Michelle A Vu, Christian Post
China sentences megachurch leaders to prison
A Chinese court sentenced the pastor and leaders of a 50,000-member megachurch in northeastern China to prison, rights groups reported Thursday.
US evangelicals deny climate change because they're 'self-absorbed'
Unlike in the United States, there is little controversy among evangelicals around the world on whether climate change is real, said an evangelical representative at a press briefing on Capitol Hill.
Iranian female converts not freed on promised day
The two Iranian female converts that rights groups have been campaigning for were not freed Monday as expected.
Campaign launched to free Iranian female converts
A ministry that supports persecuted Christians launched a campaign Thursday to press Iran to release two young female converts who have been detained for eight months in one of the most notorious prisons in the country.
Rick Warren and Reader's Digest part ways on magazine project
The Purpose Driven Connection magazine will no longer be published by The Readerâs Digest Association as of 2010.
US Christian doctors blast House Bill as 'overdose' in reform
The nationâs largest faith-based association of physicians strongly criticised the new 2,000-page House health care Bill as an âoverdoseâ in reform that injects massive government intervention in the system.
Poverty expert: Give the poor a hand up, not hand out
Instead of helping poor people with charity that will eventually run out, it is more effective to lift people out of poverty through microfinance, says a Christian poverty expert.
Clinton denounces proposed 'defamation of religions' policies
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has voiced strong opposition to proposed UN resolutions on âdefamation of religionsâ, saying that such policies would restrict free speech.
Expert: UN resolutions would create 'global blasphemy law'
The so-called âdefamation of religionsâ UN resolutions would create a âglobal blasphemy lawâ, the chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom warned on Wednesday.
'Twitter Bible' converts Scripture into mini messages
A new so-called âTwitter Bibleâ, which summarises the over 31,000-verse Bible into nearly 4,000 short-form tweets, was released at the Frankfurt Book Fair last week.
'Promising' development in case of Iranian women converts
The case of two Iranian women who converted to Christianity took an unexpected turn for the better recently when their case was transferred to a new judge.
Evangelical movement at 'head-snapping' moment
The evangelical movement in the US is at a âhead-snappingâ generational change with younger evangelicals ârevoltingâ against the tone of the Christian right, says a prominent religious scholar.
Faith leaders want G20 to move on poverty
Ahead of the G20 summit, faith leaders gathered in Pittsburgh Wednesday to urge world leaders to focus more on the poverty issue.
Fashion photographer captures Jesus in 21st century
A veteran fashion photographer who is used to having his works featured in Vogue, GQ and Elle will release his most ârewardingâ collection â âJourneys with the Messiahâ â on Friday.
New focus should be on 4/14 Window, says mission strategist
Christian leaders need to reprioritise efforts to bring the Gospel to the 1.2 billion people in the â4/14 Windowâ, says one mission strategist.
Salvation Army responds to sprawling California wildfires
As firefighters battle raging flames in southern California, The Salvation Army is on the ground helping survivors get through the days in public shelters.