An Iranian Christian believer is being held in Iran’s notorious Evin prison solely for owning a Bible. This was revealed by the father of Ali Golchin, in a telephone conversation with Voice of America (VOA) radio. Ali’s father told the radio network that the only reason his son is in prison is because there was [...]

Indiana authorities say a former Indianapolis pastor bilked a Christian organization out of nearly a half million dollars, spending part of the money on a Mercedes Benz and a mink coat. An indictment from the Indiana US Attorney’s Office alleges 36-year-old Wayne Taft Harris Junior convinced Florida-based Third World Missions to loan him $483,000 to [...]

Most baseball coaches teach their players to steal second base, throw a curveball and catch a fly ball in the outfield, but Faith Field Ministries is using baseball to teach something they feel is of greater value. “It teaches my son and these kids it’s always the right time to do the right thing,” said [...]

BlackBerry owners can now use their cellular devices to help manage their prayer lives. The app called PrayerSteward was developed by John Kriener, president of Safe-t-Technologies. He says the software application helps him keep track of his own prayer life. “Basically, it allows you to log any prayer commitments that you make throughout the day [...]

Television evangelists Benny Hinn and Paula White are denying reports that allege the two are having an affair. Televangelist Benny Hinn, left, and Without Walls International Church senior pastor Paula White, right, both released statements that say they aren’t having an affair. On July 23, The National Enquirer published photos of Hinn and White leaving [...]

When the former NFL player stepped onto the stage, he knew the several hundred youth seated before him may have expected someone bigger. Former NFL wide receiver Daryl Jones holds up his Bible during his message at a Go Tell student camp in Nacogdoches, Texas. “I know some of you are shocked,” Daryl Jones said [...]

Tony Dungy no longer needs the game-day apparel and gear of an NFL head coach, but that doesn’t keep him from donning distinctively different attire when the occasion calls for it. Tony Dungy gathers his family, including the newest member, and their fourth adopted child, Jason. Back row: Eric, 18, wife Laren with 10-month old [...]

Although we are only about halfway into 2010, it has already been a year full of rich public conversations about religion in America. Much of the credit can be given to the emergence of several new blogs and web portals that direct concentrated attention to the topic. Indeed, there is much material to mine as [...]

Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu has announced that he wants to bow out of public life, and spend more time drinking tea at home with his wife. “My schedule has grown increasingly punishing over the years,” he told a media briefing in Cape Town’s St George’s Cathedral yesterday . “The time has now come to [...]

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed suit against Augusta State University Wednesday on behalf of a counseling student who was allegedly told that her Christian beliefs are unethical and incompatible with the prevailing views of the counseling profession. The student, Jennifer Keeton, says she has been told to stop communicating her beliefs and [...]