The Associated Press is joining with the Religion News Service and the nonprofit publisher The Conversation to form a global initiative to expand news reporting on religion in the United States and around the world. The collaboration is being funded by an 18-month, $4.9 million grant .

Thursday, May 2, 2019 marks The National Day of Prayer, first deemed worthy of nationwide recognition in 1952 by President Harry S. Truman who signed it into law. In honor of this day, EEW Magazine is sharing 6 powerful scriptures that will help strengthen your prayer life.

Former president Barack Obama campaigned on his Christian faith—heavily name-dropping Jesus Christ—back in 2008 and 2012. But he didn’t mention the son of God at all on Easter Sunday in 2019. In two separate tweets on Resurrection Day, he mentioned Easter, but omitted the Messiah, the reason we celebrate.

Empowering Everyday Women Ministries founder, Dianna Hobbs, is offering prayers, as well as words of support and comfort after extremist attacks killed more than 200 people and injured hundreds more in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. “We are praying for the victims’ families, loved ones, and the entire country…”

Death is defeated and Christ is exalted! Christ's resurrection not only saved us from sin and secured eternal life for us, but it also entitled us to receive blessings, favor, and an amazing inheritance reserved for those who attain righteousness through the blood of Christ. In today’s powerful Resurrection Day message, Dianna Hobbs reminds you to “Celebrate the fact that Christ the King reigns supreme.”

When bad things happen and circumstances look bleak, it’s easy to expect the worst instead of believing God for the best. But this encouragement is God’s way of drawing your attention away from negative contingencies and focusing you on the positive possibilities that exist for those that believe! 

God is giving you some insight, fresh vision, and greater understanding of His awesome plans for you. He’s removing the scales from your eyes so you can see the bigger picture. Everything you’re presently facing is a setup for God to bless you, mature you, and use you as an effective witness for the Kingdom.

There is never a case too complicated, too advanced, or too big for Him to solve, or resolve. Whatever your day-to-day issues are. God has it in control. He is never surprised by what ails us. He is never out of answers or options. He always has a solution, and does ALL things well.

In today’s inspiration, Dianna Hobbs tells you where she's been, and also, she encourages you to keep your eyes on Jesus—whatever you’re going through, knowing that He will never leave you nor forsake you, and He will surely come through in every circumstance! 

Stress, a feeling of emotional and physical tension, can make life’s hardships, transitions and challenges especially difficult. If you don’t handle stress properly, it can lead to physical ailments—even depression, anxiety and excessive worry. Here are 10 stress-busting scriptures to eliminate stress and fear!

African-American Christian conservative, Candace Owens, is hitting back against the hatred she has received for being vocal about her conservative political views. The 29-year-old spoke before the House Judiciary Committee on hate crimes and white nationalism, and condemned ‘disgusting’ attacks.

An African-American couple in North Carolina is grabbing headlines around the globe as they mark 82 years of marriage and milestone birthdays. D.W. Williams, 103, and Willie Williams, 100, have divulged details on their winning marital strategy—and you may just be shocked by how simple and straightforward it is.

After a devastating cyclone in Mozambique, a cholera outbreak has been declared in the regional city of Beira, many of whose half-million residents live in slums, and in a few outlying communities where scores of thousands of people now huddle in displacement camps with few toilets and little clean water.

Obesity-related diseases are on the rise among African-American women, but Grammy-nominated gospel singer, Tamela Mann, is on a mission to reduce that negative trend by tackling obesity head-on. The songstress is the new celebrity ambassador for WW—the new Weight Watchers.

These are crazy times for the cast members of Fox’s hit show, “Empire,” ever since one of its stars, Jussie Smollett, filed a police report alleging a hate crime. Taraji P. Henson, known for her role as Cookie Lyon on the series, says she keeps things together through therapy, and faith in God.

On our own, we all struggle to be content, which is to remain in a state of peace and satisfaction. We constantly see reasons to be dissatisfied. But contentment is possible, through Christ. When you rest in Him all the circumstances of life don’t have to be perfect. Your joy is full when you remain in Him!

Pastor Hope Carpenter received praise from Aventer Gray though she came under fire in 2017 for bashing NFL players for kneeling as a means of protesting the killing of unarmed black men. She also made headlines in 2014 for carrying on multiple extramarital affairs over a 10-year period.

Megachurch pastor, Dr. Tony Evans, needs your prayers as his wife, Lois Evans, has just discovered a recurrence of cancer. The 70-year-old senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship announced that her latest routine scan revealed that her rare gallbladder cancer had come back.

Kim Burrell is rightfully celebrated as one of the most gifted Gospel vocalists in the world— a role model to other singers, in fact. But she recently set a bad example by openly criticizing one songstress to build up another. She said Le’Andria Johnson is a better songster than Fantasia Barrino.

Federal rates of recidivism—the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend—are high. But Dallas mega church pastor, Bishop T.D. Jakes, has found a formula to reduce those rates drastically through his Texas Offender Reentry Initiative (T.O.R.I.).