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‘Jesus’ film producers plan release of new animated version in 2025

By Adelle M. Banks — November 30, 2023
(RNS) — Josh Newell, executive director of Jesus Film Project, said he views animation as a fitting means to speak to younger generations about the life of Jesus.

As The King’s College faces closure, scrutiny turns to its backers

By Meagan Saliashvili — March 22, 2023
NEW YORK (RNS) — The nondenominational Christian college is expected to announce it will close after a Canadian company failed to deliver on lofty promises to boost declining enrollment, say staff and faculty members.

LGBT Christians push to overturn Young Life’s ‘sexual conduct’ policy

By Kathryn Post — August 10, 2020
 (RNS) — #DoBetterYoungLife, a movement advocating for broader LGBT inclusion, has shared hundreds of stories of exclusion, and its petition has garnered over 6,700 signatures.

Campus chaplains, religious clubs advocate for students in a moment of anxiety

By Aysha Khan — March 16, 2020
BOSTON (RNS) — As university campuses around the country shut down and move classes online, chaplains and faith-based campus groups are stepping in to ease the transition.

On college campuses, some evangelicals find room to reflect

By Yonat Shimron — February 5, 2018
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (RNS) — Twenty-four Christian study centers at some of the nation's most competitive universities want to cast off the perception that evangelicals are anti-intellectual or anti-science.

Weightlifter Kendrick Farris wants to ‘bless the gym’

By Kimberly Winston — August 12, 2016
(RNS) The heavy lifter from Shreveport, La., lists three names for God as the most influential people in his life.

Campus Crusade co-founder Vonette Bright dies at 89

By Adelle M. Banks — December 23, 2015
(RNS) In 1951, Bright started the ministry, now known as Cru, with her husband, William “Bill” Bright. It grew into one of the largest and most influential evangelical institutions for young Christians.
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