“We board the schooner Fearless for Nassau,” penned Carl M. Padgett in his journal entry dated December 31, 1909. The 27-year-old Padgett was embarking with Robert M. and Ida Evans on their missionary voyage to the Bahamas.

It wasn’t a premeditated act the day Demissie* stole his grandchildren.

When he saw how his son Beniam* was raising them, Demissie made a snap decision.

“When you die,” the Muslim father told his Christian son, “I’m not coming to your funeral. You are no longer my son. You are dead to me.”

And with that, Demissie forced the children from Beniam’s arms and hurried them away.

“My father saw my son reading my Bible, and he asked him what it was,” said Beniam, a follower of Christ who lives in a heavily Muslim area of the Horn of Africa. “My son told him it was my Bible, and my father became very angry.”

Should the Quran and the Book of Mormon be on par with the Holy Bible? In disturbing findings that shed light on the state of Christianity in America, about half of Americans seem to think these three books are fairly interchangeable.

The Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview is clarifying false reports that its founder, Chuck Colson, has passed away.

Last weekend, Frontier Kidfest opened the Kidfest season 2012. Held on April 13-15 at the Westin Hotel in Irving, Texas, the Frontier Kidfest registration was the best in the history of Frontier Kidfest, with about 850 in attendance. Children’s ministry leaders from churches in Texas, New Mexico, South Central Hispanic Region and the Heartland Region took their groups for a weekend encounter with the Holy Spirit.

A Prayer Leadership Conference has been scheduled for Monday, July 23, the day before the 74th Church of God International General Assembly in Orlando, Florida.

After a memorial service for three Christians who were murdered in Malatya, Turkey five years ago Wednesday, an Istanbul pastor who was attacked over Easter weekend said he’s experienced hostility from Muslims nearly all his life.

Viggo Olsen, who served 33 years overseas as a medical missionary for ABWE, is a legend in Bangladesh and in missionary circles around the world. The New York Times even compared him to Dr. David Livingstone, the great 19th-century medical missionary and African explorer.

Time magazine has named its TIME 100—The 100 Most Influential People in the World—and included on the list are Christian authors and athletes Jeremy Lin and Tim Tebow.