David Ensley of Stallings, North Carolina, is doing well after receiving a kidney from a woman who, until recently, he’d never met. The donor, who is also doing well after the surgery, was a perfect match for him. It was as if she’s his sister, said doctors — even though they’re not related at all. The odds of…

In the first week of release in Australia, Hillsong Church’s latest project God Is Able has outsold recent releases by Lady Gaga and Beyonce. The album debuted at third on the ARIA Top 50 Chart just behind Adele’s 21 and LMFAO’s Sorry For Party Rocking. God Is Able hits retail outlets in the U.S., on…

Praising God, the world’s newest nation raised its flag for the first time Saturday, rejoicing that 20 years of war are apparently over. “We have reclaimed our permanent home given to us by God as our birthright,” proclaimed Salva Kiir, president of South Sudan. “Never again shall South Sudanese be oppressed for their political beliefs.…

Shi Enhao, a leader in China’s growing underground church movement, disappeared last month — and it turns out he’s been in police custody, held on “suspicion of using superstition to undermine national law enforcement.” Shi is one of as many as 150 million Chinese Christians who refuse to join the Communist Party’s Three-Self Patriotic Movement…

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