The pregnant teen driver whose car collided with the tour bus carrying Christian rock band MercyMe died Tuesday after having been in critical condition since the crash three days earlier.

Somali Islamic extremists beheaded four Christians recently after kidnapping them last month, according to eyewitness accounts reported to International Christian Concern (ICC).

Chaplain Thomas H. Mills has just recently been awarded the prestigious Veteran’s Affairs Secretary’s “Award for Excellence in Chaplaincy.” This is the highest award given to Veterans Affairs chaplains. He was chosen for the award in the “full-time staff chaplain” category. Altogether, more than 265 chaplains were eligible for the award.

Popular Christian rock band MercyMe resumed their touring schedule Monday evening nearly three days after a car hit into their tour bus, killing two teens and the fetus of the pregnant driver.

In the Netherlands, the first nation to legalize same-sex marriage, a cross-section of religious leaders, scholars and lawmakers from 61 countries are convening this week for an international strategy session to develop ways to strengthen families.

With 12 Christians, including three pastors, confirmed killed in rioting ignited by an Islamic sect opposed to Western education, the Christian community in northern Nigeria’s Borno state is still counting its losses.

Following talks between the Tomlinson Center Board of Directors and the Church of God Theological Seminary Board of Directors, Bishop Randall E. Howard, General Overseer of the Church of God of Prophecy, has announced a formal affiliation between the Church of God and the Church of God of Prophecy making the Pentecostal Theological Seminary the graduate school of choice for the Church of God of Prophecy.

Two Pace High School administrators are facing criminal contempt charges over a prayer offered at a luncheon.

As the Fall 2009 semester begins on college and university campuses all across the nation, 55 Alpha Omega Church of God campus ministry groups are ready to minister to students on 81 campuses in 24 states.