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After years of increase, the divorce rate in the United States fell in 2008, a new report shows, and research suggests it may be the result of the recession.

American charities have contributed more than $709 million to aid quake-stricken Haiti.

In the lead up to Valentine's Day, students around the world are making a stand against the cultural message that encourages sexual promiscuity and promoting their choice of purity.

Many Christians have bought into the idea that the church is about a few people who are paid to make disciples. But that's not what Jesus envisioned for his church, said one church planter.

Amid countless piles of rubble and the stench of death permeating Haiti, Christians throughout the devastated country are still able to find something to sing about.

"Children with gaping head wounds lay screaming and confused, some had lost motor skills from the blows they had received to their heads. ... We were shocked that so few had received any kind of treatment."

The growing prevalence of the prosperity gospel around the world, and particularly in Africa, has prompted a group of theologians to release a statement of concern and a call for further reflection.

Though eight in ten Americans say they believe in God, only about three in five say they are "absolutely certain" God exists, a new poll shows.

In a village outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, an orphaned teenage boy is taking care of his two younger siblings.

Scott T. Brown, an advocate of church reformation and the strengthening of families, claims that modern youth ministry is "indisputably unbiblical."

The time is now for the church to return to the sufficiency of Scripture, said a ministry head. Scott T. Brown, director of the National Center for Family-Integrated Churches, opened a three-day conference on Thursday calling attention to the urgency of the matter.

Only half of Americans rate the honesty and ethics of clergy as very high or high, a new Gallup poll reveals.

There can be no denying the fact that America is in crisis, says a group of Christians. And to find the cause of the bad health of the nation, the group says, "Look to church."

Mainline Protestant churches seem to have weathered the past decade better than many people have assumed, but the future is raising serious challenges to continued stability, said a Christian pollster.

Bill Mounce, who was part of the translation team for the English Standard Version of the Bible, was elected this week to join the NIV team.

More than 120 theologians from various Christian traditions concluded on Tuesday a meeting in Greece where they discussed ecumenism and the call to be one church.

Twenty-eight-year-old Zach from Chicago hates his job and is struggling with life and expectations.

Influential church pastor Bill Hybels wrapped up a challenging sermon series on Sunday with a call to choose God or money.

President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday a major disaster for American Samoa, a day after it was hit by a massive tsunami.

"Life is short. Have an affair ... with your spouse," exclaimed megachurch pastor Ed Young after emerging from a taped debate with AshleyMadison.com founder Noel Biderman.

With the institution of marriage weakening in American society, Christians are left with three options.

The Barna Group on Monday released a new study that explores the faith life of homosexuals compared to heterosexuals.

The highest governing body of the Christian Reformed Church on Tuesday approved a report on the "Third Wave" movement of the Holy Spirit and recommended sending it to member congregations for study.

The Chinese government is cracking down on at least 21 other lawyers even as one prominent human rights attorney remains missing after more than 130 days, a persecution watchdog reports.

Coinciding with the 500th anniversary of 16th century reformer John Calvin, a meeting between leaders of the two largest reformed church bodies is being held this week to plan their merger.