Died: Mandisa, ‘Overcomer’ Singer and American Idol Star

The Grammy-winning artist was found dead at her home in Nashville at age 47.
Grammy Award-winning contemporary Christian singer Mandisa Lynn Hundley, a former Lifeway Christian Resources employee and top-10 American Idol finisher, was found dead T…

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Word Perfect: Christian Proofreaders Celebrate a Billion Bibles Checked

Peachtree Publishing Services reviews 80 percent of Protestant Bibles in the US, looking at 300,000 details in each project.
When Jan Gibbs began proofreading Bibles 14 years ago for Peachtree Publishing Services, which celebrated in December the …

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Religious Freedom Commission Laments Israel-Hamas War at Anniversary Gathering

As the International Religious Freedom Act turns 25, advocates look ahead to next steps.
Religious freedom advocates lamented the loss of civilian lives in the Israel-Hamas war, antisemitism, and Islamophobia on the 25th anniversary of the Internat…

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Green Card Change Leaves Thousands of Foreign-Born Pastors in Limbo

The wait for those with religious worker visas suddenly grew by years due to a procedural shift, and advocates and attorneys fear they could lose their place in the US.
Albert Oliveira was excited. He had come to the US from Brazil in 2010 on a st…

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After Another Kidnapping, Many Haitian Christians Can’t Travel, Work, or Worship Safely

The threat of gang violence around Port-au-Prince continues to disrupt ministry.
Pastor Samson Doreliens ministers “right in the middle of the violence in Port-au-Prince,” the site of the July 27th kidnapping of an American nurse and he…

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