Experts debate the origin of the date- or nut-filled pastry, but Middle Eastern believers love the taste and the Good Friday symbolism in its shapes.

“We’re not being political. We’re just trying to get you what you need.”

Few Protestant traditions continue the footwashing that Jesus did at the Last Supper. Some want a revival of the practice.

She won a Grammy for “We Sing Praises,” collaborated with her brother Andraé on “Jesus Is the Answer,” and worked with everyone from Billy Graham to Michael Jackson.

As Moscow and Kyiv trade insinuations over concert hall killing claimed by ISIS affiliate, Christian leaders focus on compassion and forgiveness instead of blame.

Battling accusations of forced conversions, the church faces escalating threats, false arrests, and assaults on their institutions, reports the Evangelical Fellowship of India.

Seminary head Jeff Iorg steps in after multiple resignations, failed searches, and back-to-back interim leaders.

Their pastors are mostly evangelical, sometimes bivocational, and eager for additional workers and funding to better serve their communities.

Annual report grades 198 nations and territories, with 9 in 10 harassing believing communities. China and Nigeria score the worst.

Knott wrote rock operas, sang with honesty and conviction, called out hypocrites, and bucked the norms of the Christian music industry.