Christian Group Banned from Housing Project
A Christian evangelical group that works to improve the lives of underprivileged children says it has been prohibited from conducting Bible study classes in public housing projects in Tulsa, Okla., potentially ...
Fuel2: Owning Your Faith, Vol. 8: Confronting Other Religions & Cults
New Resource ReviewFUEL2: Owning Your FaithVolume 8: Confronting Other Religions and CultsLifeWay Christian Resources, 2008, $159.99, www.lifeway.com/fuelIn our increasingly pluralistic culture, and with the co...
Mental Illness & the Church
With mental illness affecting one of every four families in the United States, Pathways to Promise has organized a three-day, faith-based summit designed to help churches and clergy better address this serious ...
Battling Sexual Trafficking
September 26-27, 2009, child advocates from an expected 50 communities and 200 college campuses will work to raise awareness of one of the most tragic issues we face today: The trafficking of young childre...
Video Game Addicts?
A new study published in Psychological Science suggests that nearly one of every 10 children is addicted, on some level, to video games.The study, conducted by Douglas Gentile, director of research for the Nati...
Mindfulness Meditation Coming to a School Near You
Once thought of as an esoteric, mystical pursuit, meditation is going mainstream. A government survey in 2007 found that about 1 out of 11 Americans, more than 20 million, meditated in the past year. And a grow...
Vermont School Program Exploring Gender
Like plenty of other high school students, a group of about a dozen Vermont teenagers trundled into a youth center one day every week this spring to participate in an after-school program. But their program wa...
San Diego Apologizes for Stopping House Bibly Study
San Diego County officials agreed Wednesday to rescind a cease-and-desist order issued to a pastor holding a small Bible study in his home. In a letter to the pastor, the county’s chief administrative off...
Q or A? A Question-Based Approach to Youth Ministry
I first met Amber when she attended one of our ministry’s summer mission trips as a guest. Every night, when our mission team gathered to debrief, Amber rapidly would ask a series of questions. Wrestling ...