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Beth Moore announces next steps in ministry

March 6, 2026

Bible teacher and bestselling author Beth Moore announced Thursday (March 5) that her ministry will stop holding large-scale Living Proof events in 2027.

Brighter future? Iranian evangelicals staying put, tentative but hopeful.

March 3, 2026

Hormoz Shariat preaches to a congregation of millions of Iranian Christians around the world, those who have scattered because of repression at home and those who, having stayed, have long been the target of arrest by Iranian authorities, frequently accused of being tools of Western powers.

Empty pews: Iranian reprisals shutter Israel’s houses of worship

March 2, 2026

Early Saturday morning (Feb. 28), as Israeli and American fighter jets began striking targets in Iran, every Israeli cellphone issued an air-raid siren alarm, the

‘Open mic legend’ Wiley Drake remembered as ‘one of a kind in SBC life’

February 12, 2026

Wiley Drake, a California pastor who rallied Southern Baptists to boycott Disney in the 1990s, has died.

‘He Gets Us’ Super Bowl ad aims to be more personal, less political

February 5, 2026

Back in 2021, a group of evangelical families, including the founders of Hobby Lobby, began funding a new ad campaign, hoping to help skeptical Americans give Jesus a second look and to convince people to be a little kinder to one another.

Evangelical author, speaker retires after admitting affair

January 7, 2026

Philip Yancey, a beloved evangelical author and speaker, will retire from public ministry after admitting to a long-term affair.

Christmas festivities, tourism slowly returning to Israel after ceasefire

December 17, 2025

In 2023 and 2024, David Ha’ivri, an Israeli tour guide, didn’t offer his popular English-language Hanukkah or Christmas tours. Tourism had plummeted after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre and the start of the Hamas-Israel war, when nearly every international airline canceled flights to Israel.