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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.

May 19, 804: Alcuin of York, an English scholar who became an adviser to Charlemagne and the most prominent figure in the Carolingian Renaissance (the rebirth of classical learning under Charlemagne), dies. He also devised a handwriting system using both small and capital letters for easier reading.

May 19, 1805: Joshua V. Himes, best known for promoting William Miller's Second Advent movement, is born. Miller predicted the Second Coming between 1843 and 1844. When this did not happen, many followers ...

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