Actor Jim Caviezel says he's turning to C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters for spiritual preparation as he prepares to reprise the role of Jesus in "The Resurrection of the Christ," the forthcoming sequel to Mel Gibson's 2004 film "The Passion of the Christ."
China has banned foreign missionaries from preaching and establishing religious organizations without prior authorization, justifying the move as necessary for national security. The latest restrictions, announced by the Chinese Communist Party, will take effect on May 1, intensifying the crackdown on Christianity in the country.
Five days after he was kidnapped by armed men from his church in Motherwell, South Africa, Tennessee missionary Josh Sullivan was rescued and “miraculously unharmed” following a “high-intensity shootout” that left three people dead.
The Illinois-based Trinity Evangelical Divinity School is in the process of leaving the Chicago-area Trinity International University and will affiliate with the largest Christian university in Canada, Trinity Western University in British Columbia. The merger was unanimously agreed to by the boards of both institutions.
In a post to his social media platform Truth Social on Thursday evening, Trump announced that he is appointing former Rep. Mark Walker of North Carolina to oversee the State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom. "A former pastor, Mark was elected unanimously to House Leadership, and did an incredible job as Ranking Member on the House Homeland Security's Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee," stated Trump.
Alumni of Wheaton College concerned about the school's alleged leftward drift recently singled out a philosophy professor at the school as an example of liberalism seeping into the flagship Evangelical institution. Nathan Cartagena, Ph.D., who has been an assistant professor of philosophy at Wheaton College since 2018, has repeatedly exhibited "left-wing racial politics laundered through a patina of 'Christianese,'" according to an analysis of his writings posted on the website "For Wheaton."
An overwhelming majority of Christians reject the basic Christian teaching of the Trinity, prompting new concerns that Americans are living without the influence of “the truths and life principles of God.” The Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University released the latest installment of its American Worldview Inventory series which documents Americans’ views on the Trinity.
Nearly 10,000 people living in the Netherlands were euthanized last year, marking a 10% increase from the year before and a 60% increase in those suffering from psychological conditions, according to a recent report. The Regional Euthanasia Review Committees (RTE) reported Monday that there were 9,958 reports of euthanasia in the Netherlands in 2024, comprising 5.8% of the total mortality rate in the nation.
A global Baptist organization representing around 53 million people across numerous regional churches seeks to help raise funds for international aid that has been lost to the recent cuts by the Trump administration. The Baptist World Alliance held the "Stand in the Gap Solidarity Sunday" this week in a bid to boost support for international aid programs.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, a member of the Liberal Party, announced in an X post on Sunday that he had “just asked the Governor General to dissolve parliament and call a federal election on April 28.” This move paves the way for an election to elect a new Parliament.
Around half of Protestant churches in the United States have experienced growth in worship service attendance since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent study. A report by Lifeway Research published Tuesday found that 52% of surveyed Protestant congregations saw their worship attendance grow by at least 4% over the past two years.
The Pennsylvania Board of Education has unanimously rejected an application from the Association of Christian Schools International to be recognized as an official accreditation agency for private schools in the state, drawing accusations of religious discrimination.
