A number of commemorations celebrating Protestant reformer John Calvin’s 500th birthday have been scheduled. A conference billed as “John Calvin’s Jubilee” is being held from Thursday through Saturday at the…
Read More Celebrations worldwide mark John Calvin’s 500th birthday
The 500th birthday of John Calvin is being celebrated this week worldwide. Calvin was a leader in the Protestant Reformation and his beliefs helped form the basis for the split…
Grand Rapids., Mich.-based Crossroad Bible Institute (CBI) is expanding its prison ministry to West Africa. CBI opened its eighth international distribution center and first in Africa in the country of…
The political unrest on the past month in Iran has brought a struggle familiar to Joseph Hovsepian into the international spotlight. In 1994, Hovsepian’s father Haik was murdered in Iran.…
Read More Iranian-born Christian filmmaker underscores political dangers
A survey released by the Christian Leadership Alliance of San Clemente, Calif., shows that Christian non-profits and parachurch organizations have had to significantly tighten their belts in light of the…
Read More Survey shows significant belt-tightening by Christian non-profits
Mark Hall isn’t one to short shrift his faith either in his music or where he and his band go on tour. Hall is the lead singer for the popular…
Read More Casting Crowns’ music stays grounded in ordinary daily struggles
Clubhouse Jr., the magazine published by Christian advocacy organization Focus on the Family, is encouraging its early elementary school-aged audience to do simple summertime fundraisers such as lemonade stands to…
Read More Summer fundraisers to provide Bibles for troops overseas
With political tensions in Honduras soaring over the coup of President Manuel Zelaya, Christian aid organization Compassion International has temporarily closed its roughly 75 projects in near the capital of…
Read More Compassion International shuts down programs in Honduras
Brian Brown has as much of a background – and as much at stake – in the ongoing debate over gay marriage as anyone. Brown is the executive director of…
Read More National Organization for Marriage plots course in gay marriage debate
Even if you’re not on it regularly, you’ve heard of Twitter. Plenty of churches have, too, and like many other individuals and institutions, they’re trying to figure out the most…
Read More Practical use of Twitter growing among church congregations
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