March 2022

Popular Bharatnatyam artist VP Mansiya has claimed that she was not allowed to perform in a dance program scheduled in April at Koodalmanikyam temple in Thrissur district of Kerala because she is not Hindu. Mansiya, from a Muslim…

LVIV, Ukraine (BP) – Nearly a month into Russia's war on Ukraine, Yarsolav "Slavik" Pyzh, a Southern Baptist-trained church planter and educator, has had a normal day. “This Sunday was probably one of my normal days in the last 29 days,”…

Washington CountySpringdale First Presbyterian Church, 100 S. Gutensohn Road, offers Sunday morning worship services, in person and live, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Online services are available on YouTube and on the church's website at…

When our Lord died, the great curtain of the Temple was torn from top to…

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — One by one, church members worked like a well-oiled machine making take-out sandwiches in Jacksboro after it was recently hit by a tornado that caused havoc across the city. "So our meals are going to…

By Brian Blackwell, editor of the Baptist Message NEW ORLEANS, La. (LBM) – Despite an outbreak of weather disasters amid a global pandemic, Baptists in Louisiana have continued to sow and reap in 2021. According to the church's annual…

Among today's readers' favorite writers, or so I'd like to think, along with Asian authors writing in English, is Jonathan Franzen. He was called a "great American novelist" by Time, and this dispute with Oprah only added to his…

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As minister, the Reverend Jamie Watson is a fisher of men.As a tournament fisherman, he is a bass…

Lahore: Provincial Minority Affairs Minister Ejaz Alam Augustine Gustin thanked Prime Minister IK and CM Usman Buzdar on behalf of the entire…

Our first hint that the Russo-Ukrainian war might have an ancient and complicated backstory comes with the discovery that the first Russian state, indeed the first Ukrainian state, was not founded in modern Russia. It was founded in kyiv…

This year marks 59 years that the First Christian Church of Meridian…

ASIA/PAKISTAN - A young Muslim arrested for blasphemous acts against the Christian community Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The police in Lahore have accused the!-->!-->…

TWH – Early in the weekend we saw the Worm Moon, the March full moon which marks the last full moon of winter. It reached its peak illumination at 3:20 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Friday, March 18, 2022. Spring crocuses – Image credit:…

The First Christian Church of Princeton, Crossroads Missions and Habitat for Humanity are partnering in a…

As lawmakers around the country grapple with tensions between gay rights and religious freedom, public support for LGBTQ non-discrimination rules is high and growing, according to a new report from the…

The Bishop of Essen, Germany, last Saturday appointed 18 lay pastoral and parish workers — 17 women and one man — as extraordinary baptismal ministers.The lay ministers received a four-day training from the diocese's head of faith, liturgy…

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This feature is coordinated by The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com and CNY's InterFaith Works. Follow this theme and this author posted on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday."A better day is coming for the world, a day when the insights of the soul…

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) — Cars lined up for miles on Erickson Avenue in Harrisonburg on Sunday afternoon as they waited to grab their lunch and pastries."To see so many people, you know, they say miles, miles down the road, and it's really…

More than two weeks have passed since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has justified what it calls a "special military operation" by invoking the demilitarization of its former Soviet…

Senior Pastor Bruce Frogge first came to Cypress Creek Christian Church nearly 10 years ago. He had served in other churches before, but the first thing he noticed about Cypress Creek was how they treated their buildings."I'd served in…

Once upon a time, Southern Baptists in Bible Belt communities knew how to talk to people who weren't going…

In early February, the Bishop of Phoenix, Thomas Olmsted, said the baptisms performed by Fr. Andres Arango during the years of ministry in the diocese are disabled, and the priest resigned as pastor of a local parish.…

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - "People were just living their normal lives, their daily routine. They were making plans just to live, to raise their children. Then one day, like it happened in World War II, they started bomb,” Andriy Bogachuk…

Early Irish Christianity preserved native beliefs much longer than other transplanted forms of Christian…

Ashburn Chemical Technologies recently donated essential products to the Christian Community Service Center (CCSC). "The 'Six Cs' of Ashburn's culture define everything we do and…

Zamfara Police confirmed receipt of a threatening letter to the Christian community from armed bandits suspected of closing churches in the state in the next three years or risking fierce attacks The suspected gunmen also list some…

The Prison Fellowship's recent Angel Tree sports camp at Mesa Central Christian Church in Arizona gave!-->…

The First Christian Church of Bowling Green, 875 Haskins Road, will serve its monthly community drive-thru meal on Friday, March 11 from 5-6 p.m. As part of FCC's food mission, this community meal is free and available to anyone who…

“It was by faith that Enoch was transported that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had carried him away; for before his transport he had this testimony that he was pleasing to God. Hebrews 11:5!--This>…

Praying in a church is one of the most important things in everyone's life as it brings happiness in their life.…

A Roman religion with mysterious waysInterior of a Cathedral, 1783–1852 by Samuel Prout Photo credit Birmingham Museums TrustJWorld history is full of various mysterious stories about different religions arising as a result of cultural…

Singapore, Singapore, March 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 'Holy Bibles NFT' announces the release of the first-ever charity-based non-fungible token (NFT) collection in mid-March 2022. This is the first step towards establishing a Christian…

By GILBERT EKEZIE The Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) has urged churches in Nigeria and the entire Christian community in the country to take ownership of the society, calling for more support to meet the day-to-day running and…

LVIV, Ukraine - A heartbreaking humanitarian crisis is brewing in western Ukraine where more than 700,000 people have fled to neighboring countries. As many of them pass through the city of Lviv, the Christians here step in to help, making…

Located at 6823 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, the Cypress Creek Christian Church congregation initially began holding services at school saloons and cafeterias in northwest Harris County, before securing land for its home permanent and to…

The Lenoir City First Baptist Church held its annual wild game supper and sports banquet on Saturday.Church…

For more than a decade, the Garms family has performed everywhere, from historic auditoriums to a makeshift…

Kathy writes: “We were encouraged to follow Bishop Robert Barron's Reflections on the Lenten Gospel during Lent. I am still in shock from an article in which he says: “In the fourth century, Saint Augustine took up the…