Diana Chandler

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (BP) – Donna VanLiere tells the sentimental Christmas stories mass audiences enjoy, beginning with her debut “The Christmas Shoes,” which drew a record 16.7 million viewers to its 2002 release as a CBS movie.

NEW YORK (BP) – New York state is on track to legalize physician assisted suicide for adults in early 2026, joining 12 other states and Washington D.C. that allow such intervention.

NAZARETH, Israel (BP) – Yasmeen Mazzawi, an Arab Christian who attended Nazareth Baptist School as a teenager, observed an unexpected joy as Christmas returned to her hometown of Nazareth for the first time since the start of the Israel-Hamas War.

KADUNA, Nigeria (BP) – Nigerian Christian leaders verified Dec. 16 that Christians there are persecuted for their faith, refuting a growing international narrative that violence in the deadliest country for Christians is not religion-based.

SYDNEY (BP) -- The international Jewish community is mourning during its annual Festival of Lights after gunmen killed at least 15 and injured dozens at a Hannukah celebration in Sydney Dec. 14.

WASHINGTON (BP) – Young men are not leading a revival in religiosity, Bible reading and churchgoing in the U.S. today, Pew Research said in its latest findings, bucking 2025 reports from other top researchers.

MUNCIE, Ind. (BP) – “Wasn’t brain cancer enough?” Melissa Reynolds asked her husband Bruce, resting her head on his shoulder. “Now we have to lose our son.”

EDMOND, Okla. (BP) – For the fourth time in the last six years, Isaiah 41:10 was the most downloaded Scripture of the year on the YouVersion family of Bible apps, which according to its founder has been installed on 1 billion devices nationwide.

NEW DELHI (BP) – Two thousand Christians gathered in India in November to urge the government to protect religious freedoms as violence and legalized discrimination increase in the world’s most populous country.

FARMERSVILLE, Texas (BP) – Lottie Mooon, pastor Bart Barber’s choice red Santa Gertrudis cow, stars in the music video “Lotta Lottie,” an original jingle by Barber and James Cheesman promoting the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO).