US & Canada

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  Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone declares 'anything is possible in Christ' after breaking world record

  By The Christian Post US & Canada 5 months ago

  An Olympic athlete declared that “anything is possible in Christ” after breaking a world record in the lead-up to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Sydney McLaughlin Levrone, an outspoken Christian track athlete, broke a world record at the United States Olympic team trials for track and field in Eugene, Oregon, Sunday. When asked about her thoughts on her accomplishments in an interview with NBC Sports, Levrone proclaimed: “Praise God.”

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  The Meeting House megachurch temporarily shutters because it can’t get abuse insurance

  By The Christian Post US & Canada

  5 months ago

  More than two years after former teaching pastor Bruxy Cavey resigned from one of Canada’s largest megachurches amid allegations of sexual misconduct, The Meeting House has temporarily paused operations because no insurance company wants to cover its abuse liability or employment practices liability insurance.

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  Evangelical groups join UN expert’s damnation of prostitution as a system of violence and exploitation, following gruesome report

  By Chris Eyte Europe US & Canada

  5 months ago

  Following a United Nations rapporteur's report on the atrocities that accompany prostitution, evangelical groups call on nation states to stop normalizing sex services and instead officially recognise prostitution and its related variations as systematically linked to violence and the exploitation of women and girls. "Prostitution is a system of exploitation and an aggregated form of male violence against women and girls that intersects with other forms of structural discrimination."

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  Berlin First Baptist Church in Maryland held first Vacation Bible School for children with disabilities

  By Carolina Luciano Burgos US & Canada

  5 months ago

  Berlin First Baptist Church (BFBC) in Berlin, Maryland held its first Vacation Bible School (VBS) for children with disabilities Jun 17-20, 2024. The program ran in the morning while a traditional, neurotypical VBS was hosted in the evenings of those same days. Children's Director Shannon Diehl has a heart for children with developmental disabilities and had been thinking about doing a VBS for children with disabilities for many years. Yet she did not know if she could bring this idea to life.