With Christmas approaching, many Christians are preparing to celebrate the Advent season in preparation for one of the holiest days of the year. Advent, a four-week season leading up to Christmas on ...

Advent, the season leading up to Christmas, is a time of preparation for the arrival of the Christ child in many Christian churches. There are four weeks, four Sundays of Advent, and this Sunday is ...

During Advent, traditional reflections remind us that our call to evangelize involves waiting and anticipation. As we move ...

On Friday, people young and old started to take part in the holiday time tradition of the Advent calendar. So what is the story behind this time-honored tradition and how did it come to mainstream ...

Advent ‒ which derives from the Latin word "ad-venire," or "to come to" ‒ is the season that includes the four Sundays, and weekdays, leading up to Christmas, according to the United States Conference ...

The chapel will be joining with other Evangelical Churches in Windham County for a Good Friday Service at 7 p.m. at Vernon Advent Christian Church. On Easter, April 12, there will be a free breakfast ...

Although Advent calendars have become hot-ticket items, they still reflect their ancient Christian meaning, writes Matthew Robert Anderson.

With tears, hugs and bittersweet memories, Aurora Advent Christian Church held its final worship service on Sunday, April 2, after 163 years of ministry. The Rev. Matt Mull, senior pastor, presided at ...

Bella Vista Community Church, 75 E. Lancashire Blvd., is an evangelical interdenominational church. The BVCC Sanctuary Choir Christmas Cantata "Noel Celebration," will take place at 10 a.m. Dec. 21.

Churches across the city began a season of special services, concerts, dramatic presentations, pageants and other events this week in observance of Advent, the period leading up to Christmas. Although ...

(RNS) — ‘To say that the meaning of sacred Scriptures are over for Jews, because Jesus has come, fuels a sense that there is no longer a reason for Jews to exist,’ said one scholar. (RNS) — This ...