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The head of the Anglican Communion suggested Thursday that tensions stemming from concerns within the worldwide church body are partly the result of its' members love and need for each other.

The pro-adoption ministry of Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife, Mary Beth, recently opened a six-story “healing home” for special needs orphans in China and received prominent coverage from a number of Chinese media outlets.

In the days leading up to the 46th annual Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) convention, evangelical megachurch pastor Rick Warren opted not to speak with the media regarding his guest appearance.

“Purpose Driven” megachurch pastor Rick Warren will be spending his Fourth of July speaking to up to 40,000 Muslims in the nation’s capital.

Thousands of Christian teenagers have convened in Los Angeles for the 2009 DCLA celebration, which started Thursday with a “sweeping narrative of God's epic story” delivered by megachurch pastor Francis Chan.

Christian groups and believers around the world capped a week of refugee advocacy with World Refugee Sunday in hopes of mobilizing more churches to pray for the more than 42 million refugees and internally displaced peoples.

For nearly two decades, evangelist Franklin Graham has been looked upon as the future of his father’s ministry – the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which he currently serves as president and CEO of.

The alert level for the H1N1 “swine flu” has been raised to the highest notch, U.N. health officials announced Thursday, marking an official start of the first global flu pandemic in more than four decades.

Christian leaders in South Korea are hosting this week a key gathering of leaders from the Lausanne Movement, which birthed a document more than three decades ago that has served as the basis for hundreds of ministries’ statements of faith throughout the world.

The memorial service for Dr. Ralph D. Winter has been scheduled for Sunday, June 28, in the main sanctuary of Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, Calif.

Influential missiologist Dr. Ralph D. Winter died Wednesday night after a long battle with cancer. He was 84.

The spiritual leader of Maine’s 200,000 Roman Catholics said he was “deeply disappointed” in the state’s lawmakers and governor for making same-sex marriage legal in Maine.

A month ahead of the 20th anniversary of China’s notorious Tiananmen Square massacre, some of the world’s key Chinese Christian leaders have come together to release an unprecedented statement calling for forgiveness, repentance, truth, justice and reconciliation.

Christian students across the nation will participate Monday in the “Day of Truth” to openly voice their views about sexuality.

Habitat for Humanity’s international, student-initiated week of advocacy kicked off Monday and will mobilize youth far and wide to social action.

Five humanitarian groups that distribute U.S. aid in North Korea say they are “saddened” by the reclusive country’s decision this past week to expel them by the end of the month but remain committed to assisting the country’s people.

The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) has tapped a new president to lead the national Christian oversight and accreditation agency.

The Christian arm of a research-based firm that consults various organizations has released this year’s list of the best Christian workplaces in America.

The nation’s largest association of Christian media professionals is sending a strong message to Washington, making clear their intention to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ regardless of what government restrictions there may be in the future.

The date that has lived in infamy for nearly seven decades can provide lessons for Christian companies facing the same economic realities as their secular counterparts, according to the head of one of the largest Christian products and services provider in the world.

It was May 1997 when Campus Crusade for Christ first approached the director of the Church of the Nazarene’s World Mission Department about partnering with them to show the Jesus Film to lost people around the world.

This year, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will focus on the return of Jesus Christ and help prepare believers for life in the last days, according to a recent announcement.

Serial killers, rapists, and other criminals who have committed violent sexual crimes are not inherent monsters, said a man who was executed 20 years ago for murdering numerous young women across the United States.

To most Americans, the recent request for a $5 billion federal bailout by leaders of the porn industry is something to laugh about.

President-elect Barack Obama has been without a worship community for about a year now and throughout that time, he says, it’s been difficult.