Adrienne S. Gaines

April 6, 2009 --On Saturday members of all but three churches in Collinsville, Ill., hung flyers on every door in the city as part of a campaign to get residents into church-any church-on Easter Sunday. Dubbed "Pick a Church, Any Church," the citywide effort is an attempt to unite churches to impact Collinsville, a town…

April 3, 2009 -- A British-based nonprofit organization, now with a base in Texas, is supplying pastors in the Third World with free Christian literature in an effort to support church growth. Through more than 20 years of ministry, Sovereign World Trust has shipped free theological books and training materials to disciple new Christians and…

April 2, 2009 -- A day after the largest single federal tobacco tax increase went into effect, Florida faith leaders today announced support for a bill that would further raise the cost of smoking in their state by $1 per pack of cigarettes. At a press conference held outside 7,000-member First Baptist Church of Orlando,…

April 2, 2009 -- A man standing trial for murdering thousands as a leader of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime publicly apologized for his crimes Tuesday, asking survivors to "please open a window and let me ask for forgiveness." Kaing Guek Eav, now a born-again Christian, was the head of the notorious Tuol Sleng torture prison in…

March 31, 2009 -- Thousands of Christians are expected to gather in Oakland, Calif., tonight for a prayer service aimed at calming tensions that have been rising since a fugitive parolee gunned down four police officers March 21 in the most deadly assault on police since 1970. "We are praying for the shalom of our…

March 30, 2009 -- Former Atlanta megachurch pastor Earl Paulk Jr., who helped popularize "kingdom now" theology but was plagued for decades by sexual scandal, died early Sunday morning after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 81. Paulk, founder of what is now known as the Cathedral at Chapel Hill, was taken to an…

April 3, 2009 -- A former member of the Christian band Third Day is helping people find restful sleep through a CD project that mixes music therapy with Scripture. Billy Wilkins, 43, said he developed the Wesley Sleep Program to help people end their day at peace by focusing on Jesus. But he also thought…

March 27, 2009 -- More than 15,000 hours of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's The PTL Club TV shows are to be auctioned off today. Venture capitalist Ben Dyer, president of Gospel Properties, acquired the PTL Club episodes when the previous owner defaulted on a loan from his company. Dyer said there has been some…

March 25, 2009 -- An amendment that supporters said would have kept men from using women's restrooms failed to pass during a stand-alone election in Gainesville, Fla., on Tuesday. Part of a campaign organized by Citizens for Good Public Policy (CGPP) in Gainesville, Charter Amendment 1 would have overturned a 2008 anti-discrimination ordinance that included…

March 24, 2009 — A charismatic evangelist who has carried a 12-foot wooden cross into every nation of the world is taking his gospel message into unchartered territory—movie theaters nationwide. The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story, which documents the evangelist's 39-year journey through 315 nations, premieres tonight at the Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Fla.,…

March 20, 2009 -- Fox News Radio reporter Todd Starnes is an unabashed Christian who takes his faith to work. But he says being a born-again journalist isn't about lacing every news story with a gospel message. "I believe that I become a legitimate presenter of the gospel by doing the very best job I…

March 10, 2009 -- Todd Bentley, who became well-known for leading the Lakeland Outpouring until he stepped down after announcing he was divorcing his wife, Shonnah, has remarried. He has also entered into a restoration process led by MorningStar Ministries founder Rick Joyner, it was announced Monday. Joyner said Bentley and his new wife, Jessa,…

March 10, 2009 -- President Barack Obama further alienated social conservatives yesterday when he signed an executive order lifting restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. Pro-life leaders called the move immoral and unnecessary, saying adult stem cell research shows more immediate promise. "President Obama's executive order shows disrespect for the deeply held moral convictions of…