CHURCH
Evangelical leaders participating in a July survey reported that their denomination has few, if any, large churches. Moreover, “none†was the top answer from evangelical leaders when asked about the role megachurches play in their denominations.
Most Presbyterians have been part of a congregation that was led by a woman in some capacity, according to a recent survey. And while most have no preference when it comes to a man or a woman for leadership roles, only 1 percent actually prefer a woman in the pulpit.
SOCIETY
The wife of televangelist Joel Osteen did not assault a flight attendant during an angry tirade over a stain on her first-class seat, a jury ruled Thursday. "I'm glad it's over," Victoria Osteen said.
A key evangelical leader with influence on American politics emphasized this past week the importance of Republican John McCain’s vice presidential pick on the decision of values voters this fall.
MINISTRY
An estimated 29,000 people were present for the opening night of the 19th annual Southern California Harvest Crusade in Anaheim, Calif., including some 2,750 people who made their first-time commitments or rededicated their lives to Christ.
Catherine Rohr was already making $200,000 a year on Wall Street when she was 25 years old. But she would eventually quit her job, empty herself of all her money, and move to Texas, surrounding herself with formal gang leaders, ex-murders, and drug dealers.
MISSION
The world's leading audio Bible ministry announced Wednesday that it now offers recordings in 311 languages. Faith Comes By Hearing ministry now makes the Word of God available to an additional 13 million people in their own language.
More than 700 Christian teens from the United States took part in the annual Baja Blast in Mexico where they engaged in a two-fold plan to share the Gospel with words and deeds.
EDUCATION
Weeks after news broke of the upcoming PBS program “The Bible’s Buried Secrets,†the trailer for the two-hour television special made its YouTube debut Sunday, adding more fuel to a controversy that has already generated a flurry of intense and sometimes heated debates.
Parents have the right to home school their children even without a teaching credential, a state appeals court ruled Friday to the applause of conservative groups. The ruling reverses a decision the court made in February.
ENTERTAINMENT
An agreement has been made between the producers of the “Left Behind†series of films and the author of the book series, ending the legal dispute over the "Left Behind†film rights that began nearly a decade ago.
The Georgia Baptist Missions and Ministry Center of the Georgia Baptist Convention will be the site of the next advanced screen for the upcoming film based on the life of internationally renowned evangelist Billy Graham.
WORLD
Two global church bodies representing tens of millions of Christians are looking forward to closer ties in their “pursuit of Christian unity.â€
Protesters forced lawyers in Malaysia to abandon a conference on religious conversion Saturday, decrying it as an effort to challenge the official status of Islam in this Muslim-majority country.
A ministry that works with the persecuted church found parts of a declaration recently adopted by Christian and Muslim leaders troubling because it did not emphasize the differences between the two religions enough and gave too much credit to Islam.