In the waning days of the previous General Assembly, during a lame-duck session and by razor thin margins, Illinois lawmakers passed a bill that radically redefines marriage and family.

Christianity Today International (CTI) ceased publication of Your Church magazine and digizine effective January 1, 2011.

Rose passed away in Cleveland, Tennessee. He was surrounded by his family, including his wife of 46 years, Saundra Jennings Rose, son Todd, and daughter Tanya Rose Wriston.

The latest resource on the Great Commission, the Great Commission Connection, is now available through Pathway Press.

The 700-page volume is already being touted as one of the most comprehensive resources on the Great Commission and engaging the missional mandate. Written, “by the Church of God, for the Church of God,” the GCC is a compilation of over 40 writers under the seven perspectives of pastoral, Biblical/Theological, discipling, evangelism, empowering and caring. It is being recommended as an excellent tool for pastors and church leaders to teach all aspects and perspectives of the Great Commission mandate.

DALLAS – A U.S. missionary working in Mexico who brought his mortally wounded wife to the border told authorities in the United States that gunmen in a pickup truck shot her in the head, police in Texas say.

With a court’s rejection of a petition to re-hear a case involving three former World Vision employees, the Christian organization recently won legal protection to hire people who share the same faith.

Even though a California city will be allowing a local Muslim community to build a mosque — despite protests from concerned citizens — a local pastor is holding out hope it won’t be built next to his church.

Zondervan, a global leader in Christian communications, today announced it will debut an enhanced eBook of its all-time perennial bestseller, The Purpose Driven™ Life, by Dr. Rick Warren.

The Mission America Coalition says it’s never done anything like it.