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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.

Attacks on churches surged in first quarter of 2023, report finds

Posted on: Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Attacks on churches escalated in the first quarter of 2023 consistent with a years-long trend of rising vandalism, arson and shootings, none worse this year than the deadly rampage at the Covenant School in Nashville.

Faith-based movie about Abraham and Isaac places third at weekend box office

Posted on: Thursday, April 6, 2023

A new faith-based movie based on Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac placed third at the US box office at the weekend, BN News reports. Titled His Only Son, the film was produced by Angel Studios, the streaming platform which also produced…

186 churches file suit against United Methodist Church for not allowing disaffiliation over LGBT issues

Posted on: Tuesday, April 4, 2023

The United Methodist Church is being sued by 186 of its congregations in Georgia after it put a “pause” on allowing anymore churches to disaffiliate over an ongoing strenuous debate within the denomination on LGBT issues, the Christian Post (CP)…

UK: Evangelical Alliance expects increased membership as congregations split from Church of England over LGBT stance

Posted on: Thursday, March 30, 2023

The UK’s Evangelical Alliance (EA) is expecting to see a surge in churches joining its ranks as conservative congregations leave the Church of England in protest over its decision to allow voluntary blessing ceremonies for same-sex civil marriages, Christian Today…

72-Hour Prayer and Worship at Baylor University Leads to Over 20 Professions of Faith

Posted on: Thursday, March 30, 2023

Twenty students made professions of faith in Christ and were baptized during an annual 72-hour worship event at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, earlier this month. 

Six People, Including Children, Killed At US Christian School

Posted on: Monday, March 27, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden was briefed about a massive shooting at a Christian primary school that killed six people, including three children, the White House said.

US: Revival breaking out at Historically Black Universities

Posted on: Wednesday, March 22, 2023

As several other Christian colleges follow in the steps of the spontaneous revival meetings which first broke out at Kentucky’s Asbury Christian University last month, reports are coming in that students at a number of secular Historically Black Universities are…

California ministry calls for 10,000 Christian volunteers in massive Gospel outreach

Posted on: Tuesday, March 21, 2023

As part of a massive Gospel outreach to California, a local evangelistic ministry is calling for 10,000 Christian volunteers to spend a week preparing the way for the subsequent 10 “HopeFest” large stadium events that will be held across the…

Vermont: Christian school suspended from regional sporting events after refusing to play against biologically male transgender player

Posted on: Thursday, March 16, 2023

A Christian school in Vermont has been told its sports teams are suspended from playing in tournaments because it recently forfeited a girl's basketball game in protest that the opposing team had a biologically male transgender player, the Christian Post…

Innocent Christian Man Released From U.S. Prison After 34 Years

Posted on: Thursday, March 16, 2023

A Christian Black man who served over 34 years of a 400-year prison sentence was free Wednesday after the U.S. state of Florida reinvestigated the case and determined he did not commit armed robbery.

‘God has been drawing Gen Z to Himself’: Regent students’ holding revival worship during spring break

Posted on: Thursday, March 9, 2023

While many students are on vacation during spring break in Virginia, students at Regent University have been engaging in impromptu worship services that include the sharing of testimonies and exhortations from Scripture.

New Reports of Revival, 20 Baptisms at Purdue – Evangelist Chastises Critics, ‘God Is Moving, It’s Just Starting’

Posted on: Wednesday, March 8, 2023

As the flames of the Holy Spirit continue to spread across the nation, there are new reports of young people answering the gospel's call. And one noted evangelist says he believes "it's just starting."

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