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More than 100,000 Christians from around the world are expected to gather in Los Angeles in April for a week-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Azusa Street revival, considered the start of the modern Pentecostal/Charismatic movement.

The centennial celebrations on Apr. 25-29 in downtown Los Angeles will bring together Pentecostal/Charismatic leaders and adherents for community outreaches, ministry training, and a tour of the community’s historic landmarks. (more…)

One of Africa’s oldest tribes is witnessing a Christian revival. The Masai people, who were once fierce African warriors, are now abandoning some of their old religious practices and dangerous traditions to experience a touch from God.

Tanzania is famous for one of Africa’s crown jewels, the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro. Rising some 19,000 feet, Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain on the African continent.

But here, at the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, something more majestic is rising — the sound of ancient tribal voices praising the Lord. (more…)

(Reuters)Polygamy may have been a factor behind the unprecedented wave of riots that swept France over the past three weeks, senior conservative politicians said on Wednesday.

Bernard Accoyer, leader of the Union for a Popular Majority (UMP) in the National Assembly lower house of parliament, told French radio that children from large polygamous families had problems integrating into mainstream society.

The Financial Times quoted Employment Minister Gerard Larcher as saying large polygamous families sometimes led to anti-social behavior by youths who lacked a father figure and made employers reluctant to hire them. (more…)

Across Europe,the conflicting currents of secularism, Christianity, and Islam are compelling Europeans to wrestle with their values as never before. (more…)

THE Vatican has issued a stout defence of Charles Darwin, voicing strong criticism of Christian fundamentalists who reject his theory of evolution and interpret the biblical account of creation literally. (more…)

When Constantine began his rule, only 5% of the Western Roman Empire was Christian. He came to power at the age of 24 and did not baptize until he was in his fifties and close to his death. Technically, he did not force his subjects to convert, but he gradually introduced Christianity and changed the laws making it harder to practice paganism. (more…)

Rumors about the Prince of Wales’s conversion to Islam may well be inaccurate; even so, the fact that spokesmen official and unofficial felt compelled to deny this fact results from persistent speculation about Charles’s religious loyalties that arises out of his statements and actions of recent years. And these, in turn, reflect a larger trend in Western society. (more…)