article » House Churches Are Growing in Iran - 9/5/2008 A major crackdown against house church Christians is proceeding in Iran. And while the Islamic government could halt its nuclear program if it wanted to, it's finding it's incapable of reversing the rapid spread of Christianity. The church is explodi... Full Article » Religious Violence in India Has Economic Undertones - 9/5/2008 The violence in Orissa continues with the media reporting more prayer halls burned. The national government is responding with promises of troops to reinforce police. Christian missionaries have shaken things up by providing superior schooling. Among... Full Article » Survey Says: Evangelicals Hated and Misunderstood - 9/5/2008 The findings are from a new Ellison Research report, "America’s Definition: What is an Evangelical?" Ellison president Ron Sellers is surprised at how much abuse was aimed at evangelicals, calling the language in some of the survey responses unprinta... Full Article » Persecution unabated: 4,000 houses in 300 villages destroyed, 50,000 Christian adults and children hiding in forests, nun raped, woman burnt alive, two pastors among 24 killed - 9/4/2008 The toll is morbid and should shake the conscience of the Indian government, its people and of the world. A Hindu was burnt alive in a Christian orphanage and over 60 Churches and institutions destroyed, Violence has spread to many districts of Oriss... Full Article » Two Christians Kidnapped and Killed in Iraq - 9/3/2008 The Iraqi Christian community is once again in the sights of Islamic fundamentalists in Mosul. AINA News Agency today reports the death of a 65-year-old doctor, Tariq Qattan, kidnapped recently by a terrorist group. His family had paid a ransom of 20... Full Article » God Transforms a Desert Community in Brazil - 9/3/2008 A church member began to have dreams about a town or encampment called Algodao de Jandaira. Although she had never heard of the place, the dreams were so vivid with considerable detail -- that the entire congregation received them as a divine revelat... Full Article » Brazilian Homeschoolers Score Surprise Victory in Showdown against Government - 9/3/2008 It's interesting that if these same tests were given to public school students, the vast majority would not pass them. In a surprise victory against government officials who sought to prosecute a homeschooling family for refusing to participate in th... Full Article » A Temple Priest Gets a Second Chance - 9/2/2008 Gandharu had run the missionaries out of town the last time. This time when the movie was over he was amazed at the release he felt in his heart as they prayed. He knew he had to tell everyone. "I was suffering with a lot of pain and tension and bond... Full Article » Maoists in India Say They Killed Hindu Leader - 9/2/2008 A Maoist group today claimed responsibility for killing Hindu extremist leader Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his disciples in Orissa state on Aug. 23, saying that radical Hindus' claims that Christians murdered him were "lies." The violence has... Full Article » Ambitious Plan To Employ Fifty Thousand Indigenous Australians In Full Time Work - 9/2/2008 The richest man in Australia has won the Prime Minister's backing for an ambitious new project to propel 50,000 indigenous Australians into full-time work. The project was the brainchild of the Fortescue Metals Group chief executive, Mr Forrest. It c... Full Article » Dead Sea Scrolls Go Digital - 9/1/2008 The Israel Antiquities Authority says it has begun the two-year process to digitally photograph every fragment of the more than 2,000 year-old ancient text. The scrolls will eventually be made available on the Internet. In the past, people complaine... Full Article » Pastor with Hit Song on Hillsong Album Uses Cancer Hoax to Hide Porn Addiction - 8/31/2008 Michael Guglielmucci was well-known for regularly performing "The Healer" while wearing oxygen tubes and steadying himself with a cane. But now Guglielmucci is better known for perpetrating a cancer hoax to hide his porn addiction. He claims shame ov... Full Article » British Government Faces New Pressure Over Faith Schools - 8/31/2008 Government ministers in the United Kingdom are being urged to stop faith schools from selecting pupils and staff on the basis of their religion. A new coalition called Accord is offering its criticism using the "d" word, discrimination. Accord wants ... Full Article » Prosperity Preacher Not Cooperating with IRS Probe - 8/30/2008 The IRS has issued a summons requesting information regarding Mac Hammond’s compensation, benefits, outside businesses and aircraft, as well as details on loans for Hammond's home that the church forgave. He claims enemies of the gospel have instigat... Full Article » $3 Million Lottery Winner Turns it All Over to Church, Keeps Anonymous - 8/30/2008 The pastor of a Long Island church was faced with a dilemma. The congregation had outgrown its building. He even said that unless God dropped a million dollars on them, they'd have to rent. Several weeks later, $3 million dollars in lottery winning... Full Article » California Bill Lets in Suicide through a "Back Door" - 8/30/2008 The bill would allow a physician assistant or nurse to designate a patient as "terminal" then push for an unnatural death. The health care-provider would suggest to qualifying patients, many of whom may be depressed, that they be drugged to unconsci... Full Article » Lakeland Outpouring Spills Over into San Francisco - 8/30/2008 During a visit to Lakeland, Florida, Michael Brodeur blogged some thoughts for his church members back home who were antsy for revival. Now, after 67 days of nightly meetings, his church is in the midst of something not unlike the Lakeland Outpourin... Full Article » Christians Flee, Violence in India Escalates - 8/29/2008 Violence against Christians in the Indian state of Orissa continues as Hindus retaliate for the murder of one of their top leaders. Hindu activists burned an orphanage, killing a Christian woman. The violence has spread to include mob attacks on chur... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 8/29/2008 Lambeth more successful than expected, says Archbishop - Enforce sex lessons for four-year-olds, say MPs - Teenage health 'time bomb' threatens NHS - Man convicted of gun factory charges - Russia faces fresh condemnation and support - EU should save ... Full Article » Nigerian Faces Death for Having 86 Wives - 8/27/2008 Nigeria's Islamic authority has told the man, who has 86 wives, to choose only four and repent within three days or else he will be sentenced to death. The Jamatu Nasril Islam passed their verdict on Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 84, according to Sharia l... Full Article » 'The Call' Moves a Muslim Indonesia - 8/25/2008 More than one million Christians in 50 cities fasted and prayed on Indonesia's independence day. The historic event began with more than 8,000 people marching around the capital city, Jakarta. The people prayed for a change of heart among the young p... Full Article » Delegates Learn How God is Raising Up Children to Tackle Big Prayer Issues - 8/25/2008 Kids coming in contact with the Royal Kids Prayer Center are on fire to know Jesus and are leading their parents to Him. Many of these children were picked up from the garbage, unwanted babies from poor families. Others are former temple prostitutes.... Full Article » Study: Church-Going Teens Have Higher GPAs - 8/24/2008 A study by the University of Iowa also reports church-going teens have a lower dropout rate. And it says they are more happy to be a part of school. Despite the positive link between church attendance and academic success, the study surprisingly foun... Full Article » One-Legged Church Planter Preaches to Man Who Threatened to Kill Him - 8/24/2008 One man became infuriated that a Christian would dare come to the village to evangelize. Armed with an AK-47, he stormed to the area where the church planter was speaking. The disabled evangelist boldly and compassionately shared the Word of God with... Full Article » Clash With University Over Beliefs Strands Christian Student - 8/22/2008 A student who challenged his school's speech code and won a positive ruling in federal court is still battling Temple University. The school is refusing to provide Christian DeJohn a grade for his Master's Thesis three years after he wrote it. But it... Full Article » Franklin Graham Criticizes Film About His Dad - 8/21/2008 Franklin Graham's statement said the movie depicts events that never happened or are greatly embellished. The one that concerned Graham the most is a scene where Bob Jones Sr, then president of Bob Jones College, yells at a young Billy that he will n... Full Article » Ireland Now Has Its First Christian Radio Station - 8/21/2008 A 20-year effort to get Christian radio into Ireland has finally succeeded. HCJB Global Voice is partnering with Irish believers to broadcast the Gospel in Cork, Ireland's second largest city. While Christian "religion" is common in the country, ther... Full Article » Handbook Says Average Senior Pastor Makes More than $80,000 a Year - 8/21/2008 The statistics come from the 2009 Compensation Handbook for Church Staff. Churches that draw 101 to 300 people each week pay senior pastors $72,664 per year, including benefits. The pay increases to $88,502 for pastors at churches that average a week... Full Article » Veteran journalist and broadcaster, Dan Wooding, is 'Excited by IPTV' - 8/21/2008 Wooding 67, a veteran international journalist and broadcaster, said that although IPTV was still in its infancy, the Church and its outreach programs should not be slow to adopt this new technology. "This is God-sent," It is absolutely amazing to me... Full Article » Gospel moves as occupation continues in Georgia - 8/20/2008 NATO allies say regular contacts with Russia are impossible until its troops have completely withdrawn from Georgia. Reports indicate they were seriously considering the implications of Moscow's actions. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, currently in... Full Article » Uncertainty falls on Pakistan after nine-year presidency ends - 8/20/2008 Even Christians in Pakistan are somewhat mixed in their response. There are those that are quite glad to see a return to civilian government, and there are others that are also concerned with the uncertainty of what is going to happen now for the fut... Full Article » Israel's Messianic Jews: some call it a miracle - 8/19/2008 The name Jesus or Yeshua has been a forbidden word among many Jews. But in the last few years, Messianic leaders in Israel say something important is happening. "I believe with all my heart, after we have come back to the land, we are seeing the Lord... Full Article » Top Hamas leader's son follows Christ - 8/19/2008 The son of a top Hamas leader has converted to Christianity and prays some day his family will also accept Jesus Christ as their savior, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of West Bank Hamas leader Sheik Hassan Yousef re... Full Article » Rick Joyner Speaks Up About Todd Bentley - 8/18/2008 I did not hear that Todd was going through a personal crisis until the day before our meeting with him here. When I saw him Wednesday night, he immediately wanted to share with me about his personal problems—especially about his recent separation fro... Full Article » Chinese Airport Officials Seize 300 Bibles from American Christians - 8/18/2008 The 300 or so study Bibles, intended for Chinese pastors, were confiscated as "illegal religious literature." The four Americans, who had connections with Vision Beyond Borders, range in age from 15 to 78. They were fined $400 each. Chinese authoriti... Full Article » Government Suspects Parents Failed to Educate Homeschoolers Who Pass Entrance Exams for Law School at 13 and 14 - 8/18/2008 The Brazilian government is forcing the children of Cleber and Bernadeth Nunes to take a battery of tests to prove they were not "intellectually abandoned." The outcome could determine the future for countless families currently forced to either home... Full Article » Greater Than Gold: Witnessing Christ in Beijing - 8/17/2008 Dr. Sam Mings founded the ‘Evening with the Stars' evangelistic event nearly 25 years ago at the Los Angeles Olympic Games. It rallies Christian competitors, spectators and locals in an act of Christian witness to celebrate the ultimate victor -- Jes... Full Article » Intercessor Models Ministry After Neighborhood Watch - 8/17/2008 Neighbourhood Watchman co-ordinator Barry Brown is challenged by the words of II Chronicles 7:14. The UK resident is encouraging Christians in each town and city to promise to regularly pray for their neighbors and local community. He's asking for fi... Full Article » Prayer and Fasting Event Fills National Mall with Intercessors - 8/16/2008 It's been 8 years since The Call took place at the National Mall in Washington. This time Lou Engle and other leaders urged prayer focusing on the attack on traditional marriage in California, abortion and the need for houses of prayer on every colle... Full Article » Todd Bentley Steps Down From Fresh Fire Leadership - Letter From Board Explains - 8/16/2008 Fresh Fire Ministries reports overwhelming support and compassion on behalf of Todd and Shonnah Bentley. The evangelist, who was used powerfully in the Florida Outpouring, is taking time off from ministry and the Fresh Fire Board to receive counselin... Full Article » Christian Students Imprisoned in Shipping Containers - 8/15/2008 The eight Eritrean students had been objecting to the confiscation of Bibles at their training center. While setting the books on fire, an official warned that the center was a place of patriotism, not a place for Pentecostals. It wasn't the first ti... Full Article » Joel Osteen's Wife Cleared of Assault Charges - 8/15/2008 Jurors rejected claims that Victoria Osteen was so upset about a spill that she threw flight attendant Sharon Brown against a bathroom door and elbowed her in the chest. Brown was suing Osteen for one tenth of her net worth. A former Continental flig... Full Article » Homeschooling Grows by 80 percent in Florida in Past Decade - 8/15/2008 When the upcoming school year begins, more homeschooled students than ever are expected. For 2007/2008, the Florida Department of Education estimates 56,650 students were homeschooled, compared with 31,440 in 1997/1998. Many homeschooling families sa... Full Article » Judge: Universities Can Deny Course Credits from Christian High Schools - 8/15/2008 A federal judge has ruled a public university can deny course credit to students from Christian high schools. Judge James Otero says that's if their textbooks call the Bible infallible and teach against evolution. In a case involving the University o... Full Article » Patricia King Addresses the Todd Bentley Situation … Watch Now! - 8/15/2008 Editors Note: I heartily recommend that everyone who can watch this video to its end. It will bring help and light to this situation. Ron McGatlin - Last night, during the opening session of our Growing in the Supernatural 4, Patricia King addressed ... Full Article » Todd Bentley Separation Shocks Followers, Apostolic Overseers - 8/15/2008 Pastors within the apostolic movement, who commissioned Bentley as an evangelist in June, express shock over the breakup of revivalist's mariage. Leaders of the apostolic movement are scrambling for answers after learning that revival leader Todd Ben... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 8/13/2008 Lambeth Conference branded 'exercise in futility' - Blears 'to give Muslims a voice' - Hospitals 'infested with vermin' - Non-believers take on challenge in 'Make Me a Christian' - Lads' mags to blame for bad dads, claims Gove - Lack of role models' ... Full Article » Todd Bentley and wife Shonnah's separation announced by Fresh Fire board of directors - 8/12/2008 "It is with considerable sadness then, that we must temper the jubilation we know you all feel with the sobering news that Todd and Shonnah Bentley are presently experiencing significant friction in their relationship and are currently separated. We ... Full Article » The Secret Resident - 8/12/2008 Every week, joyful believers scurry to visit a little house in Maharashtra, India. But it wasn't long ago that demons routinely dropped by. As Kunish prayed for Giri, the demon quickly fled. There are no demons around! And instead of terrifying demon... Full Article » Churches damaged as Georgia/Russia clash - 8/12/2008 Russian Ministries Sergey Rakhuba says they have workers in the region, located in Vladikavkoz. This is a huge catastrophe for so many people. About 2,000 people are killed. There are about 30,000 refugees." There is no communication, but people who ... Full Article » Ten Commandments Poster Inside Courtroom Approved - 8/11/2008 An Ohio judge who posted the Ten Commandments in his courtroom has been vindicated. The ACLU tried to say he violated a previous court order which forbid him from posting the decalogue alone. Their case fell apart because Judge James DeWeese also po... Full Article » Joyfully Celebrating the Creator at Creation Fest 08 - 8/10/2008 Britain’s leading free annual Christian music festival resulted in drug addicts, Muslims, teens and younger kids being drawn to Jesus. Despite one day with rain, attendance of over 7500 topped last year's numbers at Creation Fest. A Calvary Chapel p... Full Article » Victory for California Home Schoolers - 8/9/2008 California homeschool parents are sighing with relief. An appeals court says moms and dads do not need to have state education credentials in order to teach their children at home. This reverses a previous decision that caused an uproar. Even Governo... Full Article » MRI Confirms Laying on of Hands Worked for Girl with Brain Tumor - 8/9/2008 It was a lesson in faith for 11 year-old Kayla Knight and her mom, Amy. First doctors said she had a brain tumor with an MRI to prove it. Then around 30 people laid hands on Kayla at church. Later testing revealed it was gone. Kayla calls it scary an... Full Article » Megachurch Pastor Joel Osteen Called to the Witness Stand in the Case Against His Wife - 8/9/2008 Joel Osteen calls it all an unfortunate misunderstanding. Victoria Osteen is fighting flight attendant Sharon Brown's demand for an apology and 10 pecent of her net worth. The stewardess claims Ms. Osteen threw a tantrum and elbowed her in the chest ... Full Article » Olympic Athlete Plans to Publicly Thank God - 8/9/2008 The Chinese government persecutes its own citizens who attend unregistered house churches. How will it treat an American Olympic athlete who acknowledges God? Runner Sanya Richards may be a test case. She plans on publicly thanking God after crossing... Full Article » Judge Approves School District's Intolerance Toward Christian Valedictorian - 8/9/2008 District Judge Walker Miller missed a chance to strike a bold move for religious freedom. He upheld principal Mark Brewer's requirement for a valediction to write a letter of apology in order to graduate. Erica Corder had gotten "out of line" by enco... Full Article » Todd Bentley Comes to MorningStar - 8/8/2008 A flurry of excitement and expectancy rippled over the grounds long before the service started. People came early to get a place to sit as close to the special outdoor stage as possible. By the time Todd Bentley took the microphone, God was already... Full Article » Prayer or Protest for China’s Billion? - 8/8/2008 Just around the corner from the site of many of this year’s 2008 Beijing Olympics events is a recently built church with a large cross on top. In English the words "Christian Church" make it stand out. Its 21st century styling fits right in with the ... Full Article » President Bush Chides China on Eve of Olympics for Poor Human Rights Record - 8/8/2008 China responded to President Bush’s remarks by saying he was meddling in its internal affairs. Chinese authorities banished house church pastor Zhang Mingxuan from Beijing for the duration of the Olympics. Thousands in China belong to unregistered ho... Full Article » Possibly the Largest Youth Convention Ever in City -- Christian Teens Sharing Faith Through Art - 8/8/2008 7500 teenagers have flooded the streets of Charlotte to participate in the Led by Fire Pentecostal fine-arts festival. The convention gives participants 12 to 18 years-old a chance to compete at the national level in 57 categories including photograp... Full Article » Lawsuits Between Believers Is Over, LaHaye Reaches Agreement with Left Behind Producers - 8/8/2008 The dispute goes back to 2000. Tim LaHaye,who wrote the "Left Behind" books with Jerry Jenkins, filed suit against Cloud Ten Pictures. The settlement gives him the right to remake the three movies. If LaHaye declines the option, Cloud Ten is expected... Full Article » Marketplace Ministry in Law Enforcement - 8/8/2008 Tim Lockwood has fulfilled his two boyhood dreams. One -- to become a police officer --and two -- to follow in his father's footsteps as a pastor. He calls it the best of both worlds. Lockwood's Christian faith energizes his role as a policeman, help... Full Article » Internationally Acclaimed African Children's Choir Thrilled at the Passage of the Global AIDS Initiative Renewal Bill - 8/7/2008 The African Children's Choir, founded following the aftermath of Idi Amin's brutal regime over Uganda, performed for President and Mrs. Bush at last week's White House signing of H.R.5501 - the Global AIDS Bill -$5 billion for malaria and $4 billion... Full Article » Jailed Missionaries Granted Bail, but Denied Release - 8/7/2008 The four Gospel for Asia missionaries being held in a Karnataka, India, jail have officially been granted bail. But a judge has added several hurdles that must still be crossed before the men are released. The missionaries were arrested July 31 and c... Full Article » Chick-fil-A CEO Extends Mercy to Preteens Who Vandalized His Home - 8/7/2008 Billionaire S. Truett Cathy, the 87-year- old CEO of Chick-fil-A, has extended mercy to three preteen girls who broke into his summer home, vandalizing it and stealing $30,000 worth of his belongings. He couldn't bear to send the girls through the co... Full Article » Saudis to House Church Christians: Get Out! - 8/6/2008 More than a dozen Christians in Saudi Arabia, who were accused by government officials of worshipping in their homes, have been ordered deported. The worshippers were originally charged with preaching. Later that was changed to holding a 'dance party... Full Article » Flight Attendant Seeking 10% of Osteen's Net Worth Over Alleged Assault - 8/6/2008 Sharon Brown claims Victoria Osteen threw her against a restroom door and elbowed her in the chest, causing on-going health problems. Osteen was supposedly upset Brown was too slow in cleaning up a spill on her first-class seat. The megachurch pasto... Full Article » "Make Me a Christian" Debuts on British TV - 8/6/2008 "Make Me a Christian" follows the three-week journey of 13 non-Christians as they come to grips with the Christian faith by Bible studies and mentoring from a team of church leaders. Their mentors include the leader of the Christian Party and the pas... Full Article » CHINA: 122 Gold Medals Up For Grabs At Beijing Games - 8/6/2008 BILLIONS INVESTED - PRAY FOR A GREAT IMPACT FOR CHRIST - PERSECUTION CONTINUES ON EVE OF GAMES - SURPRISE FOR OLYMPIC VISITORS - ARRESTS OF CHRISTIANS IN EARTHQUAKE AREAS - BUT GOD’S WORK CONTINUES WITH GREAT BLESSING - YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT ARE U... Full Article » Kidnappings and Flooding Leave Northeast India in Turmoil - 8/5/2008 From kidnapped children in Manipur to flooding in Assam. At least 24 children have been reported missing in Manipur, and police think this number might be even higher. A rebel group has been kidnapping the children to make them child soldiers. In nea... Full Article » Missionaries tackle the food crisis - 8/5/2008 There have been riots in the streets in Bangladesh and Egypt. Prices have soared 80-percent in Haiti. And in Africa, families are cutting back from two meals a day, to just one -- if they can afford that. The global food crisis is upon us. Experts ar... Full Article » Vietnamese Police Torture and Kill Two Degar Montagnards - 8/5/2008 -Song Nie, 24, and Y-Huang Nie, 23, were returning to their village after having taken part in a peaceful protest for the release of three Christians who had been arrested on April 9. On April 14, the Vietnamese security police arrested and then kill... Full Article » Missions Group Hits the Road Without Money or Cell Phones - 8/4/2008 Some future church leaders in Europe recently took a crash course in living by faith. Their training began in a German restaurant and ended at a farmer's market on the French coast. For ten days, these 15 people traveled and worked with minimal resou... Full Article » Planned Parenthood Abortion Center Closes Instead of Following New Law - 8/4/2008 It looks like the only abortion center in South Dakota has stopped killing babies, at least for now. A pro-life doctor reports women with appointments found the Planned Parenthood office closed. A new state law requires abortion providers to warn wom... Full Article » 140 Year-Old Beach Mission Reaches Out Through Friendship Evangelism - 8/3/2008 A 10 year-old boy who does not go to church went on vacation with a friend and really enjoyed the outreach. Since he didn’t have a Bible, the team gave him one on the last day, together with photos; they even wrote in it. When the two boys got home a... Full Article » Evangelist Offers Salvation at Son's Memorial - 8/2/2008 Greg Laurie called for young people to give their life to God during the memorial service for his son. 33 year-old Chris Laurie died on the scene of an accident last week in California, when the vehicle he was driving read-ended a state-operated truc... Full Article » DC State Board of Education Approves New Restrictive Homeschool Regulations - 8/1/2008 The proposed regulations have been a controversial topic since January. That's when Superintendent Deborah Gist first drafted restrictions for homeschooling parents. A write-in campaign is credited with removal of some of the stricter proposals. The ... Full Article » Court Orders University of Florida to Recognize Christian Fraternity - 8/1/2008 The federal appeals court in Atlanta issued the injunction, ordering the school to officially acknowledge Beta Upsilon Chi. The university had accused Brothers Under Christ, as the fraternity is also known, of religious discrimination. The court's de... Full Article » House Churches in Study Consist of Up to 43 % Recent Converts - 8/1/2008 The churches in this study planted on average four to six churches over the past three years. Three churches in the study planted ten or more. Many of the churches in the study gave away between eighty and ninety percent of their offerings to mission... Full Article » Desire to Build a Church Led to Player's Major League Comeback - 8/1/2008 Fernando Tatis says his return to major league baseball after a two-year absence had little to do with his desire to play the game. The New York Mets left fielder reports his town in the Dominican Republic needed land to build a church. Tatis pitche... Full Article » ‘Loaves and Fishes’ Miracle Reported in Egypt - 8/1/2008 The incident reportedly occurred during Marilyn Hickey’s citywide leaders' conference in Cairo. The conference had ordered 3500 boxes of Kentucky Fried Chicken. After volunteers gave it out, they discovered another 1200 boxes. They gave that out and ... Full Article » Son of Top Hamas Leader Converts to Christianity - 8/1/2008 In an exclusive interview with Israel's "Haaretz" newspaper, Masab Yousuf slammed Hamas, praised Israel and says he hoped his terrorist father will open his eyes to Jesus and to Christianity. Masab admits he previously aided his father, Sheik Hassan ... Full Article » China's Christians Face More Persecution - 8/1/2008 As China prepares for the Beijing Olympics, Christians are facing more persecution. Religious freedom activists say the Chinese government is cracking down on house churches in the name of Olympic security. The Chinese government has raided numerous ... Full Article » In China, They Beat Christians With Crowbars - 8/1/2008 Next week the world will see everything that’s good about China: Its sleek buildings, its new wealth and its talented artists and athletes. What won’t be on display during broadcasts of the Olympic Games in Beijing are any signs of religion. When I m... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 8/1/2008 Children missing moral values at home - London's month of prayer for gun and knife crime - 1 in 3 Muslim students approve killing for Islam - Archbishop appeals to divided Anglicans to show generosity -Religion has a vital part to play in the politic... Full Article » The food crisis quietly takes its toll - 7/30/2008 For hungry children, food aid delivers more than full stomachs - Children take extreme measures to survive Albania's rough streets - Following Asia's twin disasters, significant progress made - At G8 summit, progress made on fight against AIDS and po... Full Article » Bombing widens division in Turkey - 7/29/2008 Turkey is in a very tense time. Christians are often singled out in times of sectarian violence. While the constitution includes freedom of religion, worship services are only permitted in "buildings created for this purpose," and officials have rest... Full Article » Aboriginal Men Say Sorry For Abuse And Violence - 7/29/2008 Hundreds of Aboriginal men from across Australia have issued an historic apology to their women for the "pain, hurt and suffering" indigenous men have caused them. In the icy desert of Central Australia, men of all age groups met to discuss ways to b... Full Article » Iraq's Prime Minister Encourages Christians to Return to Iraq - 7/29/2008 After meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in Italy, Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is urging Christians who fled Iraq to return and help rebuild the country. According to a BBC report, Maliki said he urged the Pope "to encourage Christians who left th... Full Article » Prayer Targets World's 3rd Largest Mission Field – America - 7/28/2008 A blanket of prayer for America is being proposed for September 11, 2008, the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The coalition of organizations sponsoring the effort say America is no longer the Christian nation ... Full Article » Grieving Greg Laurie Makes Unexpected Visit to Pulpit - 7/28/2008 Tears and a standing ovation greeted Pastor Greg Laurie, who made an unexpected appearance Sunday at the podium of Harvest Christian Fellowship. His 33 year-old son, Christopher, was killed in an automobile accident last week. Laurie said his faith w... Full Article » Midsize Mission Renews Europe's Declining Churches - 7/27/2008 Churches across Europe are reporting that setting up midsize missional groups, alongside their worship services, is effective in revitalizing struggling congregations. They also says the groups help attract new people in a post-Christian society. Mid... Full Article » Greg Laurie’s Son Killed in Crash in California - 7/25/2008 The oldest son of evangelist Greg Laurie is dead after an automobile accident. 33 year-old Christopher Laurie reportedly slammed into the back of a California Department of Transportation truck as it was clearing debris from a car pool lane. The youn... Full Article » Court Vindicates Preacher Arrested Near Liberty Bell for "Hate Crime" - 7/25/2008 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that a homosexual "hate crimes" law used against Christian evangelists violates the state constitution. In 2004, Christian evangelist Michael Marcavage and several other Christians were arrested at Philadelphi... Full Article » Relocated Smithton Outpouring Church in Revival Again - 7/25/2008 Crowds of people run to the altar, a pre-teen ushers in the presence of God, and signs and wonders abound. Since May 2nd, hundreds have gathered at World Revival Church in Kansas City to experience the miraculous power of the Lord. Many testify of he... Full Article » Invocation Must Be Free of Religious References, Appeals Court Sides with ACLU - 7/25/2008 An appeals court has ruled using Jesus' name during public prayers is unconstitutional. The case involves a Fredericksburg, Virginia city councilman who frequently opened meetings with an invocation. Hashmel Turner promises he will remain quiet rathe... Full Article » Colorado Gets Its Knuckles Slapped for Discriminating Against Christian College - 7/25/2008 A federal court has ordered the state of Colorado to stop discriminating against Christian higher education. It all started when students at Colorado Christian University were banned from a state grant program. Colorado officials had determined the s... Full Article » C. S. Lewis Home Named Historic Landmark - 7/25/2008 The Oxford home where Christian scholar and author C. S. Lewis wrote the popular "The Chronicles of Narnia" series is being designated as a historic landmark. It was at the Kilns, as the house is known, that he wrote many of his works, including "The... Full Article » Court Drops Charges against California Homeschooling Family - 7/25/2008 The juvenile family court handling the original case of the California family banned from homeschooling has decided not to pursue charges against the family, thus signaling an end to the case. "Apparently the state decided it either didn't want to pu... Full Article » Iraqi refugees struggling after leaving homeland - 7/25/2008 Thousands of Christians have left Iraq. "More than half of all the Christians have been displaced by the conflict. Certain Muslim extremist groups have taken opportunities to persecute Christians. Sometimes it's to grab their property or to kidnap th... Full Article » Christian Radio Forced Off the Air In Guatemala - 7/22/2008 Christian radio is quickly becoming scarce in Guatemala. Over the past four years, the (Guatemalan) Congress has received a lot of pressure from secular station owners. They say they're losing revenue to Christian stations which are becoming more po... Full Article » Daily Bible Reading Has Dropped as New Media Distract - 7/21/2008 Daily readership of the biggest-selling book in history has dropped to about 10 per cent for both the Christian and total population. The Bible Society is now working on a raft of "creative strategies" - including websites, podcasts, audio broadcasts... Full Article » Survey Says: What Christians Want Most in Life - 7/21/2008 What do Christians want most in this life? According to a new national survey conducted by The Barna Group, it depends upon what type of Christian you ask. The outcomes embraced by 90% of evangelical Christians included having good physical health, h... Full Article » Texas OKs Bible Course for High Schools - 7/20/2008 The Texas State Board of Education has given final approval for establishing a Bible elective for high schools. It is leaving specific class guidelines up to local school districts. Attorney General Greg Abbott had affirmed the constitutionality of t... Full Article » Father Begs Governor to Intervene in Threatened Dehydration Death of His Daughter - 7/20/2008 The father of a disabled Delaware woman says the system – of courts, lawyers, hospitals and disability agencies – is literally combining to bring about the death of his daughter. Lauren Richardson suffered oxygen deprivation as a result of a heroin o... Full Article » Sequel for Atheism Movie for Children Unlikely, Protests Made First Film a Flop - 7/20/2008 Perhaps it has disappeared through a window into another universe, like its characters. Sources in the film industry say that plans for a sequel to "The Golden Compass" appeared to have been put on ice following the fervent Christian protests surroun... Full Article » Prostitutes Delivered Through Thailand Ministry - 7/20/2008 Thailand is well-known worldwide for its sex industry. Ministries report they talk with prostitutes from as many as 15 different countries every day, and most of them would like to escape the sex trade. Annie Dieselberg has established Nightlight Min... Full Article » Dr Dobson Beats Howard Stern for Radio Award - 7/19/2008 Dr James Dobson joins the ranks of Paul Harvey, Jack Benny and Rush Limbaugh as an award winner from the National Radio Hall of Fame. He was nominated in the "national active" category, as was Howard Stern, Bob Costas and Dr Laura Schlessinger. "Foc... Full Article » Elderly Missionaries Brutally Attacked Offer Forgiveness - 7/19/2008 An elderly missionary couple is recovering in a Kenya hospital after a brutal attack recently. Eloise Bergen was taking a bath in the couple's home when a gang of intruders broke her jaw, tied her up, piled furniture on top of her and left her for de... Full Article » California Rejects Christian Education as Valid for University Admissions - 7/19/2008 A Christian school is in federal court fighting the efforts of the University of California system to forbid mentions of God from college prep textbooks. If God is mentioned, the course doesn't count. The state seems to have a double-standard because... Full Article » Chinese House Official Loses His Home After Meeting with an American Delegation - 7/19/2008 China has further sullied its human rights reputation with the Olympics only about a month away. Police kicked house church official Bike Zhang out of his home. It was apparently an act of retribution for his meeting with an American congressional de... Full Article » Adelaide Has Its Own Prayer Tower in the Central Business District - 7/19/2008 It all began eight years ago when Jenny Hagger recieved a word from the Lord about the need for a place of intercession for the central business district of Adelaide. A group of lawyers had a similar burden and made a room available. Recently Hagger'... Full Article » Russian Church Rents Excursion Boat for Outreach Event - 7/19/2008 The three month-old church crowded 180 people onto a boat intended for 150 and treated them to salami sandwiches, mineral water, music and talk. About 60 percent on-board were unbelievers. There wasn't any advertising. People hear about it by person... Full Article » Todd is Back From Break, GOD TV Resumes Live Broadcast - 7/18/2008 Todd Bentley surprised everyone by ending his rest and relaxation break from the Lakeland Outpouring after only about a week. He had been ministering almost non-stop for close to 100 days. Bentley says God plans to use him to bring similar outpouring... Full Article » Ben Stein Movie Exonerated, Beatle's Widow Loses Case - 7/18/2008 Yoko Ono's attempt to quash Ben Stein's movie, has backfired. A judge has ruled the producers of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" did not violate copyright law by using John Lennon's song, "Imagine," to make a critical comment. The theatrical run ... Full Article » Court Says ’Gay’ Rights Trump Christian Rights - 7/18/2008 An appeals court has dismissed a civil rights complaint by 11 Philadelphia Christians, ruling their First Amendment rights were less important than those of homosexuals. The police, who did not want the Philadelphia 11 bringing up faith issues, arres... Full Article » Baby Raised from the Dead - 7/18/2008 A former drug addict living in Ukraine used her faith in Jesus to raise a baby from the dead. Svetlana Ponamorenko found her niece blue, not breathing and with no pulse after the child had been submerged in bathtub water for twenty minutes. Remember... Full Article » Court: Young Victims Belong to Kidnappers - 7/18/2008 A Pakistani judge has ruled two young Christian girls, who were reported kidnapped, cannot be restored to their family of origin because they "converted" to Islam. Saba and Aneela Younis, were abducted while en route to visit their uncle. The convers... Full Article » Chinese Restaurant Evangelism Taking Gospel to Europe’s Immigrant Chinese - 7/18/2008 The Chinese Christian Herald Crusade Restaurant Gospel Ministry (CCHC) is taking the Gospel to hundreds of Chinese restaurant workers across Europe this summer. During a recent week, CCHC took the good news to around 500 of the businesses. The group ... Full Article » State Department Promotes "Mosques in America" - 7/18/2008 This is now available from the US State Department: "2009 Mosques of America Wall Calendar: Limited Edition for Ramadan." The product was being advertised by "Global Publishing Solutions," a division of the US State Department, until bloggers started... Full Article » 'Can anything good come out from Sichuan earthquake.?' - 7/16/2008 in the case of the Sichuan earthquake, the Beijing government certainly has changed, almost unrecognizably. "It has won over not just its own people, but the world. Whether it was because of repeated occurrences of tragedies, and ill events in the ye... Full Article » Iran's human rights abuses condemned - 7/16/2008 Iran's Islamist regime managed to provoke global outrage for the regime's suppression of believers. It has gone further than arrests. "Within the last two weeks, we have heard word of a draft bill that makes the death penalty the punishment for using... Full Article » U.S. Senators urge Chinese Government to 'work within international community' to resolve North Korean refugee repatriation issues - 7/16/2008 Seven U.S. Senators have written a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao urging the Chinese government to end their repatriation of North Korean refugees and to instead work with the international community and the UNHCR to allow their safe resettlem... Full Article » Norway Trial Court Finds Missionaries Guilty of Spreading Gospel - 7/14/2008 Larry Keefer from Tampa, Florida, and Norwegian evangelist, Petar Keseljevic plan to appeal their conviction. They face serious fines but no additional jail time. The missionaries were detained by police for several hours after their arrest last May.... Full Article » Government Rules in Favor of Christian Who Refused to Perform Same Sex Ceremonies - 7/14/2008 A tribunal recently ruled that a North London council had placed the rights of homosexuals above Lillian Ladele's right to follow her faith. For two years the Borough of Islington pressured her to perform same sex civil partnership ceremonies. Miss L... Full Article » Israel's Messianic Jews: Some Call it a Miracle - 7/14/2008 In Israel, a resurgence in the number of Jews who believe in Jesus is getting a lot of attention. Many leaders say it's the strongest growth since the time of Jesus and that the Messianic movement could be on the brink of a great revival. For the fir... Full Article » New Ministry Addresses Fatherlessness - 7/13/2008 It's a fatherless world. Thousands of men leave their wives, children and responsibilities and tack on to crime or pornography. Recently Men at the Cross launched the beginning of a movement to help men reach men for Christ and break the "transgenera... Full Article » Todd Bentley Takes a Break, GOD TV Drops Live Broadcast - 7/12/2008 Fresh Fire Ministries has announced Todd Bentley is taking time off to rest and relax. He's been ministering nearly non-stop for almost 100 days. The meetings in Lakeland will continue without Bentley and without GOD TV's nightly broadcast. The net... Full Article » Judge Dismisses Juvenile Case Prompting Homeschool Ban - 7/12/2008 A judge has ended juvenile court jurisdiction over two children that prompted an appeals court to declare that parents had no right to homeschool their children in California. The court's effectual ban on homeschooling was latter dropped when the app... Full Article » Subway Keeps Its Promise to Homeschoolers - 7/12/2008 The Subway sandwich shop chain took some heat a couple of months ago when it sponsored a contest, specifically excluding homeschoolers. At the time, a spokesman indicated legal issues prevented the company from changing the rules during the ongoing ... Full Article » Another Disabled Young Person Dehydrated to Death in Terri Schiavo's Hospice - 7/12/2008 Another young person has been dehydrated to death in the same hospice in Florida where Terri Schindler Schiavo met her court-ordered end. 26 year-old Bradley Whaley was severely brain damaged by an overdose of drugs and was minimally conscious. He di... Full Article » UN Scheme to Make Christians Criminals - 7/12/2008 Dozens of nations dominated by Islam are pressing the United Nations to adopt an anti-defamation plan that would make Christians criminals under international law. The discrimination is packaged in a UN resolution called "Combating Defamation of Reli... Full Article » Court Battle Over Daughters Pits Dad Against Kidnappers - 7/12/2008 The father of a Christian family has gone to court to fend off a custody claim launched by those suspected of kidnapping the father's two young daughters. The kidnappers filed for custody of the girls at the local police station. They claimed the sis... Full Article » California Youth Reprimanded for Singing "God Bless America" in Capitol - 7/11/2008 Students attending a youth leadership conference were recently reprimanded for singing the National Anthem and "God Bless America" in the state capitol rotunda. The state troopers were even called in. The show of force may have been familiar to two o... Full Article » Grassley Gives an Update on Televangelist Money Probe - 7/11/2008 Senator Charles Grassley has praise for the ministries of Joyce Meyer and Benny Hinn. He reports the organizations have provided extensive answers to all questions. He's most dissatisfied with Creflo and Taffi Dollar, who haven't provided any of the... Full Article » Chief Executive Of China's Largest Chip-Maker Mixes Business with Faith - 7/11/2008 On a gray Sunday morning, some 800 people are crammed into Thanksgiving Church in Shanghai. Among the congregants is Wang Cuimei, a 21 year-old from a village in northern China. She just started working at Semiconductor Manufacturing International, w... Full Article » Church Marks City for God with Giant Crosses - 7/11/2008 Grace Community Church is raising money to build two enormous crosses that its pastor says will mark the entrances to Houston on Interstate 45. Part building, part sculpture, each cross would include a prayer center about 40 feet off the ground. Past... Full Article » Ex-Con Sues Bible Publishers over Scripture Verses against Homosexuality - 7/11/2008 Bradley Fowler decided to sue Thomas Nelson and Zondervan instead of God. The nuisance suit filer claims the publishers are part of a vast conspiracy to cause anyone who is homosexual to endure violence, including murder. A Zondervan spokesman report... Full Article » Church Minister Shames Congregation by Dressing as Tramp - 7/11/2008 Derek Rigby sat in the porch to his church as the congregation arrived for a Sunday service, hidden beneath a wig and scruffy clothes. He then settled on a pew in the church surrounded by syringes and began drinking from a can of beer. But none of th... Full Article » Members of Parliament Slum It in Westminster for Christian Charity - 7/11/2008 Christian charity Tearfund hopes the MPs will raise awareness of the poverty and people that live in the world’s slums. A group of cross party MPs will spend 24 hours in a makeshift shelter. David Burrowes, Tim Farron and Andy Reed plan to build thei... Full Article » Only Weeks Away from TheCall DC on 8.16.08! Important Information... - 7/10/2008 Special alert regarding TheCall DC, happening on August 16th, and the National "PreCall Rally" coming up this month, on July 18th. TheCall DC is a vitally important event for America, and all who love her. Bill McCartney has called all men to gather ... Full Article » Mission Aviation Fellowship facing crisis with soaring gas costs, seeking to avert cutbacks - 7/10/2008 High fuel costs are having a negative impact on all relief agencies. MAF pilots transport missionaries, medical personnel, medicines and relief supplies, as well as conduct thousands of emergency medical evacuations. Today, MAF has no choice but to p... Full Article » Pastor Zhang Zhongxin sentenced to two years Re-education Through Labor by Shandong Officials - 7/10/2008 The Shandong reeducation-through-labor management committee sentenced Zhang Zhongxin to two years re-education through labor. Zhang is scheduled to be released June 5, 2010. Zhang may appeal within 60 days. He has applied for legal aid, to hire defen... Full Article » A Busy Pre-Teen Evangelist - 7/7/2008 It all began when a 3 year-old boy in India was healed from stammering. A few years later he accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior. Now Jojimon is 12 years-old and has preached nearly 16 hundred sermons in his own country and abroad. His largest meetin... Full Article » Threats Drive Pastor from Home and Ministry - 7/5/2008 A series of death threats against a Colombian pastor have prompted him to flee with his family to Bogota. Wilmer Ribón had launched several public outreach programs, including a sports club and a project that offered food, medical and economic help t... Full Article » More than 50 Years of Searching After God Result in a Book - 7/5/2008 Laurence Lilley is not a household name. He’s one of God’s quiet people who has spent more time alone with Him than as part of large groups. Quiet, except perhaps, for his frequent posts on the OpenHeaven.com forums. God has been dealing with the 8... Full Article » Two Students Detained for Not Praying to Allah, Classmates Lose Refreshment Break - 7/5/2008 Two boys at a public school were given detention after refusing to kneel down and 'pray to Allah' during a religious education lesson. Parents were outraged that the seventh graders were punished for not wanting to take part in the practical demonstr... Full Article » Jews for Jesus Now Free to Exercise 1st Amendment Rights in Long Island Park - 7/5/2008 Freedom of religious speech has triumphed over the town code of Oyster Bay. It all started when Jews for Jesus tried to hand out literature and speak to people about their faith in a public park. Town Supervisor John Venditto threatened arrests. Susa... Full Article » GOD TV Grows 800% on Web Due to Lakeland Outpouring - 7/4/2008 GOD TV's number of web viewers in the USA alone has moved from an average of 25,000 weekly visits to 200,000 per week which represents a staggering 800% growth. The network is now receiving more than one million visits per month. On average about 1,0... Full Article » Pastors ‘Prayer Walk’ New Orleans Streets - 7/4/2008 Nearly 1,000 intercessors spread out on foot recently to “prayer walk” some of the city’s most crime-ridden neighborhoods. It was the first of eight prayer walks in a summer-long campaign. The goal is to spread the gospel and stem the tide of violent... Full Article » Christians Hopeful in Nepal - 7/4/2008 A new era is dawning in Nepal. On May 28, a country that was a monarchy and the world's only official Hindu nation for more than 200 years became a democratic republic. In a historic meeting of the newly-elected Constituent Assembly, an overwhelming ... Full Article » The Ministry of a Blind Beggar - 7/4/2008 Harjit had lost his modest job after an electrical accident left him completely blind. His wife spent all their money taking him to several doctors, but treatment could not heal his eyes. Left with no other option than to beg, Harjit sat on a corner ... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 7/4/2008 Does the NHS have a future? - Sir Ian Blair calls for end to knife crime - Church leaders back charity challenge to engage with community - Ireland: Principals are split over role of religion in the classroom - Sentamu wants British public to help re... Full Article » Young Christians give sacrificially to provide Bibles - 7/2/2008 God has raised up partners who make personal sacrifices to provide Bibles to needy African believers. Anthony, 12, and Veronica, 10, brother and sister from South Africa, decided they had to help after hearing about the shortage of Bibles among Afric... Full Article » It is much worse now for Christians in Iraq than under Saddam Hussein - 7/2/2008 "The room is full of children, it's full of women, but I don't see the men. Where are they?" Pelley remarked. "They are mainly killed. Some are kidnapped. Some are killed. In the last six months things have got particularly bad for the Christians. He... Full Article » North Korea -- Axis of Evil? - 7/2/2008 U.S. lifts sanctions against North Korea after nuclear reactor cooling tower destroyed. Meanwhile, millions of North Koreans starve to death. I'll Cross the River is brutally honest about how North Korea is home to countless children whose shiny blac... Full Article » Ministry decries political deaf ear in North Korea - 7/2/2008 It's a devastating turn of events, Moeller says. "The [administration has] completely turned a deaf ear to the cries of millions of North Koreans who are starving today, who are oppressed, and the hundreds of thousands--by our estimate maybe 200,000-... Full Article » Louisiana Governor Legalizes Intelligent Design in State Schools - 6/30/2008 Louisiana public school teachers can now educate their students about the theory of intelligent design. They can also voice scientific criticisms of Darwinian evolutionary theory. Governor Bobby Jindal has signed a bill passed unanimously by the stat... Full Article » Uzbekistan campaigns against evangelicals, believers imprisoned - 6/30/2008 The tide of persecution against Christians is rising in Uzbekistan to levels unseen in recent history. The government is using media to incite hatred toward believers. And are arresting evangelical leaders. "Recently the state launched programs descr... Full Article » Ugandan-born Archbishop delivers Zimbabwe plea - 6/30/2008 The Ugandan-born Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu, has called on South Africa to take action over Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe. He issued a plea on Sunday to the South African president, Thabo Mbeki, to intervene directly. "South Africa, pl... Full Article » U.S. President takes North Korea off terror list - 6/29/2008 North Korea has been removed from the United States terrorism black list, after North Korea handed over a list of its nuclear facilities to China and agreed to ceremonially blow up a cooling plant at its main reactor. While this appears to be good ne... Full Article » Wiconi hosts 4th Annual Mni Wiconi Wacipi - Gathering to lift up the name of Jesus using indigenous cultural expressions - 6/29/2008 This summer, Native Americans and others will come from different parts of North America to the Aldersgate Conference Center in Turner, Oregon, to celebrate, strengthen families, enjoy friendships, support Native communities and be encouraged in the ... Full Article » Zimbabwe: 'We are being persecuted' - 6/28/2008 What began in 2001 as government interference in Anglican affairs has developed into religious liberty abuse so severe and violent that "dissident" Anglicans -- that is most Anglicans -- in the capital, Harare, now risk death to meet together. And th... Full Article » The Mystery of the Copper Scroll - 6/28/2008 Instead of leather or parchment, it was made entirely of copper, and it could be the greatest treasure map in history. The Copper Scroll describes a hidden cache of gold and silver buried in more than 60 locations throughout Israel. The monetary valu... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 6/27/2008 A third of secondary schools have a sex clinic - Teenager found dead 'was bullied' - Nazir-Ali: Christians must ‘recover nerve’, testify Christ - School exclusions 2,200 per day - Harman pushes discrimination plan - Micah Challenge inspires greater a... Full Article » Myrtle Beach Area Pastor Expected to be Released Soon from Russian Prison - 6/26/2008 A Russian court has ordered a US pastor convicted of smuggling ammunition, to be set free. Security officers at a Moscow airport had found a box of cartridges in Philip Miles' luggage. The South Carolina man intended to give the ammunition to a Russi... Full Article » Leaders Commission Todd Bentley at Lakeland Outpouring - 6/25/2008 Participating leaders included J. Peter Wagner, Ché Ahn, John Arnott, Bill Johnson and Rick Joyner. Todd Bentley intends for the Lakeland Outpouring to be one of the most well-documented revivals in history. His staff is working 80 hours a week colle... Full Article » Survey Says: Americans Believe Many Paths to Eternal Life, Majority of Evangelicals Agree - 6/24/2008 A new study on faith in America is providing a better view of what Americans truly believe. Of the 35,000 people surveyed, 70 percent said there are many paths to eternal life. Even among evangelical churchgoers, 57 percent shared that view. And whi... Full Article » Volunteer groups lead Myanmar aid efforts - 6/24/2008 Nearly two months after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, the struggle to get aid to the rural areas continues. Many foreign relief groups were barred from the country by the country's ruling junta. The government has also kicked medical teams out, citi... Full Article » Pentecostal Group Backs Copeland in Probe Protest - 6/23/2008 Assemblies of God International Fellowship (AGIF) says Senator Charles Grassley's probe into the financial records of six prominent ministries seems to be crossing a legal boundary. Only Joyce Meyer and Benny Hinn have cooperated completely. The AGI... Full Article » Record Fuel Prices Hurting Christian Charities - 6/22/2008 Record-breaking fuel prices that have peaked at unimaginable levels this summer have pushed Christian ministries and charity organizations to the brink. Food for the Hungry reports high costs of fuel were eating away at the organization’s ability to ... Full Article » Apartment Managers Fired and Evicted for Being "Too Religious" - 6/21/2008 For eight years apartment managers Daniel and Sharon Dixon, displayed a stained glass depiction of flowers in their office. In the lower left corner it contained the words -- Consider the lilies … Matthew 6:28. Recently the Dixons were fired and evic... Full Article » State Denies Cancer Treatment, Offers Suicide Instead - 6/20/2008 The Oregon Health plan has offered to pay for the assisted sucide of a cancer patient, but not for her chemotherapy. Last month Barbara Wagner learned her lung cancer, which had been in remission, returned. But thanks to the generosity of a pharmaceu... Full Article » Parents Sent to Jail for Homeschooling - 6/20/2008 A German judge has ordered a mother and father, who have been homeschooling their children, to serve three-month prison terms. That was after a prosecutor said he was unhappy with fines the family paid and he wanted the parents jailed. Juergen and Ro... Full Article » Hindus Fake Reconversions as Public Relations Ploy - 6/20/2008 Many of the Dalits participating in these "reconversion ceremonies" are not even Christians. They are people who were seen attending a Christian church service once or twice but who never made a commitment to Christ. There are also reports of Hindus ... Full Article » China Approves Gospel Booklets for Athletes at Olympics - 6/20/2008 The world’s largest Bible production factory will print 50 thousand Gospel booklets in Chinese and English for the Olympic Games. 30 thousand Chinese-English new Testaments and 10 thousand Chinese-English Bibles will also be available. News of the pr... Full Article » Survey Says: Support for Abortion Drops to Seven-Year Low - 6/20/2008 The survey also found the percentage of Americans who take a pro-life position on abortion is tied for its highest level during the same seven-year period. ABC News and the "Washington Post" conducted the study. A CBS News poll showed even less suppo... Full Article » Noah — the Musical Brings Bible Story to Life - 6/20/2008 When the animals board the ark two by two, they prance down the aisles right through the audience. The swaying of the boat as flood waters lift it and the powerful dialogue of Noah’s family as the world disappears help create a dramatic presentation ... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 6/20/2008 Bishop of London Richard Chartres attacks gay priests’ 'wedding' - Anglican Church schism declared over homosexuality - Scotland to raise drink-buying age - Abortion increase in young girls - Boy, 13 'Hanged himself after he was bullied on Bebo' - Br... Full Article » Iranian government cracks down on believers - 6/19/2008 Iranian police have launched a more extensive crackdown on "social corruption" throughout the Islamic Republic. A religion law is causing them concern. "It makes the death penalty mandatory for people convicted of leaving Islam to follow another fait... Full Article » Lakeland Outpouring Evangelist Todd Bentley Writes an Open Letter to the Body of Christ - 6/18/2008 Our mission is to save the lost. Everything that is happening at Lakeland is to that end. God is good. People are being saved. That should be the priority of every Believer. You may not understand some of the things that you see. It may be out of you... Full Article » Flooded Indiana Church Opens Its Doors to Community despite Its Own Needs - 6/18/2008 The night before the flood, we had a prayer meeting where we prayed the Lord would use us this summer, like He's never used us before... to do things beyond our wildest imaginations. In the past five days, I've met more neighbors and seen more miracl... Full Article » Canada Says 'We'Re Sorry' To Former Indian Residential School Students - 6/18/2008 Onbehalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, Prime Minister StephenHarper offered an historic formal apology on June 11, 2008, to former studentsof Indian Residential Schools and sought forgiveness for the students'suffering and for the da... Full Article » Rising food prices exact a harsh toll on hungry children worldwide - World Vision News - 6/18/2008 Teachers in China reach out to help quake-affected children - Encountering hope in the wake of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar - Donated medications make big difference for HIV-positive orphan - A mother with a heart and mission for children with special n... Full Article » Taiwan: God’s Fire In Asia - A New Chapter - Reinhard Bonnke - 6/16/2008 Have a look at the picture of this night! Not only that 13,000 people packed the indoor stadium, but 110 churches gathered across the nation to watch by way of satellite - another 25,000 people. Also, four satellites broadcast the meetings with a com... Full Article » Christianity Discriminated Against by British Government - 6/16/2008 The critique, endorsed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, says cabinet ministers are only paying lip service to the Anglican Church while focusing intently on other religions. It accuses the government of failing to appreciate the potential contributio... Full Article » Man Fined for Preaching Near Liberty Bell - 6/16/2008 It all goes back to last October when Michael A. Marcavage was ministering to people waiting in line to see the Liberty Bell. He preached on the message written on the Bell -- Proclaim liberty throughout all the land. He was recently fined over $400,... Full Article » Indian Bishop and 40 Pastors Attacked by Hindu Radicals and Then Get Arrested by Police - 6/15/2008 As all the pastors were praying and worshipping, a group of radicals broke open the door and attacked. When called to the scene of the attack, instead of arresting the perpetrators, the police arrested Bishop John Kumar and the pastors. They were all... Full Article » Illinois Man Changes his Name to In God We Trust - 6/15/2008 The 57 year-old artist and bus driver says his new name more closely represents his devotion to God than "Steve Kreuscher" did. He used his tax rebate to pay the $600 court expense. The entire process before Judge David Hall took less than two minute... Full Article » House Church Leader Arrested in Iran - 6/14/2008 Eight policemen confiscated Mohsen Namvar's computer, printer, CDs, books and money. They did not tell the 44 year-old Tehran resident why he was being arrested. A friend had warned Namvar that authorities were keeping him under close watch. He was p... Full Article » Survey Says: More Dads than Moms Feel Responsible for the Souls of Their Children - 6/14/2008 According to a Church of England survey, nine out of ten fathers versus over eight out of ten mothers agreed they were responsible for the spiritual care of their children. Survey results varied by age and location within the UK. A research company ... Full Article » Self-Appointed Censor May Sue SC to Prevent "I Believe" License Plate - 6/14/2008 The legislature has approved a plan that would make South Carolina the first state to approve the "I Believe" message on license plates. But Mark Stern, of the American Jewish Congress, is upset even though the plates would not mention a particular f... Full Article » Man Suing his Church for $2.5 Million, Claims Catchers Didn't Catch Him - 6/13/2008 58 year-old Matthew Lincoln accused pastors Michael and Monique Sexton of not properly supervising the catchers. According to his lawsuit, Lincoln fell backward during a service at Lakewind Church and struck the carpet-covered cement floor, aggravati... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 6/13/2008 Lesbians' IVF babies to be denied a father after MPs' vote - Maranatha: Christians can’t be silent on forgotten young people - British workers lack skills and drive of east Europe's migrants - Scottish Islamic state plotted - Ireland in crunch EU tre... Full Article » Angry Mob Destroys Missionary's Home - 6/13/2008 Marala heard the angry shouts of the anti-Christian fanatics as they drew closer to her home. She knew they were out to attack her family, their prior threats rang in her ears. Now it appeared their actions would measure up to their words. Marala gat... Full Article » Haiti's neighbor increases security due to food crisis - 6/12/2008 Rice prices have sky-rocketed and none is available at any price in some places. The problem in Haiti is needing food. That's part of the reason Dominican officials are tightening the border with Haiti. No food is getting out, and no immigrants are ... Full Article » Good news from Iraq - 6/12/2008 U.S. President George W. Bush told reporters he didn't regret going to war in Iraq. However, he did say he regrets the war rhetoric. He also talked about troop strength in Iraq. The troop surge has quelled a lot of the violence where Partners Interna... Full Article » LEBANON FALLS - 6/11/2008 Iran-sponsored, Shi'ite dominated Hezballah does not want to govern Lebanon. What Hezballah wants -- indeed demands -- is to ignore UN resolutions and re-build, re-organise and re-arm for war with absolute impunity. With the state at the brink of civ... Full Article » A Gospel Tract Leads a Witch Doctor to Jesus - 6/10/2008 He didn't give the tract another thought until a few nights later, when a horrible nightmare jolted him out of his sleep. "Is there any god who can deliver me from the attack of these evil spirits?" He cried out. He was shocked to hear a strange voic... Full Article » Underground chapel in northern Jordan may be the world's oldest church - 6/10/2008 Archaeologists in Rihab, northern Jordan, say they have discovered a cave that could be the world's oldest Christian church. The underground chapel, dating to the period AD33-70, would have served as both a place of worship and a home. It is claimed ... Full Article » Religious Liberties for Nashville School Upheld by Tennessee Court - 6/9/2008 Christians cannot be discriminated against for their beliefs… a court in Tennessee has decided to allow religious expression, such as student prayer events, National Day of Prayer observances, and religious holidays, to continue in Wilson County publ... Full Article » Thousands of pastors from mainland China receive fire of God at conference in Hong Kong. - 6/9/2008 The Convention Centre in Hong Kong was packed including its overflows. Never have so many pastors from Mainland China attended a conference in Hong Kong. We are told. I was awed by the passion of these dear people of God. How hungry they are for the ... Full Article » Spreading the Gospel in Ecuador's Jungles - 6/8/2008 The sight and sound of a most unusual aircraft is turning heads in the jungles of Ecuador these days. But it's not just the parachute-plane, it's the pilot. He's one of them. Tementa is a Waorani tribesman, and in a remarkable role reversal the passe... Full Article » China - KILLER QUAKE UPDATE - 6/8/2008 The Sichuan, China killer earthquake has shaken China to its roots. The latest report of casualties has risen to close to 80,000 with thousands of children buried in the rubble of their schools. The State Council reports that as many as another 23,00... Full Article » Floods Drive Hundreds of Thousands from Sri Lanka Homes - 6/6/2008 Once more, I must come to you with a desperate situation that needs your prayers. On the island of Sri Lanka, where GFA has dozens of missionaries and congregations, more than 400,000 people have been driven from their homes by intense flooding. Ne... Full Article » News- British Isles & Ireland - Europe & Worldwide - 6/6/2008 London conference discusses malaria miracle treatment - Prime Minister urges more knife prosecutions - Pupils from poor homes far more likely to be taught by unqualified teachers - Bishops to march against poverty during conference - Muslim TV channe... Full Article » Thousands Pray Over Gang Violence - 6/5/2008 More than 6,000 British Christians recently met for an evening of prayer focusing on gang crime in Greater Manchester. Police chiefs, community leaders and politicians attended the event. All denominations were there. Organisers hope to promote part... Full Article » Another Terri Schiavo: Husband Battles Family - 6/4/2008 A Florida woman could face death by starvation if her husband has his way and removes her feeding tube. 57 year-old Karen Weber was hospitalized after she suffered a stroke in December. Her mother, Martha Tatro is determined to keep her alive, insist... Full Article » Sixth Grader Warned: Stop Wearing Pro-Life T-Shirts - 6/4/2008 A Minnesota school district is being sued for violating a student's right to free speech. It's all because a 12 year-old 6th-grader committed to wearing T-shirts, with a pro-life message, to his middle school every day for a month. He's been harassed... Full Article » Tennessee 'Bible in Schools' Act Awaits Approval - 6/3/2008 The mesure would not force schools throughout the state to offer Bible classes. But it would protect schools that already offer Bible classes, while making the classes an option for schools that wish to participate. Senator Roy Herron argues that the... Full Article » Some Baptists are Demanding the SBC Allow Missionaries to Speak in Tongues - 6/2/2008 Thirty-seven pastors, former Southern Baptist missionaries and others have signed a statement disagreeing with a decision that rules out tongues speakers. They say they don't want the denomination turning away any qualified worker who hears the call.... Full Article » American Christians Threatened with Arrest for Preaching Gospel - 6/2/2008 Two American-born pastors handing out gospel leaflets in a predominantly Muslim area of the UK have been threatened with arrest. Arthur Cunningham and Joseph Abraham were also warned they could be beaten by Muslims for committing what an officer call... Full Article » Pastor Moves an Atheistic Hungary - 6/2/2008 Pastor Sandor Nemeth knows what it's like to live under an atheistic communist regime. In the 80s, communist authorities repeatedly tried to destroy his congregation. It began in a small house with a handful of people meeting in a Budapest suburb. Th... Full Article » Your Blue Cross/Blue Shield Dollars Spent on Pagan Blessing of Office Building - 6/1/2008 A former employee of Blue Cross/Blue Shield is objecting to the pagan blessing of the company's new office building in Tennessee. According to a Scandinavian tradition, raising a tree to the top of a building can cause the gods to bless it with good ... Full Article » China Crackdown Hits House Churches Hard - 6/1/2008 Chinese authorities have not only turned away help for earthquake victims from house church members. They have also arrested them. It is part of a new wave of arrests and detentions targeting house churches. Recently, officials broke up a prayer mee... Full Article » Israel Condemns Burning of Messianic Bibles - 6/1/2008 The Foreign Ministry is calling the recent burning of New Testaments contrary to the values of the State of Israel. The statement confirms that the Jewish state grants freedom of religion and worship to all its citizens. The incident in Or Yehuda was... Full Article » Colombia's Children Fed by Faith - 6/1/2008 Pastor Guillermo Parra refutes the notion that Colombia is only about coffee, drug lords and violent kidnappings. He was challenged to believe that God could create something incredible out of nothing. The reality that so many of Colombia's children ... Full Article » City Planners Deem Liquor Licenses More 'Valuable' than Worship - 5/31/2008 The Planning and Zoning Commission of Yuma, Arizona, has denied a use permit to a church. It was afraid an Arizona statute forbidding liquor licenses within 300 feet of a house of worship might prevent certain businesses from moving nearby. The decis... Full Article » Plan Transforms Doctors from Healers to Killers - 5/31/2008 By just two votes, the California State Assembly has passed a bill perceived as pushing patients toward medically assisted suicide. AB 2747 enables doctors to provide a patient declared to have less than one year to live with a long list of end-of-li... Full Article » Colorado Passes Law Allowing Men in Ladies' Rest and Locker Rooms - 5/31/2008 Pro-family advocates are criticizing a new Colorado law. They call it “Pandora’s box.” Recently passed Senate Bill 200 makes it illegal to sexually discriminate against people buying a home, renting an apartment or using public accommodations. But op... Full Article » Authorities Investigate Marine for Violating Military Rule - 'Thou Shalt Not Evangelise' - 5/31/2008 The US military is investigating a Marine accused of promoting Christianity in Iraq by giving civilians coins inscribed with a Bible verse in Arabic. The Marine has been accused of distributing the coins to Iraqis as they passed through a check point... Full Article » Evangelism Blitz Touches Mexico Shantytown - 5/31/2008 A large team of American Christians headed south of the border recently to share the Gospel with hundreds of poor Mexicans. The volunteer church teams built 21 homes, a dining hall and a storage unit in Baja during an evangelism event called 'Operati... Full Article » Army Secretly Plans to Tear Down Christian Symbols - 5/30/2008 US soldiers stationed at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo may be stunned to find three wooden crosses stripped from the exterior grounds of their chapel in coming weeks. Many never saw it coming. Several high-ranking officers have met behind closed doors to ... Full Article » Muslim Actress Turned Christian Wants to Preach the Gospel - 5/30/2008 Nagma, as she's known, told of her transformation at a prayer meeting for film professionals. According to media reports, the actress shared her testimony and wowed the audience with her knowledge of the Word. She came across a Bible during a time of... Full Article » Coach Let Go After Assistant Tried to Convert Muslims - 5/30/2008 The decision not to renew the contract of Jerry Marszalek sparked a firestorm of controversy, with 200 - 300 parents packing a Board of Education meeting in Michigan. The decision was made by principal Imad Fadlallah. The coach's assistant, Assembly ... Full Article » Texas Children Roped into Islamic Training - 5/30/2008 Houston area junior high principal Robin Lowe did not tell parents what she had planned. It seems children were forced to listen to two Muslim women explain their religion for 30 to 40 minutes at a time. It happened at the end of the school year when... Full Article » Bookkeeper Gets Six Years in Prison for Swindling Church - 5/30/2008 Cheryl Grainger, pled guilty to stealing $320 thousand from a Lutheran church in southern California. The 45 year-old woman, who goes by her middle name, Lean, fled to New Hampshire where she was arrested. From 2002 to 2006 she forged signatures on ... Full Article » Cop Fired Because He Was Homeschooled, Earned Perfect Score at Police Academy - 5/30/2008 All the officers's arrests may now be considered invalid because he has been de-certified. The Tennessee Department of Education began withholding approval of homeschool diplomas last year. The action seems to violate a 1976 statute recognizing the d... Full Article » Subway Says 'Sorry' to Homeschoolers - 5/30/2008 In the wake of news coverage about its exclusion of homeschoolers from a student essay contest, the Subway restaurant chain has issued an apology. Written apologies are now being e-mailed to people who contacted the company to complain. A spokesman s... Full Article » Uzbekistan tightens lid on missionaries - 5/29/2008 Uzbekistan's religious freedom seems to be dwindling in the past few years. The rise in oppression has included police raids, detentions of believers and deportations of foreigners participating in religious activities. The desire to maintain the sta... Full Article » As Preparation for Summer Olympics Heightens, Chinese Participate in Global Leadership Initiative - 5/28/2008 U.S.-Based Ministry Leads Biblical Leadership Training in China. As final touches are made on China's main venue for 2008 Olympic events, Christian Chinese businessmen and communities are busy with another "building" project -- the development of lea... Full Article » Sweden Accepts the Challenge of Taking in Half of All Christian Refugees from Iraq - 5/28/2008 Statistics reveal that 70,000 Iraqi Christians have immigrated to Europe to escape religious persecution, nearly half of them settling in Sweden. According to an AFP report, Swedish Christians are playing a huge role in helping the refugees integrate... Full Article » New Christians Face Ultimatum - 5/28/2008 There are still many unreached villages in Jharkhand, India. A Christian family in Jharkhand, India, is facing an ultimatum from the people of their village. On May 25, Boykin Raj and his family were told to either leave Christ or leave their village... Full Article » The Digital Church - 5/26/2008 People within the Christian community are just as immersed in digital technologies and social networks as are those outside of it. A new study shows faith plays very little role in differentiating people’s technological habits. But one exception is a... Full Article » A visitation from God in Lakeland, Florida - 5/25/2008 I've watched people who've been confined to wheelchairs, by the dozen get up and walk, terminal cancers healed, visible bodily tumors as big as golf balls and grapefruits literally disappear, the hearing impaired hear again. Every disease under the... Full Article » Burma Denies Relief Aid to Christians - 5/25/2008 Release International’s partners in Burma have been bringing food to Karen survivors of the cyclone, who say the military has denied aid. The minority Karen people, many of whom are Christians, are among the most discriminated against in Burma. Some ... Full Article » Subway Sandwich Contest: Homeschoolers Not Wanted - 5/24/2008 Subway wants to hear your child's story – unless he or she is homeschooled. Homeschoolers are presumably being excluded because the grand prize includes $5,000 worth of athletic equipment for the winning child's school. Ironically, the sandwich resta... Full Article » Christian Ministry ‘Habitat for Humanity’ Agrees to Work with Abortion Giant Planned Parenthood - 5/24/2008 Habitat for Humanity has verbally agreed to an arrangement that would help Planned Parenthood open an abortion facility in Sarasota, Florida. The agreement, which reportedly has not been finalized, would fulfill a city requirement that would allow Pl... Full Article » Lindsay Roberts Can't Break Free of ORU Lawsuit - 5/24/2008 Attorneys for Lindsay Roberts had sought to have her removed from the suit, but Judge Rebecca Brett Nightingale has denied the motion. Roberts' attorney had argued unsuccessfully that her name was tacked onto the legal allegations without any support... Full Article » Witches Saved, Governor Wants More Preaching - 5/24/2008 A "JESUS" film team responded to an epidemic of witchcraft in the Central African Republic by “soaking” villages in the region of Bossangoa with the Gospel. They walked from village to village and showed the "JESUS" film every night. 18 new churches... Full Article » What's Going On? New Age Guru Praises Evangelical Manifesto! - 5/24/2008 The signers of the controversial "Evangelical Manifesto" have gotten the attention of one of the world's leading promoters of New Age spirituality. And Deepak Chopra likes what he sees. He especially praises the document's use of the term "global era... Full Article » Lakeland Outpouring Reaches 50-Day Milestone - 5/24/2008 The Lakeland Outpouring shows no signs of slowing since a 32 year-old Canadian evangelist named Todd Bentley visited Ignited Church on April 2nd. So far, it's outgrown three venues. Over half a dozen resurrections from the dead have been reported. P... Full Article » Police Arrest Missionaries for Spreading Gospel At Parade - 5/24/2008 Larry Keefer and Petar Keseljevic had come to Oslo, where Norwegians were celebrating the ratification of the country's constitution. A man on the street tried to take away their Gospel sign. Police let him get away and arrested the two preachers. ... Full Article » Coffee Shop Chains Welcome Café Churches - 5/24/2008 Two prominent coffee shop chains have cleared the way for café church in their UK stores. The groundbreaking scheme will see scores of churches bringing communities into the relaxed café atmosphere to deal with issues from a faith perspective. Kristi... Full Article » "Sunday Schools" Planned to Pass on Values of Aetheists to Their Children - 5/24/2008 The Kochhar Humanist Education Center has been launched to develop a curriculum for the schools. Bob Bhaerman is the group's education coordinator. He says it's time for non-theists such as humanists, atheists and agnostics to share their values wit... Full Article » Creation Museum About to Attract 400,000th Visitor in One Year's Time - 5/24/2008 Co-founder Mark Looy calls the first year extraordinary with worldwide media attention. He reports tour group bookings are even higher now than they were a year ago. Looy is expecting over 300 thousand visitors in the second year. He says the museum ... Full Article » Gospel Singer’s Daughter Struck and Killed by Car - 5/23/2008 The 5 year-old daughter of contemporary Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed this week by a sport utility vehicle driven by her brother. Maria was hit in a driveway at the family home. Trooper Laura McPherson reports a num... Full Article » One family’s harrowing story following China’s deadly quake - 5/23/2008 They heard a low, rumbling noise, followed by massive shaking of the whole building. Li Yao rushed to the door, screaming with other children. At that moment, Li Yao felt a big push by someone. She found herself lying in the courtyard on the ground f... Full Article » News From British Isles and Ireland - Europe - Worldwide & Praise Reports - 5/23/2008 Hope for young people - Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - Inquiry demand over girl's death - Ministers to unveil action to tackle gangs - Censors go online to clean up murky world of digital videos - Registrars 'in fear' over beliefs - Turkey... Full Article » Mission Network News Around The World - 5/22/2008 Kidnappings, forcible conversion ignite rampage in Nigeria - Lebanon's peace agreement happens seemingly overnight - New curriculum focuses on long-term needs of Haitian children - New HIV/AIDS program to air in local dialect - Puerto Rican church gr... Full Article » TheCall DC: Possibly the Most Important Gathering Ever, for America - 5/22/2008 TheCall DC will take place on August 16, 2008, the National Park Service is allowing the use of the entire Washington National Mall for the event. Following God's direction, Lou Engle spearheaded a gathering on the Washington National Mall back in 20... Full Article » Incredible! Pilot Commands Passenger to Pray During Imminent Airplane Crash Crisis and God Lands them Safely in Field Marked with His Name - 5/22/2008 As their small plane ran out of fuel and began plunging toward earth this week, Pilot Owen Wilson told his passenger Grant Stubbs to, "Pray— just pray!" According to a report in the Daily Mail, the two desperately turned to God for deliverance, and l... Full Article » The Blessing of a Baby - 5/22/2008 The couple had a joyous wedding 13 years before, but soon after they had settled into married life, Tara's mental health began failing. And for the next eight years, her mind only worsened. Following the traditional religion of their village, Hari pr... Full Article » 'One Child' policy increases difficulty of China's quake recovery - 5/21/2008 China's one-child policy is exacting a great price in the wake of the deadly quake. The one-child policy was launched in the late 1970s to rein in China's exploding population and ensure better education and health care. Many among the more than 22,0... Full Article » Dalits Welcome in Church - 5/21/2008 In Uttar Pradesh, India, Dalits ("Untouchables") have lived as outcastes in society for thousands of years. Now, GFA missionaries are reaching out in Christ's love and accepting them as equals-something the Dalits have never experienced before. And w... Full Article » Rural Convention Draws 5,000 Tribals - 5/21/2008 Believers traveled by foot, bullock cart and on the tops of jeeps. The convention venue was in the middle of a forest, and it was 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the nearest town. We had no electricity or nearby roads, so generators provided power. We ... Full Article » Miracles are far more contagious than any disease - 5/20/2008 A Honduran born Christian doctor told a packed news conference in Norway on "Miracles are far more contagious than any disease." He spoke passionately about the need for doctors to pray for their patients, citing examples of many Cubans he had been m... Full Article » Mission Network News Around The World - 5/20/2008 Mourning period declared for cyclone victims; hopes rise for open door - One organization has permission granted to give aid in Myanmar - Church growing in the face of persecution in Vietnam - Ministry keeps an eye on Belarus - New opportunities for ... Full Article » Cyclone Nargis and China Earthquake - 5/20/2008 Ministries from around the world are responding to the cyclone that hit Myanmar on 2 May 2008 and the earthquake which struck China on 12 May 2008. While it’s impossible to list all of groups involved, below is a sampling of reports on the ministry ... Full Article » Supreme Court Upholds Child Porn Law - 5/19/2008 The US Supreme Court has just upheld disputed parts of a 2003 law cracking down on child pornography. The 7-2 decision overturns a previous ruling by the 11th Circuit Court. Supreme Court justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter disagreed with... Full Article » Your Own Narnia Awaits! - 5/18/2008 C.S. Lewis didn't set out to write a story about just any messiah. His goal was to teach children about The Messiah. As you probably already have observed, Aslan the lion is a Christ figure. In the new "Prince Caspian" movie, Aslan gives us a differe... Full Article » Texas Megachurch Minister Caught In Internet Sex Sting - 5/18/2008 Reverend Joe Barron thought he was headed to a liason with a 13 year-old girl he had met on the internet. It turns out she was really an adult undercover officer. Barron has just resigned as a minister to married couples at the 26,000-member Presto... Full Article » Mayor Continues Prayer, Defying Secular Censors - 5/17/2008 Mayor Jean Tremblay says the decision of the Quebec Human Rights Commission was non-binding. He also argues the decision was discriminatory against Saguenay city residents who want to pray. The mayor announced the two people, who lodged complaints ag... Full Article » Prayer Transforms Argentina's Most Dangerous Criminals - 5/17/2008 In La Plata, Unit 25 is the country's only Christian prison. The 270 inmates of this medium security facility are all Christians. Every new day is ushered in by worshipping God. According to government figures, only 5 percent of inmates released from... Full Article » Governments Cut Off Hundreds of Tribes Off From the Outside World - 5/17/2008 About 26 million people in 400 people groups live in an almost inaccessible area the size of the United States. Much of the area can only be reached by helicopter or boat. Some of the people groups would be completely unknown if they hadn’t been spot... Full Article » Seeker Sensitive Church Plans to Switch Gears After Serious Christians Contemplate Leaving - 5/17/2008 Willow Creek Community Church has modeled a seeker-sensitive approach to church growth for three decades. But now it plans to gear its weekend services toward mature believers seeking to grow in their faith. The change comes on the heels of an ongoin... Full Article » 'Born Again' Has No Place in Army Life? - 5/17/2008 Over 30 soldiers are waiting for military justice after an officer allegedly said being 'born again' has no place in Army life. The same officer cancelled a service at a base in Iraq led by a Fundamental Baptist chaplain. Congressman Walter Jones ha... Full Article » Myanmar Cyclone Survivors Need Your Help Now - 5/16/2008 Myanmar's recent cyclone - one of the worst disasters to strike Asia in recent years - has caused widespread devastation. At least 60,000 people are dead or missing, and the number is expected to rise. Food, clean water and shelter are in critically ... Full Article » Young Chinese House Church Leader Making Impact - 5/16/2008 Angela (not her real name), is a leader of an urban house church in one of the big cities along China’s East coast. She planted three house churches in the city, one of them in downtown. But according to the authorities they grew too fast, up to seve... Full Article » Franklin Graham Under Fire for Olympic Evangelism Comment - 5/16/2008 Evangelist Franklin Graham came under fire this week for saying he opposed evangelism during the Beijing Olympic Games. The eldest son of Billy Graham said it is prohibited under Chinese law, and he does not encourage anything illegal. A religious fr... Full Article » Christian Olympic Athletes Refuse to Bow to China's Ban on Evangelism - 5/16/2008 Steve McConkey, president of 4 Winds Christian Athletics in Madison, Wisconsin, has been in track and field ministries since 1981. He said China does not have the right to censor faith at the Games. But the Olympic Charter states no kind of demonstra... Full Article » Doctor Believes Miracles Are Far More Contagious Than Any Disease - 5/16/2008 Dr. Armando Pineda recently told a packed news conference that doctors need to pray for their patients. He cited the example of many Cubans he had been ministering to who were set free from witchcraft. Dr. Pineda was one of more than 200 Christian do... Full Article » Paul Cain 'Totally Misunderstood' at Lakeland Revival - 5/16/2008 Paul Cain stirred controversy recently when he made comments before thousands of worshippers in Lakeland that seemed to deny his past moral failings. But according to his website, Cain was trying to deny untrue rumors that he was unrepentant. Meanwhi... Full Article » 'The Church Has Left the Building': Pentecost Festival Hits London - 5/10/2008 More than a year in the making, Share Jesus International’s highly anticipated first ever Pentecost Festival has finally hit central London. It features two full days of Christian worship, teaching, comedy, dance, debate, social action and more. The ... Full Article » Dallas Plans to Kick Off "90 Days of Blessing" - 5/9/2008 Every year millions of Christians from around the world take part in the Global Day of Prayer. But in Dallas, area churches, community leaders and even government officials say prayer is just the starting point to bless the city. Christians in the ci... Full Article » Queen of Sheba's Palace Discovered in Ethiopia - 5/9/2008 A team of archaeologists from the University of Hamburg has claimed to have discovered the Queen of Sheba's palace and an altar that may have once held the Ark of the Covenant in Ethiopia. Evidences of many sacrifies have been found around the spot. ... Full Article » Think Tank: Muslims Will Outnumbers Christians in UK by 2035 - 5/9/2008 By 2035, there will be about 1.96 million active Muslims in Britain, compared with 1.63 million church-going Christians. That's according to calculations by Christian Research. It warns 4,000 churches could close by 2020. More than half of the Muslim... Full Article » Notable Miracles at MorningStar After Spiritual Whirlwind Hits - 5/9/2008 Recently after a Friday night worship service a young woman, whose whithered arm was paralyzed from birth, looked down in amazement to discover it had grown four inches, matching the other arm. Miracles have been on the increase since a group from Mo... Full Article » Global Day of Prayer - May 11 - 5/9/2008 Watch for the CBN News report on the Global Day of Prayer and the transformation that is taking place in Dallas, TX, since the GDOP began in 2005. The news segment, which includes interviews with Jack Graham (Prestonwood Baptist Church), Ron Scates ... Full Article » Iran's Sharia Law Crackdown Having Opposite Effect, Many Youth Coming to Christ - 5/3/2008 Iran's security chief says the "public security plan" will continue--a plan used last year to arrest thousands of women and youth for violating Sharia law. The length and severity of the crackdown has been unprecedented in the Islamic republic in rec... Full Article » Christian Drama from Golden Age of Radio Gets Ready for 3,000th Episode - 5/2/2008 History’s longest running radio drama is getting ready to broadcast episode three thousand during the week of July 13th - 19th. The "Unshackled!" episode will air just two months shy of the program’s 58th anniversary on September 23rd. Each week the ... Full Article » Survey Says: Americans More Prayerful and Biblically Literate Than Europeans - 5/2/2008 87% of Americans polled said they prayed, compared with 49% for the French. Two-thirds of American respondents reported reading the Bible over the last 12 months, while only 20 to 38 % of European participants said they had read the Bible in the last... Full Article » Texas Demands Faith in Darwinism - 5/2/2008 Like members of the Flat Earth Society, who refuse to change their views in the face of growing evidence, Texas has clamped down on intelligent design. The state is not allowing the Institute for Creation Research to grant graduate degrees. Evolution... Full Article » News From British Isles, Ireland and Europe - 5/2/2008 Hope on the streets - Christians unite to pray for parliament and government - WALES: Police raids lead to 400 arrests - SCOTLAND: Eight-year-olds 'abuse alcohol' - Bradford police tell threatened convert: ‘stop being a crusader’ - NORTHERN IRELAND: ... Full Article » Caviezel Lives Out Faith, Adopts Second Disabled Child - 5/2/2008 Jim Caviezel, of "The Passion of the Christ," had been challenged by a friend who was not pro-life to live up to his professed pro-life convictions and adopt a disabled child. The friend told Caviezel that if he did, he would change to pro-life. Afte... Full Article » Young Girl Goes to Heavenly Surgery Room; Receives Healing From Crippling Diseases - 5/1/2008 A desperate missionary family, unfamiliar with healing revivals, takes their daughter to Lakeland where she has an encounter with Jesus. He carried Kelsey down to the stage. Todd prayed a simple prayer, touched Kelsey's forehead and she fell out unde... Full Article » Learning the Navajo and Hopi Way - 4/30/2008 The Hopi are some of the most unreached people in America. The land they inhabit sits within the middle of the larger Navajo nation. To be precise, it is a nation within a nation. The geography of the Hopi reservation is full of mesas, rock formation... Full Article » World's largest prayer meeting gathers momentum - 4/30/2008 This Pentecost Sunday, May 11, millions of Christians, from 210 nations around the world will be gathering to worship and pray for God's kingdom to come on earth as part of the fourth Global Day of Prayer. "The Global Day of Prayer started in South A... Full Article » School gives hope to Iraqi children of all faiths - 4/30/2008 The school has opened doors for sharing the Gospel every day with children who otherwise would not hear it. One Muslim father who sends his four boys to the school, said even if he had to borrow money, he would keep his children in the Classical scho... Full Article » Food crisis hits India ministry - 4/30/2008 Global food prices have soared by more than 60% in the last year. Coupled with an explosion of rats in India's Northeast, there's an increasing fear that the situation could worsen. The rat population in Mizoram and Manipur has experienced a massive ... Full Article » International food shortageis fast becoming a crisis - 4/30/2008 Chronic hunger doesn't look as alarming as rapid starvation, yet it's just as deadly. These children are starving to death — just slowly. Right now, one child dies from hunger every seven seconds. That's more than 14,000 children every day. And milli... Full Article » London Church Forced Off Its Property - 4/28/2008 If you live in London, and you want build the largest Mosque in Europe, that's great. But if you want to build the largest church, forget about it. London's Kingsway International Christian Church, the largest church in Europe, no longer has a perman... Full Article » British Christians Praying for the Collapse of the European Union - 4/28/2008 Operation: United Kingdom is a project to raise awareness of what it calls the growing tyranny of the European Union. The group's website says the European Union is based on a 1942 speech given by Adolf Hitler. Those behind the site say their next bi... Full Article » Elderly Woman Witnesses to Thief at Gunpoint - 4/28/2008 A woman about to be mugged in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart turned things around on her would-be attacker. Without a gun, without pepper spray, she protected herself. I was lucky enough to meet Pauline Jacobi in Dyersburg. She told me about the po... Full Article » Christians Gather to Pray, Repent in DC - 4/27/2008 Get ready to change America forever -- That is what thousands of Christians said as they prepared for a national day of prayer and repentance. Prayers during the rally included intercession for the President and future presidents as well as for lawma... Full Article » Pray-In at Gas Station Asks God to Lower Prices - 4/27/2008 Rocky Twyman has a radical solution for surging gasoline prices: prayer. Twyman -- a choir director and public relations consultant -- staged a pray-in at a Chevron station recently, asking God for cheaper gas. He's also hoping that if enough people ... Full Article » News From British Isles, Ireland and Europe - 4/26/2008 Abortion pressure mounts on MPs - Violent attacks on babies double - One in four teenagers 'unhappy' - Young people asked for views on faith and belief - Personal debt pushing UK families to breaking point, warns CAP - Pentecostal Church report warns... Full Article » President Bush Proposes Help for Faith-Based Schools - 4/26/2008 President Bush, at a White House summit, called inner city faith-based schools a critical national asset providing children from low-income families with valuable education. From 2000 to 2006, nearly 1,200 inner city faith-based schools closed, displ... Full Article » Church Battles for Property Lost to Bake Sale Tax Dispute - 4/26/2008 The city of Chicago has been handed another defeat in its effort to take over a church's property in order to use in it a redevelopment project. Government officials claimed the organization had failed to pay sales taxes on fundraising bake sales, ev... Full Article » Foster Care Ministries Forced to Accepted Homosexual Foster Parents - 4/25/2008 A foster care ministry in Australia has been ordered to pay a total of 10 thousand dollars to a homosexual couple rejected for foster parenting. The New South Wales (NSW) Tribunal also ordered Wesley Dalmar Child and Family Care not to make the same ... Full Article » House of Lords Moderates Hate Speech Bill, Criticism No Longer Means Hatred - 4/25/2008 British Christians who are afraid the Hate Speech Bill will have a chilling effect on discussion of traditional moral views can breath a sigh of relief. Lord Waddington has inserted an amendment that says criticism, in itself, is not equal to hate. T... Full Article » Prayer Alert Special Edition - ZIMBABWE CALL FOR PRAYER - 4/25/2008 A desperate cry from the hearts of Zimbabwe screams across the world. It calls upon all Christians of every denomination in every nation to focus their prayers, churches, halls, homes or elsewhere, on Sunday 27th April, 2008 on the critical situation... Full Article » School District to Christian Club: No Bus for You - 4/25/2008 A judge will be ruling on a restraining order against a Louisiana school district. It's all because Calcasieu Parish Public Schools will not allow the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to use school buses to attend a May 1st event. The district does a... Full Article » Southern Baptists Now a 'Declining Denomination' - 4/25/2008 For the first time, Southern Baptists can say membership has reached a tipping point and the nation's largest Protestant denomination is now declining. That's according to spokesman Ed Stetzer, who says the Southern Baptist Convention needs ethnic a... Full Article » Israeli Supreme Court Sides with Messianic Jews - 4/25/2008 The Supreme Court of Israel has ruled Messianic Jews have the same right to automatic citizenship as other Jews. The case was brought by 12 applicants who had been denied citizenship primarily because they were Jewish believers in Jesus. Most of them... Full Article » Little League Sues Originator of Christian Little League - 4/25/2008 Experts agree the weight of the law is on the side of Little League. But 46 year-old Jay Kaplan insists God gave him the name. Little League attorneys have suggested he change it to Christian Youth League, Christian Youth Baseball or Christian Baseb... Full Article » South Carolina Pastor Gets More Than Three-Year Sentence in Russia - 4/25/2008 Phillip Miles, of Christ Community Church in Conway, was arrested after customs agents at a Moscow airport found a box of 20 rifle shells in his luggage. Miles has said he brought the .300 caliber cartridges for a friend who had recently bought a Win... Full Article » From Lakeland, Florida: Healing Testimonies Flood in From Revival; God Using the Internet to Bring Healing to People Around the World - 4/22/2008 God REMOVED many serious scars and birthmarks on people's bodies, raised scars gone, scars that used to dip down into the skin filled in, purple and dark red blotches, gone! Many, many scars healed. He not only heals us, He removes even the scars tha... Full Article » Ruth Graham Gets Real in Conferences; Confronts the "Elephants in the Church World" - 4/22/2008 "The Church should be a place of healing and salvation, not judgment and condemnation," She shares her own Prodigal Daughter story, saying when she returned to her father's house after her life hit bottom, her father was waiting for her in the drivew... Full Article » China News: TROUBLE FOR THE OLYMPICS IN BEIJING - 4/22/2008 International consternation reigns throughout the world as China’s worst nightmare has come to pass. China has been restricting religious leaders from house churches in an effort to avoid any public displays - mass arrests and imprisonment - cruel su... Full Article » Archbishop Jumps Out of Plane with Devils - 4/21/2008 The Archbishop of York is set to take the ultimate ‘leap of faith’ to raise money for the families of soldiers killed or injured in Afghanistan. Dr. John Sentamu will hurl himself from a plane at 12,500 feet with the Red Devils Parachute Regiment di... Full Article » "Expelled" Propelled to Box Office Top 10 - 4/21/2008 Ben Stein's documentary on academia's censorship of any ideas hinting of intelligent design, scored $3.2 million in its opening weekend. That's more than all but eight other movies. "Expelled" rolled out in 1,052 theatres, compared with 3,151 for the... Full Article » "Prestigious" Hospital Drugs Children to Delay Puberty, Makes it Easier for Sex Change Later - 4/20/2008 A doctor at Children's Hospital Boston has launched a new drug program to delay puberty. It's to give children time to decide whether they want a male or female body. Dr Norman Spack, who started the Gender Management Service Clinic, admits his treat... Full Article » China Re-Arrests Bookstore Owner - 4/19/2008 It was only about a dozen weeks after Shi Weihan was cleared of allegations of illegally publishing Bibles and Christian literature due to "insufficient evidence." The 37 year-old father of two was re-arrested and is being held without any communicat... Full Article » Texas Creation College Set to Defend Online Degrees - 4/19/2008 A Christian research institute seeking to grant science degrees in Texas, is asking for prayers and support as it faces the final hearing before state education officials. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board will decide whether the Institut... Full Article » The Church's "Wineskins" Are Showing Their Age - 4/18/2008 Successful businesses remake themselves regularly to stay effective. Why are churches so resistant to changing the terms that define us? Would you visit a church called The Holy Assembly of the Fire-Baptized Brethren? Probably not. It sounds elitist,... Full Article » Mayor: Crime Problems Will Be Solved by Prayer and Repentence - 4/18/2008 There have been 22 murders so far in Birmingham, Alabama this year. It's a record no city wants. Mayor Larry Langford's call to prayer is the latest in his efforts to see Birmingham residents seek peace for the city. The mayor says Birmingham needs a... Full Article » Bow Your Head, Break the Law! - 4/18/2008 A federal appeals court has ruled a New Jersey high school football coach, who bowed his head while students on his team led prayer, broke the law. The decision against coach Marcus Borden, of East Brunswick High School, is expected to be appealed. B... Full Article » Ministry to Poor Drops the Name of Jesus to Get More Bucks - 4/18/2008 Jesus House of Hope has decided to drop the word "Jesus" from its name. Executive Director Patrick Slattery says the change will help the organization fulfill what Jesus commanded in the Gospel of Matthew: Help the needy. A similar move last year, in... Full Article » Ben Stein Movie Challenges Intolerance of Darwinists - 4/18/2008 Ben Stein sets out to understand why some people in academia are being discriminated against because of their belief in intelligent design. Stein also explores the link between Darwinian theory and atrocities committed by its followers such as Adolf ... Full Article » Christian Mom Fights Former Lesbian Partner for Control of Daughter - 4/18/2008 An ex-lesbian who is now a Christian is fighting in court for sole custody of her six year-old daughter. Lisa Miller and Janet Jenkins were civil union partners in Vermont. When Miller became a Christian, she renounced the relationship and moved to V... Full Article » New Church Locates in Bar - 4/18/2008 The Pub Lounge is your typical neighborhood bar. It has a dance floor, riding bull, big screen TV, pool tables, pizza, beer and a pleasant, everybody-knows-your-name vibe. Which — according to the Reverend Chris Heckaman — makes it the ideal spot for... Full Article » News From British Isles, Ireland and Europe - 4/18/2008 Evangelical Alliance head calls on Christians to transform society - Family breakdown makes children join gangs - Gun and knife crime affecting young - Western policies fuelling persecution in Middle East - Building firms 'rigged contracts' - Denmark... Full Article » Revival Fever Breaks Out in Florida - 4/18/2008 In Lakeland, Fla., thousands are packing a church every night for the past two weeks looking for a taste of what could be a major spiritual outpouring. With an almost palpable sense of expectation in the meetings, wild stories of healings have been l... Full Article » Americans demand action to end Congo crisis - 4/17/2008 Advocates call for end to conflict, sexual violence, and exploitation in Congo. An estimated 250 people from nearly 30 states came together in Washington, D.C., to press Congress to do more to end the crisis in Congo — a crisis that causes some 1,200... Full Article » Franklin Graham Holds Crusade in Northern Ireland - 4/17/2008 The son of Billy Graham recently held the largest crusade in Northern Ireland since his father’s 1961 crusade. Franklin Graham, of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, brought a message of hope to tens of thousands of people in a country that o... Full Article » Christians across the globe are praying for North Korea - 4/17/2008 The International Day of Prayer for North Korea will be Sunday, April 27. North Korea is the country regarded as the worst persecutor of Christians and one of the worst human rights violating countries in the world today. There are an estimated 200,0... Full Article » U.S. Watchdog on Religious Freedom Urges China Not to Repatriate North Koreans - 4/17/2008 A U.S. watchdog on religious freedom urged China on Tuesday to stop repatriating refugees to North Korea. Returning asylum seekers are often tortured in an effort to suppress Christianity. North Korea employs stringent measures to stop religion, espe... Full Article » Fire in the Rain! Kochi, India - 100,000 Registered Decisions For Christ - 4/15/2008 Today was the climax of the Fire Conference. 28,600 church-workers gathered in the huge and beautiful tent, Indian style. I have never experienced a Fire Conference like here! The Spirit of God fell so strong, that it was hard to stay on ones feet! T... Full Article » Australia: Missionaries Better Than Government Says Arnhem Land Leader - 4/15/2008 Thousands of Aboriginal children in remote communities are still waking up to no breakfast nine months after the $1.5 billion federal intervention. Children as young as 12 are still vulnerable to sexual abuse and manipulation by men selling alcohol, ... Full Article » Overwhelming Response to Evangelistic Campaign in Poland - More than 20,000 Men and Women Make Decisions For Christ - 4/15/2008 The response to the evangelistic campaign ProChrist in Poland has overwhelmed the organizers. Roughly 80,000 took part in the event April 6 -13. Programs were transmitted via TV satellite from Katowice in Southern Poland to 103 venues in the whole co... Full Article » Survey Says: Five Percent of Adults Tithe - 4/14/2008 The Barna survey shows a slight drop in tithing from the previous year. George Barna observes that millions of Christians are shifting their allegiance to different forms of church experience. He also says they are investing greater amounts of time a... Full Article » Group Claims US Report Minimizes Persecution in India - 4/14/2008 The US Department of State's 2007 Report on International Religious Freedom gives India's federal government high marks. But the All India Christian Council says the situation is much worse. Spokesman John Dayal estimates one to two thousand cases o... Full Article » Christians Construct Reverse Confessional on Campus - 4/13/2008 A loosely constructed booth, made of PVC pipe and covered by maroon cloth, sat quietly on the Plaza of the Americas recently. A small, white sign invited perplexed looks and slowed paces of passers-by with its one-word label: "Confessions." A group o... Full Article » Christian Photographers Fined Thousands for Turning Down Same Sex "Wedding" - 4/12/2008 Jon and Elaine Huguenin are appealing a nearly seven thousand dollar fine. Vanessa Willock had asked the Huguenins to photograph her commitment ceremony to another lesbian. Despite the New Mexico Human Rights Commission findings, the state's laws do... Full Article » Prof to Student: Keep the Faith, Lose the Grade - 4/12/2008 Gina DeLuca had a 3.9 grade point average in community college until her philosophy professor learned she was a Christian. Now he's demanding she recant her absolute belief in God or suffer academically. Because of this, the school faces a possible ... Full Article » Copeland Requests an IRS Audit - 4/11/2008 Kenneth Copeland Ministries (KCM) says the Senate Finance Committee should request an IRS audit to obtain financial records from the church. KCM admits its concerned Senator Charles Grassley’s financial probe may infringe on the ministry’s First Amen... Full Article » Christian Senator Warns Against Bible Literacy Project - 4/11/2008 Virtually banned from American schools in the early '60s, the Bible has faced a rising onslaught of wrath, ridicule and legal assaults. Some of its most vocal antagonists include People for the American Way and the American Civil Liberties Union. So,... Full Article » "American Idol" Takes Jesus Out of Darlene Zschech Song - 4/11/2008 In the grand finale of "American Idol Gives Back," eight "Idol" finalists performed "Shout to the Lord," omitting the Lord's name and substituting "shepherd." However, the next edition of "Idol," featured the same song, and this time "Jesus" was not ... Full Article » News From British Isles, Ireland and Europe - 4/11/2008 Hope for our communities - Duncan Smith praises Churches for transforming communities - Families in meltdown, Judge says - Over 20,000 litres of alcohol seized from kids - Prisons drug trade 'worth £100m' - Google won't give Christian group a voice o... Full Article » Russia: Competing for the next generation - 4/10/2008 After many years of persecution of Christianity and all other religions during the Soviet era, Russia experienced a great spiritual revival in the 1990s. Hundreds of thousands of Russian people turned to God. However, the spiritual revival was follow... Full Article » Ghana's President Orders Schools To Reintroduce Religious And Moral Education - 4/10/2008 President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana has instructed authorities of basic schools in the country to revisit the teaching of Religious and Moral Education. The call was in response to persistent calls made particularly by Christians and Muslims.He ex... Full Article » New Messianic Jewish center in Jerusalem drawing angry protests - 4/9/2008 Messianic Jewish organization Netiviah is seeking to establish a worship and activity center, but some religious elements have vowed to stop the building project. "This center will be erected over our dead bodies," "We don't care if a mosque or a chu... Full Article » Elections Bringing Democracy to Nepal - 4/9/2008 Residents of Nepal will participate in a historic democratic election Thursday, April 10. Voters will choose a Constituent Assembly, which will be charged with writing a new constitution and reintroducing democracy to this tiny Himalayan nation. This... Full Article » Pentecostal Leaders Meet for 40th Anniversary of King’s Assassination - 4/8/2008 Last Friday, African-American church, civic and academic leaders remembered the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. during a vigil at the Lorraine Museum in Memphis, Tenn., the site of the hotel where the civil rights lead... Full Article » Nepal: Militant Hindutva raises its ugly head - 4/8/2008 Needless to say, not everyone was excited by the 18 May 2006 declaration of secularism. Nepal's Hindutva (Hindu nationalist) elements, w ith backing from Hindutva forces in India, immediately increased their intolerant rhetoric and exploited the conf... Full Article » ProChrist: Crowds Flock to Evangelistic Event in Poland More than 1,000 Men and Women Come Forward During Opening Night - 4/8/2008 The evangelistic campaign ProChrist is experiencing an extraordinary response in Southern Poland. The meetings in the sports arena are transmitted daily to 103 venues in Poland. Opening night 3,500 visitors flocked to the sports arena. 400 participan... Full Article » TENS OF THOUSANDS CONVERT TO CHRIST IN ALGERIA - 4/7/2008 For the last 10 years Christian broadcaster Arab Vision has seen many viewers respond to their television programs, but none more so than the Kabyle Berbers in the North-Eastern coastal region of Algeria. A Kabyle policeman came to Christ through the... Full Article » 'South Korean Christians are willing to be martyred in North Korea when the doors open up,' says Johnny Kim, director of Manmin TV in Seoul - 4/7/2008 "We need to pray for the people in North Korea who are suffering so much," said Kim. "Yes, we have some people in our church who have devoted their lives to preach the Gospel in North Korea. They have been training to go to North Korea when and if th... Full Article » An Unusual Debate - (A Very Encouraging Report) - 4/5/2008 Santosh's village in Manipur, India, was dominated by 30 local priests from a traditional religion. The priests often boldly condemned Christianity. One of these priests had his own radio show to propagate his beliefs. He vehemently blasted Christian... Full Article » NORTH KOREA - North Korean Students Arrested for Reading the Bible - 4/5/2008 Ten college students in Ham Kyung Book Do Chung, North Korea, were recently investigated and arrested for reading a Bible and watching a video CD about the Bible. Mr. Jung, former vice president of GumRung Company of the Rodong Dang Labor Organizati... Full Article » Religious Liberty: the pivotal issue in these pivotal days -- Apostasy, and the baptism of Madgi Allam - 4/5/2008 For several decades now the West has been advancing global openness through its revolution in communication and information technologies. But openness poses an existential threat to repressive dictatorships, corrupt systems and false religions. Now, ... Full Article » 13 House Church Leaders Detained in Sichuan Province - 4/5/2008 13 house church leaders were detained at Qu county, Sichuan province on Sunday, March 30. Around 3pm on Saturday, March 29th, a house church service was attacked during their praise and worship service. Seven believers were taken by a group of people... Full Article » News From British Isles, Ireland and Europe - 4/4/2008 Hope for schools - Teacher's proposals on religion in schools provoke big debate - Pupils to get counselling service - Anti-gay bullying books withdrawn - More children in care go missing - Cannabis: official guidance thwarts Brown - Christian mayora... Full Article » Leading Christian calls for ban on building mosques in Britain - 4/4/2008 Synod member Alison Ruoff tells Premier Radio No More Mosques in the UK. There are currently around 1,600 mosques registered in the UK, and approximately 47,000 Christian churches. Now a member of the Bishop of London' s diocesan council and General ... Full Article » China: Focus on concerted prayer in Olympics year - 4/4/2008 China's ruling Communist Party has long been planning to use the Beijing Olympics to market China to the world. While China struggles to contain internal strife and deflect criticism, our prayer for China is that God will make 2008 the year the Chine... Full Article » Spirit-Based Businesses "Coming Out" of their Christian "Closet" - 4/4/2008 "We don't see that running a business from Christian principles causes customers to shy away. Rather, we find that people—even those that don't share that faith—are intrigued or even impressed that the business would choose to remain true to its foun... Full Article » Zimbabwe leader reportedly concedes election - 4/4/2008 Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has reportedly privately conceded defeat, but he has yet to make a public announcement. Voting officials say Mugabe also lost control of parliament for the first time since 1980. In parliament's lower house, the (MD... Full Article » Mission Aviation Planes grounded due to lack of fuel - 4/2/2008 With a fleet of 52 aircraft, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) serves more than 800 Christian and non-profit agencies in remote areas, as well as thousands of isolated people in Africa, Asia, Eurasia and Latin America. But a shortage of aviation fuel... Full Article » News From British Isles, Ireland and Europe - 4/1/2008 Hope in suffering - Archbishop warns 'greedy' nations - Gordon Brown gives free vote on Embryology Bill - Healing for damaged lives in Jersey - Attack on Churches stance criticised - Adult goads boys into web fight - Review 'to change video games rat... Full Article » Battle Heats Up in California Education Bills—two Family-Friendly Measures to be Presented this Week - 4/1/2008 Concerned residents of California are urged to attend Wednesday's committee hearing at 1:30 in the state capitol. On Wednesday, April 2nd, the Save Our Kids campaign to repeal SB777 will be presenting two bills that will restore the education to its ... Full Article » Copeland and Creflo Only Holdouts Left in Grassley Probe, Deadline Up - 3/31/2008 Critics and supporters of Kenneth Copeland and Creflo Dollar are waiting to see if Senator Charles Grassley issues subpoenas. Grassley has warned that if he takes that step, there would be no expectation of confidentiality. Bishop Eddie Long agreed a... Full Article » Coptic Christian's TV Show Linked to Mass Conversions in Arab World - 3/31/2008 Zakaria Botros is little known in the West, but he's making waves in the Middle East. The ultimate reason for Botros’ success is that his primary interest is the salvation of souls. He often begins and concludes his programs by stating that he loves ... Full Article » Evolutionists Upset Bill Challenges Their Monopoly in Education - 3/30/2008 The Florida Senate's pre-K-through-12 education committee has approved a bill that protects teachers who include theories questioning evolution. It's a response to recently adopted science standards emphasizing evolution. The drafters of the standar... Full Article » Dobson Editing Radio Show to Avoid 'Hate Crimes' Laws - 3/29/2008 "Hate crimes" laws were defeated in Congress just a few months ago. Now "Focus on the Family" has confirmed such legislation is already setting limits on what it can broadcast. The issue is "hate crimes" laws in Canada, and they are affecting US Chri... Full Article » Worshippers Live an Average of Seven Years Longer - 3/29/2008 According to Dr Dale Matthews, regular churchgoers have an average life expectancy of 82 years compared with 75 years for non-churchgoers. The American professor of medicine was a speaker at a recent Christian health convention in Germany. Matthews a... Full Article » Fired Librarian Who Spotted Child Porn Honored - 3/27/2008 Brenda Biesterfeld has been given a Gold Star Award from an organization called Family Friendly Libraries. Biesterfeld had called police when she saw a man viewing what appeared to be child pornography on a library computer. That went against her sup... Full Article » Stances harden on North Korea's nuclear hopes; ministry spotlights human rights - 3/27/2008 A Summit is underway this week with several countries working on North Korea's nuclear riddle. It would be nice to think the talks would have impact on the rights issues. However, "The six-party talks are focusing on the nuclear issue and have basica... Full Article » British Prime Minister to Remind Americans Next Month that the World Needs their Values and Leadership, Especially Now - 3/27/2008 Worried that whoever President Bush passes the torch to might condone appeasement, Brown says, "The US has always provided inspirational leadership at crucial times in world history and this is a point in history when it is needed again." Despite cri... Full Article » A God Who Answers - 3/27/2008 Suren was only 25, but his wife and two children were about to lose him. As he lay in his hospital bed, the news of the medical treatment he neede and could not afford overwhelmed him. The dying man listened to the words of life, and he believed with... Full Article » China's Tibet response prompts ministry call to action - 3/25/2008 Tibet protesters publicly embarrassed China by disrupting the Beijing Olympics flame-lighting ceremony. China's recent crackdown on the minority group was swift and strong. On the anniversary of the 1959 failed uprising against China's rule of the Hi... Full Article » Man Thought to be Dead Hears Doctors Prepare to Remove His Organs before Miraculously Responding to Stimulus - 3/25/2008 ATV accident victim, 21-year-old Texan Zach Dunlap, who had been pronounced dead after a brain scan showed absolutely no brain activity or blood flow, and was all the while able to hear the doctor discuss the removal of his organs, surely hits a nerv... Full Article » UK Teachers Union Considers Proposal to Merge Faith Schools with Secular System - 3/24/2008 Proponents seems to feel that faith schools undermine community relations. When the National Union of Teachers (NUT) meets for its upcoming annual convention, it is expected to debate a controversial motion. The measure says faith groups should not b... Full Article » The Blind Receive Their Sight and the Lame Walk - 3/23/2008 We arrived at our location. The plan was to have worship music for an hour, then preach and invite people to Jesus and then ask if any wanted to be healed. During the worship I was right behind a boy who was blind in one eye. Was this the boy that th... Full Article » Ministry Forced to Leave Canada Because Its Critique of Cults Treated as Hate Crime - 3/22/2008 What used to be called MacGregor Ministries has been re-created in the US under the name MM Outreach Media Ministries. Lorri MacGregor blames Canada's "hate crimes" law for stopping the ministry's work of 30 years. She claims the government wanted th... Full Article » News From British Isles, Ireland and Europe - 3/22/2008 The Big Hope - Over half of Britons believe Jesus rose from the dead - Paint-by-numbers Easter story could smash world record - On Maunday Thursday Bishops knelt to shine the shoes of office workers and shoppers - Believers are happier than atheists ... Full Article » Blind Youth Healed Physically, Then Spiritually - 3/21/2008 When Ujesh lost his sight at age 15, many doctors did their best to help him, but it was fruitless. He had little hope until, one day, a young man told his father about a missionary. Soon, Ujesh joined his father in going to church. The Lord miraculo... Full Article » Pastor Proposes Armed Security in Church - 3/21/2008 A Colorado pastor is recommending that all churches hire armed security guards. Brady Boyd leads New Life Church in Colorado Springs. A gunman shot two girls at his church last December. A volunteer guard was credited for stopping the rampage. This m... Full Article » Salvation Army Hospital Seeks to End Patient's Life in a Schiavo-Type Case - 3/21/2008 Sam Golubchuk's children are continuing the fight to keep their father alive despite hospital doctors who are determined to starve and dehydrate him to death. One medical expert warns a shortage of hospital beds makes one person's provision another p... Full Article » Study Conclusion: Believers Are Happier Than Aetheists - 3/21/2008 The study found believers enjoyed higher levels of satisfaction and suffered less psychological damage from unemployment, divorce or the death of a partner. Professor Andrew Clark and Dr. Orsolya Lelkes also discovered believers become happier the mo... Full Article » SILENCING THE CHRISTIANS IN AMERICA - 3/20/2008 Watch these videos. You've heard the myth of "separation of church and state" but on this episode of you'll learn how this only applies when it is being used to keep "Christ" out of school. Meet citizens who have been arrested for speaking out at a p... Full Article » An Urgent Cry From Nigeria’s Christians - 3/19/2008 Nigerian Christians have asked the world to pray for them on Good Friday as they face the growing threat of Muslim violence. When one part of Christ’s body is suffering, we all suffer. If the radical Islamic agenda succeeds in Nigeria—where African C... Full Article » Reports from Kenya - House Churches More Effective than Mega Churches - 3/19/2008 The traditional church got threatened by the violence and some may even close down but we have used the opportunity to train house church leaders in these camps. Can the church survive? Why not. Church is about people, we seek to touch peoples lives... Full Article » Survey Says: Americans Placing Family and Friends Ahead of God - 3/17/2008 Americans have a global reputation for being religious people, but a new study from The Barna Group indicates that people’s most important personal relationship is not with God. Family surpassed their Heavenly Father as the key personal connection. P... Full Article » Hispanic Churches Increasing Outreach with English Language Services - 3/17/2008 Latinos make up almost 15 per cent of the US population and are expected to double their numbers by 2050. For Hispanic Evangelical churches, the growth represents a huge opportunity and a challenge. Many Hispanic churches are now using English in se... Full Article » Attack on Ethiopian Christians Leaves 4 Dead, 70 Injured - 3/16/2008 Worship services ended abruptly in Southern Ethiopia recently. Hundreds of men armed with machetes and clubs leapt through open windows and indiscriminately began attacking everyone present. The attackers barricaded the doors to try to prevent people... Full Article » Christian Group Challenges Media Claim About School Chaplaincy Program - 3/15/2008 To listen to major media in Australia, you would think there is a chronic shortage of Christians willing to serve as chaplains in public schools. But Scripture Union Queensland reports recruitment is going well, estimating only five percent of positi... Full Article » Missionary Families Sue Banana Company - 3/15/2008 Families of five missionaries are suing Chiquita. The missionaries were killed by Colombian guerrilla fighters. The suit comes after the company paid a $25 million fine when it admitted to paying money to the FARC, which is listed as a terrorist orga... Full Article » Bishop Weeks Says Guilty Plea Was to Protect His Wife - 3/13/2008 Bishop Thomas Weeks says not only was his freedom at stake, but so was the reputation of his wife. For six months Weeks, who was accused of pushing Prophetess Juanita Bynum to the ground and kicking her, had maintained he was acting in self-defense. ... Full Article » Life Without Limbs - Australian Nick Vujicic is a living witness to the power of Christ - 3/13/2008 Nick, who is originally from Melbourne, Australia, was born without arms or legs, yet he is a living witness to the power of Christ in his life. Now based in Southern California, Nick agreed to tell me his story. "I was born in a Christian home and n... Full Article » Burma: Thousands Of Karen Civilians Displaced In Fresh Attacks As UN Envoy Visit Fails - 3/13/2008 The Burma Army has launched fresh attacks on civilians in northern Karen State this month, causing the displacement of over 2,100 villagers. Over 30,000 people are displaced in northern Karen State, and it is estimated that there are over one million... Full Article » President Bush Addresses the National Religious Broadcasters Convention; Warns Against the Fairness Doctrine - 3/12/2008 There's an effort afoot that would jeopardize your right to express your views on public airways. Some members of Congress want to reinstate a regulation that was repealed 20 years ago. Called the Fairness Doctrine. Supporters of this regulation say ... Full Article » In Answer to CA Ruling against Homeschool, Assemblyman Joel Anderson Introduces New Resolution in Legislature - 3/12/2008 Shockwaves continue to reverberate throughout the country after last week's unbelievable Court ruling that attacked parents' rights to homeschool in California. "Parents should not be penalized for acting in the best interests of their children's edu... Full Article » City Proclaimed No Swearing Zone - 3/12/2008 A California city has declared last week No Cussing Week. Standing in sharp contrast with Los Angeles, its neighbor eight miles away that has battled irreverent gangs for decades, South Pasadena, Calif., officials hope to promote more civility throug... Full Article » Sri Lanka: anti-Christian violence suddenly escalates - 3/12/2008 On 16 January 2008, after almost two years of escalating but unofficial renewed civil war, the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) officially pulled out of the 2002 ceasefire agreement. Religiously motivated violence, including arson, threats and intimida... Full Article » Schwarzenegger May Terminate Policy Against Home Schoolers - 3/10/2008 California Governor Schwarzenegger says he'll intervene if a court ruling against homeschoolers is not overturned. And some homeschooling parents say they'll leave the state, rather than give up their rights to educate their children. Anita Jackier a... Full Article » Kenneth Hagin’s Forgotten Warning - 3/9/2008 Before he died in 2003, the revered father of the Word-Faith movement corrected his spiritual sons for going to extremes with their message of prosperity. Financial prosperity is not a sign of God’s blessing. People should never give in order to get.... Full Article » News From British Isles, Ireland and Europe - 3/7/2008 Archbishops question timing of plans to abolish blasphemy laws - Catholic MPs to rebel over embryo bill - Chief demands total booze ad ban - Boy of ten caught by police with a machine gun under his bed - Jesus third most popular role model for childr... Full Article » Awka Crusade - CfaN Reports - 3/7/2008 What a flood of salvation and then the miracles! A police-officer who was crippled, dumb, and blind. In one moment Jesus gave him the whole healing-package from top to toe! A twelve year old girl who had never ever walked was brought by her mother. T... Full Article » Gospel for Asis’s - Renewing Your Passion - 3/7/2008 If you are like me, one of your greatest longings is for everyone in your family to know Christ in a real and personal way. Yet, in our hectic lives there seems to be precious little room for spiritual growth. That's why I think you'll be excited to ... Full Article » How Hockey is Attracting Youth to Jesus - 3/6/2008 For security purposes, we'll call the missionary in this story "Cole." He was a Canadian hockey player who wanted to share his passion for the game and for the Lord. A hockey school was born. The ministry has grown to become the Bosnia-Herzegovina Sp... Full Article » 14 Year-Old Boy Convinces City to Proclaim No Swearing Zone - 3/6/2008 A place near Hollywood is sounding more like the Kingdom. South Pasadena has declared "No Cussing Week." 14 year-old activist McKay Hatch came up with the idea. Last June the first meeting of his No Cussing Club attracted 50 Pasadena High School stud... Full Article » Court's Homeschool Ban Creating Panic - 3/5/2008 An appeals court in California has ruled a homeschooling family must enroll their children in a public school or "legally qualified" private school. The court allowed lawyers to represent the youngest children of Phillip and Mary Long. The children h... Full Article » Russia: Charismatics Targeted as Would-Be Orange Revolutionaries? - 3/4/2008 Russian authorities have targeted a Ukrainian church twice in the weeks leading up to Russia's recent presidential election. First they turned back the Ukrainian founder of the Embassy of God's Moscow community from the Russian capital's Sheremetyevo... Full Article » North Korea Remains No. 1 Persecutor Of Christians - 3/4/2008 This year's number one spot on Open Doors' 2008 World Watch List is no stranger: North Korea has now topped the list for six years in a row. There is no other country in the world where Christians are being persecuted in such a horrible and relentles... Full Article » Barna Surveys Redefine Church Options - 3/3/2008 According to Barna, one way of examining people's participation in faith communities is by exploring how they practice their corporate faith engagement. The studies define five groupings -- Unattached, Intermittents, Homebodies, Blenders and Conventi... Full Article » Praying Doctor Sees Resurrection - 3/3/2008 Dr. Chauncey Crandall isn't your usual doctor. The world-renowned cardiologist is a man of medicine and science, as well as a man of faith. But even his strong faith could not prepare him for what would happen the day Jeff Markin had a heart attack i... Full Article » Fond Memories of Larry Norman, President Ronald Reagan and National Religious Broadcasters - 3/2/2008 I was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Larry Norman. I could not help but reminisce about several days nearly a quarter century ago when the leader of the modern conservative movement addressed a gathering of Christian media leaders and an... Full Article » What Are the Facts About Religous Tolerance in China? - 3/1/2008 China is carefully crafting an image of religious tolerance leading up to the Summer Olympics in Beijing, but the facts tell a different story. Open Doors’ director for China has summarized Christian persecution there by saying most Chinese can’t pra... Full Article » UK Poll: Jesus Third Most Popular Role Model for Children - 3/1/2008 Opinium Research asked British adults who they would want their children to look up to. According to Reuters, family members topped the list, followed by multi-millionaire entrepreneur and daredevil Richard Branson. Jesus Christ came in third. Nearly... Full Article » Billy Graham Subject of Movie Biography - 3/1/2008 Nashville-based 821 Entertainment is executive producer of "Billy: The Early Years", which will be released in fall 2008. The film focuses on the early years of Graham's life and career, and especially on his relationship with his mentor, Charles Tem... Full Article » Larry Stockstill’s Urgent Plea: “We Have a Window of Time for Repentance” - 3/1/2008 Louisiana pastor Larry Stockstill had a disturbing dream last week. He saw military trucks and armored vehicles getting in formation for a surprise strike on an American city. Stockstill felt alarmed, but when he tried to warn a pastor in his dream, ... Full Article » City Keeping "to serve God" in Mission Statement - 2/29/2008 After a week of deliberations, Hudsonville's mayor promises the city will keep a reference to God in its mission statement. An activist group claims the Michigan municipality is violating the separation of church and state. Mayor Don Van Doeselaar a... Full Article » Six person teams on a never ending road trip - 2/27/2008 A grueling schedule does not dampen the enthusiasm of Gospel for Asia's mobile teams! These six-person teams will go to whatever lengths necessary to share the Good News with those who have never received it before. Your prayers for these missionarie... Full Article » Students assemble for paradise to honor one famed name - 2/27/2008 It will be an experience that focuses on the Name Above All Names. Thousands of high school and college students from around the U.S. will gather in the middle of the nation on May 25 for PARADISE, a unique worship experience that will feature no pub... Full Article » Why the Kingdom of God is Experiencing Explosive Growth in Australia - 2/27/2008 Veteran church planter gives 7 reasons why. One has to do with equipping and releasing youth. "In Iraq today, 19-year-old soldiers lead squads of 48 men. - The Aussies focus on youth. They give sacrificially. They release their women. They aren't rel... Full Article » One of Our First Contemporary Christian Musicians -- Larry Norman -- is Dead - 2/25/2008 Larry Norman made Christian music relevant for a generation of young people who grew up on rock and roll. A leading figure of the Jesus Movement of the late 60s and early 70s, Norman had been suffering from heart problems. With his trademark long blo... Full Article » Official Feels Threated by Diversity -- Schools that Teach Creationism and Abstinence - 2/25/2008 Barry McGaw, of Australia's National Curriculum Board, is warning that religious diversity in education will result in isolated subgroups in the community. Under recent Prime Minister John Howard, the government generously supported small independen... Full Article » Jesus Film Project Releases Mary Magdalena Version in US - 2/24/2008 The same ministry that created "The Jesus Film" has begun US distribution of a new film about Jesus that is told through the eyes of Mary Magdalena. "Magdalena: Released from Shame" is the story of what she may have experienced walking with Jesus. Th... Full Article » Survey Says: 3 in 4 US Mosques Preach Anti-West Extremism - 2/24/2008 An undercover survey of more than 100 mosques and Islamic schools in America has found 3 in 4 Islamic centers are hotbeds of anti-Western extremism. The survey organization is manned by Christians, Jews, non-radical Muslims and members of other fait... Full Article » News From British Isles, Ireland and Europe - 2/23/2008 Schools on alert after 17th Bridgend suicide - Sporting Marvels takes its message to the heart of Welsh Government - Renewed attempts to ban smacking ignore majority - Call to halt cheap alcohol offers - Christians Against Poverty launches new centre... Full Article » Coming Soon to a Capitol Near You: Communion and Intercession - 2/23/2008 The people who gathered at the Capitol steps were mostly strangers when they arrived. When they left, they were prayer warriors who had fought a spiritual battle together. The idea to visit all 50 state capitols came to missionary evangelist Larry ... Full Article » Why Australia Apologized to the Aborigines - 2/22/2008 It was ten years in the making. A group of British prayer and church leaders contacted their counterparts in Australia, seeking a way to apologize to the Aborigines. The British actually did, leading to growing interest among Australians. Prime Mini... Full Article » Ethiopia: World Vision provides a community clean, life-saving - 2/21/2008 Chad: Fighting in capital city puts World Vision on alert - Southeast Asia: Report advises targeting broad range of sex tourists -Kenya: A prayer for peace in a nation ravaged by strife - China: Snowstorms strike and create humanitarian crisis - Glob... Full Article » United Nations Spearheads Crackdown on Human Trafficking - 2/21/2008 This week the United Nations reportedly began taking action against the modern-day slavery of human trafficking. A Family News in Focus article states that a campaign was launched in Vienna, Austria, where government officials, law enforcement and UN... Full Article » The U.S. president's Africa visit highlights HIV/AIDS problem - 2/21/2008 Five years after United States President George W. Bush vowed to "turn the tide against AIDS" in Africa, he's traveling across a continent to see how the fund has impacted Africa. $15 billion has been spent under the Bush initiative. The money has ex... Full Article » Opponents of Pakistan President win elections - 2/19/2008 Christian voters help Bhutto's party win 70 National Assembly seats. In what was being billed as a referendum on Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's rule, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the party of assassinated former Prime Minister Ben... Full Article » A Miracle Unfolds in Amsterdam - 2/19/2008 "Mayor Cohen…stated publicly that the legalization of prostitution in Holland seven years ago simply had failed..." Mayor Job Cohen, who is pushing through a plan to clean up the city's notorious "Red Light District." Cohen aims at closing down broth... Full Article » Barna: Americans Embrace Various Alternatives to a Conventional Church - 2/18/2008 The latest Barna study shows a majority of adults now believe there are biblically legitimate alternatives to participation in a conventional church. The options include house church, attending a special ministry event such as a concert, and marketpl... Full Article » A 'God-Given' President-Elect - 2/18/2008 I declare that the City of Seoul is a holy place governed by God; the citizens in Seoul are God's people; the churches and Christians in Seoul are spiritual guards that protect the city ... I now dedicate Seoul to the Lord. Those are the words of Le... Full Article » John Gimenez with the Lord - 2/18/2008 John Gimenez, of Rock Church International, has gone to be with the Lord. He was 76 years-old when he suffered a fatal stroke. Gimenez became involved with drugs when he was a pre-teen. He spent years in reform school and prison, eventually finding t... Full Article » Teen Actress and Younger Cast Member from "Saving Sarah Cain" Share Faith and Values Award - 2/17/2008 Abigail Mason played the oldest daughter of an Amish family that was taken in by their non-Amish aunt after their widowed mother died. Abigail's character was a mother figure to her younger siblings. Bailee Madison, co-winner of the award, played th... Full Article » Survey Says: Americans Want a President Accountable to God - 2/16/2008 A Zogby poll shows the most important virtues are truthfulness and integrity. Respondents also said they want a president that understands accountability to God and has a servant mentality. In addition, 78% have a positive view of candidates who cite... Full Article » Funeral Postponed Indefinitely, "Brain Dead" Woman Recovers From Coma - 2/16/2008 Doctors pronounced Rae Kupferschmidt brain dead two days after a massive cerebral hemorrhage. Medical staff removed the breathing tube, according to her living will. As Kuperschmidt's family was waiting for her to die, a daughter leaned close and ask... Full Article » Muslims Destroy YMCA, Christian Books - 2/16/2008 In the latest attack on Christians in Gaza, sixteen Palestinians forced their way into the YMCA library, stole everything but Christian books and then burned down the building. Sources say that in previous attacks against Christians in Gaza, gunmen h... Full Article » News of the Miraculous Moving of God in China - 2/16/2008 China is no longer just on the receiving end of missions! Fanning out through the western provinces and across Central Asia are messengers burning with a passion to plant vibrant churches that will penetrate the darkness of the region. Graduating cla... Full Article » The Lazarus Factor: How Resurrections Trigger Conversions in India - 2/15/2008 During my 26 years as a journalist I’ve interviewed some interesting people and heard some amazing stories. But this week set a new standard when I met two people in southern India who experienced biblical-style resurrection. Evangelist Harry Gomes b... Full Article » The Night Watch Reborn on Internet After Nine Month Absence - 2/14/2008 The NightWatch.com pulled its own plug in April of 2007 after running five to six months behind in paying its bills. That’s not supposed to happen to a ministry that’s founded by a prophetic word. Things began to change for the praise and worship m... Full Article » Kevin Rudd..Prime Minister of Australia says sorry to indigenous Australians - 2/13/2008 "As Prime Minister of Australia, I am sorry,'' he said. "On behalf of the Government of Australia, I am sorry. "On behalf of the Parliament of Australia, I am sorry. "I offer you this apology without qualification.'' Mr Rudd said the forced removal o... Full Article » Pakistan boosts security before election; prayer requested - 2/13/2008 Suicide bombers attacked this week, and rival parties are clashing with more frequency in the run up to Pakistan's parliamentary elections slated for February 18. Candidates are keeping a low profile since the assassination of opposition leader Benaz... Full Article » Kenya Crisis Update - Odinga has again issued a demand that Kibaki resign - 2/11/2008 Raila Odinga said a power-sharing agreement was in the making. However, in sharp contrast to the conciliatory tone of his remarks, Odinga has again issued a demand that Kibaki resign saying, ".there must be a re-election - in this I will not be compr... Full Article » Twelve Christian Converts in Egypt Win Court Case to have their Faith Officially Recognized - 2/11/2008 In what is being hailed as a human rights' victory, twelve Egyptians who were born Copts, converted to Islam and then converted back to Christianity, have had their conversions officially recognized by an Egyptian court. The new ruling overturns an A... Full Article » 2.2 Million Attend Yola Nigeria Crusade - Reinhard Bonnke - CfaN - 2/11/2008 I can hardly describe what we experienced... it was so personally intense and glorious. Jesus had thrown His arms around each single visitor. Mass-conversion was followed by a massive outpouring of the Holy Spirit. And then, notable miracles happened... Full Article » South Carolina Pastor Imprisoned During Russian Missions Trip - 2/11/2008 It all started in January when Pastor Phillip Miles brought hunting bullets into the country as a gift to a Siberian preacher. Initially officials only confiscated the bullets and let him go, but now he's being held for two months while authorities ... Full Article » Top 10 List of Persecutors of Christians - 2/10/2008 This year's number 1 spot on Open Doors' 2008 World Watch List is no stranger: North Korea has now topped the list for six years in a row. There is no other country in the world where Christians are being persecuted in such a horrible and relentless ... Full Article » New York Hit by Christian Anti-Media Teen Rally - 2/10/2008 Some 300 young Christians gathered in Times Square for the Teen Mania Recreate ’08 rally. It was held to reject the mainstream culture that is destroying their generation. Teens showcased original graffiti art, dance, art mosaic and videos that send ... Full Article » Egypt Reverses Stand and Recognizes Conversions of 12 Ex-Muslims - 2/10/2008 An Egyptian court has ruled that 12 Christians who converted to Islam and then reverted to Christianity can have their faith officially recognised. It appears, though, that the court's decision will have a limited application. The judge decided tha... Full Article » Influential Evangelicals Withdraw from Christian-Muslim Statement - 2/9/2008 Administrators from an evangelical college have removed their names from a controversial, apologetic letter addressed to Muslims. Wheaton College President Duane Litfin now realizes, that because of vagueness, the document could be interpeted to equa... Full Article » Intelligent Design Professor Loses Appeal for Tenure - 2/8/2008 The Iowa Board of Regents has rejected an appeal by a professor who said he was wrongfully denied tenure because of his views supporting intelligent design. Iowa State University officials have maintained their decision had nothing to do with intelli... Full Article » God’s Love Is Transforming India’s ‘Untouchables’ - 2/8/2008 In the least evangelized region of India, Christianity is growing, old attitudes are changing and the “untouchable” members of society are finding freedom through a personal relationship with Jesus. I witnessed this three days ago when I arrived in P... Full Article » Comments Promoting Sharia Law May be Downfall of Archbishop - 2/8/2008 The Archbishop of Canterbury is facing a crisis of confidence after calling for parts of Sharia law, to be introduced into Britain. Amid growing calls for his resignation Dr Rowan Williams hastily backtracked. He now claims he had never called for a ... Full Article » Accountant Claims More Than A Billion A Year Funneled Through ORU, Possibly to Regents - 2/8/2008 Former ORU accountant Trent Huddleston calls it a case of the foxes watching the hen house. Huddleston claims he was wrongfully fired because leaders feared he would talk about the alleged unrestricted account and because he regularly questioned expe... Full Article » Ted Haggard Quits New Life Restoration Team - 2/8/2008 The latest twist in the Haggard drama comes via a letter sent to friends of New Life Church by its new pastor, Brady Boyd. It reports Haggard, who was fired by the church in November 2006, has decided to end the restoration process he began a short t... Full Article » Kevin Rudd Becomes First PM to Openly Support Melbourne’s Annual Gay Pride Event - 2/8/2008 Pride March Victoria’s organizers are elated at the Prime Minister’s support. According to event spokesman Brett Hayhoe, it was the first time a Prime Minister openly supported the annual event. Rudd’s endorsement came less than two months after "The... Full Article » News From British Isles, Ireland and Europe - 2/8/2008 News From British Isles, Ireland and Europe Christian news for prayer and consideration. Brief presentations of several current Chrisitian News stories with links to the full story. Full Article » Leprosy Patients Choosing Christ - 2/7/2008 Faram Aziz suffers from leprosy. He lives segregated from society in a leper colony in West Bengal, India. The leprosy, a chronic infectious disease that attacks the nervous system, had caused a large wound on Farim's leg. But thanks to Gospel for As... Full Article » New President-Elect of South Korea is an Outspoken, Committed Christian - 2/7/2008 The new president-elect of South Korea, Lee Myungbak, is a committed Christian. As mayor of Seoul in 2004, Myungbak declared: "I declare that the City of Seoul is a holy place governed by God; the citizens in Seoul are God's people; the churches and ... Full Article » What Impact Will Australia's Prime Minister's Faith Have On His Political Decisions - 2/6/2008 Rudd, our most publicly Christian prime minister in almost a century - since his Queensland Labor predecessor, Andrew Fisher, who was a stern Presbyterian Sunday school teacher - has an active faith that shapes his world view. "He understands that hi... Full Article » Mother's Prayer Saves Son From Life of Apeasing Evil Spirits - 2/6/2008 "Lord, please change my whole family as you have changed my life," Meena Patni earnestly prayed. Meena had found peace and joy she never expected after a pastor told her about Jesus. Delivered from a life of spirit worship and bondage to demons, Meen... Full Article » Congo sees aid coming following another disaster - 2/6/2008 The region was hit by a major earthquake four days ago. The quake measured six on the Richter scale, and scientists say it was strong enough to be felt and do damage in Rwanda and Burundi. With the epicenter just north of the capital, Bukavu, there w... Full Article » Christians expelled from Jordan; Open Doors is concerned - 2/6/2008 Jordan is increasing pressure on foreign Christians living in the kingdom, expelling many long-time residents over the past 13 months. According to Compass News, local churches see this as an attack on their legitimacy. "Does this mean that Jordan is... Full Article » Several e-mails have been received by ANS from people in and around the locations in Kenya where violence continues. - 2/5/2008 "In the town of Nakuru, gangs of young men are seeking revenge for the tribal killings that took place two weeks ago. They are setting up roadblocks and killing people with machetes that do not belong to their tribe. A pregnant woman and her daughter... Full Article » Inmates Committed Tithers - 2/5/2008 Recently the Assemblies of God (AG) honored 160 men currently serving prison sentences at the Soledad, Calif., Correctional Training Facility for giving $1,000 toward a well-digging project in Africa. The mostly Christian inmates, with sentences rang... Full Article » High School Grants Pro-life Group Equal Status - 2/5/2008 The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) dropped a federal lawsuit, last week, against a high school in the San Jose, Calif., area that had denied a student-based, pro-life group permission to form on its campus. The case dated back to October when Paria Amin... Full Article » A Welcome Roar in Yola Nigeria for Reinhard Bonnke and the CfaN Team - 2/5/2008 Last night we arrived by air in the ancient, Nigerian city of Yola. Thousands of people had gathered at the airport, waving little flashlights in the darkness. When I emerged from the Arik Air Boeing 737, a mighty roar of welcome rose. On my way to t... Full Article » Kenyan Women Wearing Sackcloth to Proclaim Repentance - 2/4/2008 Two Kenyan women explain why they are wearing sacks as their own personal protest and why they want others to join them. One of them says women and leaders need to mourn for the nation. The other emphasizes the pretentiousness that has long dominated... Full Article » Egyptian Court Dismisses Case to Recognise Religious Conversion - 2/4/2008 An Egyptian judge has rejected a case of a man suing for the right to change his religion from Islam to Christianity. Mohammed Hegazy wanted to make the change on his official identification. The judge decided it was only lawful to convert to Islam... Full Article » Mom Refuses to Abort Twins Who Saved Her Life - 2/4/2008 Doctors who treated a woman for cancer report her life was saved by her unborn twins, whose kicking dislodged the tumor. Nevertheless they advised Michelle Stepney to have an abortion to undergo cancer treatment that would have involved a hysterectom... Full Article » College Reverses Discriminatory Stand Against Christian Student and Awards Certificate - 2/3/2008 An Arizona college denied a student her journalism certificate, citing objections to her profile of Kirk Cameron. While Sara Sloan's professor initially liked the story, not enough members of an evaluation panel did. Objecting evaluators had trouble ... Full Article » Richard Roberts Moving Out of ORU-Owned House - 2/2/2008 Board of trustees Chairman Mart Green announced the Roberts family would move out of campus housing but said he did not know where they would go. There's no word on whether the board demanded the move or the Roberts voluntarily offered to move. ORU a... Full Article » Speaker Keeps Preaching After Hearing of Son's Death, Revival Breaks Out - 2/2/2008 While speaking at a youth conference in Tennessee recently, Rick Burgess, an Alabama radio peronality, was given the heartbreaking news that his son had drowned, but he stayed to make sure that 7,200 students heard the message of eternal life. It tur... Full Article » Murder, Arson and Violence Statistics Drop When Kenyan Children Pray - 2/2/2008 For a couple weeks, children in a small slum area of Nairobi have gathered to pray for their country. That's more than 200 kids, ages 3 to 17. According to a local pastor, ever since the children started praying there have been no deaths, houses b... Full Article » Dad Fights for Life of Daughter, Mom Wants Tube Removed - 2/2/2008 It almost sounds like a replay of the Terri Schiavo case. This time Randy Richardson is fighting for the right of his 23 year-old daughter, Lauren, to receive nourishment from a feeding tube. Her mother, Edith Towers, is fighting to have the tube re... Full Article » American Christian on Mission of Mercy Denied Access to Russia - 2/2/2008 Jason Calzone was on his way to comfort survivors from a school massacre. Airport authorities ended up detaining him 19 hours before placing him on a flight leaving Russia. Calzone reports officials there are not extremely fond of their own born-agai... Full Article » ORU Gets Three Checks Totaling $62 Million from Green Family - 1/31/2008 Students and employees at ORU’s regular chapel service quickly rose, cheering and clapping in appreciation. Trustee Scott Howard immediately thanked the Lord. The Green family’s donation was tied to a reorganization plan affecting how the school is g... Full Article » While Presidential Candidates promise change, hundreds of teens rally in Times Square to change Pop Culture as we know it - 1/31/2008 Representing a movement of more than 400,000 young people, hundreds of teenagers will rally on Military Island in Times Square, on February 8 at 3:30 p.m. ET. to enact real change. The rally will highlight teens' concerns about the toll today's pop c... Full Article » Evangelist in Western Kenya describes threats toward and increased counseling workload with the traumatized in violence following contested election results - 1/31/2008 A large crowd of Kikuyu chased a group of Luos through a slum, trapped them in a house, blocked the doors and set the house afire. The police found 19 bodies huddled in one room. Some of the children's bodies were so badly burned they could not be id... Full Article » Ministry looks for sponsors for nurses in Afghanistan - 1/31/2008 The infant mortality rate in Afganistan is one of the highest in the world. The current mortality rate is 13.5 percent of all live births compared to .8 percent in the U.S. The severe shortage of professionals in the area causes many women to delive... Full Article » Ethiopian Woman Raised from the Dead after 12 Hours—Tells about Heaven - 1/30/2008 "I had faith the Lord would work through me. I prayed as Peter prayed. 'Fatuma, be raised. I ask you in the name of the Lord. Come to life.' When I prayed that prayer—'Fatuma, rise in the name of Jesus'—she sat up in the bed." It had been 12 hours ... Full Article » Kenya's crisis is Africa's too, says Inter-Church body - 1/30/2008 The Nairobi-based (AACC) is pleading with Kenyans, "In the name of Christ, in the name of Africa and in the name of the vulnerable, especially those who we see scattered by this crisis everyday, we beseech you brothers and sisters in Kenya to sit dow... Full Article » Election official gives eyewitness account of post-election trauma in Kenya - 1/30/2008 "When we woke up the following morning, the incumbent President had overtaken the Opposition leader and riots started immediately. In Ziwa it was reported that they killed over 50 people including a world athlete, and they decided to go and burn a ch... Full Article » TheCall Meets in Florida - 1/29/2008 TheCall, a worship, prayer and fasting event that continues to draw tens of thousands of people to pray, convenes this Saturday in Orlando, Fla. Lou Engle, who founded TheCall nearly eight years ago, believes that the prayer meeting in the sunshine s... Full Article » "American Idol" Makes Fun of Singer for His Moral Stand - 1/28/2008 19 year-old Bruce Dickson discovered that his singing wasn't the only thing that got a no vote from the judges, who also questioned his decision to save everything for that one special woman. Dickson shared on "American Idol" auditions that his first... Full Article » Airport Cancels Flights for Church Services - 1/28/2008 The Methodist chapel at Blaenannerch, Cardiganshire is where Welsh Revival leader Evan Roberts was baptized in the Holy Spirit in 1904. In recent years airport noise has been a distraction during services. But West Welsh Airport promises to act like ... Full Article » Assembly of God Church Placing Chaplains in Bar - 1/28/2008 Pastor Chuck Kish hopes help to folks who might have ended up there for reasons other than relaxing and socializing. He promises he and the chaplains he trains will not be there to preach against the evils of drinking or to evangelize. Bar owner Jeff... Full Article » Pastor of Nation’s Biggest and Fastest Growing Megachurch Calls Mormons Christians - 1/27/2008 Recently on "FOX-News Sunday" newsman Chris Wallace asked Osteen if a Mormon is a true Christian. Osteen replied that they were in his mind. He also admitted not getting “hung up” on Mormon theological issues because he has never studied or thought ... Full Article » Viola’s Classic Gets Retooled - 1/27/2008 A Christian publisher is taking a risk offering a book that disproves most of what evangelicals believe about church. Tyndale House is publishing a revised and expanded edition of "Pagan Christianity." This time original author Frank Viola is joined... Full Article » One Step Remains Before ORU Gets $62 Million Donation - 1/26/2008 ORU's trustees have just approved the final version of a reorganization plan tied to a $62 million donation from Mart Green. Now the Green family gets to decide whether its ready to move forward. It depends on whether the school can settle pending ... Full Article » School Chaplaincy Program Going Secular - 1/26/2008 The Australian Education Ministry confirms the $90 million effort will be changed into a secular program when current contracts expire. Under the existing plan, schools can get up to $20,000 a year to employ a person with a religious background. John... Full Article » German Court Denies Missionary Family Residence Visa over Homeschooling - 1/25/2008 Clint Robinson, his wife Susan and their three children were denied a residency permit after it was discovered they were Baptist missionaries and were homeschooling. Adolf Hitler banned the practice in order to indoctrinate young Germans in Nazi ideo... Full Article » Mother Sacrifices Her Life for Unborn Child, Delays Chemotherapy and Refuses Abortion - 1/25/2008 Lorraine Allard got devasting news four months into her pregnancy. She was in the advanced stages of cancer. And then came another blow. Doctors advised the woman to terminate her 23 week-long pregnancy and start chemotherapy right away. Instead, she... Full Article » Hawaiian Christians Plan How to Take the Kingdom to the Gates of Hell - 1/25/2008 A conference just hosted by Transformation Hawaii brought together leaders from churches, business, government, education, sports and cultural affairs. Keynote speaker Ed Silvoso taught that every Christian is a minister and labor is worship. A local... Full Article » Muslim radicals mistakenly murder brother of a Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy - 1/24/2008 Islamic extremists have murdered a man after mistaking him for his brother who had been accused of blasphemy against Islam. Simon Emmanuel was shot to death on January 9, 2008, after his brother who has been living in the United States came home to v... Full Article » Former Warlord/Witch Doctor Who Got Saved Confesses to Demonic War Crimes Knowing it Could Earn Him the Death Penalty - 1/24/2008 "I now preach against murder and making human sacrifices. Some people see me and congratulate me. Others see me and say I should not be walking down the streets of Monrovia posing proud. But I continue to tell such people I am not proud, I am ashamed... Full Article » New transmitter soon to be up and running in Benin - 1/23/2008 With at least 15 languages reaching into 9 countries, they will be able to reach areas that are difficult to reach, such as northern Nigeria. There is a specific group that they hope they will be able to impact. "We'll broadcast on a regular basis, e... Full Article » Birthed in a three-car garage, Arabic TV station reaches Muslim viewers in America as the result of 9/11 - 1/23/2008 An Egyptian-born couple now living in America were so shocked when 9/11 occurred, that they started an Arabic Christian TV channel in their garage that is reaching out with the Good News to millions of Arabic speakers. We are Bible-based; we are look... Full Article » Christians to Unite in Prayer to launch the Global Day of Prayer London 2008 - 1/22/2008 Churches from across London will converge on Westminster Chapel in central London this Friday to launch the Global Day of Prayer London 2008, and celebrate the completion of London's prayer marathon. Thousands of individuals from hundreds of churches... Full Article » Ministry plans to expand pastor training around the world - 1/22/2008 In 2006, Global Advance was able to hold 52 training conferences. Last year, 98. In 2008, we're looking toward a record year with 113 conferences for pastors, church leaders and marketplace leaders in developing nations." Dr. David Shibley says thes... Full Article » Unprecedented response to India's Godman showing - 1/22/2008 As persecution against Christians began over Christmas, an unprecedented event took place. Godman, the 3D animated film on the life of Christ, was shown on national television. The results are staggering. Already they've received more than a half mil... Full Article » Attacks on Christians in India Spread Beyond Orissa - 1/21/2008 As Christians in four districts of the India state of Orissa continue to suffer attacks from extremist Hindus, the neighboring state of Chhattisgarh is now also witnessing atrocities. Around 100 unknown attackers armed with sticks and gaoline bombs r... Full Article » Archbishop Earl Paulk Sentenced for Perjury, DNA Proves His Nephew Is Really His Son - 1/21/2008 Earl Paulk has been given 10 years' probation after pleading guilty to felony perjury. The archbishop had admitted during the course of a lawsuit that he had a sexual relationship with a church solist. He denied any other extramarital relationships. ... Full Article » '100%' Christian Village Has Zero Crime Rate - 1/20/2008 Indonesia's tropical paradise, Bali, is recovering from the stigma brought on by the 2002 and 2005 terrorist bombings. Over the past year, the number of tourists visiting the region has nearly tripled. But it's not just the sandy beaches attracting t... Full Article » Researcher Finds Link Between New Age Spirituality and Poor Mental Health - 1/20/2008 After surveying more than 3700 Brisbane-based 21 year-olds, Rosemary Aird discovered New Age spirituality and self-focused religions may undermine mental health. The research found non-traditional belief was linked with higher rates of anxiety, depre... Full Article » ORU Names New Interim President - 1/19/2008 Dr. Ralph Fagin has served as the school's Vice President for Academic Affairs. Multi-millionaire benefactor Mart Green wanted an interim president who did not aspire to be permanent president. ORU would also join the Evangelical Council on Financia... Full Article » The Other Shoe is About to Fall in Televangelist Investigation - 1/18/2008 With still little cooperation from ministries that have been asked to turn over their financial statements, Senator Charles Grassley plans to send out another round of letters. The follow-up letters will describe Congress' authority to investigate. O... Full Article » Eight Prophetic Directives for 2008 - 1/18/2008 2007 was a difficult year, but I’m feeling more positive about 2008 after spending two days with 61 key leaders of our movement. A small miracle occurred when we knelt together on the first night and repented of the pride that has tainted the America... Full Article » Court Rules British Airways May Prohibit Crosses but not Symbols of Other Religions - 1/18/2008 A court has concluded British Airways did not engage in unlawful discrimination when it suspended Nadia Eweida for refusing to hide a cross necklace while at work. The court concluded other types of religious symbols, such as turbans and bangles, are... Full Article » Christians facing more uncertainty in Orissa, India - 1/16/2008 Persecution against Christians isn't stopping in India's Orissa State. Over 90 churches and Christian institutions have been burned and vandalized, over 700 Christian homes destroyed, and the number of pastors and Christians killed is yet to be known... Full Article » Universities remain closed due to Kenya's tumult; ministries feel impact - 1/16/2008 "Many of the youth that were blockading the roads and being violent were actually university students. The main campus of the University of Nairobi has postponed classes another week to allow these young people to cool their passions before they com... Full Article » Patriotic Woman Honored in Washington, D.C. for Blessing Wounded Soldiers with Blankets and Words of Encouragement - 1/16/2008 Donna Hogue discovered that wounded soldiers recovering at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina had been complaining about the camp's "scratchy" wool blankets. "My husband was killed in Vietnam in 1968." "The minute I read that, it just stabbed me in the h... Full Article » NEPAL VOTES TO ABOLISH HINDU MONARCHY - 1/15/2008 In a landmark move, Nepal's interim Parliament has voted to abolish the world's last Hindu monarchy, putting its stamp of approval on an agreement between the Maoists and the government to end the current political stalemate. The motion was passed by... Full Article » GFA Releases New Books in Nepal - 1/15/2008 People in Nepal had an occasion to celebrate recently over the release of two new Christian books. A person formerly involved in the country's education system spoke during the ceremony in November. He shared the desperate need for more Nepali Christ... Full Article » ORU Accepts $62 Million Offer - 1/14/2008 It took a couple months, but ORU's regents have accepted an offer of $62 million from the family that founded Hobby Lobby. In late November, ORU accepted an unconditional donation of $8 million from Mart Green's family. Green said then that if ORU ac... Full Article » Top Christian Artists Write Songs to Benefit Poor Countries - 1/13/2008 Top Christian music artists who recently gathered in Scotland to write songs for charity are surprised to have written almost twice as many as planned. The retreat resulted in 21 songs that are expected to be recorded. Half the proceeds will go to a... Full Article » China Frees Tragedy-Laden North Korean Activist - 1/13/2008 A North Korean activist who was imprisoned in China for helping refugees has been freed after four months. Yoo Sang-joon was arrested near the Chinese-Mongolian border while trying to rescue other North Koreans. Although Yoo was sent winter clothes e... Full Article » Benny Hinn Resigns from ORU Board - 1/12/2008 Recently Benny Hinn lost his voting rights on the ORU board. That was after failing to meet US Senator Charles Grassley's deadline for providing financial information about his own ministry. On a related matter, ORU has reinstated one of the three p... Full Article » Most Non-Christians Willing to Hear About Jesus, But Wary of Hypocrites - 1/12/2008 A new study has found that 78 % are willing to hear what people have to say about Christianity, but 72 % see the church as a place full of hypocrites. At the same time, 71 percent said they believe Jesus makes a positive difference in a person’s life... Full Article » Ex-Klansman Reunites With Victim, Finds Forgiveness - 1/12/2008 Stan Chassin, a 59 year-old investment counselor had been nervous all day. He had heard that a bully from his youth was coming back to town. Tommy Tarrants had terrorized Chassin in high school by cursing him for being Jewish and threatening to kill... Full Article » Fifteen States Turn Up Noses at Money For Abstinence Education - 1/12/2008 The program is being snubbed by states that are caving into demands to push contraceptive education as the only effective method for discouraging teen pregnancies. Abstinence programs are distressed at the move by the governors. In 1995 and 1998, whe... Full Article » Motion to Protect Religious Speech Defeated in UK Gay Hate Crimes Bill - 1/12/2008 The British Parliament has rejected a motion that would have given Christians legal protection from accusations of hate crimes. At issue is a gay hate crimes bill that could make teaching of the Christian view on sexuality a criminal offense. Member ... Full Article » School Policy Allowing Bible Distribution Ruled Unconstitutional - 1/11/2008 A federal judge has ruled a Missouri school district's policy permitting Bible distribution is unconstitutional. Judge Catherine Perry somehow feels the practice violates the part of the Constitution that says Congress may not pass a law establishing... Full Article » Concern over new attacks on churches in Iraq - 1/10/2008 Church and civic leaders in Iraq are expressing concern after reports that a number of churches were bombed on Sunday January 6, 2007, following Eid [Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting] and Christmas, and ... Full Article » Facts Emerge on Christmas Violence in Orissa: 730 Homes, 95 Churches Destroyed, 4 Dead, More Missing Presumed Dead - 1/10/2008 Anti-Christian violence in Orissa which began on Christmas Eve. Newly confirmed cases of arson, murder, and assault make this violence qualify as the largest attack on the Christian community in the history of democratic India. Both reports show that... Full Article » Russian outreach helps street kids - 1/10/2008 In Russia, Christmas is celebrated January 7. And this year Russian Ministries is providing believers tools to reach out to kids in the region through the initiative. The project is designed to reach out to poor, orphaned and street kids. In Salakhar... Full Article » Ministry responds to refugee needs in Kenya - 1/10/2008 200,000 people are already displaced within the country and in need of emergency aid. Africa's Union head is now stepping in to try and bring an end to the political standoff in Kenya. Fresh violence broke out when President Mwai Kibaki announced his... Full Article » Britain's blasphemy law may be abolished as UK parliament considers amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill - 1/10/2008 The government intended to bring forward amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill to abolish the offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel. During the debate, Dr Harris described the laws as "ancient, discriminatory, unnecessary, illiberal and non-h... Full Article » Ministry During a "Day Off" - 1/10/2008 The students enjoyed seeing parts of God's creation-During their journey home, the students stopped and held an open-air meeting. They handed out tracts, sang songs and preached a salvation message, and many people gathered to listen. The students' e... Full Article » U.S. Charismatic Movement Continues Growth - 1/8/2008 A new study released Monday found that slightly more than half of all Protestants in the U.S. identify themselves as charismatic or Pentecostal. This number has risen six percent in the last decade. In the last decade there has been a steady increase... Full Article » Violence Decreases, Tension Remains In Orissa - 1/8/2008 "By God's grace and many people's prayer, the situation in Orissa is becoming normal," As many as 15 people died in the violence against Orissa's Christian community during the Christmas season. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the government ... Full Article » CHINA'S FUTURE LEADERS OVERSEAS - Anthony Bollback - 1/8/2008 An amazing thing is happening among Chinese students studying overseas. Unprecedented numbers are crowding the halls of universities in America, England and Europe. “China is an emerging superpower desperately needing the positive influence of Christ... Full Article » Open Doors Calls For Prayers In Kenyan Crisis - 1/8/2008 Kenyans across the political divide prayed for peace on Sunday while aid workers sought to bring relief to nearly 200,000 refugees from post-election violence that has killed at least 300 people so far, reports the Reuters News Agency. “Our leaders h... Full Article » Jesus-Loving Warden at Angola Prison Credited with Prison’s Miraculous Turnaround - 1/8/2008 "There's been a moral awakening in this prison like never before. The inmates went from negative to positive. Now there is something to achieve and to work toward. Warden Cain may call it moral rehabilitation to non-believers, but the truth is, Jesus... Full Article » Mountain Biking for Christ in India - 1/8/2008 Sandeep Kishan is already a busy pastor, but he wants to tell even more people in Haryana, India, about Jesus. He doesn't have a car to travel from village to village, and even if he did, the roads in his area are not built for automobiles. So Sandee... Full Article » Chinese Official Releases Bookstore Owner, Cites Lack of Evidence - 1/7/2008 Christian bookstore owner, Shi Weihan along with two dozen others, have been released on bail. The prosecutor cites lack of evidence. Eyewitnesses report Shi is in good spirits and relatively stable physical condition. The accused were detained for 3... Full Article » Survey Says: American Churches Getting More Charismatic - 1/7/2008 Pentecostal or charismatic Christianity is viewed by some Americans as an emotional, theologically suspect form of the Christian faith. It is widely thought to be a very vocal and visible, but numerically small slice of the grand religious pie in the... Full Article » Homeless Man Gets Right with God and Hits the Streets to Help Others - 1/7/2008 Edd King decided to get his life together after being on and off the streets since 1999. Three months ago, he quit drinking, enrolled in a recovery program at the Nashville Rescue Mission and turned his life over to God. Recently, as temperatures dip... Full Article » Muslim Clerics Warn Afghanistan President Against Missionaries - 1/7/2008 Afghanistan's Islamic Council recently told the country's president he must stop foreign aid groups from converting locals to Christianity. Its statement describes evangelism as against Sharia law, the constitution and political stability. One counci... Full Article » British Bishop Warns of No-Go Zones for Non-Muslims - 1/7/2008 Islamic extremists have created "no-go" areas across Britain where it is too dangerous for non-Muslims to enter. That's according to the Church of England's bishop of Rochester. Michael Nazir-Ali, the only Anglican Asian bishop, warns about wider use... Full Article » Kenyans Turn to God for End to Violence - 1/6/2008 After almost a week of intense post-election violence, Kenyans are turning to God for His grace to save the country. Conflict-weary Christians across deeply religious Kenya have filled churches to pray that God would intervene where the political lea... Full Article » Public Schools Largely Ignore Presidential Calls to Celebrate “Religious Freedom Day” - 1/6/2008 If recent history is any indication, few if any public schools will respond to President Bush's proclamation of Religious Freedom Day. Similar proclamations by President Clinton were also ignored. The Department of Education has issued guidlines for ... Full Article » Pornography Convention in Vegas Will Be Covered in Prayer - 1/5/2008 Volunteers, including many who have left the sex industry, will soon converge on the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. They plan to share Christ with employees and those attending the event. Beauty from Ashes International Ministries is partneri... Full Article » Evolutionists Intolerant of a Possible Creationist President - 1/5/2008 Dr Gilbert Omenn has complained to reporters that a president who doesn't believe in evolution might not believe in another sacred cow, global warming. The University of Michigan professor spoke at a news conference promoting a new evolution book by... Full Article » City Considers Limiting Size of House Churches and Taxing Traditional Churches - 1/4/2008 A draft report commissioned by the city of Brampton, Ontario has somehow been leaked to area churches. The study recommends either limiting the size of hourse churches to 20 people or banning them from residential areas. If officials approve, non-wor... Full Article » North Korea trying to expose underground church - 1/2/2008 The North Korean government is reportedly setting up fake underground churches and disguising national security agents as defectors to expose Christians. They're going into China, infiltrating the Korean churches that are assisting the North Korean d... Full Article » Rioting in Kenya after Election—more than 300 Killed in Violence - 1/2/2008 EU observers have said the presidential poll was flawed. Voter turnout in one area was recorded as 115%. "We all just want the violence to end. People of all tribes are suffering right now," Kenyans have been experiencing a nightmare of rioting since... Full Article » Ministry Behind Bars - One Missionary’s Experience - 1/2/2008 A few days before I was arrested, I had a dream that I was put in jail and was preaching God's Word. Since that dream, I had been preparing myself to be put in that situation. So I was not shocked when they came to arrest us. But when I was brought t... Full Article » Suffering of Orissa's Christians Presented to National Human Rights Commission of India - 1/1/2008 Massive violence against Christians in the Indian state of Orissa began on Christmas Eve. As of Dec. 30, 2007, 65 churches burned down, 600 Christian homes destroyed, hundreds of Christians forced to flee into forests to save their lives, and thousan... Full Article » Kenyans burned to death in church as post-election violence escalates - 1/1/2008 At least 30 people have been burned to death in a church in western Kenya, after seeking refuge from the mounting violence over last week's elections. A mob attacked and set fire to the church in the town of Eldoret where hundreds of people were hidi... Full Article » Local Government Does About Face, Two Groups Can Now Hold Bible Studies - 12/31/2007 At issue was a requirement that members of Bible studies own at least 2.5 acres of land before legally meeting. Officials in Dade County, Florida insisted that applied even if only two or three attended. International Outreach Center and Worldwide Ag... Full Article » Nine Christians Dead, 400 Homes and 60 Churches Torched - 12/30/2007 A national fact finding team has reached Balliguda, India to find out more about violence that has taken place against Christians. The team learned young and healthy Christians have left their villages to flee for their lives. Those who could not fle... Full Article » 'In God We Trust' Moving from Edge of New Coins to More Prominent Place - 12/29/2007 Congress recently passed a law moving 'In God We Trust' to either the front or back of new presidential dollar coins. The US mint reports the change will take a year to implement. When the series was first introduced, the phrase was on the edge, whe... Full Article » Purpose-Driven Pastor Advises Jews to Grow Congregations Through Small Groups - 12/28/2007 Megachurch pastor Rick Warren recently attended a large Reform Jewish gathering to share tips on how to build a community. Warren said the key to holding onto visitors is involving them in a small group. He also advised looking at everything from an ... Full Article » GFA Leader Says Assassination Has Global Repercussions - 12/28/2007 The assassination of Benazir Bhutto has far-reaching effects across the Indian Subcontinent and around the world," says Dr. K.P. Yohannan, president and founder of Gospel for Asia, which has more than 16,500 missionaries working in the region. "Our G... Full Article » Trapped Beneath Her Car in Rising Tide for Two Hours at Night, Woman Praises God for Her Rescue - 12/26/2007 "The engine cut out but the radio kept playing K-LOVE (a Christian radio station). I praised God that I was alive. I thanked Him for getting me through it. I screamed for help for some time." Though the tide was low in the Bay, it was due to rise. It... Full Article » Christmas in North Korea a bleak prospect. - 12/26/2007 No bright lights, no Christmas dinner, and not even a Christmas Eve service for the followers of Jesus Christ in North Korea. The city is largely shrouded in darkness. North Korea is the only country in the world where the Cold War is not yet over an... Full Article » Egyptian Government Compensates Christians for Property Damaged in Sectarian Attacks - 12/26/2007 The government has compensated 17 Coptic Christians whose property was damaged last week by angry Muslims. Authorities distributed 1,265,000 Egyptian pounds (US$230,000) to 17 owners of cars and shops that were damaged in the town of Isna. Police det... Full Article » Pilgrims flock to most peaceful Bethlehem in years - 12/25/2007 Christmas carols played through a packed Manger Square and thousands of foreign tourists and Palestinians crowded into the Church of the Nativity for a midnight mass at the spot revered as the birthplace of Jesus. It was the most peaceful and profita... Full Article » British Woman Wakes from Coma to Find She's a New Mom - 12/24/2007 "The doctors and surgeons are scratching their heads—it's a miracle." A British woman suffered a stroke and fell into a coma, shortly after delivering her baby boy, last June. After brain surgery, Lisa Allinson was left comatose for six weeks, when—t... Full Article » WWII Vet Gives $10,000 Check to Salvation Army Bell-Ringer - 12/24/2007 A U.S. WWII Army veteran who wishes to remain anonymous recently gave a $10,000 check to a dumbfounded bell-ringer. The donor reportedly remembered being given coffee and doughnuts while serving in the war and wanted to "return the kindness." A handw... Full Article » Will Islamic Law Come To Kenya - 12/23/2007 With the election coming December 27, promises and alliances are dominating the political landscape in Kenya. The East African country has more than 40 ethnic groups, and they may determine who wins the presidential election. Reports indicate Raila O... Full Article » Missionaries Accused, Kicked Out - 12/23/2007 Gospel for Asia missionaries in Rajasthan often face opposition. Samraj, Lal and Jariah were confused when a large group of police officers arrested them and took them to the police station. They did not know that the local villagers had accused them... Full Article » Colombia's conflict increases evangelism with new Gospel translations - 12/22/2007 The internal conflict in Colombia has the U.N. naming it one of the most violent countries in the world. Each year, 30,000 people die as a result of the violence, and there are four million internally displaced people. Half of those 4 million IDPs ar... Full Article » Godman will be viewed by millions - 12/22/2007 Over the Christmas weekend we are actually going to be broadcasting The Godman to over a billion people in India, parts of Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Butan, and Sri Lanka. So it's a tremendous opportunity." The Godman is the state-of-the-art 3D ani... Full Article » Ten Killed, Three Churches Set Ablaze in Bauchi, Nigeria - 12/22/2007 Unidentified people pulled out two foundation blocks of a mosque under construction on the campus of a secondary school. The Muslim students then attacked Christians in the area, accusing them of this action. Area Muslims joined in attacking the stud... Full Article » Prominent House Church leader detained during worship service as House Church Christmas services raided throughout multiple provinces - 12/22/2007 In spite of increasing persecution, Chinese house church members remain adamant and vocal about celebrating the Christmas season. Services continue to be held celebrating the birth of Christ, as members gather to sing songs and worship despite fears ... Full Article » Officials Recognize God as Foundation of Their County Government - 12/21/2007 God's is now officially the foundation of Knox County, Tennessee government. Commissioners recently approved a resolution that publicly recognizes God as the base of the country and government. Although it was not a regulation or ordinace, some separ... Full Article » Lee Grady's Top 12 Newsmakers of 2007 - 12/20/2007 It was a year of courage, tragedy, religious scandal and political surprises. Here are 12 people who brought Christian faith into the headlines. At the end of every year I slow down, step back and discern how God has been working in our world. I enjo... Full Article » Archbishop of Canterbury Calls the Christmas Story a Legend - 12/20/2007 The Archbishop of Canterbury attacked the Christmas story less than a week before the holiday. In a BBC radio interview Dr. Rowan Williams called the Three Wise Men nothing but a legend. The Archbishop went on to dispel other details of the Christmas... Full Article » Mom Leaves State Rather Than Follow Judge's Anti-Homeschool Order - 12/20/2007 A Utah woman who was ordered by a judge to enroll her children in public school or lose custody, has abandoned her home, furniture and other possessions to escape the order. Denise Mafi believes the school district lost some paperwork she faxed, but ... Full Article » Another Evangelist Resigns from ORU Board - 12/19/2007 Jesse Duplantis claims the demands of ministry have made it increasingly difficult to effectively serve on ORU's board. Earlier another regent, Creflo Dollar, resigned and regent Benny Hinn lost his voting powers. The two recently missed a Senate dea... Full Article » Israeli Scientists Create Nano-Bible, Worldest Smallest Old Testament - 12/19/2007 Scientists have written the entire Hebrew Bible on a silicon surface the size of a grain of sugar. They report the miniature Bible was created in order to demonstrate the powers of nanotechnology to store vast amounts of data in a small space. It wi... Full Article » Mohammed Second Most Popular Boys' Name in England and Wales - 12/19/2007 Mohammed is on course to become the most popular boys’ name in England and Wales by 2008. The high birth rate among Muslim families means the name is set to overtake the current favorite name for baby boys, Jack. The UK government reports when the di... Full Article » Chinese Company Set to Become World's Biggest Bible Publisher - 12/18/2007 Demand for the Bible is soaring in China. At the same time, meteoric economic growth is testing the country’s allegiance to Communist doctrine. Early next year Amity Printing will move into a new, much larger factory to become the world’s single-bigg... Full Article » Barna: Americans Believe Five Out of Six Bible Stories - 12/17/2007 Americans tend to believe in some Bible stories more than others. According to the latest Barna survey, 75% believe in the virgin birth. Only 49% accept the story of Samson as completely accurate. Four other Bible stories -- Jesus Turning Water in... Full Article » Crippled Young Woman With Rare Sensitivity to Sunlight Healed After Prophecy - 12/17/2007 Thirty year-old Jennifer Wood, of Cleveland, Tennessee, had been sick her entire life with a rare, incurable blood disease known as Porphyria. Her brother, just back from a prayer meeting, repeated a prophecy that she would be healed within a few day... Full Article » Woman Has Trouble Ending Disability Benefits, Computer Not Programmed for Miracles - 12/16/2007 56 year-old June Clarke slipped on a wet floor at work and badly damaged her hip, pelvis and lower spine. Recently the Baptist pastor's wife was healed at a Christian conference. Within hours she folded away her wheelchair and stop taking painkiller... Full Article » Survey Says: Christian Knowledge on Downswing in Ireland - 12/16/2007 A new poll shows levels of religious knowledge throughout Ireland are decreasing significantly. Results are even worse in the UK's Northern Ireland. The survey is a follow-up to an earlier poll that found low levels of basic religious knowledge, espe... Full Article » Mom Threatened with Jail for Teaching Kids at Home - 12/16/2007 A judge has ordered a homeschool mom to enroll her children in public school immediately because of a paperwork glitch that could very well be the fault of the school district. Denise Mafi reports she enrolled her children when Judge Scott Johansen t... Full Article » Emperor Worship Reborn? Russian Sect Praying to Putin Icon, Claims He's Apostle Paul - 12/16/2007 Vladimir Putin may be popular in Russia for saving the nation from the chaos of the 1990s, but a sect in the country has taken its devotion a step further by praying to presidential icons. The Rus Resurrecting sect, believe that President Putin was b... Full Article » Two Evangelists Lose Clout on ORU's Board After Missing Senator's Deadline - 12/15/2007 Evangelist Creflo Dollar has resigned from the ORU board of regents and evangelist Benny Hinn has lost his status as a voting member of the board. Last month Senator Charles Grassley asked for financial information from six media-based ministries, in... Full Article » When Columbine Violence Comes to Church - 12/15/2007 Tiffany Johnson. Phillip Crouse. Stephanie Works. Rachael Works. Please take a moment to remember these four remarkable young people who died at the hands of a troubled young man, who claimed to hate Christians. It’s difficult to make any sense of th... Full Article » Families of Colorado Shooting Victims Offer Forgiveness to Murray's Family - 12/15/2007 In the confines of a glass-walled room outside the sanctuary of Faith Bible Chapel, three families embraced in a powerful show of forgiveness. Just days after a shooting rampage that left five dead, the families of two victims put their arms around t... Full Article » 'Post-Christian Era'? Don't Tell The Third World - 12/15/2007 Reports of the death of the Christian era have been greatly exaggerated. The theory is that because Christianity is in decline in the West, it is also losing its power to influence culture and shape the course of human history. Despite the best effor... Full Article » Political Grinches : Amen to Ramadan, but Forget About Christmas - 12/15/2007 Only weeks after voting for a resolution that recognizes the Islamic faith as one of the great religions of the world, nine members of Congress have refused to vote for a Christmas resolution. The resolution condemns the worldwide persecution of Chri... Full Article » Homeschool Mom Elected Chairwoman of South Carolina Board of Education - 12/15/2007 Kristin Maguire, who teachers her four daughters at home is a Clemson University graduate and a ceramic engineer by training. She supports financial incentives for parents who send their children to private schools or educate them at home. Maguire pr... Full Article » Church Fined for Bible Studies in a House - 12/15/2007 A home beside Bethany Lutheran Church once welcoming the discussion of scriptures is now silent. Salisbury, Maryland has issued a $1,000 zoning fine to the church, stemming from the the use of the house for Bible study and other organized gatherings.... Full Article » Town Cites Businessman for Gospel Message on Truck Trailer - 12/15/2007 Daniel Burritt placed the message, "It is finished" on the side of a trailer on his business property. Gouverneur, New York officials claim it is equivalent to a bill board. Authorities have not issued citations against other types of speech, such as... Full Article » Barbara Walters Criticizes President for Scripture in Christmas Card - 12/15/2007 Barbara Walters likes to receive Christmas greetings from high-profile celebrities and leaders, but apparently not if they refer to the Bible. On a recent edition of "The View," Walters expressed dismay that President and Mrs. Bush would send out gre... Full Article » Committed to the Narrow Road - 12/13/2007 Sixteen young men stepped forward to answer Christ's call on their lives when they graduated from a Gospel for Asia Bible college in West Bengal on September 18. More than 120 GFA and other Christian leaders attended the event where the graduates wer... Full Article » China: Repression escalates in lead-up to Olympics - 12/12/2007 The Olympic Games will open in Beijingon 8-8-08 and China is getting ready. 'China will use the 2008 Olympic Games to market itself to the world. All countries do this, but the Chinese example will look more like Berlin 1936 than Sydney 2000.' The im... Full Article » Cave Man Finds Christ - 12/12/2007 How much does it cost to take the Gospel to someone in a remote, mountainous area of North India? In some cases it costs less than a penny—the amount it takes to print a Gospel tract. In Himachal Pradesh, one tract even brought the Good News to a man... Full Article » Ministry growth an answer to Haiti's desperation - 12/11/2007 The United Nations says there's been an end-of the-year surge in the abductions of children in Haiti. Remembering the spike last year, UN peacekeepers say police have been posted outside schools to protect children. Even though Haiti is witnessing a ... Full Article » Court sentences missionary kidnappers in the Philippines - 12/11/2007 There has been some resolution to the 2001 kidnapping of 20 people in the Philippines. That hostage situation resulted in the death of a missionary, Martin Burnham. A court in Manila Thursday sentenced 14 members of an Islamic militant group to life ... Full Article » Colorado Gunman Scared Co-Workers 5 years ago - 12/11/2007 Matthew Murray was kicked out of a missionary training program five years ago for strange behavior, and talked about hearing voices. Murray was told in Dec. 2002 he would not be allowed to join a mission trip to Bosnia. That was five days after Murra... Full Article » Abakaliki Crusade Report - 360,000 Fill The Field Multitudes Receive Jesus - 12/11/2007 A great crowd of 300,000 people poured onto the field to hear the Gospel and a great multitude received Jesus as their savior. After the Gospel message it was time for the baptism in the Holy Spirit and after a short teaching, the huge crowd raised t... Full Article » 270 House Church Pastors detained for alleged illegal religious gathering - 12/11/2007 On December 7 at 1:30pm, House Church pastors in Hedeng District, Linyi City, were gathered for a Bible Study when their meeting was disrupted by police officials. 40-50 policemen from 12 different towns were involved in the massive detention. As of ... Full Article » Church Security Guard Saved 'Hundreds', 4 Killed in Pair of Attacks on Christian Organizations - 12/10/2007 Authorities in Colorado believe the attacks in Colorado Springs and Arvada are probably related. 7,000 people were present at the New Life Church facility when a gunman opened fire in the parking lot. A security guard shot him no more than 50 feet in... Full Article » 100,000 Aids Orphans in Zambia Set to Hear Gospel - 12/9/2007 Hundreds of churches in Zambia will soon undergo related evangelism training. Each of the 500 participating churches is challenged to identify 200 Aids orphans. The children will be given a personal presentation of the gospel using the Good News wris... Full Article » Pastor-Turned-Atheist Forces Police Chaplains to Remove Crosses - 12/9/2007 Ray Ideus, a former Lutheran pastor of 30 years, filed a lawsuit against the Spokane Police Department. The aethist proclaimed that chaplains have to minister to all faiths and non-faiths. A countersuit by the city attorney was dismissed as part of a... Full Article » Turkey Investigates Possible Ties Between Police and Killers of Christians - 12/9/2007 Turkey has launched an investigation into alleged collusion between police officers and at least one of the suspects charged with killing three Christians. Two senior police inspectors will look into whether any officers provided assistance to the su... Full Article » UK ‘Must Celebrate Christianity’ - 12/9/2007 Community cohesion minister Parmjit Dhanda recently told Parliament the religion has had a significant impact in securing people's rights and freedoms. He was speaking in a Westminster debate over whether there was widespread Christianophobia in the ... Full Article » Abakaliki Crusade Report - 200,000 on Third Night - 12/8/2007 An eight year old girl, who was born totally blind, was completely healed this evening. Her uncle had brought her and God honored his faith....and many many more wonderful healings occurred. It is also amazing how many Muslims received Jesus as their... Full Article » Christian Bookshops Refuse To Stock Homosexual Study Bible - 12/8/2007 A US distributor, God's Word to Women, has banned the Australian publication. It has also withdrawn another Bible translation by the same publishing house, Smith and Stirling, for promoting a lifestyle in contradiction to the scriptures. Australia's... Full Article » Survey Says: Britain Forgetting Christmas Story - 12/8/2007 A new survey has found only 12 per cent of adults have a detailed knowledge of the Christmas story. 73 per cent were still familiar with the ‘classic elements’ of the nativity. Substantial gaps in knowledge of the Bible story appeared when the questi... Full Article » Leading Evangelists Blame Record Church Closings on Spectator Mentality - 12/7/2007 50 national and international evangelists recently convened for an honest, 24-hour strategy session. Some of the participants said the primary role of the evangelist is not to conduct meetings but to train and equip all believers to win souls. Incess... Full Article » Only Two Ministries Meet Grassley Deadline - 12/7/2007 Last month, Senator Charles Grassley sent letters to six televangelism ministries requesting detailed information about finances. Kenneth Copeland and Joyce Meyer have met the December 6th deadline. Benny Hinn is asking for an extension. Creflo Dol... Full Article » Judges Endorse Faith-Based Prison Program - 12/7/2007 A federal appeals court has ruled a voluntary faith-based prison program can move forward at an Iowa prison. The ruling reversed major parts of a district judge's earlier ruling. InnerChange Freedom Initiative plan has been documented to lower recidi... Full Article » Church Includes Jonah-and-the-Whale Sculpture in New Baptistry - 12/7/2007 It all began as Shandon Baptist Church prepared to build a new facility. The architect recommended incorporating various forms of art into the design because the early church depended on the visuals in religious art to tell Bible stories. Weighing ov... Full Article » E-mails Reveal Darwinian Conspiracy to Deny Tenure to Intelligent Design Professor - 12/7/2007 The faculty emails, recently made public, call Guillermo Gonzalez an "idiot" and a "religious nutcase." The professor has published 68 peer-reviewed articles -- nearly four times his department's standard for excellence. He has also been the subject... Full Article » Aid Worker Relives the Moment He Thought Would Be His Last - 12/7/2007 A Kalashnikov rifle is pointed squarely at Tristan Clements’ chest. Only minutes before, the gunman and an accomplice had raked Clements’ truck with bullets, wounding three others critically. Tristan Clements is a World Vision coordinator. He credit... Full Article » Putin's sway grows stronger in Russia; ministry concerned - 12/6/2007 Parliamentary elections in Russia could spell trouble for mission groups. The outcome of Sunday's vote is bad news for the West and Christians, as there are few allies left in power in the government. "In a lot of regions, churches are able to functi... Full Article » Parents Flex Their Rights; California School Boycott Begins to Show Results - 12/6/2007 California school officials fear mass exodus from classrooms in response to SB777 as parents pursue home school options. It seems that the recent 2-day boycott of California public schools in response to the passing of SB 777 may be having an impac... Full Article » The Golden Compass -- A Briefing for Concerned Christians - 12/6/2007 The release of The Golden Compass as a major motion picture represents a new challenge for Christians -- The release of a popular film with major actors that presents a message directly subversive of Christianity is something new. Having seen the mov... Full Article » Nigerian Christians Life In Dread As Local Taliban Rises In The North - 12/5/2007 The men dressed in red turbans and long robes and carrying machine guns and machetes went among the Muslim and Christian residents in the northern city of Kano saying they meant no harm. The next day the hundreds of fighters, who included women and s... Full Article » Iraq Christians Call On The World To Join Them In Prayer - 12/5/2007 Pastors and leaders from all over Iraq are today, (Sunday 2nd December in Iraq), holding a National Day of Prayer for their country. They are asking Christians around the world to join them in praying for their nation. Inspite of the well documented ... Full Article » Venezuela's president chastened; reports of persecution rising - 12/5/2007 Voters in Venezuela have chastened President Hugo Chavez by turning down his proposed constitutional changes. The church took an official stance against the President in the referendum. "Besides restricting many civil, social and political human righ... Full Article » Conference shows growth of Ghana's church - 12/4/2007 Global Advance held their first Frontline Shepherd's Conference in Ghana in November. There were 964 pastors and 200 Christian business leaders in attendance. Global Advance's David Shibley says the passion of the people and the resources available t... Full Article » 'Christian groups in the Palestinian Authority (PA) to disappear' - 12/4/2007 "The ever-dwindling Christian communities living in Palestinian-run territories in the West Bank and Gaza are likely to dissipate completely within the next 15 years. "The systematic persecution of Christian Arabs living in Palestinian areas is being... Full Article » Pat Robertson hands over Christian Broadcasting Network to his son Gordon Robertson, who will become CEO of the network - 12/4/2007 Pat Robertson announced at the quarterly meeting of the CBN Board of Directors his desire to continue as Chairman of the Board, but to relinquish his duties as Chief Executive Officer of The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), effective immediately... Full Article » Barna Finds Four Mega-Themes in Recent Research - 12/3/2007 Barna Update identifies the four mega-themes that emerged from a series of national Barna Group studies in 2007. Based on a special analysis of thousands of interviews, the important trends relate to Americans’ unconditional self-love; designer faith... Full Article » Highway to Holiness in America - 12/2/2007 The cars rush up and down Interstate 35 everyday -- a ribbon of road that cuts the nation in half and goes all the way from Laredo in the south to Duluth in the north. A number of Christians have come to believe that because of recent prophecies, dre... Full Article » New Evidence for Global Flood, Sounds Like Science is Catching Up with the Bible - 12/1/2007 Walt Brown, who earned a PhD from MIT, offers scientific evidence backing a global Flood and a young earth. His Hydroplate Theory provides evidence for the Flood, a young Earth and the processes that formed the geologic features we see today. Brown b... Full Article » Survey Says: Kids' Exposure to Violent Media is Greatest Influence in Producing Violent Adults - 12/1/2007 According to a new study, children's repeated exposure to violent television and video games is the strongest predictor of violence in adulthood. Men in their early 20s who were heavy viewers of violent TV shows between the ages of six to nine were t... Full Article » N.Y. Stock Exchange Chairman Donates $1 Million Aircraft for Missions - 11/30/2007 Marshall Carter and his wife, Missy, recently donated their personal PC-6 aircraft to JAARS. The plane is praised for being ideal for the bush conditions in Indonesia where it can be flown in difficult mountain ranges, at higher elevations and faster... Full Article » Christian Chiropractor Sees New Testament Healings in Ghana - 11/30/2007 Over nine days, Dr Chad Hawk witnessed incredible miracles as he adjusted more than 3,000 people -- ranging in age from two days-old to 105 years-old. There were five blind people who received their sight and a dozen or more deaf people who could hea... Full Article » Mystery Philanthropist Pledges $70 Million to ORU Now that Richard's Gone - 11/30/2007 Mart Green promised the gift, provided the university shows "good governance" of its finances. The money would be enough to wipe out a massive debt troubling the school. The offer came only after Oral Roberts' son, Richard Roberts, left the ORU presi... Full Article » Joyce Meyer Gives More to Her Ministry Than She Takes in Salary - 11/30/2007 Joyce Meyer leads one of six televangelism ministries under investigation by Senator Charles Grassley. She recently responded through a news release. It reports Meyer receives no royalties from books, CDs or DVDs as a result of ministry sales. She do... Full Article » How Venezuela's Church Is Challenging Hugo Chávez - 11/30/2007 Depending on who you talk to in Caracas, President Hugo Chávez is either a socialist messiah or a demonic tyrant. He quotes the Bible yet he incites violence. He talks of liberating the poor and enjoys their support, yet he is best friends with the w... Full Article » Young Man Declared Brain Dead Awakens - 11/28/2007 A 21-year-old Oklahoma native was said to have miraculously awakened after being declared brain dead as a result of critical injuries sustained in an all-terrain-vehicle accident. Family members were astonished when he stretched out his arm and grabb... Full Article » Forty House Church leaders detained in Henan Province - 11/28/2007 Forty church leaders from China Gospel Fellowship were detained on November 18, 2007, and a House Church pastor was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for writing and distributing Christian literatures among Muslim believers. China Aid urges Christi... Full Article » It's Becoming "Cool" to be a Christian in College Says New Report - 11/27/2007 A revival on campuses across the nation has made it "cool" to be a Christian in college. "I'm absolutely more involved (in Christianity) than before I came to college," "There's an increasing acceptance that intellectualism and Christianity go hand i... Full Article » Introducing Luke18 Project: Plant. Pray. Worship. Multiply - Lou Engle - 11/27/2007 The vision of the Luke18 Project is to catalyze, equip, and resource 10,000 young apostolic leaders to plant prayer furnaces to fill the earth with a global chorus of worship and prayer. Luke18 Project seeks to serve in raising up prayer furnaces tha... Full Article » Lausanne Philippines Congress - 11/27/2007 PRAISE GOD for the recently concluded Lausanne Philippine Congress 2007 attended by 324 delegates from 58 churches in 29 denominations and organizations coming from Metro Manila and different regions of the Philippines. This historical event, with t... Full Article » Why Tony Blair Kept so Quiet About His Faith - 11/26/2007 Tony Blair has confessed to religious faith being hugely important to him during his time as Prime Minister. This revelation has hurt him with the politically correct crowd. A noted British journalist has observed that as the influence of religion ha... Full Article » New Zealand Minister Of Education Wants To License Sunday Schools - 11/26/2007 Minister of Education Chris Carter's proposal would probably make it more difficult to run Sunday schools. The politician has confirmed that a gathering of three children under adult supervision constitutes an early childhood education unit, so must... Full Article » Brain-Dead Diagnosed Man Revives After Prayer - 11/26/2007 An Oklahoma man declared brain dead shocked everyone when he suddenly reached for the nurse who was prepping him for organ donation. As church signs urged the town to pray for Zack Dunlap, his family said they received a sign from God. The 21 year-ol... Full Article » Good News from a Bad World - 11/25/2007 Surveys over the last 15 years show improvement across the board on a host of benchmarks, including crime, the number of welfare recipients and academic scores. The news has improved for teenagers with declining drug abuse, birthrates and binge drink... Full Article » Leading Quarterback's Motto: Christ First, Family Second, Football Third - 11/25/2007 Jon Kitna's faith in Jesus made national headlines early in the season. The Detroit Lions were in a battle with the Minnesota Vikings. He suffered a concussion after taking hits from behind and from the side. The quarterback not only went back in tha... Full Article » Seventy Saved through Powerful Prayer - 11/24/2007 In his remote village in Karnataka, India, Chiman Safal was a very influential man. Most people thought Chiman did not have a problem in the world, but they were wrong. Chiman dealt with severe stomach pain every day for several years. One day while ... Full Article » Survey Says: Americans Prefer "Merry Christmas" over "Happy Holidays" - 11/24/2007 The Rasmussen survey found 67 percent favor "Merry Christmas" while just 26 percent prefer "Happy Holidays." Rasmussen said the poll results were the same for males and females, and there were few demographic differences. Rasmussen also found 57 perc... Full Article » Scientist Who Ignited Stem-Cell War Says It's Over - 11/24/2007 James Thomson's laboratory was one of two that recently announced a way to turn ordinary human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without using an embryo. The technique involves adding four genes to ordinary cells. In 1998, his la... Full Article » Richard Roberts Resigns as ORU President - 11/23/2007 Richard Roberts has sent a letter to the ORU regents tendering his resignation as university president, effective immediately. The letter states that he wants God's best for the students, faculty, staff and administration. Executive Regent Billy Joe ... Full Article » Leading Biologist Urges Christians in Science to Work as "Tent-Makers" Overseas - 11/23/2007 According to Ruth Bancewicz, the majority of unreached people are located in the 10-40 window, where many countries prohibit access to straightforward missionaries. But they may allow entry to people with valuable skills such as scientists. Her sugge... Full Article » Army Sergeant Recorded Praise Album in Baghdad - 11/23/2007 Most people don’t feel like singing when they are in the midst of a tough spiritual battle. But when Army Sergeant Nijel Rawlins was deployed in Baghdad to train Iraqi soldiers, he wrote and recorded his own album of praise music. Rawlins took his la... Full Article » Recovery of Kidnapped Boy Linked to Prayer Chain - 11/23/2007 The boy and his 8 year-old brother were walking with two other boys when a man suddenly drove up. He grabbed one boy, who wriggled free, but was able to pull the 6 year-old into the car, at knife point. Two intercessors later prayed that angels would... Full Article » Ministry sees children flourish in daily Christian life - 11/22/2007 Buckner International's foster care program is flourishing, especially in some African countries. Immersing orphans into a Christian atmosphere is effective and beneficial for the children. "The beauty of that is they get to see the Gospel incarnated... Full Article » Aid trickling in to Bangladesh cyclone survivors - 11/22/2007 The death toll could exceed 10,000 once the government and aid workers reach outlying island areas. Damage assessments are massive, and soldiers and relief workers have been working this week to get aid to millions left homeless by the cyclone. The l... Full Article » Mission Aviation Fellowship Playing Vital Role in Bangladesh Relief Effort - 11/22/2007 Bangladesh continues to be the focus of a massive relief effort. According to reports, millions of people have been displaced by Cyclone Sidr, hundreds have been killed, and many are still missing. Numerous remote regions have yet to be reached with ... Full Article » Radio Listeners See the Light - 11/21/2007 Gospel for Asia missionaries in Kerala, India, conducted a first-of-its-kind outreach to GFA Radio listeners. The workshop outreach program, dubbed the New Initiative, is designed to create Bible fellowship groups in areas where GFA radio programs ar... Full Article » Eritrea expels missionaries - 11/21/2007 The Eritrean government has established a task force specifically to eradicate all "menfesawyan" ("spirituals" - a term often used to describe charismatic Christians) from the country by the end of 2005. More than 2,000 Eritrean Christians are impris... Full Article » Writers Strike Prompts Prayer in Hollywood - 11/20/2007 Last Friday 700 people gathered for the National Media Prayer Breakfast at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., to pray for the end of the two-week writers’ strike that has halted production on many Hollywood studios. Prayer network founder K... Full Article » Australia: Drinking Bans Spark Exodus From Territory - 11/20/2007 Hundreds and possibly thousands of Aborigines are leaving the Northern Territory, sometimes with whole families in tow, to escape the Federal Government's tough anti-alcohol laws. Alcohol bans - part of the national emergency response to protect chi... Full Article » Ministry Seeks Prayer for Millions Affected by Recent Bangladesh Cyclone - 11/20/2007 Cyclone Sidr barreled through Bangladesh last week and left more than 3,000 people dead and 95 percent of the affected area’s rice crops destroyed—the second natural disaster to hit the Muslim nation this year. GFA immediately deployed 125 missionari... Full Article » Cyclone Survivors Need Your Help! - 11/20/2007 Please read this urgent update on World Vision's relief response to the survivors of the devastating category 4 Cyclone Sidr that struck Bangladesh last week. And please, continue to pray for cyclone and flooding survivors and relief workers providin... Full Article » Richard Roberts Admits Receiving Prophecy of Major Storm in His Life - 11/19/2007 Six months ago, an out-of-state minister known for prophecy told Richard Roberts he would go through a major storm but would come through it. The minister also proclaimed, "When you enter your 60th year, you'll step to a new level of ministry you've ... Full Article » Barna: Christian Parents Are Not Comfortable With Media They Buy for Their Kids - 11/19/2007 The born again Christian population of the US is likely to spend more than $1 billion on media products for children. A new Barna study shows Christian parents least comfortable with the products were non-whites and parents involved in house church. ... Full Article » Former Northern Irish Terrorist Now Serving God as a Pastor - 11/19/2007 Kenny McClinton was once a member of the Ulster Freedom Fighters. At that time, he shot and killed two men and attempted to murder a number of others. After a major bombing campaign, Kenny was arrested and charged with two counts of murder. To while ... Full Article » Survey Says: Female Pastors Earn Over 10 % More than Male Pastors - 11/18/2007 According to a recent national survey of church workers, females in the position of full-time solo pastor earn more than their male counterparts. The survey was based on total compensation, the sum of salary plus all benefits. Although the overwhelmi... Full Article » Hundreds Pray to Transform Hollywood - 11/18/2007 Hundreds hoping to redeem Hollywood asked God to change the hearts of entertainment leaders and celebrities during the recent National Media Prayer Breakfast. Over 700 Christians and media professionals gathered at the Beverly Hills Hilton. A Hollywo... Full Article » Thousands Receive Christ at Egyptian Festivals - 11/18/2007 Joyous songs of praise filled a giant hall in a campground just outside Cairo, Egypt. Carried by a satellite network and the internet, sounds of worship traveled to more than 350 churches in dozens of countries. More than 12,000 Egyptian young people... Full Article » University Tries Out "Gender Neutral" Bathrooms - 11/18/2007 Students using the seventh-floor bathrooms at the University of Southern Maine's Glickman Family Library the other day were in for a surprise. The standard symbols for men and women on the doors were covered with a sign announcing the facilities were... Full Article » Tenured Faculty Vote No Confidence in ORU's Richard Roberts - 11/17/2007 A faction of the ORU faculty and administration has delivered the first blows in a battle to wrestle control away from the Roberts family. Tenured faculty voted no confidence in Richard Roberts. Also, Provost Mark Lewandoswki wrote a letter to regent... Full Article » Pastor's Wife Wants Church Proceeds in Divorce Settlement - 11/17/2007 In a case that may be the first of its kind, the wife of a pastor is hoping to win assets from her husband's church in their divorce proceedings. Cynthia Howell claims he uses the church as his "personal piggy bank" and that any money he makes from i... Full Article » Philadelphia 11 Vindicated, Hate Crime Law Ruled Unconstitutional - 11/17/2007 "Praise the Lord," said Michael Marcavage, one of nearly a dozen people, who became known as the Philadelphia 11. They were arrested while ministering in 2004 at a publicly funded homosexual event called "OutFest." Although their charges were later d... Full Article » Court: Homeschooling is "Child Endangerment" - 11/17/2007 A German court has assigned custody of two children to the government. It has also criticized local authorities for letting the family flee Germany, where Hitler's ban on homeschooling still stands. The family is now living in homeschool-friendly Aus... Full Article » British Baptists Offer Historic Apology for Transatlantic Slave Trade - 11/17/2007 The Baptist Union of Great Britain Council has just met with the slave trade as the main focus of its agenda. The three-day meeting concluded with a unanimous decision to formally apologize -- We offer our apology to God and to our brothers and siste... Full Article » Effort to Close Down Church Feeding Program Fails - 11/16/2007 Cape Girardeau, Missouri officials have concluded the effort is not a grocery store. Neighbors claimed the food distribution program was actually a commercial enterprise. Christ Church of the Heartland distributes heavily discounted food to families ... Full Article » Senator Conducting Televangelist Probe is Evangelical Christian - 11/16/2007 Senator Charles Grassley is an outspoken evangelical Christian. Grassley was saved when he was 11 years-old. The Senator and his wife have attended the same church since 1954. Grassley has some refreshingly old-fashioned views on ministry -- Jesus... Full Article » Rain Falls in Georgia a Day After Governor's Prayer Vigil - 11/16/2007 Governor Sonny Perdue is not gloating over the fact that it rained a day after he asked for relief from the drought at the Capitol. He called the rain a great affirmation. The prayer service featured Governor Perdue, Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle,... Full Article » Jesus "Everything Skit" Draws Millions - 11/16/2007 Forget the billions spent on producing Hollywood films and all-star lineups. Multi-tiered movie theaters weren't needed to draw nearly 6 million views of a five-minute skit on GodTube and YouTube. Many are calling the "Lifehouse Everything Skit" a p... Full Article » Many in this village were forced to draw water from dirty, stagnant ponds. - 11/15/2007 Because of their position in society, many in this village were forced to draw water from dirty, stagnant ponds. They were spiritually parched too, not knowing there was a Savior who loved them. But we can rejoice in seeing how God has ministered to ... Full Article » Turkey: Disinformation endangers Christians - tensions escalate before critical trial. - 11/15/2007 At the time, most Turks were shocked by the brutality of the senseless slayings. But time has passed and several local issues are fuelling Turkish nationalist zeal. Making far-fetched allegations against the victims', that the 'missionaries' were pr... Full Article » Palestinian Pastor Vows to Continue, Despite Ongoing Threats - 11/15/2007 His efforts to help his people have led to numerous death threats. Because another Palestinian pastor was recently murdered, he takes the threats seriously. Rami Ayyad, the manager of Gaza City's only Christian bookstore, was abducted and killed in e... Full Article » Sharing Life Amid Hopelessness - 11/14/2007 "Our last grain of rice was gone, and I was in a great dilemma. I didn't know what to do," Amulya explained. "I had no strength left in me to face the next day, and it was then that I saw two women from the Bridge of Hope center approaching our home ... Full Article » Secret Document Reveals Chinese Government's Campaign Against Unregistered Churches - 11/14/2007 The central government has directed a national campaign specifically against unregistered Christian House churches. The secret campaign was launched "based on the relevant documents from the central government, provincial government, and municipal go... Full Article » New Home After Elephant Rampage - 11/14/2007 GFA missionary Anand woke up in the middle of the night, jarred awake by the terrifying sounds of the elephants crashing through his house. He grabbed his wife and two small daughters and ran out of the house. The morning sunrise brought to light the... Full Article » ABORIGINAL ROLE MODEL TALKS ABOUT ABUSE - 11/13/2007 It's' time for the abuse and violence in indigenous communities to be addressed, a young Aboriginal role model says. Young Australian of the Year Tania Major said that facing up to the reality of history is the only way for Australia to heal and move... Full Article » Christians Attacked Three Times In Two Weeks In Western Indian Village - 11/13/2007 An evangelical group in a western Indian village is living in fear after Hindu right-wing activists attacked its members three times in 13 days. In the latest attack six members of the Abundant Life Church were injured when about 20 Hindu extremists ... Full Article » Kirk Cameron Teams Up with "Facing the Giants" Church for New Movie - 11/12/2007 Child actor turned evangelist Kirk Cameron will play the lead role in "Fireproof," the latest film from the makers of last year’s acclaimed "Facing the Giants." The actor will play a firefighter caught in a troubled marriage. He discovers he must get... Full Article » Creflo's Church Takes in $69 Million But He Gets No Salary - 11/12/2007 Creflo Dollar is releasing information about his and his church's finances in light of a Senate probe. The televangelist reports his income is separate from the church's, provided by businesses he owns and from investments and real estate. He also re... Full Article » "Oprah and Friends" Plans To Teach Course on New Age Christ - 11/11/2007 Oprah Winfrey will be letting out all the stops on her XM Satellite Radio program this coming year. Beginning January 1, 2008, "Oprah & Friends" will offer a year-long course on the New Age teachings of "A Course in Miracles." A lesson a day througho... Full Article » Archaeologist Uncovers Nehemiah's Wall - 11/11/2007 A just announced archaeological discovery marks an event recorded in the Bible when Persia helped put the Jewish people back on the map in their capital city of Jerusalem. Until now archaeological evidence for Nehemiah's project has been lacking. Jer... Full Article » Serving God Through Business - 11/10/2007 Seventy-five-year-old Ken Crowell strolls along his massive, machinery-strewn assembly lines, chatting with blue-smocked, smiling workers who hail from Israel's Tiberias region. Some employees have been with Crowell's company for more than 20 years. ... Full Article » The Prayer Life of a Supreme Court Justice - 11/10/2007 Predictably, the mainstream media focused on the anger in Clarence Thomas's searing new personal memoir. A front page story in "The Washington Post" described how Thomas settles scores. There is certainly anger in this book, along with passion. But t... Full Article » Medical Doctors Present Scientific Evidence of Divine Healing - 11/10/2007 More than 400 physicians from 13 countries gathered for the World Christian Doctors Network Conference. The theme was “Spirituality and Medicine.” Physicians cited medical data backing healing claims for cases involving infantile paralysis, comminute... Full Article » Government Fines Homeschoolers $6300 to Stamp Out "Parallel Societies" - 11/10/2007 Tillman and Dagmar Neubronner homeschool their sons -- 10 year-old Moritz and 8 year-old Thomas. The boys had not fared well in Montessori or experimental schools. A family spokesman blames the bus rides, classroom noise and lack of challenging mater... Full Article » Most Influential Church in America: We Made a Mistake - 11/10/2007 Few would disagree that Willow Creek Community Church has been one of the most influential churches in America over the last thirty years. Not long ago Willow released its findings from a multiple year qualitative study of its ministry. The research ... Full Article » Integrity, Accountability and the Grassley Investigation - 11/9/2007 Six charismatic ministries are under the microscope as a US Senate committee scrutinizes their spending practices. Senator Charles Grassley told Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, David and Joyce Meyer, Randy and Paula White, Creflo and Taffi Dollar, Eddie... Full Article » International Day of Prayer (IDOP) for the Persecuted Church 2007 - 11/7/2007 On the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (Sunday 11 November), the Church, united as one body with Christ as our Head, stands before the Almighty God to intercede as Hezekiah did for the persecuted, besieged, terrorised and threat... Full Article » Murder For The Sake of Honor - 11/6/2007 Every year 5,000 women are murdered in so-called 'honor killings' where members of a family kill one of their own women, like a mother or a sister because they believe her actions have shamed the family. The majority of these crimes occur in Arab and... Full Article » CHINA REACHES AN OFFICIAL FIGURE OF 130 MILLION CHRISTIANS - 11/6/2007 The Chinese government has intentionally understated the number of Christians for decades in a futile effort to downplay the continued miraculous growth and impact of the church. House church believers have never been recognized or counted. This anno... Full Article » Christians Sweep Up Calif. Firestorm Mess - 11/6/2007 News about the widespread California wildfire have faded from the headlines, but Christian organizations and churches are still there helping clean up. At one point up to a million people were estimated to have been evacuated. There were 23 wildfires... Full Article » Children and families left homeless by devastating floods and mudslides in Mexico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. - 11/6/2007 World Vision is rushing emergency supplies to children and families left homeless by the devastating floods and mudslides that struck Mexico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic last Thursday and Friday. Over 1 million people have been left homeless in... Full Article » Canyon Fall Leads to Christ - 11/6/2007 When Sakha Doli got the news that his brother had just fallen 65 feet off a bridge into a deep trench, he rushed to be with him. But Sakha did not know that God was about to do a miracle in his family. Sakha Doli was an active member of the extremist... Full Article » Bibles Banned at 2008 Beijing Olympics - Update: China Denounces Reports of Ban on - 11/5/2007 The committee behind the Beijing games cited "security reasons." The ban seems to undermine comments released by the country's top religious affairs official. Last month, Ye Xiaowen acknowledged he expected large numbers of religious faithful among t... Full Article » Christian Students and Faculty Forced to Dress as Muslims - 11/4/2007 All 257 students and 41 teachers at Rufford primary school in Lye, England, were ordered to wear traditional Muslim dress in an effort to promote multi-culturalism. It was to celebrate a belated Muslim festival. The school only has two Muslim staff m... Full Article » Got Permits? Sharing Faith Made Difficult - 11/4/2007 Some Christians are being required to get permits to share their faith. This was the case when Michael Boardley and three other men were passing out Christian tracts near Mount Rushmore's front entrance. The Park Service gave the men a phone number t... Full Article » Former New Ager Turned Christian Questions Robert Schuller's Rethink Conference - 11/3/2007 It's called the "Rethink Conference," and Schuller promises 30 "Aha!" moments from the 30 different speakers confirmed for the event. Rethink promises to confront outdated and pre-conceived ideas without compromising our core values. Former New Age d... Full Article » Website Reveals Most Popular Bible Verses, Chapters and Books - 11/3/2007 An internet survey of 37 million Bible references has revealed the most popular scriptures. Top Verses ran the survey in August 2007 by counting how often every Bible verse is referenced in web pages across the internet. The 31,101 verses were ranked... Full Article » Over 80% of All Non-Christians Globally Do Not Personally Know a Christian - 11/3/2007 Todd Johnson and Charles Tieszen used two variables from a study of evangelization to determine the level of contact between Christians and non-Christians. The first, “discipling/personal work,” shows how much contact local church members have with n... Full Article » Missionary Wrongly Fined $28,000 by FAA? - 11/3/2007 In April, Sam Childers brought his usual generator fluids with him to Sudan on his British Airways flight. For the first time, security had a problem with his quarts of motor oil, bottles of diesel treatment and WD-40 spray, which were all in a seale... Full Article » Terrorists Take JESUS Film with Stolen Projector -- Salvations Result - 11/3/2007 As Bruce and Jan made their way carefully down the Andes mountains after a joy-filled "JESUS" Film showing, they had no idea that they were headed straight for a trap. Heavily-armed terrorists took their projection equipment with the intention of sh... Full Article » Maryland County Considers Copycatting California's Co-Ed Bathroom Law - 11/3/2007 The open doors policy would apply to public restrooms, locker rooms and other facilities. It's to meet the demands of a transgender "non-discrimination" plan, which would allow men into women's lockers and vice versa. The only requirement would be th... Full Article » Christian Couple No Longer Required to Promote Homosexuality to Foster Children - 11/3/2007 Vincent and Pauline Matherick chose to retire from foster care rather than to preach on behalf of homosexuality. After a media-generated international uproar, bureaucrats have invited the couple back and recognized their religious objections. When th... Full Article » Creation Museum Reaches Attendance Milestone Six Months Early - 11/3/2007 The state-of-the-art museum saw its 250 thousandth guest recently, more than six months earlier than it originally expected. In addition to good attendance, sometimes as high as 35 hundred visitors a day, the educational facility has continued to rec... Full Article » ORU Considers Selling TV Station - 11/2/2007 ORU employees were told this week the school has moved to improve its financial situation, and officials have considered selling the university's television station. Campus-based KGEB broadcasts shows such as "The Hour of Healing" featuring Richard R... Full Article » Muslims Demolish Three Christians' Houses in Pakistani Village - 11/1/2007 Christians condemn demolition of their houses -Muslim residents of a Pakistani village demolished the homes of three Christians recently. Police, who arrived at the scene after an unidentified caller called them, arrested a number of Muslims who were... Full Article » Two Australian citizens trapped inside China - their large company shut down - 11/1/2007 In an unprecedented move against a foreign-owned firm in China, a large Australian company has been raided and attacked by various Chinese government agencies in Guangdong province since August of this year. Some of the central government leaders wer... Full Article » Pakistan: War and unprecedented persecution in NWFP - 10/31/2007 Persecution of Christians has long been intense right across Pakistan's highly Islamised and Talibanised North West Frontier Province (NWFP). However Islamic zeal, tension, intolerance and belligerence has escalated dramatically over recent years as ... Full Article » Ministry feels impact of India's rise to power - 10/31/2007 Security has been beefed up at sensitive religious places across India following threat from the al-Qaeda. This follows a series of religiously-motivated attacks in Hyderabad, India, earlier this year. Police are urging all religious organizations to... Full Article » Salvation wave in Agbor, Nigeria - 125,000 in attendance first night - 10/31/2007 A wave of salvation moved across the big field. It looked as if every single soul got saved. What a joy in heaven and on earth. And then miracles of healing took place. A woman, whose baby had died in her womb found that her child was moving again. A... Full Article » Delivered and Given New Hope - 10/30/2007 Like many young men, Sursen had big hopes for his future. But while studying at an engineering college in North India, he suddenly began to experience attacks by evil spirits. Finally, he had to make a painful decision regarding his education . . . a... Full Article » 'UNREAL' commercials "ministry that uniquely impacts" - 10/30/2007 Dallas-based NeedHim Ministries has received three nominations for the National Religious Broadcasters Association 2008 Annual Media Awards. More than 1200 radio and television stations, billboards, and newspapers across the United States promote the... Full Article » Ministry Taking Place in Iraq Despite Turmoil - 10/30/2007 "…we can also testify of miracles, real miracles. Once, a terrorist came to my church. I was alone in the office. I thought he would kill me. And suddenly this tough man asked me, ‘how can I get peace?'" The following is an updated report on the situ... Full Article » THE CALL - From KC to DC, the March Begins... - Lou Engle - 10/30/2007 We are calling for 30,000+ to gather in Kansas City on December 31 for TheCall KC where we will seek God in fasting and prayer to visit this nation with a historic revival and cry out to God to establish His House of Prayer in cities all across Ameri... Full Article » Unlikely Ally: ACLU Helps Prisoner Win Back the Right to Preach the Gospel - 10/29/2007 Some time after having been sent to prison for killing a man, Wesley Spratt began to study the Bible. God’s Word had an obvious effect on Spratt, as he exchanged a life of violence for the preaching of the Gospel. However, the prison warden reportedl... Full Article » Legion Plans to Ignore Veterans Affairs Ban on God - 10/29/2007 The California American Legion is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to reconsider a ban that effectively removes God from honor guard flag-folding ceremonies. Several legion leaders promise the ban affecting funeral services will be ignor... Full Article » "Spiritual Bomb" Hits Fiji - 10/29/2007 Youth With a Mission reports over 17 thousand decisions for Christ. For six weeks, the team ministered in twenty-four schools, in three prisons and at gatherings across the nation. Teams were astounded at the way Fijians came out to the stadiums and ... Full Article » Solemn Assembly: Kiwis Stand United in Prayer - 10/29/2007 Personal revival and a sense of release followed the Labor holiday weekend gathering of people in Wellington, New Zealand. The Solemn Assembly, called together by Wellington man Adrian Watts, and supported by Intercessors for New Zealand, drew betwee... Full Article » Australian Idol Stars Barred from Talking About God - 10/28/2007 The publicity team has cancelled media interviews that broach the subject. Television reports suggested some finalists were supported by a huge Christian voting audience. Most contestants have big followings, whether from their communities or church... Full Article » Uplifting Movie "Bella" Praised for Pro-Family Messages - 10/28/2007 "Bella" delivers a subtle but hard-to-miss pro-life message, showing how an unwanted pregnancy can turn into a God-sent blessing. The film’s star, Mexican actor Eduardo Verástegui, switched to roles in movies with a moral and uplifting message after ... Full Article » Understanding and Witnessing as a Christian in Baghdad - 10/28/2007 As I sit and write this article, I can hear automatic weapons firing. I cannot imagine the tragedy going on outside our compound at this very moment. It is not pleasant to live in one of the most dangerous places on earth. As I led worship, I saw my ... Full Article » Prayer Day for Performers - 10/28/2007 The entertainment business may seem full of glitz and glamor. It can also be one of the loneliest, most insecure and isolated places in which to work. Showbiz charity Christians in Entertainment is asking churches and individuals across the UK to set... Full Article » 'Sin City' May Never Be the Same - 10/27/2007 Las Vegas is known around the world as 'Sin City,' but recently thousands of believers gathered there to cry out for a spiritual revival. Welcome to Las Vegas: city of lights, casinos, and non-stop entertainment. But in another part of town a cry wen... Full Article » ORU Is Over $50 Million in Debt - 10/26/2007 According to ORU Board of Regents Chairman George Pearsons, the debt accumulated from years of borrowing. The board is now adopting a more hands-on role at ORU. It's investigating use of money and other practices after learning of allegations of miss... Full Article » City Hall Says "Yes" to Buddhist Display and "No" to Ten Commandments - 10/26/2007 Bloomington, Indiana officials are displaying religous items to promote the Dali Lama's visit. But when a Christian group recently placed a stone sculpture of the Ten Commandments at City Hall, authorities took it down promptly, complaining it violat... Full Article » Outlook Changed on Gay Rights Bill, President's Advisers Recommend Veto - 10/26/2007 The White House is warning that a pending piece of federal legislation to create new rights for homosexuals would push the boundaries on constitutionality. Just a few days ago, pro-family leaders were concerned that White House staffers had adjusted ... Full Article » Church-Goers or Not, Students Enjoy Bible Class in Nashville Area - 10/26/2007 Alongside their algebra and biology books, some students tote Bibles to school this year. The 220 juniors and seniors are the first to enroll in a Bible elective course that stirred heated debate last year. One side worried mixing a religious work w... Full Article » Gunman Cites Prayer as Reason He Would Not Kill Missionary Couple - 10/26/2007 Doug and Madaleen Schumacher had just arrived in Johannesburg when a carload of thugs pulled in behind them and forced them into the backseat of their own car. The two bandits then drove off and for the next 20 minutes told the victims they intended ... Full Article » Pastor Plans on Turning Troubled Nightclub into Church - 10/26/2007 The go-go dancer is gone, but her platform still stands. With Bible in hand, the pastor of a new downtown evangelical church climbed the ladder to see if the performance area could be used as a pulpit. Mars Hill Church expects to close a nearly $4 mi... Full Article » God Banished from Washington Monument - 10/26/2007 The actual inscription of the Latin phrase for "Praise be to God" is unviewable on the capstone of the 555-foot stone column. So the National Park Service has created a replica, which is on display inside the monument. Recently the smaller version wa... Full Article » Child Taken Away from Foster Parents Who Refuse to Promote Homosexuality - 10/26/2007 Officials decided that people who open their homes to children in need, must promote homosexuality as normal and equal. When Vincent and Pauline Matherick told social services it would violate their conscience, the eleven year-old boy who had been pl... Full Article » Village sees family of God at work - 10/25/2007 Last year, the Banwaon tribe in the Philippines gave a portion of their rice harvest to a neighboring tribe, knowing they would come up lacking before the next rice harvest. The neighboring tribe was suffering with cholera. God's provision has made i... Full Article » Christian NGO goes back into Darfur - 10/23/2007 Prospects for an end to violence in Darfur remain bleak, despite a United Nations plan to deploy more troops to the war-torn region. There are some 13,000 relief workers trying to assist nearly four million people. Attacks on relief workers in Darfur... Full Article » Ethiopian Christians send call for help; international body responds - 10/23/2007 On October 16, a Muslim attack on 25 Christian families in Seka Yoyo--a town just southwest of Ethiopia's capital--demolished a dozen houses. The families were forced to flee to the nearby city of Jimma where several incidents of violence have occurr... Full Article » Soccer Victory in India Brings More than a Title; Team Composed of Orphans and Abandoned Children - 10/23/2007 The soccer team from a Hopegivers International-sponsored "Hope Home" in Kota, India, recently won the Rajasthan state championship in their age group. "People from the public came and took the children on their shoulders and danced with them. Then t... Full Article » Australia Prays for Rain and Biblical Christian Leadership - 10/22/2007 It was standing room only when more then 600 people gathered recently in the Great Hall of Federal Parliament to pray for rain and the future of Australia. Danny Nalliah, of Catch The Fire Ministries, spear-headed the event. Prime Minister John Howar... Full Article » Most Americans Take Well-Known Bible Stories at Face Value - 10/22/2007 Americans remain confident that some of the most amazing stories in the Bible can be taken at face value. A new nationwide survey conducted by The Barna Group shows that six well-known Bible stories are accepted as literal truth by an average of two ... Full Article » Church Feeding the Hungry Program Threatened When Neighbors Complain - 10/21/2007 Christ Church of the Heartland has been distributing subsidized food, on a monthly basis, for about four years with no problems. But recently five neighbors complained, resulting in an upcoming hearing. People on the receiving end only pay about 50 %... Full Article » Masterminds Behind Christians' Deaths Identified - 10/21/2007 The attacks occurred at a Bible publishing house in Turkey earlier this year. A letter is being forwarded to prosecutors indentifying the masterminds as three officials including an Islamic faculty member and a colonel in the military. Authorities re... Full Article » White House Adjusted Language of Gay Rights Bill to Make it More "Acceptable" - 10/21/2007 A White House official has boasted that staffers were negotiating expanded religious exemption language. Some observers fear only churches and, specifically their pastors, would be exempted. That would leave Christian schools, camps and bookstores un... Full Article » Nobel Prize Winner Another Example of Evolution-Racism Link - 10/21/2007 Dr James Watson received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of DNA, but the 79 year-old scientist recently lost a speaking engagement after saying blacks are less intelligent than whites. Earlier this year Watson argued some anti-Semitism could be jus... Full Article » Gospel Singer Crippled by Guard Now Safe in Europe After Long Wait for Asylum - 10/21/2007 Helen Berhane has maintained a low profile in Khartoum for the last 11 months after escaping from Eritrea. She is unable to walk without assistance. Authorities killed the man who helped her daughter escape, leaving his body in front of his parents'... Full Article » BUSH SAYS ALL RELIGIONS PRAY TO SAME GOD - 10/21/2007 Political correctness does not always work in the kingdom of God. President George Bush has repeated his belief that all religions, "whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, pray to the same God". Bush made the statement in an interv... Full Article » TheCall—a Day of Fasting and Prayer—Comes to Las Vegas, October 20th - 10/20/2007 "TheCall is: Fasting and Prayer—not performance—but a gathering to humbly cry out to the Lord. It's a nameless, faceless army...a trumpet blast awakening the nation." "The young people hear Lou, and there's something that stirs deep down within that... Full Article » Will Olmert Divide Jerusalem? - 10/20/2007 Even members of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's own party are upset by Vice Premier Chaim Ramon's call to give up Israeli control over a large part of Jerusalem. The plan, which was revealed while U.S. Secretary of State was visiting, is based o... Full Article » Indian Governor Blocks Anti-Conversion Bill - 10/20/2007 If a proposed law goes into effect, those who want to receive Jesus as their Savior will be forced to seek permission from the government to leave their traditional religions. Another Indian state governor is attempting to block proposed amendments... Full Article » Russian orphans ministry in Russia right now answers lots of questions about the Gospel - 10/19/2007 A team of 13 has taken backpacks and Bibles to 10 orphanages in and around St. Petersburg. They also are holding Bible studies and giving kids opportunities to ask lots of questions. Each child receives a Bible, which is "the coolest comic book Bible... Full Article » Throughout India, the country's lowest caste--the untouchables or Dalits--have been experiencing an awakening. - 10/19/2007 Many are taking advantage of the changes in their society to get an education. Christian teachers have started schools for children of the Dalits, and one teacher reports, "My own parents were Hindu, but they sent me to the missionary school because ... Full Article » Persecution Escalating in Burma - Hundreds of Bodies In The Streets Reported From Inside Burma (Myanmar) - 10/19/2007 The following reports are actual accounts of what is taking place in this region. Christians are hiding from the authorities. VOM’s contact reports, “China reports five people have been killed, the BBC is saying about 10 have been killed, but our peo... Full Article » It’s Time to Blow the Whistle on Corruption - 10/19/2007 We’ve created a toxic religious culture that requires people to be quiet when they should be confronting sin and challenging injustice. The most revolting side of the Paulk scandal hit the fan last Sunday. The Cathedral’s current senior pastor, Donni... Full Article » Nicaragua's hurricane survivors still in need of aid - 10/18/2007 Nearly a month and a half after Hurricane Felix took a swipe at Nicaragua, the aftermath of the storm lingers in the smells of decay that still shroud the landscape. It was category five--a monster storm. About 80 percent of community infrastructure ... Full Article » China shuts down Christian-linked businesses - 10/18/2007 Actions were taken this summer to remove over 100 foreign missionaries from China before the Beijing Olympics. Christian missionary organizations around the world say that they aren't letting these actions stop them. Despite China's ban on foreign mi... Full Article » Despite persecution, Uzbek church is growing - 10/18/2007 Currently cell groups and small groups and family churches have to meet underground secretly. I was surprised to hear that despite very hard persecution, the church is growing. Some of the pastors are in prison now for their faith in Uzbekistan. It w... Full Article » World Vision eNews - 10/18/2007 Africa: Flooding Inundates East and West Regions of Continent - Southern Africa: Faith Helps Family Cope With Drought and AIDS - North Korea: World Vision Delegation Visits Flood-Devastated Areas - World Food Day: Students Cast Attention on AIDS and ... Full Article » Pastor Honored for Risking Life for North Korean Refugees - 10/17/2007 Phillip Jun Buck, originally from North Korea, accepted the $50,000 award in recognition for his steadfast resistance to evil. The 66 year-old pastor reports he will use the prize money toward helping underground churches in North Korea and related c... Full Article » Richard Roberts Taking Indefinite Leave of Absence - 10/17/2007 Richard Roberts has issued a statement saying he feels the leave of absence is in the best interests of his family and ORU. He also claims the ex-employees who filed the recent lawsuit against him have admitted they don't know if the allegations are ... Full Article » Notorious Sumitr Comes to the Lord - 10/17/2007 Imagine a man who is so intimidating and out of control that everyone is afraid of him. In addition to being a drunkard, he abuses his wife and children, exploits pastors and despises Christianity. One day, he invited a GFA missionary to come to his ... Full Article » Police Chaplains Using Prayer to Heal Orlando's Troubled Streets - 10/16/2007 Andrew Wade doesn't carry a gun or lock up criminals. Continuing for 40 nights, he and fellow chaplains will join volunteers standing in the heart of one of Orlando's most troubled areas and pray for the end of crime. Wade believes there is a fight i... Full Article » Alabama is the First State to Adopt a Bible Companion Textbook - 10/16/2007 The board of education unanimously approved "The Bible and Its Influence" as a comprehensive curriculum in literature for Alabama. The book covers the Bible’s influence on literature, poetry, music, art, history, Western civilization, Abraham Lincoln... Full Article » Movie Changes Harassment to Hope - 10/16/2007 Ameen Raj, a middle-aged doctor in India accomplished his purpose of disturbing a Gospel for Asia team's film show. While the GFA team began showing their film to the crowd of 300 people, Ameen raised doubts about the film and the team. The very next... Full Article » Producer Claims 'God' Censored from Disney Ad - 10/16/2007 The producer of an upcoming Hollywood feature, "The Ten Commandments," claims Radio Disney censored the words "chosen by God" from a radio ad for the film. A spokeswoman insists corporate policy requires including the name of the production company i... Full Article » Christian Group Apologizes for Pro-Life Message - 10/16/2007 A Youth for Christ speaker made comments that could have been interpreted as opposing abortion and supporting heterosexual relationships. Actress Tina Marie told the students one-third of their generation has been aborted. She has worked for eight ye... Full Article » Ten Commandments Boost Economy - 10/16/2007 German-speaking business leaders in Paraguay have been encouraged to practice biblical values. More than 300 leaders took part in a Christian convention in Asuncion. One speaker described the Ten Commandments as an unrivaled code of conduct. Accordin... Full Article » Satellites Show Predominately Christian Villages Burnt In Burma - 10/15/2007 Satellite pictures show predominantly Christian Karen villages burnt to the ground in Burma. The images were taken months before the military regime's latest dramatic crackdown on dissent. A secret document believed to have been leaked from a governm... Full Article » Native American and Canadian Youth Take Up the Evangelization Challenge - 10/15/2007 Two "On Eagle's Wings" teams went out after the Warrior Leadership Summit: one in the U.S. and another to northern Canada. These Native American youth are bringing the Gospel to other Native American young people who are in a culture that faces start... Full Article » Former Muslims Share Christ - 10/15/2007 Many former Muslims are now involved in efforts to convert believers in Islam to Christianity. For some reason, Christians think Muslims are particularly hard to witness to. But these Muslims-turned-Christians point out they have the exact same spiri... Full Article » Jews Grateful for Christians' Show of Support During Feast of Tabernacles - 10/15/2007 Thousands of Christians ascended to Jerusalem as they do every fall in a show of solidarity with Israel and in anticipation of the prophesied Messianic Age. The International Christian Embassy conference is Israel's single biggest tourism event of th... Full Article » Action Sports Attracts Southern Californians to Hear Gospel Message - 10/15/2007 A crowd of over 5000 attended the Livin It Orange County Festival that featured extreme sports action along with live music and inspirational Christian messages. The keynote speaker was one of evangelist Luis Palau's four sons, Andrew. Freestyle moto... Full Article » BeliefNet Names 12 Most Powerful Christians in Hollywood - 10/14/2007 Hollywood may have a well-deserved reputation for being a spiritual wasteland, but faith is hardly absent from Tinseltown. Patricia Heaton, Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett and others are at the top of their game in movies or TV and are unabashed ab... Full Article » ORU First Lady Lindsay Roberts and Other Officials Deny Latest Claims - 10/14/2007 A report newly attached to the lawsuit alleges Lindsay Roberts spent a great deal of time with an underage male. The updated document also claims a "mentor" hired by President Richard Roberts had unrestricted access to the students of the university.... Full Article » Boys May Now Use Girls' Bathrooms and Vice Versa in California Schools - 10/14/2007 The legislation package signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger also bans the "politically incorrect terms" of "Mom and Dad" and "husband and wife" from public schools. Analysts have warned schools across the nation will be impacted by the decision.... Full Article » Christians in Pakistani Village Living in Heightened State of Fear - 10/14/2007 According to villagers from the minority community, men armed with steel bars and guns recently stormed a New Apostolic Church. The radicals beat up worshippers, including a child, and damaged property. Members of the minority community report announ... Full Article » Marketplace Ministry in the World of TV News - 10/13/2007 Like many moms, Kelli Arena knows details matter. But once Kelli scribbles the last "I love you" note on those lunchbox napkins and sees her kids off to school, this broadcast journalist switches hats to cover justice and intelligence for CNN. Yet Ke... Full Article » Churches Cancel Sunday Worship for Tangible Faith - 10/13/2007 This Sunday, churches across the country are shutting their doors and taking their worship outside to demonstrate one of the most principal mandates in Scripture – faith in action. Faith in Action Sunday is the culmination of a four-week churchwide c... Full Article » Two Eight Year-Old Kids Leading Revival - 10/13/2007 Have you ever heard a sermon from a child? In Indonesia, multitudes flock to hear the preaching of an eight year-old boy. And because of this, villages in a conflict area once consumed by bloodshed are now being transformed. Moko traveled to nearby t... Full Article » Street Preacher Arrested for Violating Free Speech Restrictions Near Liberty Bell - 10/12/2007 A street preacher has been arrested for speaking on public property outside the building housing the Liberty Bell. Michael Marcavage refused when rangers ordered him to step over to a "free speech zone," far away from any pedestrian traffic entering ... Full Article » A Christian Enron Scandal in Tulsa? Lee Grady Isn't Sure - 10/12/2007 Twenty years ago we were holding our heads down in shame as we endured the ugly PTL scandal. Televangelist Jim Bakker went to prison, Jimmy Swaggart’s Bible college collapsed and many disillusioned people lost faith in evangelical ministries because ... Full Article » How 'jaw dropping stories' of Christians behind the Iron Curtain changed the life of Ronald Boyd MacMillan - 10/11/2007 I can remember the first time I gave a Bible to an old pastor in Czechoslovakia who had pastored his church for about thirty years with a few hand written notes. When I gave him this Bible, he turned to me and said, 'This is a dangerous book. What tr... Full Article » Nigeria flares in religious violence - 10/11/2007 Destruction from the religious riots in Nigeria's Kano State is still being assessed. It started when a group of Muslim students barged into a room that was shared by some Christian students. The situation escalated into a riot. At least nine Christi... Full Article » Take action against Myanmar violence while the world watches - 10/11/2007 WEA says the situation in Myanmar is "extremely urgent." They reported that the death toll could be as many as 200 and cited other reports that claim the government has burned bodies of the dead as well as the wounded. Buddhist temples have also been... Full Article » Conference on Islam reveals difficulties Muslim converts face in Middle Eastern countries - converts to Christianity face torture and death. - 10/11/2007 Both converts spoke under pseudonyms, as they continue to face persecution in their home country. One told stories of female converts to Islam abused by family members. These converts subsequently fled to the streets, Another convert said some young ... Full Article » Mat Sorger Reports 6000 Touched By Holy Spirit In Columbia - 10/11/2007 Our recent journey to Medellin, Columbia was full of Holy Spirit power and glory. Matt ministered at Community of Faith Church with Pastors Andrew and Cathy McMillan. During the weekend over 6,000 hungry Columbians were radically touched and empowe... Full Article » Despite recent murder, ministry climate in Jharkhand state deemed good - 10/10/2007 India (MNN) ¯ Investigation continues into the shooting death of a church planter in Jharkhand State, India. The body of Trans World Radio missionary, 38-year old Ajay Topno, was found September 19 in a jungle of the Ranchi district. The circumstance... Full Article » Emergency Update: Flooding across Africa - 10/10/2007 World Vision is providing relief supplies to people throughout West and East Africa who have been overwhelmed by unprecedented torrential rains and flooding. Hundreds of thousands have lost their crops and homes, and are left with nothing but what th... Full Article » Dream About Cow Turns Village To Christ In India - 10/10/2007 A Christian lady in Jaipur, India, had a dream about a cow. In the dream she was seeing the cow being bound to a pole. The cow made a terrible sound as if in great pain crying for help. Then she was given the name of the district and the name of the ... Full Article » Danny Steyne reports powerful trip for team to Mozambique, South Africa, and Israel - 10/9/2007 We have just returned from a powerful time of ministry in Mozambique, South Africa, and Israel. In Mozambique there was much breakthrough and release as we met with the IRIS staff! The power of God was there! Prayer, dancing, Jesus all over the place... Full Article » No breakthrough yet in Burma talks, say democracy activists - 10/9/2007 LONDON, UK (ANS) -- Burma campaigners, including a leading group in the UK, say that people should not be deceived by media reports that there has been some kind of breakthrough in Burma because Senior General Than Shwe has agreed to talks. There has... Full Article » Australia: Churches Struggle As Old Guard Promoted To Glory - 10/9/2007 The number of Australians identifying themselves as Christian will plummet over the next 20 years as an ageing generation of dedicated churchgoers dies out. Painting a bleak future for the Christian faith, the Christian Research Association predicts ... Full Article » Missionary received His calling to go serve in the Asian slums through a dream. - 10/9/2007 Do you remember how, in the Bible, the Lord showed Joseph his future through a dream? In that dream, God vividly illustrated to Joseph how he would one day rule over his brothers. Well, one Gospel for Asia native missionary received His calling to go... Full Article » Survey Says: Teens Some of Most Spiritually Active Americans - 10/8/2007 American teens are more likely than adults to report attending church and participating in small groups, Sunday school and youth groups. But young people are less likely to pray or read the Bible in a typical week. The study also explored teenagers’ ... Full Article » Christian Men Renew Promise Keepers' Pledge - 10/8/2007 An estimated 20,000 men attended the Stand in the Gap 2007 event at the foot of the Washington Monument, including many who danced, shouted, prayed and wept. The name of the event comes from a passage in the Book of Ezekiel. Those in attendance hoped... Full Article » Gaza Christians Nervous after Killing of Bible Bookstore Operator - 10/8/2007 The Teacher's Bookshop regularly received anonymous death threats linked with perceived missionary work. The store's director, 32 year-old Rami Ayyad, was found dead on the street with a gunshop wound to his head. Shifa Hospital reports multiple stab... Full Article » New Strategy for Clearing Beijing of House Churches Before 2008 Olympics - 10/7/2007 The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau has warned landlords not to rent houses for unregistered religious activities. The agency is asking police to implement intensive inspections locally. According to one house church leader, this is clearly ... Full Article » Healing Rooms Report Answers to Prayer - 10/6/2007 A little boy came to us who was diagnosed with coeliac disease. He was losing weight, irritable and tired. He was brought into the healing rooms four days before his operation. We simply laid hands on his tummy -- his mother was with him -- and we pr... Full Article » Christian University Sides with Evolutionists - 10/6/2007 Baylor University has demanded that Professor Bob Marks take his evolution-challenging web site off the internet. His analysis uses highly sophisticated mathematical and computational techniques. One observer put it this way -- University administrat... Full Article » Lion's Quarterback Credits God with Miraculous Recovery - 10/6/2007 Jon Kitna, the starting quarterback for the Detroit Lions, made headlines during a recent game against the Minnesota Vikings. After suffering a concussion and leaving the game in the second quarter, he returned in the final quarter to lead the Lions ... Full Article » Richard Roberts Disputes Lawsuit Claiming ORU Money Misspent - 10/6/2007 Roberts affirms that he pays for his family's personal expenses. The lawsuit claims ORU provides him with housing, 13 Internet/cable connections, wide-screen televisions, hot tubs, a $15,000 stove and more. The university's regents recently decided t... Full Article » Burma Christian Converts Face Crackdown - 10/5/2007 Burma is cracking down on Buddhists who renounce their old gods in favor of Christianity. One convert reports policemen, firemen and local security forces came to his home. All asked what had happened. After the new Christian answered he had found t... Full Article » Strange Fire on Defiled Altars - 10/5/2007 I fear for many of the men and women who claim to be God’s mouthpieces today, particularly in the charismatic/Pentecostal movement that I serve. I wonder why the ground has not opened up and swallowed some of the careless spiritual clowns who are mas... Full Article » Still Fighting for Freedom in Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand - 10/4/2007 Sylvester Stallone, who has just filmed the sequel to "Rambo" on the Thai/Myanmar border describes the situation as a "full-scale genocide" A hidden war has decimated generations of the country's powerless ethnic minorities, who have faced brutality ... Full Article » Christian imprisonment in N. Korea worse than thought - 10/4/2007 "In North Korea, it is strictly forbidden to be a Christian." "Anyone who has a Bible is sent to a camp, along with his or her whole family." Estimates of the number of underground Christians is at least 200,000; it's likely that there are as many as... Full Article » Southern Sudan: on the path to war - 10/4/2007 Sudan's ruling Arabist Islamist regime which was (and still is) driven not only by Islamist ideology and ideas of racial and religious supremacy, but by the knowledge that it could never survive in an open and free environment. The NIF has never had ... Full Article » New Church Army Campaign Focuses on the Vulnerable - 10/4/2007 A new campaign by Britain's Church Army, called "Bringing Hope, Living Hope," focuses on the country's most vulnerable. The new project highlights the work of its evangelists as they reach out to people in need of unconditional love, help and guidanc... Full Article » Eritrean Christians tell BBC Correspondent of torture by government officials - 10/3/2007 Evangelical Christians who have been arrested face severe pressure to recant their faith. Some prisoners have been held in metal shipping containers, Datta says, adding that accounts of torture, lack of food and terrible conditions are commonplace. S... Full Article » Evangelical Fellowship of Asia condemns Burmese government attacks on monks - 10/3/2007 "We are appalled by the violent repression of unarmed protestors by the State Peace and Development Council. We condemn this brutal attack on religious leaders and civilians. We call upon Burma's military government to bring an immediate end to this ... Full Article » U.S. Report Highlights Christian Persecution in Burma - 10/2/2007 The U.S. Department of State's 2007 Report on International Religious Freedom highlights Christian persecution perpetrated by the military regime in trouble-torn Burma. Burma, which has been designated a "Country of Particular Concern" for severe vio... Full Article » Niger welcomes the Gospel depsite Muslim majority - 10/2/2007 Radio is the best means to reach the most people with the Gospel in Niger. Words of Hope dedicated the new facilities in Niger last September. They launched the programming with five weekly Gospel broadcasts and have expanded that number to six. With... Full Article » Much Needed Food for 458 Families - 10/2/2007 Imagine having half of your home collapse, your belongings washed away or your fields—your only source of livelihood—completely destroyed. This is the situation faced by thousands of people in Northwest India and Bangladesh right now. In one area, Go... Full Article » North Korea – Thousands Locked Up In Prison Camps - 10/1/2007 The number of North Koreans who are imprisoned in concentration camps is much greater than previously assumed. Many camps are so large that they are not recognized as camps on satellite photos. They consist of entire villages. At least a quarter of t... Full Article » Nine Christians Killed After Accusations of Blasphemy - 10/1/2007 The violence was committed by Muslim youths and followed unspecified allegations that Christians had blasphemed the prophet Mohammed. Not a single Christian church, house or business has been left undamaged. Furthermore, an unknown number of people w... Full Article » Prison Fellowship Celebrating, Feds Returning Books to Chapel Libraries - 9/30/2007 In order to rid chapel libraries of violent materials, the Bureau of Prisons had recently removed all religious books except a very limited number of resources. Prison Fellowship and chaplains sounded off on the issue. The Bureau will immediately beg... Full Article » Flagship Magazine of Evangelicals Announces Crusades No Longer Cutting Edge - 9/30/2007 Fifty years ago, if you said evangelism in a word-association game, you would probably get back Billy Graham. Crusade evangelism dominated the American church's ideas about reaching out. But today, church planting is the default mode for evangelism. ... Full Article » Victim Offers Armed Burglar Coffee, Prayer and a Hug - 9/30/2007 Steve Swanson is a Texas Christian who recently walked into a burglary in process in his own home. The burglar was armed with a knife in one hand and a gun in the other. Instead of panicking, Swanson proceeded to fix the intruder some coffee, share s... Full Article » Bully from "The Karate Kid" Makes Faith Movie, Nominated for Academy Award - 9/29/2007 Billy Zabka packs his suitcase and tells his parents he’s getting on a plane to make a movie in Europe. Where in Europe? Not sure. Where are you going to get the money to make it? Haven’t figured that out. Do you have a script? Not yet. Who’s going ... Full Article » Case Manager Fired After Juvenile Offenders Got Involved With His Church - 9/29/2007 Dennis Hughes is suing his former employer, Bay Area Youth Service, (BAYS). Everything came to a head when several youth attended a church-sponsored event at a community center. A group that manages both the center and BAYS got upset. Hughes, who is... Full Article » American Missionaries Targeted for Deportation from Germany - 9/28/2007 Clint Robinson, his wife Susan and their three children arrived in Germany after selling their possessions in the US. They immediately applied for a residency permit, required by the government. Local authorities implied such permission never would b... Full Article » A Miracle of Hearing and Speech Restored during Global Gateway Network's Trip to Thailand - 9/27/2007 After being examined medically, one of the women in the group came over to the boy and anointed him with oil, and prayed for him... Pat Davis, Vice President of GGN, was a witness to this miracle, and the joyful reaction of the many who had come for ... Full Article » Dedication of new Pacific Garden Mission building, special tours, speaker, luncheon, Unshackled! broadcast, scheduled for October 13 - 9/27/2007 The doors of the Pacific Garden Mission doors first opened on September 15, 1877 and have been open every day since for over 47,500 consecutive days. America's largest continuously operating rescue mission is set to vacate its State Street location a... Full Article » Human Rights Group Protests Crackdown on Burma Protests - 9/27/2007 Pray for Burma and urge leaders of international denominations to speak out. Burma's military regime began attacking and arresting Buddhist monks and civilians. Police used batons and tear gas. Some monks and nuns have been seriously injured. This fo... Full Article » Glory Down Under - Outpouring in Australia and South Pacific - 9/27/2007 God has been moving powerfully here for over a month. It started during a prophetic conference that was held prior to our coming. During a Saturday morning session the Spirit of God moved in and wiped everyone out. I believe we are seeing the beginni... Full Article » The newest Mercy Ship 'Africa Mercy' in Monrovia, Liberia - 9/26/2007 Years of civil war has come to a virtual end in Liberia. However, the country is still recovering. With more than 80-percent unemployment, virtually no indigenous health care, and the country's infrastructure in ruins, Mercy Ships is making an impact... Full Article » British parliamentarians visit Chin refugees on India-Burma border - 9/26/2007 A delegation of British MP's and human rights advocacy groups has seen first-hand the effects of state-sponsored torture and brutality on the border between India and Burma. The two returned last week from the India-Burma border with reports of gross... Full Article » Dalits Meet Amid Opposition - 9/25/2007 Even in the midst of opposition, precious Dalits in Asia are finding hope as they hear the Good News of a Savior. Hungry to know more about Jesus, a good number of Dalits in a village in Orissa, India, have been attending a fellowship group led by tw... Full Article » Scriptures in Schools Week—Christian Students' Rights - 9/25/2007 "The only people keeping Bibles out of America's public schools are— us Christians!" Christian students may or may not know that this week is the 9th annual "Scriptures in Schools" week (SIS), when young people in public schools across America are en... Full Article » Arab American Pastor Seeks Help to Reach Muslims in America - 9/25/2007 Arab American Pastor Seeks Help to Reach More than 300,000 Arab-Americans attend a street festival in Dearborn, Michigan every year, and one pastor was there with a team of volunteers to pass out Christian literature and DVDs in Arabic. This summer, ... Full Article » Evidence of "Hope" in Rwanda as Nation is Rated "Most Improved" in Africa - 9/25/2007 The country was left a war-torn wasteland after a horrific genocide devastated the nation between April and June, 1994, when an astounding 800,000 Rwandans were brutally murdered. In an effort to rebound from such terror, Rwandans have taken steps to... Full Article » Survey Says: Youth Even More Skeptical Than a Decade Ago - 9/24/2007 As the nation’s culture changes in diverse ways, one of the most significant shifts is the declining reputation of Christianity. A new study shows only 3% of 16 to 29 year-old non-Christians express favorable views of evangelicals. One of the common ... Full Article » Christians an Endangered Species in Gaza Strip? - 9/24/2007 Christians number only 2,000 among 1.5 million in the Gaza Strip. That's according to an Israeli reporter, who breaks it down even further -- evangelical Christian’s number far less than that. The US Consulate has been warning all Americans to get ou... Full Article » Purity Siege Outside Nightclub Helps Customer Do a 180 - 9/23/2007 The sight is rare. Fifty or so young people have positioned themselves on the sidewalk outside of JR’s Bar and Grill. The neighborhood is well-known for it’s large population of homosexuals. The group stays in a tight circle, praying and singing wor... Full Article » Shining God’s Light in Hollywood - 9/23/2007 Bob Rieth, a Lutheran minister from Seattle, is a quiet, modest and gentle man. But don’t let his persona fool you. Bob is a man on a mission -- to shine “God’s Light” on the entertainment industry. Recently 350 Hollywood insiders showed up for his N... Full Article » Sounds Like Elijah and the Prophets of Baal in China - 9/23/2007 A Canadian missionary was called to a home of two families in a tiny village to pray for the recovery of two sick children. Carl Gowman, a missionary from Detroit but serving at the Leamington Baptist Church, rushed to the house along with another mi... Full Article » Sheriff Accuses Amish of Death Threat - 9/22/2007 Sheriff Fred Abdalla led a raid on an Amish community in an effort to serve custody papers involving two children, ages 9 and 21 months. The officer reports at least three threats by the family of the children's mother. An attorney close to the case ... Full Article » Did Noah's Flood Spark Global Warming? Scientist Speaks Out - 9/22/2007 Yes, global temperatures are rising, but it's not because of man-made carbon dioxide gases. It's because Earth has been warming slowly but surely ever since Noah's Flood 5,000 years ago, That's according to Dr John Baumgardner, formerly with Los Ala... Full Article » "Facing the Giants" Inspires A New Generation of Amateur Filmmakers - 9/22/2007 The $100-thousand film was produced by a local church and took in plenty at the box office to fund future productions. Producer John Carman is one filmaker inspired by "Giants". He plays the title role in "The Rev", the story of an evangelist who tak... Full Article » Broadcast Pioneer and First Televangelist Rex Humbard Dies at Age 88 - 9/22/2007 The man whom "US News and World Report" called one of the Top 25 Principle Architects of the American Century, died of natural causes. Alpha Rex Humbard was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of a Pentecostal minister. His television program was ... Full Article » Actors in a Perpetual Dress Rehearsal Who Never Perform -- That's Us - 9/21/2007 We are not anointed simply to prophesy, receive revelations, take offerings or obtain blessings and breakthroughs. All those things are great, but if we have them without evangelism then our faith becomes inverted and self-absorbed. When will we actu... Full Article » Christians 3 – Senators 0 - 9/21/2007 Remember the three Christians who prayed aloud in the name of Jesus when the US Senate opened with a Hindu prayer? Ante and Katherine Pavkovic and their daughter Christan were arrested and charged with disruption of Senate proceedings. Although they ... Full Article » Indonesia: Papuan Genocide - terror targets Church. - pray for God to intervene on behalf of his people in Papua. - 9/21/2007 Indonesia has closed West Papua to the outside world and murdered its nationalist leaders. Security is controlled by known abusers of human rights and killers. In midst of this dangerous, volatile and repressive environment, courageous church leaders... Full Article » Evangelists arise out of a prison as a result of Bible Drive - 9/21/2007 Prisons might be the least-expected place for evangelists to be raised up. But that is exactly what happened in Uganda. Some of these men have had such a radical change in their life that many of them had been released before their time because they... Full Article » Tamil Nadu announces Reservation for Education and Employment to 'Backward Christians' and Muslims - 9/19/2007 Fulfilling a long-standing demand of the minority communities in Tamil Nadu, the State Government on September 13, 2007, Thursday announced 3.5 per cent reservation each for Christians and Muslims in education and government employment. Note: Backwar... Full Article » Spiritual Rally on Wall Street - 9/19/2007 This Sunday marks the 150th anniversary of one of the world's most unique revivals, and what some call America's last Great Awakening. "Jeremiah Lanphier in 1857 in the midst of financial devastation said 'Lord, what would you have me do?' Lanphier b... Full Article » Women's Ministry At The Market - 9/19/2007 They went to share the Gospel at a bazaar in a village several miles away where there is not yet a church. Badal shared the Gospel message with an old man. Tears began to flow down Badal's face as he became convicted of his sins. With a repentant hea... Full Article » Women Who Can Change the World - 9/18/2007 These women can change the world!” The east-German tour guide in the Wartburg, the castle where Dr. Martin Luther translated the Bible into German, was impressed with the international group of women who had come together 9-16 June this year. “I have... Full Article » Thousands converge at Paducah Expo Center to attend a life-changing Four Rivers Celebration with third generation member of the Graham family to hold evangelistic meetings - 9/18/2007 William Franklin Graham IV (Will) is the third generation of Grahams to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ under the banner of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). Will is the grandson of Billy Graham, the oldest son of Franklin Graham,... Full Article » GFA Bible College Students Beaten by Extremists - 9/18/2007 Third-year Bible college students routinely conduct outreach in the villages near their campus. Six Gospel for Asia Bible college students were assaulted by anti-Christian extremists September 15. The incident occurred in the west Indian state of Guj... Full Article » Pakistan: Christian Unexpectedly Acquitted Of Blasphemy Charges - 9/18/2007 A Pakistani judge this morning unexpectedly cleared a Christian teenager of charges that he had ripped up pages containing verses from the Quran. Judge acquitted Shahid Masih, 18, at a hearing in Faisalabad after prosecution witnesses changed their t... Full Article » Megachurches Opening Their Books - 9/17/2007 From Florida to Illinois to Texas, multi-million dollar megachurches are stressing total disclosure in the area of financial accountability. Big churches following this trend see it as a way of ensuring safe and healthy giving. As one official put it... Full Article » Marketplace Ministry in the World of Movies, Homeschoolers May be a Key - 9/16/2007 A born again Hollywood veteran who's sick of "fuzzy-faith" films believes home schoolers may play a key role in revolutionizing the genre. According to George Escobar, if homeschoolers can turn the public education monopoly upside down, they can do t... Full Article » Winning Haiti from Voodooism to Christ - 9/15/2007 Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and is getting poorer daily. But the nation's top evangelical believes there are deeper issues plaguing his nation. Long ago a witchdoctor by the name of Boukman dedicated the island to Satan. An... Full Article » Christian Who Fled North Korea Claims Dictator There Portrayed as a God - 9/15/2007 All North Koreans really believe Kim Jong-il is a god. That's according to a Christian escapee, who is identified only as Mr. Kim. He also reports North Koreans have similar beliefs about the dictator's father, Kim Il Sung. Comprehensive information... Full Article » Doctor Dies After Refusing Cancer Treatment in Order to Save Her Unborn Child - 9/15/2007 37 year-old Dr Ellice Hammond refused high-level chemotherapy that might have saved her from Hodgkin's lymphoma. The treatment would have endangered the life of her unborn daughter. Doctors induced labor at 31 weeks after two initial rounds of mild c... Full Article » From Unreached to Self-Propagating in 24 Years - 9/15/2007 In 1983 two Nigerians reached a lost tribe atop a high mesa in eastern Nigeria. The work they started has since planted 125 churches among seven unreached people groups in the region. The first task of reaching the Koma was no simple feat; it involve... Full Article » Chinese Bible Distributor Forced to Make Olympic Products in Prison - 9/15/2007 Authorities warned Cai Zhuohua not to speak up after his recent release. He had no access to a Bible during his three year imprisonment. The Chinese government uses prison labor to get ready for the 2008 Olympics. Cai's job was to make soccer balls 1... Full Article » New Converts Cave in to Persecution Pressure, Return to Islam - 9/14/2007 The mosque called for thousands of villagers from nearby areas to come against the Christian families. Vegetables were not sold to them, no workers came to do jobs in their fields and no customers came to their shops. They were further threatened tha... Full Article » Prisons Removing Non-Approved Books from Chaplains' Libraries - 9/14/2007 The move has outraged chaplains and a diverse group of faith-based and religious organizations that work with prisoners to develop moral values and live law-abiding lives. It has already prompted litigation by two prisoners. A third prisoner is expec... Full Article » Abused Bynum Files for Divorce, Urged Women to be Harsh Before Incident - 9/14/2007 I’ve been holding my tongue for a few weeks since I learned that Bishop Thomas Weeks III was arrested after being accused of kicking, choking and hitting his wife, prominent preacher Juanita Bynum, in a hotel parking lot in Atlanta on Aug. 22. Eleven... Full Article » Mid East: 500,000 Palestinians and Israelis unite to demand uninterrupted negotiations, two-state solution - 9/13/2007 Masses demand two states by October 18, 2008. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis and Palestinians, along with international supporters in North America and Europe, will on October 18, 2007, unite for a People's Summit -- an unprecedented event that wi... Full Article » A political shake-up in Russia concerns Christians - 9/13/2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin dissolved his government and named a new prime minister: little-known Viktor Zubkov. This may be another example of Putin's desire for control, especially with elections just months away. It may also mean continued di... Full Article » Muslim dominance no match for the Gospel in Benin - 9/12/2007 The fact that Bariba people in Northern Benin are predominantly Muslim does not seem to be hindering the power of the Gospel. People gather each week to listen to Christian programs. The programs created by several local pastors each week are making ... Full Article » Israeli Archaeologists Discover 2,000-year-old Escape Tunnel in Underground Jerusalem - 9/12/2007 As Israeli archaeologists were excavating to find the ancient main road in Jerusalem they were surprised to find much more than just a road. Following a small drainage channel, they were led to discover a huge tunnel running under the road, which is ... Full Article » Archbishop to fly to US to try and avert church split - 9/11/2007 The Archbishop of Canterbury will fly to the United States, where the row over gay bishops is once again threatening to split the worldwide Anglican Church. The global Anglican movement has moved towards the brink of schism when the Episcopal Church ... Full Article » One man makes it all happen with the help of Hopegivers - 9/11/2007 The school's enrollment has grown from just over 400 to 823 this year, and a new well benefits as many as 1,000 people in the community. "Pastor Willio is able to tell them about the Lord when they come and get fresh water for the day," said Brumberg... Full Article » Petition: UN Must Address Forced Conversions to Islam - 9/10/2007 The European Center for Law and Justice is asking the United Nations to address what it describes as the growing problem of forced religious conversions around the world. Recently a 33 year-old Christian woman, was tortured to death in Eritrea for re... Full Article » Case Closed: Jesus Remains in Courthouse, ACLU Loses Again - 9/10/2007 A federal judge has refused to grant a demand by the American Civil Liberties Union to have a painting of Jesus Christ removed from the Slidell city courthouse. The judge said that the case is essentially over. Recently pictures of other lawgivers (... Full Article » Wolfgang Simson Forecasts India Will Soon Have Christian Majority - 9/10/2007 Simson sees a coming "seismic-shift" when millions of Dalits (Untouchables) leave organized Hinduism forever. In fact, he reports they're getting ready to do that now. That could swing India from a Hindu-majority to a Christian majority. Simson al... Full Article » Debate Over the Location of Noah’s Ark Rekindled - 9/10/2007 A high-tech satellite company has announced the creation of a 3-D terrain model that could help resolve the mysterious Mount Ararat Anomaly. That's a deviation in the terrain at the top of a 15,300-foot mountain that some believe could contain the re... Full Article » Religious Leaders Concerned Pull-Out Could Hurt Iraq's Christians - 9/10/2007 A recent delegation to Baghdad found Iraq's Christians fear a bloodbath if the US leaves prematurely. The US has no policy to protect Christians, Jews, and other religious minorities. One solution proposed by religious rights groups is to help Christ... Full Article » New Organization focuses on Believers in the Workplace - 9/10/2007 What do the likes of Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Ed Silvoso, Dorothy Sayers, Os Hillman, George Barna and many other Christian leaders have in common with periodicals such as Fortune Magazine, Business Week, the Wall Street Journal and many other... Full Article » Radicals Threaten to Burn Christian Pastor - 9/10/2007 The pastor's church building was vandalized with a Hindu "Om" symbol. Sources within India report the attackers were members of the organization "Hindu Ikyavedi." Before the attack, Pastor Koshy Thomas and members of his family had been warned to sto... Full Article » Don’t Be Fooled - The Final Harry Potter Book Still Teaches Witchcraft - 9/9/2007 The fact remains that, in the epilogue to the book, the remaining main characters are still tak ing their children to the Hogwarts school to learn about witchcraft, sorcery, divination, and other occult practices. Thus, at best, the HARRY POTTER seri... Full Article » Officer with the Royal Canadian Dragoons Changes from Self-Sufficient Soldier to Humble Follower of Christ - 9/9/2007 "I was so full of me that there wasn't room for Christ....[now] my life has changed remarkably for the better. I tossed out the old attitude of complaining and replaced it with thankfulness. I gave back my covetousness, and replaced it with contentme... Full Article » GFA Missionaries Reach Out to Flood Victims - 9/9/2007 As I write this email to you, dozens of our Gospel for Asia native missionaries are reaching out to victims of India's worst monsoon floods in more than 30 years. In one district in the Indian state of Assam alone, at least 50,000 people were impacte... Full Article » Russian Youth Ready for Truth - 9/9/2007 "The new generation is really empty, their souls and hearts. So they really hunger for truth," The mind set of youth is a blessing and opportunity for sharing the Gospel with them. In Russia more youth than adults are baptized each year. The greates... Full Article » From gun smuggling and selling drugs to helping organize the Festival of Life 2007 in Chiapas, Mexico - 9/8/2007 Earlier this year, Garrett Graupner helped to organize a unique love invasion of the once troubled Mexican state of Chiapas by 400 American Christians, who worked alongside some 700 Mexican believers from over 100 local churches, and saw a total of 9... Full Article » 200 YEARS OF MISSIONS IN CHINA - 9/8/2007 Two hundred years ago the first Protestant missionary landed in China. China has become one of the fastest growing Christian communities in the world. An estimated 20,000 Chinese turn to Christ every day, and in spite of the severe persecution, the C... Full Article » Christian men announce final "Surge" toward historic gathering in nation's capital - 9/8/2007 Efforts are being made by event organizers to recruit 1,000 trumpeters, making it the largest live trumpet call ever sounded, says Rev. Marty Granger, the event's national chairman. Granger says the trumpet call," signifies the biblical warrant in ... Full Article » Cowboy Draws People to Christ as He Travels From Coast to Coast - 9/7/2007 Couy Griffin is a "real-life" cowboy who has been traveling from the west coast to the east coast on his horse Daisy, along with Black Jack, a miniature mule, trailing close behind. "I noticed how the animals were a non-threatening draw. You know, th... Full Article » Disasters strike Peru, Central America, Mexico - Churches and mission agencies reach out to help those affected - 9/7/2007 Churches in various Latin American countries are deeply involved in response to a quadruple whammy inflicted by a powerful earthquake and three unprecedented hurricanes that brought death and devastation to Peru and much of Central America. Over 550 ... Full Article » Churches around the world prepare to pray for Burma in the wake of political unrest, demonstrations and arrests - 9/7/2007 Following unrest in Burma which has lasted for almost three weeks, churches in at least 13 countries on four continents are preparing for a special day of prayer for Burma on Sunday, September 9. The day of prayer follows a day of fasting held earlie... Full Article » Low-Caste Party Takes Control in Indian State - 9/7/2007 In May, the Bahujan Samaj, one of the few low-caste political parties in India, won state assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Party leader Ms. Mayawati vows to use her five-year term to increase education for Dalits, maintain religious freedom and u... Full Article » Texas Seminaries Win Freedom From State Regulation - 9/6/2007 The Texas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of three theological seminaries in a tug-of-war over state regulation. The state had fined Tyndale Theological Seminary $173,000 for issuing degrees without state approval of its curriculum, professors and b... Full Article » Lawyers Seek Mistrial Ruling for Jesus - 9/6/2007 A case on behalf of Jesus Christ has come knocking on Kenya's High Court door, lodged by a Christian group that wants his conviction declared null and void and his crucifixion illegal. Though cases to right historical wrongs are far from unusual arou... Full Article » Korean Hostage in Afghanistan Was Killed for Refusing to Convert - 9/6/2007 42 year-old Bae Hyung-kyu was leading the group of 23 Korean aid volunteers in Afghanistan. Pastor Park Eun-jo reports other hostages were severely beaten for refusing to convert. During the 40-day captivity, rebels killed two men and freed two wom... Full Article » Efforts in British Government Could Hurt Religious Charities - 9/5/2007 A Christian legal group is urging churches to respond to a proposal that could restrict tax-exempt status. It all hinges on the interpretation of the Charities Act of 2006. It looks like charities may have to annually prove their "public benefit," al... Full Article » Large Majority Of Australians Still Profess The Christian Faith - 9/5/2007 Christianity remains the main religion in Australia, but Hinduism and Buddhism are growing at a greater rate. According to census figures, those identifying as Christians fell from 71 to 64 per cent over the decade ending in 2006. In contrast, affil... Full Article » Mentally Ill Man Healed After Prayer - 9/5/2007 Pradem was not only despised by his community because of his low caste, but any bit of human dignity left to him was destroyed by mental illness. The doctors could not help. When his mother heard that a missionary was visiting her village, she though... Full Article » Tribal Christians Find New Life in US - 9/5/2007 More than 1,200 political prisoners are in jail and torture is severe and widespread in Burma. The military government is also responsible for