Cash charitable giving to ECFA members with fiscal years ending in 2011 reflected a modest increase from 2010, the organization announced today. This contrasts with a decrease in giving to religious charities overall, as noted in a recent national repo…

In the first season of grant-giving for the 2012 year, Giving of Life, the Web-based grant initiative, awarded more than $140,000 to 14 ministries. These grants were made possible by new donor partnerships in addition to Giving of Life funding. This ye…

I may be one of Christian TV’s loudest critics, but one of the most disturbing trends in the ministry world is the disappointing lack of interest in using TV as a tool for impacting today’s culture with the message of Christianity. By Phil Cook Bac…

In a mixed-bag ruling for conservatives, the Supreme Court on Thursday was unanimous in its decision to toss out fines and penalties against broadcasters that violated a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) policy that regulates profanity and nudity…

From the perspective of the nation’s professional prison chaplains, America’s state penitentiaries are a bustle of religious activity. According to “Religion in Prisons: A 50-State Survey of Prison Chaplains,” a survey conducted by the Pew Rese…

During the first five months of this year, more than 1 million pairs of shoes have been shipped around the world through Operation Compassion. Most of the recipients have been children and many of these have never had a pair of shoes to wear. However, …

On a Father’s Day Weekend when meteorologists were telling people to stay inside, more than 75,000 central Californians packed three events at a Luis Palau Festival in Sacramento. Temperatures were well over 100 degrees on the grounds of Cal Expo…