“Bye-bye church. We’re busy.” That’s the message teens are giving churches today. Only about one in four teens now participate in church youth groups, considered the hallmark of involvement; numbers have been flat since 1999. Other measures of religiosity — prayer, Bible reading and going to church — lag as well, according to Barna Group,... Continue Reading

A pro-family candidate for an Australian senate is standing by statements in which she called gay “marriage” a form of child abuse, after being deluged with vitriol from homosexuals and derogatory media coverage, reports Kathleen Gilbert of LifeSiteNews.com . Wendy Francis, who is campaigning for a senate seat in Queensland, stated on her Twitter account... Continue Reading

Dr. Joseph Roderick Beard died Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 at Anderson Place Nursing Center. He was born July 2, 1923, son of Alice Lee Smith and Joseph Roderick Beard of Cornelius, N.C. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, at Young Memorial ARP Church in Anderson, conducted by Dr. Randall... Continue Reading

“It is very rare for an Israeli Jew to convert to Christianity and I was aware that…many Jews would believe I was a traitor who had betrayed the faith.” A lecturer is claiming that she was discriminated against and unfairly dismissed because she became a Christian. Dr Tali Argov, who was brought up in the... Continue Reading

All of those things I find right here, sitting on this chair with these precious boys, thanking God for children, and the joy He brings us through them. I met Emily Rimshaw earlier this year when I was speaking at a conference at her church. She told me how refreshed and motivated she was after... Continue Reading

This Washington Post story provides more details about the death of PCA member Brian Carderelli, as well about what happened with his family and church during the days following the slaying. When videographer Brian Carderelli left Kabul three weeks ago to accompany a team of doctors on a medical mission to northern Afghanistan, the 25-year-old... Continue Reading

“I prayed for my students at other schools, but the fact that I can pray with my students allows God to enter the classroom in a way I’ve never experienced anywhere else.” A Liberty University professor and her teenage son were killed in Roanoke, Virginia early Aug. 8 when their car was struck by an... Continue Reading

“…aid workers who knew the IAM team said they were on a mission to provide medical care, not to proselytize, or attempt to convert Muslims to Christianity.” On Sunday evening as members of an international fellowship in Kabul gathered to remember and celebrate the lives of 10 humanitarian aid workers killed during a medical mission... Continue Reading

“I believe if God can touch that sort of person there are many more God is touching, and I think there is hope for Liberia.” Prince Johnson — once a rebel commander in Liberia’s civil war, and a man accused of crimes against humanity — says he has found God. Twenty years ago, Johnson personally... Continue Reading

If the judge agrees with Rifqa Bary, an undocumented immigrant from Sri Lanka, the girl could also receive a special status allowing her to stay in the country. A Columbus, Ohio state juvenile court judge on Tuesday rejected the request of a Christian convert’s Muslim parents to order their daughter to continue chemotherapy for uterine... Continue Reading