Sex Trafficking: 4 Things You Can Do to Help Sexually Exploited Victims in America
There are few real life horror stories as disturbing as what happens to children who are being raped, abused and tortured at the hands of predators.
There are few real life horror stories as disturbing as what happens to children who are being raped, abused and tortured at the hands of predators.
A judge in the United Kingdom has ruled that doctors can pull an 11-month-old baby off life support despite the parents' decision that their child continue further intensive treatment.
A California priest suspected of having inappropriate contact with multiple women and a girl in his parish has been removed from his duties by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles as law enforcement officials investigate the claims against him.
A junior college in New Mexico has been forced by the nation's largest secular legal group to remove several Christian crosses that were previously on display throughout the public school campus.

Highpoint Church in Memphis, Tennessee, announced Monday that an investigation into the ministry of their Teaching Pastor Andy Savage, who confessed to a sexual encounter with a 17-year-old girl while he was her pastor 20 years ago, will be completed by March 1 as SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, called for his immediate firing.

A controversial sign outside a Baptist church in Indiana advising people to stop sexual harassment by "wearing clothes" has been taken down following intense criticism by members of the community.

Following the resignation of top leaders at Moody Bible Institute amid controversy, some have now detailed their concerns about the theological direction of the institution, especially over the inerrancy of Scripture.
Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, Pastor J.D. Greear will be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention president, revealing that one of his focuses will be on racial and cultural diversity.

More than 10,000 people attended Missions Fest 2018 this past weekend, where one of the main speakers shared about the devastating effect that a popular atheist book had on a young Christian student.

Here are just a few things that happened this week, Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, in church history. They include the birth of a notable Christian philosopher, the death of the man behind the Gutenberg Bible, and the debut of a long-running influential worship program.

Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz drew close to 500,000 people at a prayer event in India earlier this month. And at a separate gathering of 10,000, almost "every hand" went up when people were asked if they want to receive Jesus Christ as Savior, her ministry reported.
CeCe Winans, Hillsong Worship, and Reba McEntire were among the stars who took home Grammy awards in the Christian music categories.

Actor Jim Caviezel put on his preacher's hat during a recent conference held at the Fellowship of Catholic University Students SLS Leadership Conference in Chicago, Illinois, where he warned those in attendance against false Christianity.

MercyMe frontman Bart Millard shared an emotional first listen of a pivotal moment in his life that he details in his forthcoming memoir, I Can Only Imagine.

Grammy-nominated Christian contemporary singer Jamie Grace took to social media on Thursday to share that she will be entering a new phase of life.

A Kenyan-German short film called "Watu Wote," which depicts the real life story of Muslim passengers risking their lives to save Christians on a bus when Islamic radicals attacked in 2015, has been nominated for an Oscar award.
A number of Christian students were knifed and beaten at a high school in Nairobi, Kenya, after they refused to convert to Islam, reports have said, with clashes leaving 35 students in total injured.

After several protest rallies were held across Russia, including in Moscow, against President Vladimir Putin to boycott presidential elections in March, authorities detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny and raided his property.

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a small, highly decorated pottery shard, which is about 2,300 years old and depicts the birth of the Greek goddess Athena, at a site that is believed to be the biblical town Bethsaida, where Jesus performed miracles, according to reports.

A North Korean pastor, now living in China, has revealed that Christian parents in the country are forced to hide their faith from their own children for decades, fearful of what authorities will do to the family if they are discovered.

A diverse coalition of over 80 religious groups have released an official statement addressed to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking him to reverse a government policy restricting summer jobs grants to groups that are pro-choice and pro-LGBT.

Details have emerged about the arrest and imprisonment of a Cuban Christian rights activist who was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison late last year after authorities raided his home and confiscated Bibles and crucifixes.

Christians in New Zealand are planning to hold a rally outside the country's Parliament building to urge the speaker of the House to reinstate the name of Jesus Christ in the Parliamentary prayer after it was removed last year.
Your greatest enemy is you, or should I say, the sin within you.
The most recent surveys reveal the number of self-proclaimed Christians to be shrinking dramatically at about one percent a year.
I believe evangelicals will view Barack Obama's disappointment toward them in a different light.
New findings are expected to shed light on the formation of the New Testament canon, as well as the original Greek text of the book of Acts—no small matters to Christians!
Let's pray daily for the spiritual and moral awakening our culture needs.It needs it!
The refusal to take the second coming prophecy seriously in the church results in a great loss for a sinful and dying world.
Donald Trump holds onto Evangelical support despite the media thrashings.
Apparently, there is a browser-based video game, "Trapped," in which "players follow a simulation of someone who wants to have an abortion."
Reject the tyrannical impulse on the Left and the Right. The antidote for chaos is to love your neighbor as yourself.
In seeking justice for fellow believers, Christians are also called to radically love their neighbors.
Who is responsible for our kids' education?
Those who rightly celebrate the end of one monster's career should not ignore the reign of another abuser.
Pro-life Christians will be barred from federal funding unless they support a woman's right to an abortion.
Why do I say that I am an unashamed Palestinian Evangelical? Because there are those who would try to put shame upon me for either of these identities.
Anyone who enjoys visiting old churches has had this experience. Less common, however, are churches that hostile to visitors taking pictures.
The empty promises of "spiritual" rituals.
Many people think it takes miraculous talent to deliver a sermon without notes. I assure you that such is not the case.
There are more dropout believers than those who are actively engaged in the church today.
With all respect to our president, he did not die for my sins, and I have not staked my soul's salvation on his reputation.
Another prophetically highlighted event in the Bible, that is often overlooked, is the rebirth of a literal Babylon.
To foreign Christians, China portrays itself as a free country. But Chinese Christians know better.
Pastor Robert Jeffress recommends straw man arguments in defense of his position on President Donald Trump's "s***hole countries" remarks.
When trying to answer the critical question, "What is a fetus, and when (if ever) is it human?" Science can now help provide us with an answer, using many of the same categories of forensic technology I've used at crime scenes.
Gender ideologies are promoted throughout America, and the consequences are devastating.
I was asked about an accusation of infidelity that's resurfaced against Donald Trump from 2006. I did not then, and I will not now, try to rationalize or excuse this type of behavior. But let's also be realistic: Americans can only hold President Donald Trump accountable for what he does in office. We can't do anything about the past.
On the dead-end road that leads to Planned Parenthood in Kennewick, Wash., stands one last bastion of life: Hope Medical of Washington.
As a Christian, I deem Nassar's punishment as just; but as a Christian I should also try to love him, not because of his character, but because the God of love bids me to do so.
There is a problem – a major problem – for all of us in the church in the West.
It's time to protect medical practitioners from activities that violate their consciences.
An internet-video star explored a forest in Japan where people go to hang themselves. And he showed (at least partially) one such deceased man. What is going on?
The enemy will do whatever he can to destroy the ministry of your pastors.
Here we go again. Theologian John Piper stirred up a hornet's nest by arguing women are not to teach men.
Michael Gerson wrote in the Washington Post, "The Trump evangelicals have lost their gag reflex." Yes, we evangelicals have made our "political bargain with open eyes."
Our society has experienced a monumental shift in the treatment of women — particularly in regard to how they are treated by men in power.
If being "pro-life" only means opposing abortion, we need a better conversation about the myriad ways human life is threatened today.
America is in the midst of what has been called a "transgender moment."