Korean Americans are nearly twice as likely to identify as Christians compared to adults in South Korea (59% versus 32%), according to latest Pew Research Center data released at the end of August.
A Gospel outreach gathering at the Corpus Christi campus of Texas A&M University last Thursday drew approximately 1,500 attendees, with dozens of students baptized.
“Faithful to Me,” “Home in the Family” and “What’s a Father’s Like”. These are the title of the three new worship songs that will be released for the upcoming CAFO2024 Summit hosted by Brentwood Baptist Church in Nashville, TN, from September 17 to 20. Inspired to reflect God’s heart for orphans and the vulnerable, the songs were written by people who themselves had personal journeys of adoption and fostering within their own families or ministry involvement.
The stories in traditional comics were about justice and the battle between good and evil. More recently, issues like politics, mental health, diversity, inner demons, and social justice are increasingly common. With today's fictional superheroes becoming morally grubby characters, Jesus outshines them all as the real-life hero exemplar.
The African Methodist Episcopal Church has rejected a proposal to strike down its ban on same-sex marriage. At the AME Church's 52nd Quadrennial Session of the General Conference, held Aug. 21-28 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, the historically black denomination voted down an amendment to its rules.
Grand Canyon University (GCU) in Phoenix, Arizona, is marking its 75th anniversary with the private for-profit Christian college anticipating to enroll 125,000 for its fall semester, its largest-ever intake of students. While celebrating the continuous growth, GCU continues its fight against a historic $37.7 million dollar fine for allegedly misrepresenting the costs of its doctoral programs and against the “defamatory” criticisms by U.S. Department of Education Secretary who vowed to “shut it d
More than 30,000 children are currently waiting to be adopted in Canada, according to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption-Canada. Yet, public misconceptions, financial hurdles and a complex legal landscape are posing challenges for potential adoptive parents. A new resource seeks to offer help navigating the various systems and access government support, such as tax credits and parental leave, while the efforts to correct common misunderstandings continues.
How should American Christians respond as accusations of "Christian nationalism" increasingly fly toward people of faith who try to participate in politics? During a multi-panel event this week moderated by Christian Post reporter and podcaster Ian Giatti as an extension of CP's "Politics in the Pews" podcast and article series, Lt. Col. Allen West (Ret.), Christians Engaged founder Bunni Pounds and theologian James Spencer, Ph.D., weighed in on the hot-button issue, which they believe to be
The largest share of migrants worldwide are Christians, the country of origin for the highest number of Christian migrants is Mexico (11.3 Million or 9%), and Christian migrants' destination country of choice is the USA followed by Germany and Russia, according to latest Pew Research Center data, published on August 19. The findings reinforce the importance of migration and diaspora ministry, an issue that will likely get attention at the upcoming Lausanne Congress in Seoul next month.
Missio Dei is a formal theological term, latin for "God’s mission". The term means just what is says: mission belongs to God. God defines the mission’s purposes and strategies, means and methods, timing and pacing. The mission scope is all encompassing—multi-national, multi-ethnic, multi-resourced. Our participation in God's mission requires that we keep our priorities straight, and Abraham shows us how.
A survey by Lifeway Research shows that 81 percent of American Protestants believe Christian movies are effective evangelism and discipleship tools. The survey also showed that 68 percent of respondents had watched a Christian faith movie in the last year.
Grand Canyon University (GCU) in Phoenix, Arizona, is marking its 75th anniversary with the private for-profit Christian college anticipating to enroll 125,000 for its fall semester, its largest-ever intake of students. While celebrating the continuous growth, GCU continues its fight against a historic $37.7 million dollar fine for allegedly misrepresenting the costs of its doctoral programs and against the “defamatory” criticisms by U.S. Department of Education Secretary who vowed to “shut it d
