Most Dying Churches Develop Me-First Mentality

The church was dying and didn’t know it. Attendance was down, the building was mostly empty, and the glory days had long since passed. As a last resort, a church member asked LifeWay Christian Resources president and CEO Thom S. Rainer for some advice. Rainer...

Atheists Lose Latest Legal Fight Over ‘In God We Trust’

Atheists lost their case against the “In God We Trust” motto on the nation’s currency Wednesday. It’s a battle they have lost several times before, as court after court has affirmed that printing and engraving the country’s motto on its...

How a God-Inspired Ministry Helped Redeem Hollywood Movies

Nothing succeeds like success. Reportedly, this oft-repeated proverb was first put into print in 1854 by Alexandre Dumas, the author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. By Jennifer LeClaire, Charisma News Now, 160 years later, Christians are seeing...

Study: Many Americans Untruthful About Going to Church

Did you really go to church on Sunday? Do you go every Sunday? It seems most Americans are telling little white lies, or at least exaggerating, their church attendance. Indeed, according to a new study from the Public Religion Research Institute called “I Know...

Will America See a Third Great Awakening?

Some religious leaders say America is facing a spiritually dark time. “At the root of America’s problem, we really have a spiritual cancer that’s been eating away at our nation,” Bishop Harry Jackson, senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in...