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  New book tells story of loss, redemption

  A new book self-described as "one part worst-case scenario and three parts God's creative redemption," about a church-bus tragedy that turned into a grassroots movement for doing good, cracked the Amazon Top 50 Christian Living Hot New Releases during its first week of publication.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Kingdom calling not about a church’s institutional survival

  Stewardship sermons often focus on finances. Amy Sherman wants church leaders to grasp a wider vision.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  For this Baptist, ‘business as mission’ is calling

  Some Christians live out their faith by ministering in churches, visiting prisoners or serving as missionaries. Jordan England does it by designing and selling furniture.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Band challenges audiences to live like Christ

  For the Dove Award-winning group Sidewalk Prophets, their new song Live Like That is a reminder for believers to be aware of their words and actions while striving to be examples of Christ to the world around them.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Christian use of digital devices redefines ‘going to church’

  A national survey of 11,077 of the nation's 335,000 congregations found seven in 10 U.S. congregations had websites, and four in 10 had Facebook pages by 2010. Christ Fellowship church in McKinney exemplifies this growing trend toward virtual worship and ministry.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Steven Curtis Chapman encourages audiences to show hope

  For more than 25 years, Steven Curtis Chapman has been sharing songs and stories about God's redemption. And his Show Hope ministry cares for orphans around the world.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  Nearly one American in five says he or she would not vote for a Mormon president, a percentage that hardly has budged since 1967, according to a new Gallup poll.

  07/05/2012 - By Administrator

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  Millennials losing their religion, walk away from church

  Studies show young adults are leaving the church in record numbers. The reasons they leave are complicated, and experts wonder how many of them are ever coming back.

  06/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  Young snake handlers grasp the dangerous power of faith

  Andrew Hamblin, 21, pastor of Tabernacle Church of God in LaFollette, Tenn., is part of a new generation of serpent-handling Christians who are revitalizing a century-old faith tradition in Tennessee.

   

  06/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  Singer discovers redemption, restoration in Christ

  As Heather Williams shares about the redemption and restoration she found in a relationship with Christ, she displays character and strength far beyond her years.

  06/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  Catholic, mainline churches losing great proportion of childhood adherents

  One in four young adults choose "unaffiliated" when asked about their religion, according to a new report from the Public Religion Research Institute and Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  Dozens of Catholic universities, dioceses and other institutions filed lawsuits in courts around the country recently in a coordinated effort, spearheaded by the U.S. hierarchy and Catholic conservatives, to overturn the Obama administration's contraception mandate plan.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator