Christian News Report

An objective summary of stories in the media of interest to Christians

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Christian music loses one of its Pioneers

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Christian music has lost one of its founding fathers. Billy Ray Hearn died this week at the age of 85. You may not know his name but Hearn w...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

Islam is on track to overtake Christianity

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Islam is the youngest major religion and 34 percent of its followers are younger than 15 (compared with 27 percent for Christianity), accord...
Thursday, April 2, 2015

TV preacher dies

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Former megachurch pastor Robert Schuller has died in Southern California. The TV preacher who hosted the Hour of Power was 88 years old. His...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Lawsuit over Family Christian Stores bankruptcy

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Some well-known Christian publishers are suing Family Christian Stores over inventory issues arising from the chain recently filing for Chap...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

Protestants: No longer a majority

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The American religious landscape is changing. The US is no longer majority Protestant and nearly a quarter of the population has no religiou...
Monday, February 16, 2015

The Fastest-Selling Toy of All Time

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The fastest-selling Playmobil figure of all time--is a small figurine of Martin Luther. Playmobil says the first edition sold out in less th...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Creationist lawsuit against state

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Answers in Genesis is taking the state of Kentucky to court over its theme park. The Ken Ham group wants $18 million in tax rebates for Noah...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Megachurch sued by former member

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A writer is suing T.D. Jakes' megachurch, claiming he was defamed. David Lee Richardson authored a self-published book titled Sunday Mor...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

K-LOVE launches video channel

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Christian radio network K-LOVE is launching a video channel with TAPP TV--a subscription-based service that featuring people like Sarah Pali...

Former Newsboy says he’s now an atheist

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One of the Newsboys founders says he's now an atheist. Fans of the group probably won't remember George Perdikis--he left the group...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Hillsong docu dropped

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Warner Brothers is dropping plans to make a documentary about the Hillsong church and its music. Some 100,000 people attend the Australian m...
Thursday, January 8, 2015

Andrae Crouch Dies

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Andrae Crouch has died at the age of 72. The Christian music pioneer suffered a heart attack last weekend and he never recovered. Not only d...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

How Does 'Exodus' Compare With The Bible's?

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Ridley Scott's 3-D version of the Biblical story of Exodus earned the top spot its debut weekend, pulling in more than $24 million--not...
Monday, December 8, 2014

Many U.S. congregations are still racially segregated, but things are changing

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While the degree of racial segregation within religious congregations remains high, some houses of worship in the U.S. have become more dive...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Former Megachurch pastor gets TV talk show

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A onetime megachurch pastor is getting his own TV show on Oprah Winfrey's OWN network. Rob Bell will tape his show in front of a live au...
Friday, November 14, 2014

Journalist investigates big-name evangelicals

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A North Carolina journalist has played a major role in toppling "high-profile evangelical leaders such as Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Chur...
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