Päivi Räsänen Court of Appeal proceedings to be delayed one year
The Helsinki Court of Appeal has announced the dates of the hearings of the Päivi Räsänen case, which finished its first stage with a victory of the Christian parliamentarian in March.
WATCH: Justin Bieber leads tens of thousands in prayer at concert
Justin Bieber is back on the road after being sidelined this summer by a medical condition and he's been unashamed about sharing his faith with the thousands of fans in the audience each night.
How to stop devastating events from repeating themselves within the church
In recent years, we've heard more and more about abuse within the church. Whether that be sexual abuse, spiritual abuse or abuse of power, it's happening regularly.
Author and teacher Laura Barringer writes about this in a book she has co-authored with her father, A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing.
4 nuns kidnapped, Christian lawyer killed by extremists
Terrorists in southern Nigeria kidnapped four nuns on Sunday, Aug. 21, just three days after a Christian attorney was shot and killed in the country's northwest.
A call for prayer on Ukraine’s Independence Day
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) call on churches and believers to set aside some time on Wednesday, August 24 – Ukraine’s Independence Day – to pray for an end to the war in Ukraine.
“On this day of independence, we want to declare our dependence on God, the One who can bring true peace to the hearts of each individual person, each family and even entire peoples”.
On February 24, 2022, the unimaginable happened: Russian troops crossed the border, launching a full-on attack on Ukraine.
Will the new Rings Of Power TV show be faithful to Tolkien's Christianity?
As the Sep. 2 release date of Amazon Prime’s controversial series Rings of Power nears, fan anticipation is building immensely. The show is meant to be a prequel to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, set during The Second Age which resulted in Sauron’s rise to power.
Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet denies sex assault allegations, says he is being defamed
A prominent Quebec cardinal is denying allegations he sexually assaulted a woman and says he will participate in any civil legal action against him in order to clear his name, the Vatican's official news portal said Friday.
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, who was once considered a front-runner to become pope, is quoted in Vatican News saying he has "learned of the false accusations made against me … I firmly deny having made any inappropriate gestures toward her."
Christian novelist, theologian and preacher dead at 96
Thousands of people impacted by the writing of Frederick Buechner are remembering his legacy as they mourn his death.
On Monday, August 15, Frederick Buechner died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 96, according to his family.
Buechner was born under the name Carl Frederick Buechner on July 11, 1926, in New York City. He studied at Princeton University, but World War II started and he struggled to complete his bachelor's degree in English in 1948. Buechner published his first novel, A Long Day's Dying, in 1950.
The Cuckoo Syndrome: How to free yourself from toxic relationships and unhealthy thinking
Most people think of the cuckoo bird as a wooden figurine that pops out of a clock. In reality, Cuckoos are brood parasites.
Licensed professional counsellor and author Andrea Anderson Polk compares cuckoo birds to the human experience in her book, The Cuckoo Syndrome: The Secret to Breaking Free from Unhealthy Relationships, Toxic Thinking, and Self-Sabotaging Behavior.
TobyMac talks Life After Death, says 'forever a different man' following son's death
TobyMac says the journey through grief after losing his son in 2019 shaped the writing and music of his new album.
In 2019 the Christian rapper's oldest child, Truett, died from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 21. TobyMac was in Canada on a cross-country tour at the time, having performed in Winnipeg the evening that Truett died.