WASHINGTON — A global survey conducted by the Washington-based Pew Research Center finds that 51% of participants believe that one can be good without God. The research also suggests that those in wealthier and more “educated” nations are more apt to think people are fine without the Divine. “What is the connection between belief in […]
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The mother of a newborn baby that was found in a trash can behind a North Carolina church last Thursday evening has been arrested. Maryuri Estefany Calix-Macedo, 21, has been charged with first-degree attempted murder after her infant son was discovered in a black garbage bag inside of a trash can at […]
(WORLD) — J.I. Packer, one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century, died on Friday. He was 93. Packer authored hundreds of Christian books and articles over more than half a century, but he’s perhaps best known for his 1973 work ‘Knowing God’. Publishers have sold more than 1.5 million copies since […]
WILMINGTON, N.C. — A North Carolina woman walking her dog on Thursday evening heard the sound of a baby crying while passing by a local church, and upon investigation, found a newborn male — umbilical cord and all — inside of a trash can. “Thank God that she was walking her dog when she was. […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The parent company of the popular Hallmark Channel, which is known for its romance movies, has revealed that the company is in “active negotiations” as it plans to include “LGBT storylines” in its “Countdown to Christmas” and “Miracles of Christmas” programming later this year. “Diversity and inclusion is a top priority for […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Israel has started to implement the prostitution law, which was passed a year and a half ago in the Knesset (the Israeli parliament), but was due to come into effect in mid-2020. The regulation sanctions those who pay for for sexual services, both on the street and in places used to practice […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. — A doctor, chaplain and pastor are crediting the hand of God in the recovery of a Queens pastor who spent 54 days on a ventilator and six weeks in an induced coma battling COVID-19. “The God of miracles did numerous miracles in my life,” Benjamin Thomas of Queens Church of […]
REDDING, Calif. — A coalition of religious liberties legal organizations have filed suit on behalf of several churches in California that seek to challenge the State’s recent ban on singing or chanting during indoor religious services, which serves to reduce the transmission of COVID via aerosol particles. The American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ), […]
LONDON — A judge in the United Kingdom has ruled that while a Christian foster and adoption agency may require applicants to be evangelical Christians, it may not decline to place children in households that identify as both “Christian” and homosexual. Justice Julian Knowles ruled that Cornerstone Adoption and Fostering Service “must change its recruitment […]
During a recent event meant to promote “ethnic reconciliation and social justice,” broadcast on Bethel.tv, “Chicago Med” actress Marlyne Barrett, along with Harvest Rock Senior Pastor Che Ahn, Harvest Evangelism’s Ed Silvoso, and Bethel Church’s Bill Johnson, engaged in a bizarre — but what they called a “prophetic”— act to end racism in the Church […]