Coptic family tattooed pilgrims for generations
Want to get inked to show your faith? If you want to be sure you’re going to get an experienced artist, your safest bet may be the Jerusalem family of Coptic Christians which has been …
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Want to pray with the cast of The Chosen? There’s an app for that
The Catholic meditation and prayer app, Hallow, is offering users a chance to pray with the cast of the popular series The Chosen. The app’s offering includes having actor Jonathan Roumie, who plays the role …
World’s tiniest Nativity scene placed inside eye of needle
Birmingham based micro-engraver Graham Short has created a microscopic representation of a crib that is now considered the tiniest Nativity scene in the world. The hand-engraved image was made on a speck of gold and …
Stealing faith: When is ‘borrowing’ actually appropriation?
When Liz Bucar was 11 years old, she saw the pop singer Madonna wearing a cross necklace. She got her own and started wearing it, even though she was — for all intents and purposes …
Evangelical church leader and son in Ukraine tortured and killed by Russian troops
According to the charity for persecuted Christians, Release International, the bodies of evangelical church leader, Anatoliy Prokopchuk (52), and his son, Oleksandr (19) were found in a forest in Ukraine after they were abducted by …
‘Scripture engaged’ Americans gave $100B in 2021
The American Bible Society’s State of the Bible, released earlier this month, reports that more than $100 billion was given to charity by “scripture-engaged” Americans in 2021. The report studied the charitable habits of Christians …
Prominent Vineyard pastor accused of fraud in lawsuit
The current senior pastor of Vineyard Anaheim, Alan Scott, has been accused of misappropriation of more than $62 million in church funds. Daniel Silliman of Christianity Today writes that the widow of Vineyard founder John …
Restaurant cancels Christian group’s reservation over abortion rights and same-sex marriage
The Metzger Bar and Butchery in Virginia’s Richmond has canceled a reservation made by the Christian group, the Family Foundation, because of the group’s viewpoints regarding abortion rights and same-sex marriage. According to Victoria Cobb, …
Christians become minority in England and Wales
For the first time in census history in England and Wales, government statistics show that the number of Christians constitutes less than 50 percent of the population. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), …
Retired chaplain prohibited from wearing cross at hospice
Derek Timms, a volunteer chaplain in Birmingham, U.K., has been known to wear a half-inch Christian cross while comforting patients at Solihull Marie Curie hospice. In September — even though he never received complaints about …