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Pope Francis, Franklin Graham, T.D. Jakes Urge Prayers for Victims of Catastrophic Nepal Earthquake
Religious leaders are urging the international community to pray for the victims of a catastrophic 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal, which left over 4,000 people dead and another 7,000 injured after striking the south Asian nation on Saturday.
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Escaped Yazidi Girls Ashamed to Return Home after ISIS Used Them as Sex Slaves, Undergo Secret Abortion
Young women and girls take captive and used as sex slaves by Islamic State militants are now having secret abortions to avoid being alienated by their communities, a new report has revealed.
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Samaritan's Purse Respond to Nepal Earthquake Which Left over 4,000 Dead: 'There Are a Lot of People Hurting'
Christian humanitarian organization Samaritan's Purse has deployed disaster response volunteers and supplies to Nepal in Jesus' name following Saturday's catastrophic 7.9-magnitude earthquake which left over 4,000 dead and another 6,500 severely injured.
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'A.D. The Bible Continues' Preview [NBC TV Schedule]: Sunday Episode Focus on St. Peter, Growth of the Early Church
Roma Downey and Mark Burnett's hugely successful "A.D. - The Bible Continues" will return to NBC this Sunday with its fourth installment focusing on the Apostle Peter and the growth of the early church.
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Former Mars Hill Leader Apologizes for Role in Controversial Plan to Boost Mark Driscoll's Book Sales
A former leader of Mars Hill Church has apologized for the now-defunct organization's attempt to boost the sales of a book by former pastor Mark Driscoll and his wife Grace, but argued that his repeated attempts to halt the plan were ignored by other Church leaders.
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A church in South Korea’s Guri City suffers fire damage, no injuries reported
A church in Guri City, near Seoul, South Korea, experienced a fire on July 3 that caused damage to parts of its main sanctuary building
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Bible scholar suggests ‘Mark of the Beast’ may not be 666 after all
Canadian Bible scholar Wes Huff is encouraging Christians to reexamine a widely held assumption about Revelation 13:18—that the number of the beast is definitively 666. According to Huff, some of the earliest and most respected manuscripts suggest a different number altogether: 616.
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‘Squid Game’ Season 3 raises spiritual questions about trust, despair, and redemption
In a recent column for Christianity Today, Michelle Park explores Squid Game: Season 3 through a biblical lens, arguing that the show’s narrative highlights not only societal decay but also a deeper, often unspoken, yearning for redemption and trust.
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“Sinners”: Gospel distorted by ethnicity and regionalism
In the latest installment of his Bricolage in the Movie series, Dr. Ukjoo Park offers a cultural-theological reading of Sinners, a supernatural drama directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in the racially segregated 1930s Mississippi Delta, the film follows two Black brothers who operate a juke joint while battling vampires—and racism.
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27 girls and 1 counselor missing after flash flood hits Texas Christian Camp
A sudden flash flood swept through a Christian summer camp in Texas early Friday morning, leaving 27 girls and one adult counselor initially unaccounted for, with 12 still missing as of Sunday.