“Some of the attacks were intentional, some were unintentional. Clearly there were efforts to try to block out those who were trying to bring it down.” Organizers of the global evangelism congress being held here suffered an unprecedented two-day cyber attack when all their servers went down, interrupting service between the US and South Africa,... Continue Reading

Hundreds of people from about 85 countries have come to rural Alabama for training in the 31 years since the opening of Servants of Faith and Technology, or SIFAT (which is pronounced SEE fat). In a rural nook of east Alabama where there aren’t enough bright lights to blot out the stars at night, missionaries... Continue Reading

I suspect that of all church congresses, evangelical or not, at any time in history, it most closely approximates the demographic reality of Christian populations around the world. In that sense, at least, Cape Town 2010 is historic. When executive chair Doug Birdsall invited Malaysian Methodist bishop Hwa Yung to work with him in planning... Continue Reading

If there were a status update for Facebook’s entire site, it might say something like, “Jumping on the politically correct bandwagon.” Last week, the social media giant officially friended the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to “end hate speech and anti-gay bullying” on the Internet. The new partnership, which made a splash in... Continue Reading

“Politics is nothing but an expression of culture. Politics doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It’s a reflection of the fundamental beliefs and habits of a people. “If things are going astray, who do we blame? Us,” Colson said. Chuck Colson doesn’t blame Hollywood, the media, greedy businesspeople or even liberal politics for the decline of... Continue Reading

Then, her voice began to crack just a bit. A lump appeared in my throat. She paused and continued, “Please pray for my people. Please pray for North Korea that they will hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ…” and her words finally gave way to sobs. There is higher history, of kings and queens, and... Continue Reading

The purpose of The Salzburg Institute of Gordon College is to examine how the study of artistic and cultural expressions and their intersections with Christian intellectual thought relate to contemporary issues. Salzburg, Austria, is the city where Mozart was born, where The Sound of Music was filmed and where one of Europe’s most prestigious theater... Continue Reading

The expected economic impact is $795,600. The event is open to the public, but pre-registration is required, and will close when conference space is filled. Two thousand people are expected to attend the Presbyterian Church of America Global Missions Conference Nov. 5-7. Mission to the World, co-sponsored by Covenant College, will host the conference at... Continue Reading

The Jesus film explains that the New Testament tells how Jesus is laid in a tomb-like cave after his crucifixion. Three days later, Jesus is said to have risen from the dead. As miners were being pulled from Chile’s San Jose mine Wednesday, most were wearing tan T-shirts over their coveralls. The Chilean government told... Continue Reading

She earned a music-education degree from King’s College, in New York City, a master of divinity from the Reformed Theological Seminary at Orlando and her Ph.D. from Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, in San Francisco Elizabeth Earle-Warfel’s Christian beliefs may clash with Sigmund Freud’s psychosexual stages of development and Carl Rogers’s humanism, but she... Continue Reading