A Texas Pastor Wants Evangelicals To Forge Ties With Muslims And Jews

Multi-Faith Neighbors Network was co-founded by a Christian pastor, a Muslim imam and a Jewish rabbi to promote international religious freedom and increase cooperation and understanding between the Abrahamic faiths. The friendship between co-founders Bob Roberts Jr., an evangelical pastor in Texas, and Mohamad Magid, an imam in Virginia, illustrates that mission. “Imam Magid is literally one of the best friends I have on the face of the earth,” Roberts said. “I’d rather hang out with him than most Christians I know.”

Q&A With Alabama Minister Who Escaped Ukraine After War Broke Out

Alabama minister Mark Posey was preaching the gospel in Ukraine when Russia began its latest incursion into the former Soviet nation. “If we wait for ideal circumstances, then we’ll never go anywhere or do anything,” he said in an interview, now back home in North Alabama.

How David Brooks, Peter Wehner And Others Fail To Address Evangelical Divisions

(OPINION) Some recent careful articles have tried to analyze and illuminate the divisions of American evangelicals, but they are often one-sided, which means that they may simply exacerbate the very tensions they lament.

Member Of John MacArthur's Megachurch Publicly Shamed For Leaving Abusive Husband

A former member of John MacArthur’s megachurch says she was publicly shamed by the pastor in 2002 for her decision to leave her abusive husband and defy church counsel, according to The Roys Report. MacArthur told his congregation it was necessary for him to call out Eileen Gray, who had rejected church elders’ direction to reconcile.

Eastern European Mission Switches To Relief As Refugees Flee Ukraine

In 1961, seven young couples moved to Vienna, Austria, to set up a printing press that would churn out tiny Bibles as small as a pack of cigarettes — small enough to be snuck through the Iron Curtain. But now that Russia has invaded Ukraine, the mission they founded is working with its longtime partners in the region to deliver emergency aid.

Lone Church Makes A Difference, Feeding Children On Florida’s ‘Forgotten Coast’

In Franklin County, Florida — where 19% of the 12,451 residents lived below the poverty line in 2020 — children ages 3 to 11 flock to the the Eastpoint Church of Christ van driven by Jenny Johnson each Sunday while her husband, Mike, the church’s minister, cooks breakfast at the building. For some kids, it’s their first meal since school on Friday.

Christian Medical Mission Predisan Transforms Health Care For Region of Honduras

When a medical ministry built an impressive clinic in rural Honduras, some feared the government would take it over. Nearly two decades later, the ministry has experienced a takeover of a different kind. Through a process called “decentralization,” the Honduran health services turned administration of the rural clinics over to Predisan.

‘Synod On Synodality’: The Catholic Church Wants To Hear From You!

(ANALYSIS) We interrupt your reading about the war in Ukraine with a very important post about the global Catholic Synod on Synodality. Synod on Synodality? Say that three times fast. For some Catholics, it’s kind of a Zen thing.

5 Women Who Marked History By Their Strength Of Action Through Faith

On this International Women's Day, here are five women of faith to remember who were pillars for building their societies: Sojourner Truth, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Prathia Laura Ann Hall, Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Zilda Arns.

Exhiled Afghan Official Vows To Repatriate Stolen Treasures — Including A 1,200-Year-Old Siddur

Abdul Manan Shiway e-Sharq, the former deputy minister for information and publications of Afghanistan, has relocated to Germany and is continuing his campaign to safeguard his country’s multicultural heritage — and repatriate looted antiquities.

Why I Am Now Opposed To Western Intervention In Africa

(OPINION) Desta Heliso, an Ethiopian-British lecturer on early African Christianity, used to believe in Western intervention in Africa. Today he does not. Here’s why.

Russian Invasion Reveals Fissures Among Orthodox Christians

Orthodox churches around the world are all preparing for Easter, a celebration of Christ defeating death, by reflecting on Judgment Day. Despite this relative unity in worship, the Orthodox schism between Moscow and Constantinople that broke open in 2019 is cracking further. What is good and what is evil in the war in Ukraine is far from agreed upon.

Ukrainian Christians Left Behind Plead With Russian Troops, ‘Return Your Sword To Its Place’

As an American missionary and Ukrainian Christians say tearful goodbyes and cross borders, some stay behind and appeal to Russian troops, ‘Lay down your weapons, stop shooting.’

Support For Ukraine Rises Worldwide As A Shadow Of War Falls Over Eastern Europe

From Oklahoma to New Jersey to Nairobi, faith communities are taking up collections, helping refugees and voicing opposition to the military invasion of Ukraine. Many recognize that part of the motivation is for the Russian Orthodox Church to gain power in the Orthodox world. And Putin, at age 70, is making a desperate move to regain territory Russia once held during the Soviet Union. Both motivations create waves of anger, fear and the will to resist such totalitarian behavior.

Prominent Christian Leaders And Groups Face Reckoning Over Praise for Putin

For the past century, America’s conservative Christians and politicians were united in the belief that the communist USSR — and later, Russia — was anti-American, anti-God and a threat to the world. But recently, some Christian nonprofits have consistently praised Russia as a global beacon of hope for families and the survival of Christianity.

As Russian Troops Launch Invasion Into Ukraine, Church Members Pray For Peace

About 50 Christians with ties to Ukraine gathered for an afternoon of prayer at the North Davis Church of Christ in Arlington, Texas. Less than 48 hours after the prayer service, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the breakaway republics and ordered his military to “maintain peace” in the disputed areas.

News, North America, EuropeErik TryggestadFebruary 24, 2022Erik Tryggestad, The Christian Chronicle, Ukraine, War, Peace, Conflict, Russia, Putin, Primary Feature, Secondary FeatureComment

A New Way To Translate The Bible — Using Non-Christian Translators

The Bible translation industry takes in about $500 million per year in donations. With all that money, it produces about 15 completed Bible translations each year. But Strategic Resource Group has embarked on an experiment to see if a secular company — a translation service provider — can translate the Bible faster and cheaper.

News, North AmericaWarren Cole SmithFebruary 23, 2022Warren Cole Smith, Ministry Watch, Bible translation, Primary Feature, Secondary FeatureComment

‘Baptism-Gate’ And The News Media's Use Of Wrong Experts On Big Catholic Stories

(OPINION) Yes, baptism-gate has been all the rage. News coverage of it, however, has not been so good. The specifics of the doctrines surrounding baptism are often too difficult for many journalists to write about fairly. When they do tackle these issues, they tend to assume the Vatican is wrong and rigid. After all, the experts they consult agree with that very notion.

When Omicron Stalled Disaster Relief Efforts, Individual Christians Stepped Up

In towns devastated by tornado and fire in Kentucky and Colorado, Christian disaster relief organizations struggled to get enough volunteers because of omicron concerns. But members of local churches stepped in. For them, the coronavirus was a secondary concern.

North America, NewsAudrey JacksonFebruary 22, 2022Audrey Jackson, COVID-19, Disaster relief, Kentucky tornadoes, Colorado fire, Secondary FeatureComment

Christian College Cancels Speaker From Faith Week Over Sermon On LGBTQ Issues

Students at Gordon College organized a rally “in solidarity with women and the LGBTQA+ community” after a speaker made what were characterized as misogynistic and transphobic remarks during a chapel service.

News, North AmericaAnne StychFebruary 21, 2022Anne Stych, cancel culture, LGBTQ, Gordon College, Secondary Feature Comments

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