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Michael Catt, whose church helped launch the modern Christian movie era and whose ministry impacted millions, has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 70. Catt formerly served as senior pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church (Albany, Ga.), which made a series of small-budget faith-centric films beginning in the 2000s that shocked Hollywood with […]
Officials in the Philippines have warned that an active volcano could force thousands to flee in Legazpi, Philippines. So far, the volcano has been spewing lava in a gentle eruption, but officials warned that it could become a violent disaster, ABC News reports. About 13,000 people have already fled villages in the area near the […]
An online video has been published showing an Islamist mob viciously beating an older Christian shopkeeper with planks of wood in Pakistan. The British Asian Christian Association (BACA) reports that Yaqoob Masih, aged 61, was sitting on a chair in his grocery shop in Sian Village in Daska, Punjab, when the incident happened on May […]
Elizabeth Sherrill, a noted Christian author, editor and publisher, passed away late last month at 95. Sherrill, who died on May 20, co-founded Chosen Books in 1971 with her husband, John Sherrill. Guideposts Magazine Editor Len LeSourd and author Catherine Marshall LeSourd were also involved in the founding of Chosen Books. Jeff Crosby, president and […]
On June 5, 1865, Anglican priest and polymath Sabine Baring-Gould wrote the processional hymn, “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” The hymn was originally written for children walking to Horbury St. Peter’s Church near Wakefield in Yorkshire, England. Far from the cultural stereotype that the hymn earned Baring-Gould— that of a militant, narrow-minded clergyman fearful of and […]
It’s been almost two years since the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan, leaving a void of power quickly filled by the Taliban. In that time, Taliban rulers have outlawed women’s education, religious freedom, and even music. That’s why a concert violinist named Ali left his instrument behind when he fled Afghanistan in 2021. He […]
Influential minister, broadcaster, and politician Pat Robertson passed away Thursday at the age of ninety-three. As of this writing, no cause of death has been given, but he is survived by his four children, fourteen grandchildren, and twenty-four great-grandchildren. Robertson is best known for his roles on The 700 Club and his political involvement, […]
Church leaders are responding to the passing of televangelist and Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) founder Pat Robertson, who died on Thursday at 93. As Christian Headlines previously reported, Robertson died on June 8 in his home in Virginia Beach. He launched CBN in 1960, which has since reached 200 nations and has been translated into […]
The award-winning country singer who rose to fame with her hits I Hope and The Good Ones calls her Christian faith the “center” of who she is and says she expects to release a Christian album in the future. Gabby Barrett, a two-time American Music Award winner who burst on the country scene in 2020 […]
According to Communio’s Nationwide Study on Faith and Relationships, absent fathers and collapsed marriages are two major reasons Christianity is declining in the United States. The study considered the responses of 9,000 Sunday church attendees from 112 Evangelical, Protestant and Catholic congregations in 13 states. It found that regular church attendees were more likely to […]