Adrienne S. Gaines

Christians joined with Jewish leaders Tuesday to protest the appearance of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the United Nations General Assembly this week. Representatives from the New York Board of Rabbis and Eagles' Wings' ministry formed a human chain outside the United Nations building in New York, singing and blowing a shofar to condemn the…

Nearly five years into the prison sentence of the only Christian in Morocco serving time for his faith, Moroccan Christians and advocates question the harsh measures of the Muslim state toward a man who dared speak openly about Jesus. By the end of December Jamaa Ait Bakrim, 46, will have been in prison for five…

Wheaton College celebrates new leadership Friday with the inauguration of Philip Graham Ryken as the eighth president of the 150-year-old school. State and local leaders, as well as trustees of 115 colleges are expected to join Wheaton trustees, faculty, students and alumni for the inauguration ceremony being held at the evangelical Christian school in Wheaton,…

More than 80 prominent Christian leaders are endorsing a 40-day fast leading up to the midterm elections that kicks off Sunday with a simulcast event from Washington, D.C.Organized by California pastor Jim Garlow and Prison Fellowship founder Chuck Colson, Pray & Act has gained support from a cross-section of Christians, including Bible teacher Kenneth Copeland,…

A New York-based ministry that co-organizes the annual Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem is coupling its intercession with action by raising funds to help the poor in Israel.Eagles' Wings ministry hopes to feed at least 1,000 impoverished families in Jerusalem and other Israeli cities this year as part of its ongoing mission…

Charismatic minister William "Bill" Basansky died in his sleep Thursday at his home in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 78.He and his wife, Beatrice, spent 40 years in ministry, planting churches and establishing Bible schools across the former Soviet Union. A former pastor and the author of 13 books, Basansky also was known for his…

A Florida attorney who represented runaway convert Rifqa Bary says his organization's website was destroyed by a radical Muslim hacker because of his involvement in the teen's case. John Stemberger, president of the Florida Family Policy Council in Orlando, said a hacker left obscene messages on the council's website Friday before disabling its back-end controls…

Christian author and historian Peter Marshall died Wednesday evening after suffering a massive heart attack at a gym in Orleans, Mass. He was 70.The son of the late U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall and author Catherine Marshall, he was known for his writing on America's Christian heritage, including the best-selling books The Light and the…

The wife of popular gospel artist Marvin Sapp died Thursday after an 18-month battle with colon cancer. MaLinda Sapp was 43. A licensed counselor, Sapp was administrative pastor at the church her husband founded, Lighthouse Full Life Center Church in Grand Rapids, Mich. She also served as Marvin Sapp's manager and was credited as executive…

Christians nationwide will mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by gathering at their county courthouses to pray for God's mercy and a spiritual awakening in the U.S.The third annual Cry Out America is expected to draw participants from every state and more than 830 counties. Grassroots supporters will pray from noon…

A group of Christians plans to gather quietly in New York this weekend to remember the events of another Sept. 11 that they believe carry prophetic significance today. The three-day "No Surrender" solemn assembly begins Friday and features prayer leader Dutch Sheets, and marks the anniversary of a failed peace talk in New York on…

Former Brownsville Revival leader John Kilpatrick says the blind are seeing, the lame walking and the deaf hearing at what he believes may become another long-running revival. Since mid-August, he said, thousands have been flocking to revival services being held four nights a week at the convention center in Mobile, Ala., where Kilpatrick now leads…