'It was part of God's Plan to be there': Pastor spends 40 days in hospital

Pastor Nathaniel Hille is thanking God for getting through a life-altering chapter. A rare, aggressive infection that caused his arm to be amputated, past his shoulder. 

"I stepped off a step stool and fell and hit my elbow," Hille said to 10 Tampa Bay. "Got a small scratch on my elbow and contracted Necrotizing Fasciitis or flesh-eating bacteria."

'These aren't just numbers': Texas church sees record breaking amount of baptisms for third year in a row

For the third year in a row, a church in Texas has seen a record-breaking amount of baptisms in their congregation.

"We can't help but stand in awe of what God has done in our community," said Champion Forest Baptist Church in a post on Facebook.

The church says they saw 755 souls publicly declare their faith in Christ.

"These aren't just numbers; they are lives forever changed, families transformed, and testimonies of God's relentless grace."

A Smith family Christmas: Michael W. Smith's fifth holiday album features daughters and grandchildren

As the festive season draws near, multi-platinum singer and songwriter Michael W. Smith is spreading cheer, releasing a new full-length Christmas album.

The new project, Every Christmas, was released late last week and features 12 tracks, including six new songs and six songs from his 2022 EP Christmas At Home.

Michael W. Smith says the songs on this new album are nostalgic and family-focused.

Pastor in Israel recounts day of Hamas attack, shares how Christians can pray

The death toll continues to rise from Saturday’s attack on Israeli soil by Palestinian Hamas terrorists. We now know over 1,200 Israelis were brutally murdered in the attack, including women, children, babies, and the elderly.

Sebastian Schmidgall, a Christian pastor in Israel and a friend of Mission Network News, shared his account of what it was like on the day of the attack.

WATCH: CAIN takes fans by surprise with parking lot dress-up

Fans of CAIN got a pleasant surprise seeing the band before the show, in an unexpected way. 

Logan, Taylor and Madison, also known as CAIN are used to singing and entertaining on stage. Now, they've tried their hand at helping people park at the show. 

"We're going to sneak around out here try to park people." Logan said on Instagram. It might be a challenge because they're used to being on stage. "Unfortunately, I know nothing about this facility." He continued. 

'I got a lot of things wrong in my past': Kat Von D finds God, gets baptized

A year after making some major life changes, including leaving her life of macabre and the occult, Katherine von Drachenberg (Kat Von D) has found God.

In July of last year, Kat Von D, tattoo artist and former reality TV star, said it was time to clear out her library of magic, witchcraft and tarot books. 

WATCH: Brandon Lake joins forces with 'The Chosen' in epic 'Tear off the Roof' music video"

Brandon Lake released another single off his forthcoming album, Coat of Many Colors.

The 5x Grammy Award-winner took to social media to announce the release of 'Tear Off The Roof.' Fans responded with, "This is the ONE! Powerful!" Another fan said, "I may have to tear off the roof if that CD doesn't come out soon!"

Christians suffer on both sides of Israel-Hamas war

Israel orders a “complete siege” of Gaza and calls up thousands of reserve troops as war rages for a third day between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants.

Israel is expected to launch a ground incursion, and it cut off electricity, food, and fuel to Gaza yesterday. A formal declaration of war on Sunday followed the deadliest raid on Israel’s territory in 50 years.

LISTEN: Thousand Foot Krutch release third single off upcoming new album

Well-known and well-loved Christian rockers Thousand Foot Krutch have released a new single off their upcoming album.

Fellow Canadian rockers Art of Dying joined Thousand Foot Krutch on their latest song,  'So Far Gone,' the third song to be released off their latest project, The End is Where We Begin: Reignited.

“We are thrilled to have been asked to sing on this song with our friends in Thousand Foot Krutch,” says Art of Dying collectively. “It’s a special song that we hope will give you chills.”

Hear Matthew West's new version of 'You Changed My Name'

Matthew West doesn't appear to be slowing down, releasing a duet version of 'You Changed My Name' featuring guest, Jon Reddick. 

West says on social media. "I want to have somebody join me on that. My idea was to take song from my record, My Story Your Glory, and kind of make it our story Your glory." 

Just days after receiving ASCAP's Golden Note Award which goes to songwriters, composers and artists who have hit extraordinary milestones. West recently hit 30 number one songs as a songwriter with Big Daddy Weave's, 'Heaven Changes Everything.'