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Modern Solutions for Spreading the Word Beyond the Pulpit
As a pastor, your purpose in the church is to bring God’s people to him. To teach as many people as you can about the love, compassion, and goodwill of Christ. However, as times and people change, getting your word out to the masses can become increasingly difficult....
New Faith Based Television Channel Gives Viewers Something to Believe In
In an effort to build on the popularity of the growing faith-based market that has been spurred on by the release of movies like Ben-Hur, Captive and Heaven is Real over the last two years, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey are introducing Light TV, a Christian and family...
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Iranians mark Persian new year with heavy hearts as war cuts contact with loved ones
PARIS (AP) — When Iran erupted in nationwide protests at the end of 2025, Shayan Ghadimi’s mother returned to the country from Paris to see the uprising for herself. Her absence — and the struggle to stay in touch through the bloody crackdown that followed and now the...
Supreme Court revives suit from evangelical Christian challenging restrictions on demonstrations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday revived a lawsuit from an evangelical Christian barred from demonstrating in Mississippi after authorities say he shouted insults at people over a loudspeaker. The high court unanimously ruled in the case of Gabriel...
Syrian Kurds return home to celebrate Nowruz for the first time since exile
AL BASOUTA, Syria (AP) — Abdul Rahman Omar fled his village in the Afrin district in northern Syria eight years ago as a Turkish offensive against Kurdish fighters swept across the area. Now he is among hundreds of Kurds who have recently returned to Afrin. He joined...
Israeli settlers smash cars and set fires in the West Bank as 4 Palestinians killed in Gaza
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — At least 10 Palestinians were injured Sunday night in attacks in the occupied West Bank by Israeli settlers, who rampaged through nearby villages after holding a funeral for a settler killed in a car crash a night earlier. The Palestinian...
Syrian authorities’ new limits on alcohol sales in Damascus spark backlash
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Crowds of Syrians rallied Sunday to protest authorities’ efforts to limit the sale and consumption of alcohol in Damascus, reflecting rising anxiety in the cosmopolitan capital that Syria’s new Islamist government may threaten long-held secular...
Progressive faith leaders found new power in protesting ICE. Can their movement survive success?
This article is the first in a series on faith and protest. (RNS) — Two years ago, the Rev. Quincy Worthington did not consider himself an activist. The minister of a Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation in Highland Park, Illinois, he was outspoken on issues such as...
Former SBC president Steve Gaines dies at 68
(RNS) — Steve Gaines, a Tennessee megachurch pastor who served as Southern Baptist Convention president from 2016 to 2018, died Friday (March 20), his former congregation announced. He was 68. “It’s with a heavy heart that we share with you the passing of our beloved...
Texas accepts some Islamic schools into voucher program after lawsuits
(AP) – The Texas comptroller has accepted several Islamic private schools into the state’s voucher program after the institutions sued to gain admittance. Four Muslim parents and three Islamic private school providers that operate four campuses had sued Texas leaders...
Judge grants Minneapolis clergy access to detainees in ICE holding facility
(RNS) — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to allow faith leaders inside a federal holding facility near Minneapolis after the clergy were denied access earlier this year while trying to provide religious support to immigrant...
Denver’s Catholic archdiocese, famously conservative, enters the Leo era
(RNS) — When the helicopter delivering Pope John Paul II to a Catholic youth festival descended into Denver’s Mile High Stadium 32 years ago, the crowd’s roar, the pilot later told papal biographer George Weigel, created turbulence he hadn’t experienced since being...
Vatican calls for divestment from mining, citing harm to poor communities
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican announced a new campaign to urge divestment from mining activities, which Catholic Church leaders said enrich wealthy countries while leaving environmental damage and poverty in the Global South. “We are living in a time when humanity...
California’s Gov. Newsom supports move to rename César Chavez Day over alleged sexual abuse
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he supports a proposal to rename César Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day following stunning allegations of abuse against the revered labor leader. Political leaders in states and cities are considering similar...