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Fewer Protestant churchgoers now engaged with fostering or adoption than five years ago, poll shows

Posted on: Thursday, June 1, 2023

A new study by Lifeway Research shows that fewer US Protestant churchgoers are actively participating in adoption and foster care than they were five years ago. At the same time, the study found that church leaders are increasingly encouraging their…

Australian Missionary Released After 7 Years In Captivity

Posted on: Thursday, May 25, 2023

An Australian missionary doctor is recovering after being released by Islamic militants who held him for seven long years in West Africa, Worthy News learned Thursday.

Most pastors are “extremely stressed,” survey finds

Posted on: Wednesday, May 24, 2023

A new survey published by Lifeway Research shows that 75% of pastors say they are extremely stressed, and 90% report they work between 55-75 hours per week, CBN News reports. The survey was part of Lifeway Research’s 2022 Greatest Needs…

Christians and Messianic Jews engage in global movement of Prayer and Fasting for Israel

Posted on: Monday, May 22, 2023

Christians and Messianic Jews around the world have entered the final days of a 3-week global movement of prayer and fasting for Israel, leading up to the biblical feast of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks/Pentecost) this week, All Israel News reports. 

California to pay $1.4 million in attorneys’ fees after churches file successful lawsuits over abortion insurance coverage mandate

Posted on: Wednesday, May 17, 2023

California has agreed to pay $1.4 million in attorneys’ fees to lawyers representing four churches who successfully sued the state in arguing they should not have to cover abortion in their health insurance plans because that is contrary to their…

Alabama: 132 congregations leave United Methodist Church over LGBT disagreement

Posted on: Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Joining thousands of other churches that have left the US United Methodist Church (UMC) in recent years, 132 congregations in Alabama voted last Thursday to leave the denomination as well, the Christian Post (CP) reports.

Southern Baptist Convention membership fell by nearly half a million in 2022

Posted on: Thursday, May 11, 2023

While continuing as America’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday announced that its already declining membership dropped by 457,371 in 2022, returning it to the same level it was in the late 1970s, the Washington Times reports.

UK: Court rules against Christian parent who claims primary school indoctrinates small children in LGBT issues

Posted on: Tuesday, May 9, 2023

A UK court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Christian mother against her son’s primary school, which she alleges is indoctrinating pupils as young as five on LGBT issues and not allowing parents to opt their children out.

‘Raise the Alarm’: How Artificial Intelligence Could Further Terrorize Persecuted Christians Across the Globe

Posted on: Monday, May 8, 2023

As calls to take a cautionary approach to artificial intelligence (AI) continue to percolate, a persecution watchdog is sounding the alarm on how the emerging technology could harm oppressed Christians.

National Day of Prayer to reach 110 million households: ‘We’re praying for an awakening in America’

Posted on: Friday, May 5, 2023

The annual National Day of Prayer broadcast expects to reach nearly 110 million U.S. households through television, radio and online platforms this year.

Presbyterian Church USA sees ongoing decline in membership, new report shows

Posted on: Thursday, May 4, 2023

A new report shows an ongoing decline in membership of the Presbyterian Church (USA), with the denomination losing more than 100 congregations and over 53,000 members last year, the Christian Post (CP) reports.

Christian evangelists at Boston’s SatanCon claim about 100 people converted: ‘We’re in a battle’

Posted on: Thursday, May 4, 2023

Christians associated with an organized evangelistic outreach at the recent SatanCon in Boston claimed approximately 100 people converted to Christianity during the event.

Florida court rejects churches’ request to leave UMC with property and no exit fees

Posted on: Monday, May 1, 2023

Amid an ongoing “fractious debate” in the United Methodist Church over LGBT issues, a circuit court in Florida last month dismissed a lawsuit filed by congregations wanting to leave the UMC with property but without paying the exit costs required…

18 US Christian colleges forced to shut down since pandemic

Posted on: Thursday, April 27, 2023

A new study shows that 18 Christian colleges have closed or merged since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Christianity Today reports.

Global Anglican Conference rejects church leaders who accept homosexuality, calls for “resetting” of Anglican Communion

Posted on: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

The fourth Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) has issued an official statement rejecting any Anglican church leader who accepts homosexuality, has called for a "resetting" of the worldwide Anglican Communion after the Church of England voted to approve blessing ceremonies…

Less than half of born-again Christians now believe Jesus lived a sinless life, study shows

Posted on: Monday, April 24, 2023

A new study shows that, since the COVID-19 pandemic, less than half of Americans who identify as born-again Christians believe that Jesus lived a sinless life when He walked the earth 2,000 years ago, the Christian Post reports. Published in…

Detransitioner Oli London Credits Jesus, Church With Stopping Trans Surgeries: ‘I Was…Very Lost’

Posted on: Monday, April 24, 2023

Social media influencer Oli London said rediscovering faith helped convince him to detransition, stop life-altering gender reassignment surgeries, and turn his life around.

Thousands Mourn TV Preacher Charles Stanley

Posted on: Monday, April 24, 2023

Thousands of people paid their respects over the weekend to late U.S. preacher Charles Stanley who built a global evangelical broadcasting empire from the pulpit of his First Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Chicago agrees to $205,000 settlement in case brought by students barred from sharing the Gospel in park

Posted on: Thursday, April 20, 2023

The city of Chicago has agreed to pay $205,000 in settlement of a case brought by four Christian college students who were barred from sharing the Gospel in the city’s Millennium Park in 2018, Christianity Today (CT) reports.

New study reveals hidden portion of the Gospel of Matthew

Posted on: Thursday, April 13, 2023

A new study by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (AAS) has brought to light a previously hidden section of the Gospel of Matthew, Christian Today reports. The study and its findings have been published in the New Testament Studies journal.

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