0 4 min 10 mths

Sunday worship targeted as Christians face arrests and church disruptions in north India

BY  :  Christian Today staff writer   Fresh incidents of harassment and arrests linked to allegations of religious conversion were reported across northern India on recent Sundays, with police detaining at least a dozen Christians in separate cases, church representatives said. In Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur […]

Religion

Christian preacher convicted over Bible verse sign in abortion clinic buffer zone

0 3 min 3 yrs

BY  : Staff writer   Christian Today   A Christian preacher has been found guilty of breaching an abortion clinic buffer zone after holding up a sign showing a Bible verse. Stephen Green was prosecuted by Ealing Council after he held the sign outside an abortion […]

Religion
0 10 min 3 yrs

Historic sermon by Gina Stewart at joint Black Baptist meeting draws cheers, controversy

BY  : Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service   After many in the room cheered her on and stood as she preached, the session featuring her sermon temporarily disappeared from the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc.’s Facebook page. The Rev. Gina Stewart has been known […]

Religion
0 3 min 3 yrs

What Danica McKellar Learned from Reading through the Bible in a Year

BY  : Milton Quintanilla  Contributor for ChristianHeadlines.com Actress Danica McKellar recently shared some lessons she’s learned after reading the Bible in its entirety in a year. “For me, reading the Bible, I just have to say, I felt so comforted,” McKellar said. “And oddly so, even […]

Religion
0 5 min 3 yrs

Franklin Graham’s border tour draws 20,000 signers demanding its cancelation

BY  : Yonat Shimron  Religion News Service   Critics are calling the 10-city tour ‘hypocritical’ and denouncing what they say are Graham’s ‘anti-immigrant’ views. A liberal Christian organization has launched a petition against the Rev. Franklin Graham’s southern border tour, calling on venue organizers to […]

Religion
0 2 min 3 yrs

Met apologises after Christian singer was told she couldn’t sing church songs on public street

BY  : Staff writer  Christian Today   The Metropolitan Police have apologised after a Christian singer was wrongly told that she was not allowed to sing church songs on London’s Oxford Street. Harmonie London, a popular YouTuber with over 300,000 subscribers, was approached by volunteer […]

Religion
0 2 min 3 yrs

12 Ways to Recognize the Overlooked People in Your Church

BY  :  Janet Thompson  Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer   We’ve all had the experience of attending a new church where we don’t know anyone. It can be intimidating whether the church is small or large. You’re the new person, and everyone seems to know each other […]

Religion
0 7 min 3 yrs

Burned out, exhausted, leaving: A new survey finds clergy are not OK

BY  :  Michael Woolf  Religion News Service   This isn’t the time for US congregations to be facing a massive leadership transition. This month, the Hartford Institute for Religion Research released a foundational report about the health of America’s churches and the leaders that serve […]

Religion
0 7 min 3 yrs

The UMC lost a quarter of its churches — most in the South

BY : Yonat Shimron Religion News Service   The same area of the country that tends to be the most politically conservative and Republican-leaning was where most United Methodist churches voted to leave the denomination. FILE – A gay pride rainbow flag flies along with […]

Religion