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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

The pastor of Ted Haggard’s former church says he’s heartbroken over a former male volunteer’s alleged experiences with Haggard. Brady Boyd, senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, said a young man announced his alleged inappropriate relationship with Haggard shortly after Haggard’s sex and drug scandal in 2006. Boyd said the 25-year-old

A film about a man’s attempt to save his marriage has scored big at the box office and spawned a marriage-enrichment movement that is spreading nationwide. Released on DVD today, Fireproof-produced by pastor-filmmakers Alex and Stephen Kendrick and the members of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga.-opened at No. 4 the weekend of Sept. 26

Texas megachurch pastor and popular author T.D. Jakes is already garnering critical acclaim from secular media for his latest film project. Jakes said Not Easily Broken, which opened in theaters nationwide on Friday, is a realistic depiction of marital strife, while also offering Christ as the solution. With divorce rates in the U.S. at record