Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger – an animal feeding bin – ...

I’d love to counter all that by saying 2025 was an unambiguously great year for music—but that wouldn’t be entirely true ...

Ghana's Komba people received their complete Bible after 16 years of dedicated translation work. Speaking during the launch event last month, Rev. Dr. John Kwesi Addo Jnr., General Secretary of the ...

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee launched a controversial billboard campaign in New York City ahead of ...

The Christmas Rebellion, led by Baptist leader Samuel Sharpe, challenged slavery and reshaped the nation’s history.

Christmas Trees – Evergreens, fir trees, and other plants have been a part of the winter festivals and traditions since ancient times. The first person to place a tree in a house for Christmas may ...

These days, Christmas is hard to miss and nearly impossible to avoid. But at various times it has been banned in different countries, including Britain. This is the story ...

The modern Christmas themes of peace and joy were in short supply amid the ‘dislocation and danger’ of ancient Judea – as they are in today’s fractured world too.

A surprising number of people say they are open to the existence of angels. Their Old Testament identities are very different ...

Christianity has been central to Palestine’s political imagination, cultural production and moral vocabulary. It is precisely ...

By 2030, the Centenary Baptist Church in Hanumakonda aims to strengthen its outreach through a network of 150 pastors and 100 ...

How we currently celebrate Christmas in the United States is vastly different from the ways those who lived in the 19th century commemorated the holiday. During the colonial era, this ...