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'The Voice' Gives Top 12 Contestant Jordan Smith Chance To Catapult Praise Song Up iTunes Chart
Showing clear conviction for faith on Monday night's vocal contest television show, The Voice, was Jordan Smith singing a well-known hymn "Great is Thy Faithfulness." While selecting a religious song can be perceived as risky at this point of the contest when public votes determine which contestants progress, Smith said this song was special to him because "the entire song is about God's faithfulness."
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Faith or Force: Star Wars' Christians Explore Connection Through Hope, Light Before #TheForceAwakens
Religious-associated interests in the seventh installment of the Star Wars' series franchise to premiere Dec. 18 prompted 'geeks' at First United Presbyterian Church in Wisconsin to present a special event about "Faith and the Force" on Saturday.
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Pastor Rafael Cruz, Father of Sen. Ted Cruz, Says Christian Voters Have Been 'Asleep At The Wheel' At Rally for Religious Liberty
Prayer is only half the equation, proclaimed pastor Rafael Cruz, father of Texas senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, to an estimated 2,500 attendees at the Rally for Religious Liberty on Saturday at Bob Jones University in Greensville, S.C.
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Country Singer Joey Martin Feek of Joey+Rory Sings Praise To Savior In Last Days of Cancer Struggle, Shares 'I Don't Fear Anything'
While country singer Joey Martin Feek stopped treatment in her fight against cancer, she hasn't stopped showing belief in her religious faith as she faces her last days on Earth in hospice, with her family at her side. Releasing a video singing the hymnal "Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling," she smiled as she peacefully sang the lyrics " Come home, come home; Ye who are weary, come home."
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Churches in Columbia Help Heal Racial Tensions in Missouri Campuses Through Forgiveness, Prayers as Social Action
Spiritual peacemakers in Columbia, Mo., are trying to mend a community whose residents recently found themselves being 'judged' by other Americans due to accusations of racial inequalities. National media coverage and flurries of social media posts thrust the University of Missouri-Columbia's recent protests, hunger strike, football team boycott, terrorist threats against student groups, class cancellations, security notifications and college administrator resignations into the limelight of publ
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James M. Houston, Founding Principal of Regent College and Spiritual Theologian, Dies at 103
Regent College announced on Monday that its founding principal, Dr. James MacIntosh Houston, passed away peacefully in Vancouver on March 15, 2026, at the age of 103.
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Iranian Christians Targeted as 'Scapegoats' Amid Escalating War and Regime Crackdown
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) issued a statement on March 2 warning that the U.S. and Israel’s attacks on Iran have triggered a volatile environment posing a severe threat to Iran’s already vulnerable Christian community.
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Pew Report: Global Religious Diversity Rises as Christianity Maintains Wide Geographic Reach
The latest global religious diversity research report from Pew Research Center shows that Singapore has emerged as the world’s most religiously diverse nation, while the United States ranks first in religious diversity among the world's most populous nations.
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Rhode Island Probe Identifies 75 Catholic Priests Accused of Abusing Over 300 Minors
A recent report confirms that since 1950, in Rhode Island, where nearly 40% of the population identifies as Catholic, a landmark investigation has revealed 75 Catholic clergy allegedly abused more than 300 minors.
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Over 9,000 Commit to Christ as Franklin Graham’s Peru Festival Draws 90,000 Attendees
More than 90,000 people gathered at Peru’s National Stadium last weekend for the 'Esperanza Lima' Festival, resulting in over 9,400 individuals making public commitments to follow Jesus Christ.
