Americans Abandon Christianity, Study Shows
More than half of Americans no longer consider Christianity as the nation’s main religion while one in three Christians say “Jesus sinned while He was on earth,” a new study claims.
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Video: IDF Dismantled Booby-Trapped School and Zoo
A video released by the IDF detailed the use of schools as well as a zoo that was apparently filled with explosives by Hamas. The IDF said it managed to neutralize the bombs before detonation.
Pro-Life Group Permitted At Obama Inauguration
A Christian conservative group in the United States has received permission to display a pro life vigil, which consists of 25 large signs showing the development of life from conception to birth, along the parade route during the Presidential Inauguration.
Study: Religious Teens Wait to Have Sex
Teenagers who promise to remain virgins till they marry and others of a religious background, abstain from sexual activity four years longer than other teenagers, according to a new study.
International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church Encourages Christians Worldwide to Pray
With the theme “Refined by Fire,” Christians around the world are being asked to remember their brothers and sisters in Christ who are persecuted for their faith on the thirteenth annual International Day of Prayer to be held Nov.9.
Homeschoolers Win Landmark Case
In a 3-0 decision the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District reversed its earlier ruling which would have required homeschoolers to be certified teachers in order to homeschool in California. “This is a great victory for homeschool freedom,” said Michael Farris, one of the team of attorneys who argued the case before the court and Chairman of HSLDA.
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds First-Amendment Right to Distribute Religious Materials
On Thursday, August 7, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago handed down a decision upholding a federal trial court ruling that an ordinance in Granite City, Ill., regulating the manner in which individuals could distribute religious and other types of handbills was unconstitutional.
Messianic leaders say Hebrew tablet validates Jesus’ claims
Israeli Jewish believers in Jesus say the recently publicized Hebrew tablet describing the death and resurrection of a messianic figure challenges centuries of teachings by rabbinic Judaism that the redemptive process of Jesus was a departure from biblical Jewish understanding, according to a story carried on www.israeltoday.co.il
Bush Condemns Religious Rights Abuses In Iran, Eritrea, Sudan and China
United States President George W. Bush on Monday, July 14, condemned Iran, Eritrea, Sudan, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and China for violations of religious rights, saying thousands of people are suffering and "languish in the nation’s" jails, but noted some progress in Communist-run Vietnam.
Wycliffe Bible Translators releases new worldwide Bible translation statistics
Newly released statistics from Wycliffe Bible Translators — the world’s largest Bible translation organization — confirm that significant progress has been made toward making Scripture available to all languages.
Christians Around The World Pray For “Persecuted Church”
Christians around the world prayed Sunday, November 11, for about 200 million Christians persecuted for their faith, organizers said.
Christians Urged to Pray for Former Muslims
The countdown began Monday, November 5, for what organizers say will be the largest global prayer event for the estimated 200 million persecuted Christians around the world, including many who abandoned Islam.
Television Preacher Kennedy Dies At 76
The Reverend D. James Kennedy, a charismatic megachurch pastor and television preacher who often warned of America’s moral decline and urged the nation to return to its “Christian foundations” has died, his family and officials said Wednesday, September 5. He was 76.
Ailing Evangelist Billy Graham Admitted To Hospital
The ailing American evangelist Billy Graham was resting Sunday, August 19, after being admitted to a hospital near his home in North Carolina for evaluation and treatment of an intestinal bleed, officials said.
Mass Easter Rally in the Himalayan Mountains
It is Easter 2007, a day when the world is celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. They came from near and far throughout Central and Midwestern Nepal, the throng of masses converging and marching through the center of the crown city of Pokhara, at the foot of the Annapurna mountain range. No, this is not another Communist Maoist rally that we see so often these days, but it is a rally of men and women, boys and girls joyfully lifting up the banner of Jesus Christ, their Lord and King! Jesus said, “If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto me!†Today Jesus is being lifted up in major cities in Nepal.
Millions of Christians Without Bible in Their Mother Tongue
The efforts to make the Bible available in every mother tongue are making progress. But the mission is still far from accomplished.
Thousands Of India Dalits Abandon Hinduism
Thousands of ‘low-caste’ Hindus abandoned Hinduism and converted to Christianity and Buddhism Saturday, October 14, as part of protests against new laws in several Indian states that make such conversions difficult.
Surprising Stats in New Church Research
Attendance at American churches is less than half of what we have believed in the past, according to Dave Olson, director of church planting for the Evangelical Covenant Church, and director of the American Church Research Project.
ProChrist 2006: Fewer Visitors — More Decisions
The European evangelistic campaign ProChrist 2006 has registered fewer visitors than three years ago. But decisions for Christ in German speaking countries were up significantly, as organizers told the evangelical news agency “idea”.
Gospel Message Reaches Large Parts of Europe
Christians in Europe are getting ready for one of the biggest evangelistic outreach programs on the continent. ProChrist will be aired daily from Munich via satellite to 1250 venues in 21 European countries March 19 – 26.