Guitars growling, drums pounding, voices wailing the gospel, Petra has rocked the Christian music world longer than any band of its kind. In its 15 years it has produced nine albums which have sold a ...

A Nashville-based Christian-rock band, Petra is not the sort of group likely to be criticized by those currently attempting to make the record industry establish a ratings code. Petra sings of ...

In the 33 years of WBVN-FM concerts, few events have ever excited Station Manager Ken Anderson as much as Saturday’s scheduled performance by Petra at the Marion Cultural and Civic Center. It is a ...

Petra lead singer John Schlitt likens the band's shows as part of a 50th anniversary tour to a family reunion. "We have nothing to prove. We're not featuring a new album. It's just basically getting ...

EXCLUSIVE: When does a democracy end, and a theocracy begin? That’s the key question in Oscar-nominated filmmaker Petra Costa’s urgent new documentary Apocalypse in the Tropics, set to open in select ...

Thirty years ago most people wouldn't have believed it. But now, thousands of people are believing for it. It is a $6.5 million, 55,000-square-foot Student Life Center proposed for Petra Christian ...

For several decades, Greg Hough has provided chiropractic care to a range of patients at his office in Indiana. The physical care he gives supplements the Christian ministry he shares as a member of ...

INDEPENDENCE - Things have always fallen into place for the members of Christian rock group Crossed. "We didn't have the equipment, and God pulled that off. We didn't have a van, and God pulled that ...

The Rev. Lester Zimmerman remembers sirens interrupting Petra Christian Fellowship services at the New Holland Fire Station. "We had to move quickly to clear out of the way. With alarms blaring, ...