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A metal detectorist in Norway made an incredible discovery: a 900-year-old figurine of Jesus Christ. Metal detectorist Kim Erik Dybvik’s hobby began as a child while living in a remote part of Norway where his father worked as a lightkeeper. The islet where he grew up was filled with volcanic rock, which sparked his imagination…

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A recent survey is revealing that a startling number of pastors are now using artificial intelligence (AI) to prepare their sermons. The study, “AI in the Church 2025” conducted by aiforchuchleaders.com, found that 61% of pastors who prepare sermons use AI tools weekly or daily for sermon preparation. That’s nearly a 20-point jump from 43%…

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A new survey has revealed a startling trend among American Christians: most believe that simply doing good deeds is enough to earn a place in Heaven. The findings, released by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, suggest that millions of self-identified Christians are drifting from what researchers call a biblical understanding of salvation.…

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Before the sun rises over Atlanta, hundreds of young adults line up outside 2819 Church, eager to worship. Some arrive as early as 5:30 a.m., clutching coffee cups and Bibles, waiting to experience a service that has become one of the city’s most talked-about Sunday gatherings. For Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell, the revival wasn’t something…

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A church in Evanston, Illinois shocked onlookers after featuring a nativity scene that had the baby Jesus zip-tied in an emergency blanket and surrounded by Roman soldiers, who were dressed to look like ICE agents. Lake Street Evanston Church featured the display on its lawn. According to the church, the display “reimagines the nativity as…

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Over 13,000 attendees turned out for the latest “Hearts on Fire Student Conference” at LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The event spanned two days from November 21 to 22nd, with 290 students making decisions for Christ. Another 260 re-committed their lives to Jesus, and 52 were baptized. “There were many highlights, but my favorite is…

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A recent Washington Post article is highlighting the growing trend of young children stepping up to preach. Eight-year-old Ester Souza from Votuporanga, Brazil steps up to preach at her father’s small, rural church. In 2020, this would have seemed like a dream. Souza was suffering from a kidney infection, receiving hemodialysis nearly every day, and…

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A new Communio study is highlighting the important role family plays in developing a child’s faith. The study began as a response to a Pew Research Center study that found that 28% of U.S. adults were religiously unaffiliated. Communio surveyed more than 16,000 church-going adults on family habits while growing up. The study, presented in…

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A Maine mother is fighting a court order that prohibits her from taking her 12-year-old daughter to church. In 2024, during a custody battle, a Maine lower court ruled that Emily Bickford could not take her daughter to a Calvary Chapel church over objections from her daughter’s father, who asserted that the church’s biblical teachings…

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If a stranger called you and said she needed baby formula for her starving infant, would you go to a store and buy her some? That’s not a hypothetical. It’s a real question that a real woman posed to American churches in recent weeks, while the longest U.S. government shutdown in history cut food assistance…
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