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(RNS) — A memo announcing the establishment of the Office of Religious Affairs said it would ‘oversee research, technology, and analytical tools to support and assess spiritual fitness, spiritual readiness, and spiritual resilience’ of soldiers.

Police pressure expands from Shaanxi to the coast as lawyers and families struggle to defend detained Christians. The post The Xi’an Zion’s Light Church Case Reaches Shanghai: Another Pastor Detained first appeared on Bitter Winter.

(RNS) — While the youth greeted the pope like a rockstar, European representatives welcomed him as a respected leader who supports multilateralism, reconciliation, justice and peace.

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(RNS) — ‘Christianity at a Crossroads,’ by documentary filmmaker Martin Doblmeier, tells the story of congregational church life in the United States at a critical moment when growth has flatlined, younger generations are less religious and a raft of scandals have overtaken nearly every Christian denomination.

Christianity Today has been part of David Gieser’s life since its very beginning. His family knew Billy Graham before Graham ever conceived of the magazine—and that connection gave David a front-row seat to the ministry and vision that would become Christianity Today. David’s parents met at Wheaton College 98 years ago and discovered a passion Read more... The post David Gieser’s 70 Year Relationship with Christianity Today appeared first on Christianity Today.