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15 Jan, 2024 10:01 EST

US & Canada Church & Missions

Youth ministry reports over 7,800 young people turned to Christ in fiscal year 2023

By The Christian Post

An American youth ministry group has reported that over 7,800 young people accepted Jesus as their Lord in the last fiscal year. Youth for Christ, a national parachurch group based in Englewood, Colorado, recently released its 2023 Ministry Report, which shows that 7,855 youths accepted Christ during the fiscal year 2022-2023 through its ministry work. This was a 7% increase compared to the 7,323 kids who accepted Christ during the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
15 Jan, 2024 09:01 EST

Society & Culture Church & Missions

Child Evangelism Fellowship releases animated series 'Esther' to combat 'immoral' kids' content

By The Christian Post

In an effort to provide children with wholesome, biblical content in a digital age rife with harmful online material, Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) has announced the release of a new animated series titled "Esther,” inspired by the biblical book of Esther.
12 Jan, 2024 09:00 EST

Middle East Society & Culture

Palestinian rioters vandalize Joshua's Altar, a sacred site for Jews and Christians

By The Christian Post

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, a historical site in the West Bank that is widely esteemed by Jews and Christians has been vandalized by a group of Palestinian protesters. Known as Joshua's Altar and located on Mount Ebal, the sight was damaged last week by Palestinian protesters, who burned tires on the site's remains and spraypainted Palestinian flags and Arabic inscriptions onto its stone pieces, reports The Jerusalem Post.
12 Jan, 2024 08:01 EST

Europe Religious Freedom Church & Missions

Christian teacher fired after street preaching arrest wins hefty settlement

By The Christian Post

A Christian teaching assistant in the United Kingdom who claimed he was fired for street preaching in his free time won the equivalent of a nearly $9,000 legal settlement in a case against his former employer.
11 Jan, 2024 14:09 EST

US & Canada Church & Missions

With rising discontent, more than half of American clergy seriously considered quitting: study

By The Christian Post

In "I'm Exhausted All the Time — Exploring the Factors Contributing to Growing Clergy Discontentment," released Thursday as part of the institute's larger project "Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations," researchers surveyed a nationally representative group of 1,700 religious leaders in the fall of 2023 then compared the findings to responses provided by clergy and their congregations in earlier EPIC surveys.
11 Jan, 2024 14:01 EST

Middle East Society & Culture Church & Missions

New research affirms destruction of biblical city described in 2 Kings, archaeologists say

By The Christian Post

Israeli scholars say their research affirms the destruction of a biblical city — the conquest of Gath by King Hazael of Aram detailed in the Second Book of Kings — using a novel technology that measures magnetic fields in burnt bricks. This innovative study seemingly validates the biblical account of the destruction of the Philistine city of Gath by Hazael, king of Aram, as depicted in 2 Kings 17:17.
9 Jan, 2024 16:01 EST

Middle East Society & Culture

Taliban arrests women for 'bad hijab' in dress code crackdown

By The Christian Post

The Taliban said it has been arresting women in Afghan cities for purportedly wearing a “bad hijab,” a violation of the terrorist group’s strict dress code, which is one of many restrictions imposed on women in that country since it returned to power in 2021.
9 Jan, 2024 15:01 EST

Asia Religious Freedom

Imprisoned Mongolian Christian in 'critical condition' after starved, forced to drink toilet water

By The Christian Post

In a case that has raised significant human rights concerns, a 28-year-old Mongolian Christian imprisoned on trumped-up charges is in critical condition after facing severe persecution in a high-security prison in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.
8 Jan, 2024 11:16 EST

Religious Freedom

Christian group launches first-ever religious violence database tracking global persecution

By The Christian Post

A database tracking incidents of violent religious persecution worldwide has been launched by Global Christian Relief, a U.S.-based group monitoring Christian persecution. The Violent Incidents Database stands as the first and only events-based global religious freedom dataset of its kind.
8 Jan, 2024 11:05 EST

Africa Religious Freedom

Religious freedom groups criticize Biden admin. for leaving Nigeria off violators list

By The Christian Post

Religious freedom advocacy groups are criticizing the Biden administration for leaving Nigeria off the U.S. State Department list of the world's worst violators of religious freedom despite constant attacks and violence impacting Christian communities. The U.S. State Department released its annual list of Countries of Particular Concern Thursday, a label assigned to nations that have "engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom."
8 Jan, 2024 11:01 EST

US & Canada Church & Missions

Christian ministry collecting 5,000 pairs of shoes to give to the needy

By The Christian Post

A Pennsylvania-based Christian radio ministry has set the goal of collecting 5,000 pairs of new or slightly used shoes to send to the needy abroad and to help support their outreach in India. The Tide Ministry officially launched its third annual “Your Soles, Their Souls” shoe donation drive last Tuesday, with donations accepted through March 6.
8 Jan, 2024 10:01 EST

US & Canada Opinion Church & Missions

Passion 2024: Louie Giglio challenges modern cultural messages with Gospel truths

By The Christian Post

Louie Giglio tackled common modern societal beliefs — entitlement, self-determination and personal rights — and contrasted them with the transformative message of the Gospel in a message delivered to thousands of young people at Passion 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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