The Barna Group’s latest study of more than 1,000 adults, found three issues considered to be “major” problems in this country: poverty (78 percent), personal debt (78 percent) and HIV/AIDS (76 percent). Four other issues emerged as moderate concerns, including illegal immigration (60 percent), global warming (57percent), abortion (50 percent) and TV content (45 percent) […]
Staffers of Next Level Church in Charlotte, N.C., recently went through bars in the city’s Ballantyne area handing out shot glasses to bar patrons reports charlotte.com. The mugs ask people to “give us a shot” and bear the church’s slogan, “Real church for real people.” The church hopes to draw people to its Ballantyne campus,
A prominent bishop in the Church of England came under fire recently for alleging that England’s emphasis on “multiculturalism” and religious pluralism, coupled with a worldwide surge in interest in Islamic extremism, have helped to isolate Muslim communities. As a result, he said, Christianity had been sidelined, youth were feeling alienated from the nation they
Chinese police arrested a highly prominent house-church leader, along with his colleague and a co-worker, recently while the three were conducting church services near Jiuquan City in the Christian hotbed of Henan Province, China Aid Association (CAA) reported. Fifteen days later the co-worker, Wang Hongliang, was released while the two renowned and aging house church
Both Christian and global leaders met in Southern California this past weekend for a unique, and unprecedented conference aimed at pointing church and ministry leaders in a more progressive, culturally relevant direction. Dubbed the “Rethink Conference” and held at Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, the list of more than two dozen prominent speakers
Amid criticism and support, Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, is set to send out another round of letters to the six prominent charismatic television ministries he began investigating in November the Associated Press (AP)reported. he follow-up documents, which will go out in the next few weeks, will
Recently Earl Paulk turned himself into Atlanta-area authorities, the day after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation had issued a warrant for his arrest and gave him 48 hours to surrender to one felony count of perjury, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC). The 80-year-old founder of the once-thriving Cathedral of the Holy Spirit pleaded guilty the
On Monday Oral Roberts University (ORU) unanimously accepted the remaining $62 million sum of an initial and conditional $70 million offer made by the family that founded chain stores Hobby Lobby and Mardel. “We stand together today knowing the future of ORU is strong,” said Mart Green, the donating family’s representative since November. The donation
A recent poll discovered that a large percentage of Americans believe marriage is “unnecessary. A poll by Zogby International and AOL of more than 7,000 Americans 20 to 69 years of age found that 44 percent said marriage is not necessary for a life-long, fulfilling relationship according to the Associated Press (AP). Mike McManus, president
Leaders of the National Association of Evangelicals have backed a controversial letter to Muslims that apologizes for the crusades and seems to acknowledge Allah as the God of the Bible. The collaborative letter, initiated by Yale Divinity School and signed by many liberal Christian leaders, prompted strong reactions from other evangelical leaders. Albert Mohler, president
A Chinese Christian bookstore owner and two-dozen people associated with his case were released on bail Jan. 4, according to China Aid Association (CAA). Chinese officials have decided against a trial for Shi Weihan, dismissing criminal charges against him. In late November, Weihan, 37, was arrested in his bookstore near the Olympics Village in Beijing
According to a new survey by LifeWay Research, many people are turned off by the church yet remain open to the idea of God. Among more than 1,400 non-churchgoing adults polled, 72 percent said God exists. Tragically the same percent believe the church “is full of hypocrites,” while 44 percent agree with the statement, “Christians
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