A new study by U.S.-based academics has found that ending global poverty could be “surprisingly affordable,” requiring about 0.3% — or $318 billion — of global gross domestic product (GDP) to reduce the worldwide poverty rate from 10% to 1%.
Encouraging a faith-based culture in the workplace is made easier by hiring people who understand your expectations around share alignment with such values. Resources now exist to help you find those people and this article shares some with additional tips for the faith-based organization recruiter.
A new bill introduced to US Congress to repeal a restriction on assistance to Azerbaijan should be strongly opposed as it would effectively reward Azerbaijan's torture of Armenian hostages, destruction of Armenian Christian heritage, and occupation of Armenian land, threatening Armenian religious freedom.
Shalom is a valid framework for how Jesus would do business. If you run a business you should assess if it is driven by and resulting in right and joyous relationships with God, self, others, and creation. Christian entrepreneurs in Liberia provide a wonderful example of the benefits of doing so.
Making room for Jesus during the Christmas season is the most important thing we can do. During Advent and the Christmas holidays, slow down enough to breathe deeply, remember who we are, and stay connected to our spouse, we move in alignment with the pace at which God created us to live.
A renewed cultural interest in Scripture is recorded in the just-released 9th and final chapter of the 15th annual State of the Bible report by the American Bible Society (ABS). Latest findings come from a nationally representative survey for ABS by NORC at the University of Chicago, using their AmeriSpeak panel. It involved 2,656 online interviews with American adults in all 50 states and the District of Columbia with data collected from Jan. 2–21, 2025. The concluding chapter summarizes signif
YouVersion identified Isaiah 41:10 as its most engaged-with Bible verse of 2025, marking the fourth time in six years the passage has taken the top spot. The announcement comes as the Bible app platform reports its highest-ever levels of global Scripture engagement, driven in part by the first Global Bible Month held in November.
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Lots of churches in the Global North are cerebral, shaped by the impact of the Enlightenment on culture. Other churches (non-white, Global South) are often more ‘spiritual,’ prayerful, and expectant. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all learn from each other’s strengths and find more common ground? It’s just possible that this book could help us do that.
Christian apologist and author Frank Turek recently pushed back against claims that dispensationalism and Christian Zionism are heresies, but acknowledged the details of the End Times remain "veiled" and subject to honest debate among Christians.
Raising awareness about the mental health crisis and increasing suicides facing rural America is at the center of a new free resource released by a Christian college–based training hub.
A sharp rise in state-facilitated deaths in Canada has drawn strong criticism from a leading U.K. pro-life group, which warns that the country’s experience should serve as a cautionary example as British lawmakers debate assisted dying legislation.
With the Maduro regime in Venezuela suddenly collapsed, what should be our response as people of faith? Dennis Petri, an expert in Latin American religious freedom encourages us to respond to the latest developments with both principle and prudence even as we pray for the Venezuelan people and their journey toward a free and flourishing life.
