FCBH does not charge the chaplains for the BibleSticks, which are $25 each, but raises the money through its donors, churches, and Christian radio stations. Most of the requests for the military version of a popular audio Bible on an MP3 stick is coming from Afghanistan, said a spokesperson for a ministry’s Military BibleStick project... Continue Reading

Although no one has ever been executed under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws – most are freed on appeal – as many as 10 people are thought to have been murdered while on trial. Asia Bibi, a 45-year-old mother-of-five, denies blasphemy and told investigators that she was being persecuted for her faith in a country where Christians... Continue Reading

“The value of a human being is not about their capacity to function. They have intrinsic value that has nothing to do with function,” Kinkade told CT. “Your worth as a human being is essential, but your functions will vary.” Russ Kinkade holds up a pen. If it were broken, he says, he would toss... Continue Reading

WORLD’s CEO and Publisher also announce the Magazine’s Expanded News Coverage and Development of Digital Platforms as Olasky joins the Asheville headquarters staff effective February 1st. Olasky has resigned his post as Provost of The King’s College effective January 31st and will devote 100 percent of his energies to the transformation of WORLD from a... Continue Reading

The tent cities of Haiti were a mass of confusion as people tried to evacuate the area before tropical storm Tomas arrived. For many of the 1.3 million who are taking refuge in the flimsy tent cities following the January quake, there’s nowhere to go. The storm is expected to unleash a combination of torrential... Continue Reading

As the nation heads toward a “majority minority” population, Soong-Chan Rah argues that the evangelical church will get there faster—and has a chance to be ahead of the curve in modeling a multicultural community . His new book, Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church, offers some thoughts about what a multi-ethnic church can... Continue Reading

The U.S. government paid compensation of $8 million to the Bowers family and the pilot. CIA Director Leon Panetta said 16 current and retired agency officers received administrative punishments over the incident. Nine years after the Peruvian air force mistook a missionary flight for a drug run, the Central Intelligence Agency took responsibility for its... Continue Reading

The Department of Education (DOE) has finalized a new set of regulations that have many private colleges and universities concerned and religious institutions downright alarmed. Formulated in response to allegations of financial-aid fraud at some for-profit institutions, these 80-odd pages of rules contain 14 different directives, one of which could provide a back-door threat to... Continue Reading

Helm serves as lead pastor of the South Side Congregation of the Holy Trinity in Chicago. A graduate of Wheaton College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, he is ordained in the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA) The historic Miller Chapel at Princeton Theological Seminary will host this year’s Princeton Regional Conference on Reformed Theology Nov. 5-6.... Continue Reading

“Houston is different than Austin or Dallas,” said Paul Duffin, the campus director for Redeemer. “There’s a large crossroads of people of different backgrounds and faiths. It’s an excellent place for us to be.” The newest thing in Protestantism is really the oldest thing in Protestantism: Reformed theology. Young Christians are turning to the centuries-old... Continue Reading