Charisma Magazine

Steve Hill, pastor of Heartland Church in Irving, Texas, said thousands have returned to faith in Christ since he started ProdigalsOnly.com in April 2009.

"They write us from all over the world," he said. "Many of them feel like they drifted too far. This website helps them come home."

Pro-life advocates are making a last-ditch effort to lobby Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to sign "landmark" legislation that requires women seeking abortions to undergo an ultrasound.

HB 1143 passed in the Florida Legislature April 30 and was put on Crist's desk this week. He has until June 22 to sign or veto the measure, but observers expect his response any day.

The son of a founder of Hamas who converted to Christianity and sought political asylum in the U.S. is facing deportation.

Mossad Hassan Yousef is scheduled to appear in a San Diego immigration court June 30 because the Department of Homeland Security considers him a threat to national security.

Abdul Sattar Khan, head of village No. 123/10R, Katcha Khoh, and other area Muslim residents ordered the expulsions after Christian residents objected too strenuously to sexual assaults by Muslims on Christian girls and women, said Emmanuel Masih, a locally elected Christian official.  

Christian music industry observers are expressing sadness upon hearing of the death of pioneer Dana Key, who with Eddie DeGarmo formed the first Christian group with a video broadcast on MTV.

Key died Sunday from a ruptured pulmonary embolism, according to his label, Ardent Records.

Key recorded a dozen albums as part of the Dove Award-winning duo DeGarmo & Key, and the pair wrote more than 40 Top 10 radio singles. Key founded ForeFront Records, and in 1995 helped launch the Christian rock Ardent Records and produced such artists as Big Tent Revival, Smalltown Poets and Skillet.