Worship

Nutrition expert Kristen Feola has penned The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast to help readers in their fasting quests.

The book provides facts, recipes, and reasons to do a Daniel Fast, all while encouraging the reader with real-life stories as well as quotes from Scripture.

Many people participate in fasts for health, diet, and spiritual reasons, but Feola's guide highlights the benefits of self-discipline in a plight to grow closer to God. more >>

Today, Americans across the nation are honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a catalyst for the civil rights movement who advocated equality for all races. However, 43 years after his assassination, churches throughout America still face segregation – giving rise to a "Church Diversity" initiative to "see a more unified body of Christ."

From Jan. 13-19, "Church Diversity Week" aims to open communication about the importance of diversity in places of worship.

Pastor Scott Williams, author of Church Diversity – Sunday The Most Segregated Day of the Week, shared that this campaign, which he spearheaded, is about raising "awareness to help propel the movement." more >>

Night two of Elevation Church’s “Holy Ghost, old-school revival” began Thursday night with the theme of God’s faithfulness.

Jentezen Franklin, senior pastor of Free Chapel in Gainesville, Ga., and Free Chapel OC in Irvine, Calif., spoke to audiences on location in Charlotte, N.C., and via Web streaming as the second speaker for the 12-day Code Orange Revival.

He said he had prepared a sermon, but after the time of worship he decided to scrap it to talk about God’s faithfulness. “You’ve been messing with me tonight,” he told crowds. more >>

A young online evangelist is hoping to epitomize the message that Jesus does not equal "religion" in a YouTube video that has attracted over 6 million views and incited hundreds of comments on the true meaning of faith.

The video, titled "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus," was uploaded Jan. 10 and has since become YouTube's most-watched video. The popular, and apparently controversial video, showcases what Jefferson Bethke says was his "journey to discover this truth – the difference between Jesus and false religion."

"What if I told you, Jesus came to abolish religion?" the poet asks. "If religion is so great, why has it started so many wars? Why does it build huge churches, but fails to feed the poor?" more >>

The New York City Housing Authority has extended the lease of a Bronx church that uses one of its facilities after the congregation accused authorities of trying to evict them in the context of an alleged clampdown on worship groups in government buildings.

Infinity NY Church, a nondenominational ministry led by Pastor Dimas Salaberrios, has been fighting to keep its space at the Bronx River Community Center after it received a notification from NYCHA that its lease was going to expire, and that the church would need to move by February.

A number of congregants staged a protest in front of the New York City Law Department offices last week, in which Salaberrios and other participants were arrested while praying. more >>

Mission-Net director of communications Henriette Froehlich spoke with The Christian Post recently about the group’s conference that took place in Erfurt, Germany, from Dec. 28 to Jan. 2. A total of 2,500 participants from 40 nations participated in the biannual conference that is the only pan-European mission conference for young people.

Froehlich spoke about the Mission-Net Congress and Christianity in Europe.

CP: What was the overall message of the Mission-Net Congress? more >>