Category: U.S.

What’s your New Year’s resolution? Getting closer to God? Losing weight? Earning more money? Barna Group set out to discover … Read More

The number of Americans filing for their first week of unemployment benefit fell below 400,000 for the first time in … Read More

God is working all around us today. Don’t let negative headlines distract you from the real story. 2010 was a … Read More

Just because the war on Christmas is over “at least for now” doesn’t mean there aren’t other battles going on in Christendom. People are debating about everything from yoga to trademarks to dog fighting and beyond. Here are a few quirky stories I read in my quest to deliver you the news that matters most.

Should Christians practice yoga? The Wall Street Journal is stirring up quite a debate with its article by the same title. 

What’s in an acronym? Plenty, apparently. But the Los Angeles Times reports that the International House of Pancakes dropped its trademark suit against the International House of Prayer. Did prayer help?

In some states, minors seem to need parental consent for body piercings but not for abortions. Several family and legal … Read More

Businessman Mart Green will lead a multiministry initiative to digitize Scripture and accelerate Bible translation. The businessman whose family’s $70 … Read More

It’s all about one thing at the International House of Prayer’s (IHOP) Young Adult Conference and that’s Jesus.

Dubbed one thing, the annual worship and teaching conference is drawing 25,000 young adults to Kansas City Convention Center this Dec. 28-31.

“There are moments in history when a door for great change is blown wide open,” says Mike Bickle, conference founder and director of IHOP-KC. “We are in the early days of seeing sweeping changes that will confront the status quo in the Church and in society. It is in these strategic moments that the disciples of Jesus will become the hinge of history, that pivotal point that determines which way the door will swing.”

One million downloads. That’s the latest milestone Bible.is is reporting. After just five months on the market, the free audio-based … Read More

In case you haven’t been reading news over the holiday weekend, here’s a round up of some interesting stories relating … Read More

Israel is getting ready to welcome 90,000 tourists this Christmas. The nation is promoting access to holy sites and working … Read More

What if there were a special television channel that carried the most popular church services and ministry programs featuring America’s … Read More

Pat Robertson doesn’t condone smoking weed, but he’s giving the nod to legalizing the drug. On a recent episode of … Read More

Francis Chan has picked up and moved his family to Asia. Chan pastored the 4,000-member Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, … Read More

Want to put the Bible on your iPod? You could download an app, or you could carry the entire 2011 NIV version around in your pocket with you.

Zondervan just launched the first product featuring the updated New International Version of the Bible — a digital e-book. The digital release marks the first time that a new Zondervan Bible translation has launched in a digital format before it is released in print. The printed version is due out March 2011.

Can you do the Sanctified Slide? It’s nothing like “the hustle,” but in Christian circles it may become just as popular. That’s because the so-called Sanctified Slide is vying for a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Next question: What on earth is the Sanctified Slide? It’s a Gospel line dance. You might have to see it to understand it. Click here to watch the video for yourself.

The Kansas City of Mission is working to make sure churches in its area understand that there are two things … Read More

Online dating is nothing new, but the $1.8 billion industry is growing—and diversifying—by leaps and bounds.

There are dating sites for cheaters, dating sites for millionaires, and dating sites for Christians. The are dating sites for specific ethnic groups, dating sites for divorcees, and dating sites for age groups.

There is even one dating site exclusively for virgins.

What happens to the children of inmates at Christmastime? There’s something missing for these little ones, whose parents are noticeably … Read More

Millennials. There are more than 78 million of them. Born between 1980 and 2000, this demographic has surpassed the baby … Read More

Are you on Twitter? Is it a purpose-driven social media tool? Rick Warren, pastor at Saddleback Church, thinks it is—and, … Read More

With family by his side, Pastor Wendell Smith, founding pastor of The City Church in Kirkland, Washington, died on Dec. … Read More