Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) is responding to a recent round of news articles detailing accusations by former employees that the Christian broadcaster’s officers participated in financial misappropriation and extravagant living at the expense of the network’s donors. TBN attorney and spokesman Colby May said it was unfortunate that the media had relied on discredited sources […]
Killed in a church shooting, Sydney Browning never had a chance to meet the 62 second-graders of Granada Primary School. But today she’s changed their lives, thanks to a university’s 11-year-old promise fulfilled. Some things are hard to make sense of, like the evening of Sept. 15, 1999, when Larry Gene Ashbrook walked into Wedgwood Baptist Church in
Officials in Katin village, southern Laos have ordered six more Christian families to renounce their faith or face expulsion in early January, advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF) reported. The Katin chief and the village religious affairs officer, along with local security forces, recently approached the six families with the
The parent company of Zondervan, HarperCollins, announced that it plans to publish next year the inspirational memoir of outspoken Christian athlete Tim Tebow, the e-newsletter Christian Retailing Update reported Monday. Slated for release on April 19, Through My Eyes will tell the story of how Tebow, who is considered one of the greatest college football
Gilbert Tuhabonye loves to run. Growing up in Burundi, he ran the African plains near his village every day, challenged often by other distance runners who wanted a race. “They would see dust,” he says, “because I would run like the wind.” Now 36, Tuhabonye never dreamed his youthful passion for running would one day save
Since mid-August, former Brownsville Revival pastor John Kilpatrick has seen thousands of people flock to revival services being held four nights a week at the convention center in Mobile, Ala., where he now leads Church of His Presence. The blind are seeing, the lame are walking and the deaf are hearing, he says, at what
David Platt (pictured right) became one of the youngest megachurch pastors in history when in 2006, at the age of 28, he was appointed to lead The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Ala. Yet just as remarkable is how his church of more than 4,000 responded to his challenge over a series of weekend
Today at 3 p.m. (EST) nationally known prophetic leaders will analyze and give direction about the Nov. 2 midterm elections. The one-hour broadcast will be live on generals.org and will be hosted by Mike and Cindy Jacobs, heads of Generals International in Red Oak, Texas, on their online show G.I. Connect. Cindy Jacobs says the
In China, nearly 72 million people are denied access to work, education and community, not because of race or gender but because of a disability. Many deaf Chinese turn to deaf-led gangs to find love and acceptance. But Hearts and Hands, a ministry based in Kunming, Yunnan, in southwest China, is working to be advocates
For the first time in Bhutan’s history, the Buddhist nation’s government seems ready to grant much-awaited official recognition and accompanying rights to a miniscule Christian population that has remained largely underground. The authority that regulates religious organizations will discuss in its next meeting, to be held by the end of December, how a
Servant’s Heart in Louisville, Ky., doesn’t hold traditional Sunday services and doesn’t consider itself a church. Instead, the Assemblies of God mission is taking ministry directly to residents in the low-income community known as Portland. Teams witness during weekly prayer walks, regularly visit a liquor store to share Scripture with customers and hold home Bible studies.
Esteban Pedraza (pictured left) says he’s inspired–inspired by “people I know”–which happens to be the title of his personal, award-winning short film. This summer, the 20-year-old student from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University won first place in the age 18-25 filmmaker category at the Tony Blair Faith Foundations global film competition
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