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A stream of European leaders converged in Israel Monday to push for a truce in the violence-plagued Gaza Strip while U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, from America, continued making phone calls to numerous foreign leaders in pursuit of a cease-fire agreement.

A missionary couple that was sentenced to one year of hard labor for undermining the authority of Gambia’s government offered a public apology Sunday and asked for a presidential pardon.

With the New Year comes new resolutions. And if you’re a parent of a teenager, one of the resolutions that you hope your child will make, if not already, is a pledge to wait until marriage before having sex.

Focus on the Family got to work this week in explaining in detail why it pulled from its website an interview with a Mormon author.

Last week, after a flurry of debates and protests broke out over Barack Obama’s selection of prominent megachurch pastor Rick Warren as the invocation deliverer at his inauguration, openly gay singer Melissa Etheridge and her partner stepped into the ring in hopes of avoiding another “reverse smear-the-queer.”

Conservative ministry Focus on the Family has removed from its website an article about the latest book by former CNN host Glenn Beck in response to complaints over his Mormon ties.

The media arm of Campus Crusade for Christ shared the gospel last month with over 1.9 million people – 390,000 of which expressed their desire to follow Jesus Christ.

Guest Check, Inc., is the latest customer satisfaction firm to venture into a growing and controversial industry that capitalizes on the use of “mystery worshippers” in the United States.

A Christian literature ministry is calling on believers in America not only to celebrate this Christmas without a Bible in hand, but also to clear their shelves of many of the Bibles they may have.

The world’s largest Christmas project is celebrating the collection of 8 million gift-filled shoe boxes that will be shipped overseas and hand-delivered to needy children around the world.

High fuel and food prices, economic turmoil, and foreclosures are leading more families into homeless and hitting single women with children harder than any other group, according to a recent survey of homeless people.

For nearly a decade, born-again Christian Neil Clark Warren has been working to pair up men and women to help create lasting marriages.

Half of America’s 50 states have been reached so far by an effort to create the first NIV Bible handwritten by 31,173 people across the nation.

A majority of the people in America believes TV and movie executives do not share the religious and moral values of most people in the country, according to a recently released survey.

Americans throughout the nation will celebrate Veterans Day today in honor of members of the U.S. armed forces who sacrificed their lives to defend their country.

With so many new interfaith dialogues between different sets of Christian and Muslim leaders, there is a possibility for overlap and confusion, according to the Vatican's top official for interfaith efforts.

Renowned evangelist Billy Graham celebrates his 90th birthday today, just three days after the nation elected its 44th president.

A team of Muslim scholars arrived in Rome Monday ahead of a landmark meeting with top Catholic officials.

Tens of thousands of people will gather Saturday at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium for twelve straight hours of intercessory prayer and fasting for the protection of traditional marriage in California and the nation.

PATTAYA, Thailand – After five days of intensive meetings and vision setting at the World Evangelical Alliance’s first general assembly in six years, over 500 evangelical leaders did more than just renew their commitment to taking the Gospel to the ends of the earth.

Many in America have heard of the atrocities taking place in Sudan’s Darfur region. Few, however, can say they know well about the ongoing crisis and even less have done something to stand against it.

While 2008 will be remembered by more than 16,000 people as the year in which they committed or recommitted their lives to Christ through one of this year’s three Harvest Crusades, the lead pastor behind the evangelistic events will also remember it as one of the hardest years in his life.

A “rockumentary” that reveals the world's “27 million dirtiest secrets” debuted quietly this past weekend, opening in only 10 theaters across the nation.

One week after voting season officially kicked off in California with the mailing of absentee ballots, families throughout the state will come together to discuss their values and ideals about families during “Family Voter Weekend” and make their vote starting Saturday.

Far too many people do not understand the way God works, notes one of America’s most prominent pastors.