Christian News

If you are a female leader within the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), you should know that on March 25, the SBC launched the Women’s Leadership Network (WLN) with the goal of encouraging and strengthening women across the denomination.

The Chinese government is continuing its persecution of Christians by shutting down yet another underground church in China. On March 23, authorities closed Shouwang Church and its affiliates, seizing the church’s belongings.

Following an intense round of radiation treatments for breast cancer, Joni Eareckson Tada has been hospitalized. She is asking her followers for prayers.

In a recent speech at New York University, lawyer and former gymnast Rachael Denhollander revealed that her childhood experiences in church set the stage for her later victimization by Larry Nassar.

A church in Annapolis, Maryland, partnered with RIP medical debt to remove the burden of debt off of 900 families in the area.

Open Doors has released a study evaluating the similarities and differences in how Christian men and women are persecuted. The researchers have found that global Christian suffering is gender specific and that, overall, women experience a greater degree and complexity of persecution than men do.

Last Monday, terrorist group Boko Haram attacked the town of Michika in the Nigerian state of Adamawa. This attack is only one of many recent ones from Boko Haram and militant Fulani herdsmen across Nigerian states, including Kaduna, and Christians are often the targets.

What are the benefits of religion on teens? Pretty high. According to an extensive study, church and youth group participation has a “protective” effect on adolescence.