Promise Keepers (PK) has sustained “substantial” losses after a fire broke out at its ministry headquarters in Denver Sunday. No one was hurt in the blaze that firefighters say started in a closet around 10:30 p.m., Denver’s CBS affiliate reported. The fire may have been electrical, firefighters said. “Although our offsite backup ministry files are […]
A charismatic pastor says Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan, a heavily Islamic Detroit suburb, are showing a surprising openness to the gospel, with more than a dozen coming to Christ during a recent evangelistic event. Barbara J. Yoder, senior pastor of Shekinah Christian Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said roughly 150 Muslim men and women packed
Leaders of the Gulf Coast states have designated Sunday a day of prayer for the regions affected by the oil spill that has sent millions of gallons of crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the last 66 days. The governors of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and the Lt. Governor of Florida issued
With unemployment at record highs, churches and Christian organizations are stepping in to help job seekers both practically and spiritually.
Ministries such as Florida-based Christian HELP and Career Solutions in Dallas began helping the unemployed find work long before the recession hit in 2008. But since the unemployment rate shot up from 6.6 percent in October 2008 to 10.1 percent the following year to 9.5 percent today, the groups say the “ministry needs and opportunities” are growing.
Christian music pioneer Keith Green helped supercharge the Jesus movement with his buoyant songs that challenged lukewarm Christians to repent of their hypocrisy. Now, nearly three decades after Green’s tragic death in an airplane crash, his widow, Melody, believes it’s time to bring their heart-touching love story and radical spiritual journey to the big screen
The late Moishe Rosen was a pioneer in Jewish missions. Today there are thousands of Jewish believers in Jesus, and many church leaders say Moishe Rosen is a big reason why. The founder of Jews for Jesus (JFJ) died May 19, at age 78, after a long battle with prostate cancer, but he leaves a
Persecution watchdog says Somalia has “the world’s most persecuted church.” It’s never been easy to be a Christian in Somalia. Missionaries led a few hundred Somalis to Christ between 1898 and 1935, according to Operation World, but missions work was barred there in 1974. Today roughly 300 Somali believers worship secretly in the largely Muslim nation,
When Steve Hill got up to preach at Brownsville Assembly of God on Father’s Day 1995, he had no idea his ministry was about to head in a new direction. The service launched the Brownsville Revival, a 5-year renewal that drew 4 million attendees from around the world and saw thousands accept Christ. “I personally
300 million. That’s how many people Every Home for Christ (EHC) presented the gospel to last year, according to the ministry’s most recent stats. The Colorado-based ministry has a simple strategy: Missionaries have gone door to door in more than 200 of the world’s least-evangelized nations, distributing booklets that present the gospel in the local
The U.S. Latino population has doubled in the last 18 years and so has the number of Pentecostals. A recent study by Trinity College found that the growth rate of Latino Pentecostals kept pace with immigration trends. Researchers also found that Hispanic immigration helped the Catholic Church maintain its position as the nation’s largest religious
Christians will meet in Washington, D.C., this week to do what they say the U.S. government has been reluctant to do lately: stand unwaveringly with Israel. During the fifth annual Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Washington Summit being held Tuesday through Thursday, delegates from across the country will urge lawmakers to maintain the nation’s historic
Kristen Anderson lay on railroad tracks hoping to end her life. Instead, she heard a song that changed everything.
On a bone-cold night in January 2000, Kristen Anderson made an impulsive decision: She walked to the railroad tracks not far from her Chicago home, lay facedown on the ground and let 33 freight cars roar over her body at 55 miles per hour.
The engineer frantically blew the whistle and brought the train to a halt on top of Kristen’s body. The botched suicide attempt left the 17-year-old in piercing pain. As she lay there in her own blood, trying to decipher whether she was dreaming, Kristen managed to pull herself from under the train and crawl to some nearby rocks.
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