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Sunday marks the 295th birthday of George Washington, the first president of the United States. While endless volumes have been written about Washington since the 18th century, several interesting facts about the prominent man are lesser known. Here are seven interesting facts about George Washington.
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I, the first chartered Methodist church in the United States, and the death of Amanda Smith.
CNN has been repeatedly teasing an hour-long documentary this week about so-called Christian nationalism set to air Sunday on the network, which has drawn backlash for appearing to link an alleged rise in the ideology to Charlie Kirk's assassination last fall.
A joint annual report highlighting rights violations in Iran warned that 254 Christians were arrested in the Muslim country because of their faith last year, and that Christians increasingly face "scapegoating" as they are blamed and targeted amid political tensions.
A former "American Idol" contestant and church worship leader has been charged in the fatal shooting of his wife inside their Ohio home.
In a keynote speech laden with biblical references and patriotic fervor, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth addressed the National Religious Broadcasters' Freedom 250 Celebration by drawing a direct line from the Bible to the founding of the United States.
In his speech at the National Religious Broadcasters 2026 International Christian Media Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon began by acknowledging that the mission had changed.
Within the span of one week, dozens of people have been killed or injured in two separate attacks in the United States and Canada committed by males who publicly identified as transgender.
David Harper considered himself agnostic when he started investigating Christianity after his daughter became a Christian and overcame debilitating depression. What started as a research project examining the evidence for God culminated in Harper falling to his knees one day as he fully accepted Jesus.
Leaders from around the world gathered in Washington to discuss the future of the war-torn Gaza Strip, with some nations pledging as much as $1 billion toward infrastructure and redevelopment.
A Minnesota middle school lesson plan for eighth-graders asks students to consider whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have gone “too far."
A Muslim in Uganda stabbed his son to death with a long knife for converting to Christianity last month.
As early voting gets underway in Texas, President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind a U.S. Air Force veteran in a crowded GOP primary for a newly redrawn congressional district.
Martha V. Green, a beloved Connecticut pastor who founded St. Mary’s Unison Free Will Baptist Church in New Haven in 1973 and championed other women to follow in her footsteps, died on Valentine’s Day at the age of 102.
The Christian Institute has welcomed news that Northern Ireland has suspended its involvement in a controversial puberty blocker trial by NHS England.
Grammy Award-winning Christian hip-hop artist, activist and CEO, Lecrae Moore, popularly known by his first name, is unapologetically free and he’s no longer worried about pleasing everyone in the room.
For much of its history, the U.S. has engaged in various efforts to influence or change the regimes of other nations, either through invasion, multinational intervention or covert backing of factions.
