Everyone has an opinion on the state of hip-hop; not everyone has five decades of credibility like Erick Sermon. The legendary rapper-producer is holding court in his midtown Manhattan studio, ...

Every society has its pressure points. In Pakistan, they are those tender places where law meets custom, and custom often wins. As the country observes the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based ...

When high-profile, Western-led ministries announce goals like “ reaching every person on earth ” by 2033 — the 2,000-year ...

The actual man whom our modern Santa is based on, was St. Nicholas of Myra, sometimes called Nicholas the Wonderworker. The actual St. Nicholas is said to have been born to an affluent Greek-speaking ...

This is not a call to naïveté or positivity or cheap hope. No, the kind of hope scripture helps us imagine is a hard-won hope ...

This Christmas, if you see a Nativity scene with Joseph s silhouette leaning quietly over the Christ-child, pause for a ...

Christmas time means gift giving, and as pastors, we often think of gifts in terms of tangible items—books, resources, ...

The Sunday worship service starts at 10 a.m. The Rev. Amy Beth Durward de Macias will present the sermon titled “Sacred Space.” Both virtual and in-person Bible study is available. Coffee follows the ...

Oklahoma's multistate grand jury indicted Joseph Lyle Campbell on Dec. 11. The charge was made public Dec. 17 after his ...

A former Assemblies of God pastor accused of raping a child in the garage of his home in 1984 was indicted by an Oklahoma Multi-County Grand Jury on Wednesday.

Acts is the second volume of the two-volume work, Luke-Acts. Written by Luke the beloved physician (Col 4:14), Luke-Acts seamlessly connects the life of Jesus to the lives of the early Apostles after ...

Area houses of worship are invited to share their news for our free weekly listings. Email information to Mercury Editor Tony ...