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ifteen Black women were among the 24 founders of Boston's African Baptist Church in 1805. A new $2.5 million research initiative seeks to uncover the worship traditions and theology of early Black Christians in New England.
Thomas Markle Sr. was released to house arrest after his arrest at a Florida care facility on a federal complaint tied to two Los Angeles-area storage units. Meghan said last month she kept him away from her children to protect them.
Hundreds have joined AABMW’s 28-Day Gratitude Challenge, built around a new devotional by Dianna Hobbs. New research from 57 countries links gratitude to feeling supported and to better well-being.
Stephen Mwiti lost all six of his children in Kenya’s Shakahola Forest. The pastor who led them there, Good News International Church founder Paul Mackenzie, has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult.
Gospel
“God won't put more on you than you can bear.” “Everything happens for a reason.” “God helps those who help themselves.” Christians have repeated these familiar expressions for generations. But are they actually in the Bible?
Nearly two-thirds of churchgoers scored below 60% on a Bible literacy assessment. A closer look at 2 Timothy 2:15 reveals what it means to study Scripture diligently and grow in understanding of God's Word.
For the bone-tired woman in an unfinished season, John 4 shows a weary Savior who finished His saving work and invites her into a harvest she was never meant to carry alone.
Jesus’ own claims, the Godhead, the empty tomb and more than 500 witnesses equip Christians to explain why Jesus Christ stands alone.
The hundredfold harvest is often preached as a financial return. The parable of the sower, Isaac’s famine harvest, and Mark 10 reveal a fuller picture.
Inspiration
You’ve prayed. You’ve hoped. You’ve waited. And the circumstances you’ve begged God to change remain. In Gethsemane, Jesus shows that God’s strength can sustain you even when the cup will not pass.
Moving a late brother’s Instagram post stirred up unexpected grief. Then a weary reader asked for prayer. Both lead to Jesus’ tender invitation to the heavy laden and the kind yoke He offers.
Grief, illness and heavy seasons can leave you with very little to give. Today’s Daily Cup turns to Revelation 3, where Jesus tells a small church He knows their strength is little and still sets an open door before them.
Euodias and Syntyche labored beside Paul for the Gospel until something came between them. Paul’s plea to them points every sister carrying an old hurt toward the humility of Christ and the God of peace.
Contentment is something you learn along the way. Today’s Daily Cup marks a sidelined 50th birthday with Paul’s lesson from Philippians 4 and the Christ who strengthens us through every season.
Wellness
University of Michigan researchers found that dementia caregivers reported less stress and brighter moods on days they made room for simple positive activities like gratitude journaling.
Christian psychologists and pastors are confronting a teaching that has kept many believing women silent: the idea that fear, anxiety and depression measure their faith.
Two Connecticut women spent more than a decade searching for answers before an endometriosis diagnosis. New national guidelines now name the racial myths that kept Black women waiting.
A Kaiser Permanente study of 84,206 insured patients finds Black women with fibroids were less likely to receive treatment and reached it about two months later.
Benchmark Obamacare premiums rise 13% for 2027. A West Virginia mother with lupus shows why deductibles matter as much as the monthly bill.
Entertainment
Small towns, snowfall and guaranteed happy endings are back with a record 34 premieres. Researchers have even named the kinds of fans who can’t get enough.
Druski’s money-hungry pastor is headed to Netflix in “Collect & Praise.” Gospel voices, including Kirk Franklin and Lecrae, say the comedian found his material in real pulpits.
Faith carried Sherri Shepherd through fear onto “The View.” Now she is Broadway’s first female Genie in “Aladdin,” through Jan. 3, 2027.
Jimmy Jenkins’ modern-day Nativity premieres Oct. 24 at First Baptist Church of Glenarden before opening in select theaters Nov. 13.
Gizelle Bryant, who once served as first lady of Baltimore’s Empowerment Temple, stars in and executive produces BET’s new megachurch drama “Church Wives,” premiering Nov. 4.
Ministry
A mother in Uganda lost her baby girl to illness after treatment for pneumonia and acute malnutrition. Her loss comes as drought and rising food prices leave hundreds of thousands of young children in need of lifesaving nutrition care.
Crowds in Times Square hugged, cried and prayed as Scripture filled the screens overhead on the first night of Global Bible Month, a worldwide invitation to read the Bible every day in November.
At least five children were killed when a drone struck a market in Nyala, the latest in a wave of attacks reaching Sudanese children in camps, shelters and their own neighborhoods as the war continues into its fourth year.
A new UN-backed analysis projects that 6.35 million Haitians could face acute hunger by mid-2027 as violence, displacement and El Niño strain families and aid groups.
Empowering Everyday Women Ministries' Soon the Cure campaign gave 110 care packages to women facing breast cancer, passing its 2026 goal of 100.
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Less than 18 months after apologizing for New York’s treatment of Indigenous children, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration is challenging federal protections for Seneca Nation land in Buffalo and on Grand Island.