We should not be talking right now. According to the naysayers who predicted Christianity’s demise by the year 2000, we should not even be here.

The owner of the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, under fire because his stores do not carry Hanukkah merchandise, apologized for employee comments “that may have offended anyone, especially our Jewish customers and friends.”

]October 10, 2013–Cleveland, TN–Church of God administrative bishops and spouses are gathering for an annual update, training and fellowship event at the International Offices. The three days are a continuation of last year’s “Integrity” event and thus titled, “Integrity II.”

Author Malcolm Gladwell may not be known for writing on religion. His New York Times best-selling books The Tipping Point, Outliers, Blink and What the Dog Saw deal with the unexpected twists in social science research. But his newest book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, also includes underlying faith-related themes, and not just in the title.

Family Christian Ministries (FCM) announced a new digital platform, iDisciple, at Catalyst Atlanta. Billed as a one-stop shop for sermons, devotionals and other digital content, iDisciple aims to be “the iTunes of Christian content” according to FCM—the nonprofit parent of Family Christian Stores.

Hope is not an empty word for Darlene Zschech, an Australian worship leader who wrote a song for Billy Graham’s latest gospel-spreading effort called My Hope America.

History was made on Monday 7 October 2013 at the Annual National Church Leaders Meeting, held at Lambeth Palace, when Jamaican born Bishop Eric Brown was installed as the first Pentecostal President of Churches Together in England (CTE). Rev Brown is the Presiding Bishop of the New Testament Church of God, a black majority Pentecostal church celebrating its 60th anniversary in the UK since being planted here by Caribbean migrants during the 1950s.

If you’re reading this then you are about to get a glimpse of the future… the future of choir music that is. The multi-gifted Deitrick Haddon is at the helm of a new choir out of Los Angeles, the League of Xtraordinary Worshippers (LXW) poised to make a big impact on the series premiere of Preachers of LA reality series.

Five years ago, I had a birthday with a zero in it—and it scared me! But instead of fighting the aging process, I made an important decision: From now on, regardless of what else I do, my main priority is to mentor the next generation. That’s why I spend a lot of my time investing my time in young leaders.