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MIDLAND, Texas — Former Midland Mayor Jerry Morales is set to read bible stories to children at Mary's Christian & Gift Store ...

A small Christian sect that for decades was little noticed by the outside world has found itself riven by a very public child ...

Operation Santa Claus is a non-profit that provides Christmas gifts to children in the community. Cummings said Wichita ...

For decades, a little-known Christian sect has dealt with its abusive ministers and spiritual elders mostly in secret, shunning legal action and urging victims to simply forgive the predators in their ...

See highlights from Bethany Christian Service’s Annual Caring for Families Holiday Shopping Event, which supported local and ...

Multiple injuries have been reported Monday in a shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin, police said. The shooting occurred at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, the state capital, police ...

CR’s Tanya Christian says an air fryer is tough to beat in terms of must-have kitchen appliances. The Tabitha Brown air fryer ...

The experts at Consumer Reports culled together a list of some of their favorite cooking and kitchen gadgets — just in time ...

Struggling with finding the perfect present this holiday season? Try giving the gift that keeps on giving: a streaming ...

In about 178 AD, a pagan named Celsus wrote a scathing denouncement of Christianity, calling believers of Jesus Christ “the ...