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Just two days before Angels and Demons, the sequel to the blockbuster film The Da Vinci Code, hit theaters Friday, Westminster Theological Seminary launched a website www.thetruthaboutangelsanddemons.com designed to juxtapose the film’s facts from its fiction. The 2005 Da Vinci Code film, which claimed Jesus married Mary Magdalene and fathered a child with her, left […]

Steven Curtis Chapman won Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year during Thursday’s 40th Annual Gospel Music Association (GMA) Dove Awards, capping an emotional year for the most decorated singer and songwriter in Christian music. Chapman, who was named Artist of the Year for the seventh time, has collected five GRAMMY Awards and

The dramatization of an unlikely South African evangelist’s remarkable ministry, which became a hit general release movie in his homeland, released on DVD today. Faith Like Potatoes tells the story of farmer Angus Buchan–described by South African media as “a folksy version of Billy Graham”–who overcame major losses to see a physical and spiritual harvest,

The Cross–a movie about the life and ministry of globe-trekking evangelist Arthur Blessitt–placed at No. 17 after debuting on 221 screens on the weekend, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. Made by Gener8Xion Entertainment, affiliated with Trinity Broadcasting Network and the company responsible for The Omega Code and One Night With the King, the film took in $327,000.

A former member of the Christian band Third Day is helping people find restful sleep through a CD project that mixes music therapy with Scripture. Billy Wilkins, 43, said he developed the Wesley Sleep Program to help people end their day at peace by focusing on Jesus. But he also thought it could serve as

A charismatic evangelist who has carried a 12-foot wooden cross into every nation of the world is taking his gospel message into unchartered territory–movie theaters nationwide. The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story, which documents the evangelist’s 39-year journey through 315 nations, premieres tonight at the Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Florida, and at Grauman’s Chinese

This Sunday, BET’s hit gospel singing competition, Sunday Best, returns for its second season in search of the best talent gospel music has to offer. Host Kirk Franklin will return along with judges Erica and Tina Campbell of Mary Mary and BeBe Winans all of whom are also the show’s executive producers. “The level of

James Dobson resigned on Friday as board chairman of the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family. The announcement was made on Focus on the Family’s radio broadcast, which Dobson will continue to host. Dobson told fellow board members on Wednesday and informed the 950 Focus employees Friday morning at a staff worship service, the

In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, a veteran group home counselor says she was suspended for exposing teenagers to Christian music. A veteran group home counselor is suing a California children’s home that suspended her for exposing four teenagers to Christian music. In the lawsuit filed on Feb. 13, Maureen Loya accused Orangewood Children’s

Worship artist Chris Tomlin leads this year’s list of Dove Award nominees with seven nods, including ones for Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Song of the Year for “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone).” Natalie Grant and newcomer Francesca Battistelli followed with five nominations each, including for Female Vocalist of

A California evangelist is challenging an advertising campaign offering ” praises” to evolutionist Charles Darwin by countering with a publicity effort of his own. In honor of Darwin’s 200th birthday on Thursday, Ray Comfort–author of the forthcoming book You can Lead an Atheist to Evidence but You Can’t Make Him Think–posted a billboard near the

The inspirational story of how a failing student overcame personal odds to become a world-renowned neurosurgeon hits the small screen on Saturday. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story premiers on TNT at 8 p.m. Saturday, and stars Cuba Gooding Jr. as Carson and Kimberly Elise as his mother, Sonya. Based on Carson’s best-selling autobiography by