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Over a dozen missionaries are still in captivity in Haiti, and their mission organization is requesting "urgent prayer."

Christian Aid Ministries (CAM) says that 16 people were kidnapped on Saturday while they were visiting an orphanage on Saturday.

"We are seeking God’s direction for a resolution, and authorities are seeking ways to help," CAM says in a press release Sunday afternoon.

The group of 17 includes a Canadian citizen, five children, as well as seven women and five men from the United States. 

Red Mailboxes are popping up outside of churches from coast to coast but what's inside of it could be life saving.

Outside of Christ Church in The Pas, Manitoba stands a tall red mailbox. Inside of it are period products. The church's leader says this is much needed, as many women cannot afford to buy it for themselves.

Police say a 25-year-old suspect is in custody after stabbing a British MP in a local constancy meeting.

Sixty-nine-year-old Sir David Amess MP was holding a meeting in his region of Southend West at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, hearing concerns from citizens.

Singer-songwriter and author Ellie Holcomb released her first devotional book: Fighting Words - 100 Days of Speaking Truth into the Darkness today.

Named after one of her hit songs, "Fighting Words," Holcomb has penned a journaling devotional book filled with encouraging, honest reflections and questions to help you process scripture. Fighting Words is a place where you can wrestle, respond to, and take hold of precious truths in God's Word to help you push back the lies that so often consume, distract, and destroy us.

Tension surrounding the Beirut blast investigation turned violent yesterday. Gunmen exchanged fire in Lebanon’s capital, killing at least six people. Explosions wounded dozens more.

It’s the latest chapter in Lebanon’s dramatic saga. An ongoing fuel crisis is getting worse, triggering a further decline in the food and health sectors.

As a child, Deidre Haight both watched the abuse her mother suffered and suffered abuse herself.

She is the daughter of Katarina MacLeod, a survivor of sexual & physical abuse, drug addiction, forcible confinement, and 15 years of commercial sexual exploitation.

Katarina became pregnant with Deidre when she was just 14 years old and delivered her when she was just 15. 

Tourists may once again be allowed into Israel within a couple of weeks, but Canadians may have to wait a while longer.

For the most part, the Times of Israel explains, tourists have been banned from the country since the beginning of the pandemic. In May of 2021 very limited numbers of tourists were allowed to begin entering as part of organized tour groups. 

For people who feel overwhelmed with the size of the Bible, there is a new video series that's helping connect all the pieces. 

"I didn't grow up in the church or hearing the gospel," says Murray McLellan, the Lead Pastor of Grace Fellowship in Saskatoon, Sask. "That's why I have a heart for people like me whom God was not even on the radar."

McLellan says he wouldn't have called himself an atheist growing up as he didn't even take time to consider the idea or theology of God. His mother went to church but no one else in the family did.

Two brothers are facing fines after a judge says they made spectacles of themselves attempting to be martyrs.

Katarina MacLeod says if it weren't for God and her eldest daughter, Deidre, life would be so much different.

Growing up, MacLeod experienced physical and sexual abuse, along with plenty of other trauma. This led her down a very dark path.