Poll: Just 9% of Gen Z considers themselves ‘engaged’ Christians
VENTURA, Calif. (WordNews.org) Feb. 6, 2018 – A new study by Barna finds just 9 percent of Gen Z, U.S. teens between the age of 13 and 18, considers themselves engaged Christians. A whopping 34 percent have no religious affiliation, 33 percent say they go to church and 16 percent say they are “unchurched.” The […]
Read More →Pre-born child focus of prayer vigil
BOISE, Idaho (WordNews.org) Feb. 4, 2018 – A prayer vigil is scheduled today beginning at 3 p.m. Mountain Time for Baby Christopher, a 23-week old pre-born child who family members say is facing incredible odds following the stroke of his mother, who is being kept alive on life support. The family says medical professionals at […]
Read More →Kairos Inside Program approved to bring ministry to death row inmates at Louisiana State Penitentiary
ANGOLA, La. (WordNews.org) Feb. 3, 2018 – The first Kairos Inside Weekend will be held for 10 death row inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on Feb. 5-7. Kairos Prison Ministry International Inc. has been active at Angola for a quarter of a century. Kairos Inside is a ministry program whose mission is to […]
Read More →ChinaAid: 14 Christians have vanished, believed to be in government custody
WENZHOU, Zhejiang, China (WordNews.org) Feb. 2, 2018 – Fourteen Christian leaders of Chinese house churches have vanished in China’s coastal Zhejiang province in what ChinaAid is calling “the latest in a saga of China’s serial persecution” of Christians. The underground church leaders are believed to be in police custody since Jan. 13. The Christians are part of […]
Read More →‘My Daddy is in Heaven’ film inspired by Texas farm girl’s tragedy
LOS ANGELES (WordNews.org) Feb.1, 2018 — A new film inspired by the award-winning book My Daddy Is In Heaven With Jesus is set to be released on DVD on March 13. The movie tells Rebecca Crownover’s true story. After losing her husband to a tragic ATV accident, she wrote the book to help other children […]
Read More →Author asks, ‘How good are we?’
WINSTON-SALEM, NC (WordNews.org) Jan. 29 – In old black and white movies and comic books, the good guys were truly good and the bad guys were truly bad. But Wake Forest University Professor Christian B. Miller writes in his new book, “The Character Gap: How Good Are We?” that things may not be quite as […]
Read More →Personhood Alliance appoints new leader to launch national education initiative
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (WordNews.org) Jan. 27, 2018 – The governing board of Personhood Alliance has ratified the election of Sarah Quale as president of its 501c(3) educational arm, National Personhood Alliance Educational Trust Fund (NPAE). Personhood Alliance is a international association of Christian faith-based groups who desire to promote the sanctity of life and the defense of […]
Read More →Christian medical group praises new federal ‘conscience rule’ protecting patient access to healthcare
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Jan. 24, 2018 – The Christian Medical Association, the nation’s largest faith-based association of physicians and other health professionals, said a new proposed rule announced this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (HHS OCR) would help protect patient access to healthcare. The rule would […]
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