The Illinois Family Institute, along with the African-American Clergy Coalition, the Catholic Conference of Illinois and churches across the state, will hold an important Defend Marriage Lobby Day on Wednesday at the state Capitol to encourage lawmakers to protect and strengthen marriage instead of undermining it through Senate Bill 10.
A new study might reveal why a majority of Christian teens abandon their faith upon high school graduation. Some time ago Christian pollster George Barna documented that 61% of today’s twenty-somethings, who had been churched at one point during their teen years, are now spiritually disengaged. They do not attend church, read their Bible, or pray.
Mobilize:Local Leadership Development is the new version of the former Lay Leadership Development (LLD) produced by the Church of God Division of Education (DOE).
Gunmen on a motorcycle fired on Egyptian wedding guests outside a Coptic Christian church in a Cairo suburb on Sunday night, killing two people and wounding seven, security sources said.
Two well-respected Christian ministries are coming together to substantially impact a region with historically limited access to the full message of the New Testament. SAT-7, a prominent Christian satellite broadcaster, has over 15 million viewers in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as viewers throughout Europe.
Recently I was awakened around 3 a.m. following an unusual and thought-provoking dream. In this dream, I was standing at the edge of a large field. To my left I saw a giant of a man bound by ropes and stakes to the ground. I could see that he was struggling to get loose and free himself, but to no avail. As I approached, I noticed that it was a Native American man. I looked closely and could see that the ropes were inscribed with words such as: hopeless, alcohol, drugs, suicide, anger, fear, depression, unforgiveness, abuse, etc. I wanted to help, but the things that bound him were bigger than I alone could handle. My attention was then directed to another giant figure lying nearby in a field….
