Christianity Today has received a $269,000 grant to build an audience for science and faith, primarily through the nonprofit ministry’s The Behemoth digital magazine. The grant from the John Templeton Foundation is a two-year project beginning in January 2016.

Syntax Creative is thrilled to partner with the legendary Daywind Records, whose artists have garnered many Grammy, Dove and Singing News Award nominations and awards since its beginnings nearly 30 years ago. Daywind, based near Nashville, Tenn., is joining Syntax to take advantage of its greater focus and strategic tools to make products more visible in the digital marketplace.

(NOTE: The following is a testimonial on the success of the on-going “Firewall Project,” spearheaded by the Church of God. Reported by Francois, Firewall trainer from South Africa.)

Plant a Seed App, the revolutionary new Christian app that allows users in their native languages to receive Christ, get encouragement, prayer and support is live on Indiegogo and raising funds to bring the project to life.

Seventy four percent of large churches offer formal internships or residencies for promising lay leaders or pastors-in-training, according to Leadership Network.

Gospel for Asia (GFA)-supported missionaries and workers reached out with food, clothing and medical aid on Jan. 31, World Leprosy Day, to more than 4,000 sufferers in 63 leprosy colonies, highlighting the plight of those suffering from this brutal, but highly treatable disease.

A network of churches and community partners in Maryville, Tennessee, has worked together on Isaiah 58 for the past six years, a food distribution project initially started by RIO (Restoration International Outreach) Central in Maryville.

As voters in Iowa prepare for next week’s first-in-the-nation caucuses for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations, pastors and other high-profile religious leaders are shaping the contests.

Seventy four percent of large churches offer formal internships or residencies for promising lay leaders or pastors-in-training, according to Leadership Network. A recent national study of church internships and residencies, perhaps the largest ever, looks inside the leader training process of more than 300 churches and summarizes the findings in a just-released, richly illustrated report, “Leaders in Training: Internships and Residencies Help Churches Shape Future Leaders,” sponsored by Southeastern University (SEU.edu). The project was overseen and authored by Warren Bird, Ph.D., director of research for Leadership Network.