A personalized cancer vaccine developed by Merck and Moderna has shown success in preventing the return of melanoma in a large clinical trial, raising hopes that the same approach could eventually be used against many other types of cancer.
A new policy in Canada forbids military chaplains from not only praying, but from referring to God or the divine in spiritual reflections. As representatives of the government, they are being required to be publicly secular and therefore religiously neutral. Neutrality, however, is an illusion.
To influence a secular culture, Christian business-as-usual won't cut it. We need bold creativity, tireless determination, and gracious respectfulness. In the USA, media leader Mark Rodgers is a great example of leading in this way. In this article, Bruce Barron interviews Mark about his thoughts on the matter.
Among many of us there is a quiet yet unsettling recognition that the ways we’ve tried to broker good in the world often feel hurried, fragmented, and unsatisfying. A we try to live at a machine pace, the Kingdom moves like seed in soil, quietly, organically, sometimes unseen for a season, yet full of divine potential. To be a true blessing and effective witness it requires wise charity.
Barna findings released in September 2025 revealed a surprising upward shift of Millennials and Gen Z Christians attending church in the USA, with more men than women in attendance. This has been correlated with an increase in Christian Nationalism and domineering leadership. But the Church is called to an upside down kingdom. We must teach newcomers to imitate Jesus in his self-giving love for the flourishing of everyone around them.
Ice cream manufacturers are overhauling recipes and shrinking portions as consumers worldwide increasingly scrutinize what they eat — and a growing class of appetite-suppressing drugs is accelerating the shift, Reuters reported.
Dallas Theological Seminary has formed an academic partnership with Evangelical Theological Seminary in India to launch a graduate-level Christian counseling program, with a long-term plan for the Indian institution to operate the program on its own.
Eight million more Americans attended a Christian church service at least twice in 2025 compared to two years earlier, according to new research from American Bible Society — a development the organization calls encouraging even as its data expose widening gaps in who is and is not showing up.
A Christian theater company that began as a traveling slideshow in rural Pennsylvania is marking its 50th anniversary this year with a new stage production, its second feature film and expansion plans for 2027, having drawn more than 40 million visitors to its performances since its founding in 1976, the organization said.
The music that helped launch Christian rock four decades ago takes center stage once again in “Beyond Belief,” an upcoming feature film that features the iconic songs of Petra alongside a story about grief, faith and discovering God's calling.
The National Association of Evangelicals has praised a U.S. government announcement directing nearly $2 billion in health and humanitarian funding through faith-based organizations, calling it an encouraging sign that global compassion work will remain a national priority.
Fewer than half of female middle and high school students in South Korean churches say they are confident in the Christian gospel, and youth worship attendance remains well below pre-pandemic levels, according to a major new survey of the country's next generation of churchgoers.
