New Website Connects Blogging Pastors to Utilize Experiences

August 24, 2009 – A new website is connecting blogging pastors and ministers to one another on a single platform in hopes of raising newer generations of believers and Christian leaders while also encouraging and inspiring even more experienced ones. Launched last month by The Christian Post Company, The Shepherd Post allows Christian leaders to [...]

First Private School Started by a Predominately Black Church Opens in VA

August 19, 2009 – A lot of interesting things can be said about King’s Academy, which had its first-ever first day of school Tuesday. Yes, it’s historical. As Augusta County schools began the school year, the first private school opened by a predominantly black church — Oak Grove Baptist Church in Waynesboro — also opened [...]

Teen comes up with prayer app for iPhone

August 17,  2009 – For eons, people have reached out to the Almighty with prayers and supplications. Soon they might be able to use their iPhones. Teenager Allen Wright of Fair Oaks, Calif., thought up an application for the Apple iPhone called “A Note to God.” It lets iPhone users send prayers into cyberspace and [...]

Randolph pastors accused of fraud may have used church credit cards for $7K worth of personal items

August 17, 2009 – Three Randolph pastors the state has accused of bilking their church of about $2 million may have used church credit cards for personal items totaling more than $7,000 from stores like Fortunoff, Pottery Barn and Target, according to a fiscal monitor’s report released today. The monitor also found Randolph Christian Church [...]

Believers Invest in the Gospel of Getting Rich

August 17, 2009 – Onstage before thousands of believers weighed down by debt and economic insecurity, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland and their all-star lineup of “prosperity gospel” preachers delighted the crowd with anecdotes about the luxurious lives they had attained by following the Word of God. Private airplanes and boats. A motorcycle sent by an [...]

Faith Based Groups are Helping with the Job Search

July 7, 2009 – Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office. The phones in nearby cubicles going off like grenades. Finally, a ring at her desk. Every member of the unemployment support group meeting has their [...]

More Minority Teachers Needed at Theology Schools

Nashville, Tenn. (AP) – A prominent group of religious scholars is calling for more blacks, Asians, Hispanics and American Indians to become teachers at theological schools. The group, Fund for Theological Education, said at a meeting Friday at Vanderbilt University that minority teachers at theological schools have increased in recent years but they are still [...]

More Christian Publications Cease Print Editions: Will the Once Powerful Christian Media Survive?

Another week, another failed magazine. But while the collapse of print media is hardly news, this demise is different. Today’s Christian Woman was founded in 1978 to reach evangelical Christian women who wanted a publication that reflected their values. They didn’t want the crass sex talk of Cosmopolitan. They didn’t want the mainstream relationship advice [...]

Christian Dating Services Merge to Better Serve Christian Singles

Toronto, ON – June 5, 2009 — ChristianCafe.com and Single Christian Network are pleased to announce they have combined services to better serve Christian singles. Members of both Christian-owned dating services will now be part of one combined community at ChristianCafe.com. Single Christian Network members will now be part of the larger ChristianCafe.com singles community, [...]

Kirk Franklin Teams Up With The American Baptist Society

American Bible Society Teams Up with Multi-Platinum Artist Kirk Franklin NEW YORK, June 4, 2009—Kirk Franklin, the biggest selling contemporary Christian artist in Soundscan history with more than 20 No. 1 singles and host of BET’s Sunday Best is teaming up with the American Bible Society to share the real inspiration behind his music. He is [...]