Ex-seminary prof. sues SBC for defamation

A congregation in the English countryside was terrified to learn that a dead cat was found hanging from a flagpole at their church, just weeks after a dead fox was discovered on the church’s doorstep. The vicar of the church suspects the animals' bodies were deliberately dumped by satanists.

A finalist on NBC's "The Voice" live finale has gone viral this week for his performance of a popular worship song, leaving many wanting to know more about the 29-year-old performer simply known as "Bodie."

If you didn't pay attention in history class, chances are, you might not connect modern-day Turkey with Christianity. A recent trip to this secular republic where 99% of the population is Muslim, however, revealed an impressive collection of sites from the early Church that could turn you into a church history buff and give you an even deeper connection to the Gospel.

For a couple of decades, Christmas has meant trouble for Indian Christians. During the holiday, Hindu extremists ramp up attacks on Christian churches and organizations, always with the same accusations of force and fraudulent conversions.

Prosecutors in the United Kingdom have admitted it was "inappropriate" for them to argue in a case against a Christian street preacher that some parts of the Bible are "simply no longer appropriate in modern society and which would be deemed offensive if stated in public."

While many consider December as a time of celebrations and parties, some pastors have urged their congregations to focus on the darkness and the waiting of the Advent season.

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the founding of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, an archbishop of Canterbury opposing Queen Elizabeth, and the death of famed evangelist Dwight Moody.

The founder of the controversial "After School Satan Club" (ASSC) is comparing reactions to his program with that of parents who oppose Evangelical programs at schools.