Catchisms are, quite simply, question-and-answer summaries of the faith. For centuries Christians have catechisms to teach the fundamentals of the faith, and to disciple new believers. The Westminster Catechism, the Heidelberg Catechism, Luther’s Catechism, and ...
Group encourages believers to rebuild—not deconstruct—their faith
Natalie Edmonson says she was a model student when she graduated as the 2017 valedictorian of Free Gospel Bible Institute (FGBI), a small Holiness-affiliated Bible school hidden among the rural back roads of Export, Pennsylvania.
Shelter residents take on half-marathon
“I’ve been running from him — running with the devil,” says Hernandez, a resident of Wayside Cross, a Christian recovery center and shelter in the Chicago suburbs.
Grant makers promise to distribute enough money to keep up with a lucrative year of investments
Foundation assets approach $1.7 trillion in 2025 as grant makers promise to increase their grant making in light of federal cuts.
Brian McKinney demoted to support role after parents discover he had resigned from former post over hiring of a convicted sex offender
A Tennessee Christian school is backpedaling after hiring a new principal and head of schools. Brian McKinney will instead work in a support role at Tri-Cities Christian Academy after parents discovered he had resigned fr
Grand Canyon University once again tops the list, two colleges fall off the list.
With colleges and universities starting their fall semesters, our first list for September is the 50 largest Christian colleges and universities in the MinistryWatch 1000 database.
How evangelical PR guru Johnnie Moore became the face of Gaza's embattled aid effort
(RNS) — Johnnie Moore, the face of the embattled Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the new nonprofit commissioned to distribute food aid in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, has long said he believes Christians are called to do ...
The Alford Plea allows accused to accept lighter form of punishment while maintaining innocence
A court has sentenced Benjamin Wayne Damron—a former church volunteer and youth soccer coach charged in 2022 with 10 counts of sexual crimes against children—to 24 months of probation on one felony charge. The sentencing ...
Do we really believe God wants to make ALL things new?
In the 1830s, the young French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville visited the rowdy, adolescent United States of America and wrote down what he saw in a masterful book, Democracy in America. Even today, almost 200 ...
Cracker Barrel, Twitter journalism, John MacArthur, and more
Welcome to the inaugural edition of my new column “Signs and Wonders.” Actually, that’s not exactly true. I originated this column in 1994 when I edited a newspaper in Charlotte called “The Charlotte World.” I ...
