Ministries

$Children\'s Christian ministry called \'psychologically harmful to children\'$
Children's Christian ministry called 'psychologically harmful to children'

A Christian nonprofit, Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), is facing opposition in Portland as it seeks to bring youth to Christ.
$Billy Graham\'s daughter says the end is near, calls for a week of prayer$
Billy Graham's daughter says the end is near, calls for a week of prayer

Billy Graham's daughter says the end is near, urges people to get right with God.
Sex Workers and Evangelicals â a World Cup match to trump them all

How American Evangelicals and Brazilian sex workers ended up on the same team...
$Spanish model Olalla Oliveros quits entertainment industry to become a nun: \'The Lord is never wrong\'$
Spanish model Olalla Oliveros quits entertainment industry to become a nun: 'The Lord is never wrong'

Model and actress Olalla Oliveros has left the entertainment industry and joined the semi-cloistered Order of Saint Michael in Spain, after testifying that she wanted to devote her life to Jesus.
$John Piper: Same-sex marriage is \'a mirage in our culture\'$
John Piper: Same-sex marriage is 'a mirage in our culture'

US church leader and theologian John Piper has addressed a controversial topic in the latest 'Ask Pastor John' segment on his blog â would he marry a couple who have chosen to live together before they wed? And if so, why not homosexual couples?
$It\'s Christendom\'s answer to Pride of Britain: Nominations open for the Youth Work Awards$
It's Christendom's answer to Pride of Britain: Nominations open for the Youth Work Awards

It's Christendom's answer to Pride of Britain: Nominations open for the Youth Work Awards
The problem (sometimes) with husband and wife ministry

Being married doesn't automatically qualify you for leadership. So why do we persist with the 'Buy One Get One Free' model?
Joel Osteen gets his own SiriusXM channel

The channel will feature call-in programs hosted by Osteen and his wife, Victoria, as well as rebroadcasts of his sermons. Sirius did not announce when the channel will go live.
Church leaders: No one should eat alone

Churches are gearing up for The Big Lunch this weekend when they'll be inviting friends and neighbours to take part in a street party.
Nick Vujicic launches new video channel on Roku

The ministry's full library of life-affirming films and talks by Vujicic, who was born without arms or legs, will be accessible to fans via Roku streaming media players.
Inflatable whale gives London parks the hump

Public being called on to help 'free Willy'
$\'Outrageous\' Jews for Jesus holocaust video removed$
'Outrageous' Jews for Jesus holocaust video removed

A video depicting Jesus being sentenced to death at a Nazi concentration camp has been removed from the Australian Jews for Jesus website after causing outrage
Brazil 2014: Gary Lineker joins fight against sex trafficking

Sporting legend joins new campaign to protect abuse of children in run up to World Cup
#Pray4Media on Sunday 1 June

Churches and Christians are being encouraged to pray for the media on Sunday 1 June
$Weekend of prayer for child-friendly communities: \'Every church in the UK has children in great need\'$
Weekend of prayer for child-friendly communities: 'Every church in the UK has children in great need'

On 7-8 June 2014, hundreds of thousands of Christians from all over the globe will hold church services, prayer marches and other special events to mark the World Weekend of Prayer campaign, which has been held annually by children's charity Viva since 1996 and will this year focus on child-friendly communities.