By Melissa Wuske Why Francis Chan Left His Church In 2010, Francis Chan left the megachurch he founded. In a recent talk, he shared with Facebook employees about his decision. “According to the Bible, every single one of these people has a supernatural gift that’s meant to be used for the body,” Chan said. “5,000 […]
By Melissa Wuske Gender and Mental Illness in Prison More than two-thirds (67.9 percent) of women in prison have a history of mental illness, and about a third (32.3 percent) have suffered serious mental health distress in the last 30 days. Men in prison, though still experiencing mental health problems at a higher rate than […]
By Melissa Wuske Turkish Christian Kept from His Daughter Byram is a Christian who grew up as a Muslim in Turkey. Now, as a result of his faith, his wife won’t allow him to see their daughter. Byram came to faith as a student in the United States. On a visit back to Turkey with […]
By Melissa Wuske Acceptance on Moral Issues Changing Americans are increasingly accepting of a wide range of moral issues, according to a Gallup poll. The share of respondents who deemed the following issues acceptable are at their highest recorded levels: birth control (91 percent), divorce (73 percent), sex between an unmarried man and woman (69 […]
By Melissa Wuske Christians Believe Competing Worldviews Many Christians agree with ideas that are linked to competing worldviews, according to a recent Barna research study. More than half of practicing Christians resonated with ideas rooted in New Spirituality (61 percent) and postmodernism (54 percent), and about a third agree with ideas from Marxism (36 percent) […]
