Adrienne S. Gaines

Nearly two-thirds of all unchurched adults—people who have not attended a church activity in the last six months—identified themselves as "Christians," according to a recent study by the Barna Group. The survey revealed that 28 percent of the population-some 65 million adults-have not participated in any church activities or services in the past six months.…

An autistic Florida girl who'd been the focus of a four-day search through alligator-infested woods was found alive Tuesday morning by a member of her Orlando-area church. Eleven-year-old Nadia Bloom was discovered around 9 a.m. in a swampy area near Lake Jesup in the Orlando suburb of Winter Springs by James King, a member of…

Organizers of an evangelistic crusade in eastern Nigeria said more than 360,000 people made decisions for Christ during the five-day event held last month in the rural town of Takum. Christ for All Nations (CfaN) evangelist Daniel Kolenda said tens of thousands attended each night of the crusade he led with CfaN founder Reinhard Bonnke…

One of the producers of Facing the Giants and Fireproof is releasing a new Christian film in theaters this week. Letters to God, which opens nationwide Friday, spotlights the power of prayer and how the faith of a boy facing cancer changes his neighbors' lives. Inspired by a true story, the film stars Tanner McGuire…

Some 15,000 believers from around the U.S. and abroad are expected to attend the Empowered 21 Congress, a meeting of Spirit-filled believers that will begin tonight and run through Saturday in Tulsa, Okla. Attendees will meet for three days at the Oral Roberts University (ORU) Mabee Center to discuss the future of the Pentecostal-charismatic movement,…

More than 250,000 people are going without shoes Thursday to raise awareness about the plight of children in developing nations who contract preventable diseases because they lack shoes. The One Day Without Shoes event is organized by TOMS Shoes, a company founded by Christian businessman Blake Mycoskie that gives away a pair of shoes for…

Notre Dame University, the University of Chicago and Union College are among a string of educational institutions selected to receive grant money to conduct research on the growing Pentecostal-charismatic movement.  The Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California (USC) will award five centers and 16 individual scholars and their teams…

Updated: Roughly 550 pastors in Haiti participated in a two-day event aimed at teaching church leaders to pray for physical and emotional healing in nation still reeling from a January earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people. Led by evangelist Joan Hunter, daughter of healing ministers Charles and Frances Hunter, the training event began Wednesday…

An Oklahoma-based ministry that advocates for persecuted Christians worldwide refutes an online connection with a militia group accused of plotting an attack against law enforcement officers. The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) said its staff did not know the Hutaree militia group existed or that there was a link to VOM on its Web site…

Many Christians living in Israel joined with Jewish families Monday evening to celebrate the Passover while others prepared their own seder dinners in honor of the holiday. "We've been here 12 years now and almost every year we get invited to a seder with a Jewish family and we rarely turn it down. It's just…

Some 21 percent of all adults—and a quarter of all Christians—consider themselves Pentecostal or charismatic, according to a new Barna Group poll. The study found that the demographic crosses denominational, geographic and political lines, with 20 percent of Catholics and 26 percent of Protestants stating that they have been filled with the Holy Spirit and…

Freda Lindsay, co-founder of Christ for the Nations Institute (CFNI) in Dallas, died at her home late Thursday night. She was 95. Lindsay and her husband, Gordon, started the charismatic Bible school in 1970 to train Christians to "do exploits for God" around the world. She was named president after Gordon Lindsay's death in 1973…

A North Carolina-based evangelist hopes to help lift a spirit of heaviness that has fallen over Haiti since a massive earthquake rocked the island nation in January, killing more than 200,000 people. Ben Cerullo, 33, wants to bless and encourage the Haitian people through Hope Alive, a large-scale event in Port-au-Prince Friday that will include…

Christians who believe the nation is in an unprecedented moral and spiritual crisis launched a 40-day prayer and fasting campaign this week. The time of consecration will lead up to a large-scale "May Day" prayer gathering being held May 1 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Organizers of May Day 2010 are calling on…

A new poll released Tuesday finds broad Christian support for comprehensive immigration reform. The national phone survey of 1,201 Americans showed that 56 percent of respondents believe the U.S. immigration system is completely or mostly broken. The percentage was relatively the same among Christians—56 percent of evangelicals, 52 percent of mainline Protestants and 60 percent…