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A meditation on the lives of contemporary martyrs.
A meditation on the lives of contemporary martyrs.
The struggle for justice receives a boost from Christian ministries.
Will Christianity's oldest church survive the peace process?
From the Living Bible to the New Living Translation.
Forty years after five missionaries lost their lives in the Ecuadorian jungle, the killers explain what really happened.
A Zairean bishop wants American Christians to remember the struggles of the church in East Africa.
Pastors are overworked, underpaid, and bear the weight of unrealistic expectations. Why then are so many so satisfied?
How shall we reconcile the glorious birth of the Savior with the bloody deaths of the boys of Bethlehem?
These "millennial" teenagers are forcing the church to rethink youth ministry.
These "millennial" teenagers are forcing the church to rethink youth ministry.
These "millennial" teenagers are forcing the church to rethink youth ministry.
Evangelicalism's power couple closes in on their radical mission.
Bible society cancels plans for 'gender-accurate' Bible after public outcry.
Thirteen years after his death, Schaeffer's vision and frustrations continue to haunt evangelicalism.
Thirteen years after his death, Schaeffer's vision and frustrations continue to haunt evangelicalism.

June 16, 1846: Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti is named Pope Pius IX. Roman Catholics remember him for his 31-year pontificate—the longest in history—for his declaration of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception and for the First Vatican Council's declaration of the infallibility of the pope.

June 16, 1855: William and Catherine Booth, founders of the Salvation Army, marry, having fallen in love the first night they met. William had escorted Catherine home, and she later wrote, "Before ...

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