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Christians should avoid going on a missions trip without deep consideration of why they are going, advised an established missionary-sending organization.

More than 100 Christian leaders from a wide range of theological and political backgrounds released a covenant Thursday vowing to model civility in public discourse to help change the current tone in political discussions.

A national media campaign to promote the authority of the Bible began running commercials on Fox News, FoxNews.com and MSNBC.com on Monday.

Spring break is officially in session at many schools in the United States. But this year, thousands of students will hit Florida’s beach with something else on their mind other than soaking in the sun.

Former President George W. Bush told students and parents at a Texas event Saturday that faith and prayers sustained him while he was in the Oval Office.

Jenny Sanford, soon-to-be ex-wife of disgraced South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, said she looks to her Christian faith and to God during times of crisis.

President Obama’s support among born-again Christians has decreased after a year in office, a new survey shows.

A group of leading international human rights specialists urged the United Nations on Thursday to help find one of China’s top Christian human rights lawyers.

President Obama and college football star Tim Tebow are expected to be among the high-profile guests at the invitation-only National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning.

She thinks the government has no right to tell a woman whether she can have an abortion or not. But this pro-choice sports columnist also thinks that the group NOW is not right in trying to pull the pro-life Tim Tebow ad from airing during the Super Bowl.

Every Christian must be a soul winner, declared an African church planter who oversees a fellowship of more than 18,000 local churches. Alex Mitala, the general overseer of the National Churches of Uganda, pointed to the Bible and said the Scripture says all believers are called to participate in a soul-winning campaign.

President Obama spent half of his more than one-hour speech addressing the economy and job creation. But social conservative critics zeroed in on his pledge to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and his push to pass health care reform that may include abortion coverage.

Hollywood would have people believe that sex and nudity sell at the box office. But a recent study shows statistically sex scenes do not translate to ticket sales.

An evangelistic festival headlined by Franklin Graham in southeast India ended on Sunday drew nearly 85,000 people.

President Obama on Sunday told congregants at a church where the late Martin Luther King Jr. sometimes spoke at that faith keeps him calm in pressing times.

Controversial charismatic Pat Robertson has put his foot in his mouth with yet another post-disaster remark – this time regarding quake-hit Haiti.

Pro-God ads will hit some 1,000 subway cars throughout New York City beginning Friday, announced the New York church sponsoring the campaign.

Journalist Brit Hume who urged Tiger Woods to “turn to the Christian faith” was right when he drew distinction between Buddhism and Christianity in terms of the concept of forgiveness and redemption, said a prominent evangelical theologian.

Evangelist Franklin Graham began year 2010 by declaring he is not ashamed of the Gospel as he predicts greater obstacles for Christians who want to share their faith.

Evangelist Billy Graham and Pope Benedict XVI are among the top ten people that Americans most admired in 2009, according to a new poll.

The Florida pastor who sheltered runaway teen convert Rifqa Bary formally denied Tuesday that he knowingly broke the law to hide the Muslim-turned-Christian girl from Ohio.

A massive T.V. outreach project by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association kicked off on Thursday all over the predominantly Buddhist country of Thailand.

Faith leaders met with the White House Monday to call for reform in regulating the expected multi-billion dollar bonuses to bank executives this month as millions of families, whose tax dollars kept banks alive, face losing their homes.

In two weeks, the world’s largest mission-focused bookstore will open in St. Louis at the Urbana 09 conference.

More than two-thirds of the abortion clinics in the United States have closed since 1991, according to a new report by a pro-life activist organization.