OPINION: In late 2023, the United Methodist Church (UMC) released many of its conservative churches due to theological disagreements over LGBTQ+ ministers and congregants. Without its more conservative membership weighing in on theological issues, the UMC recently voted to ordain “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” and to allow same-sex unions with little internal resistance. But how did […]
Another large denomination has abandoned its commitment to scriptural fidelity and caved to the whims of culture. On Wednesday, the United Methodist Church (UMC) voted overwhelmingly to lift the denominational ban on “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” serving as clergy. “Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference — the first such […]
No woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering of four historically Black Baptist denominations representing millions of people. That changed in January when the Rev. Gina Stewart took the convention stage in Memphis, Tennessee, – the Southern city home to Christ Missionary Baptist Church where she serves […]
With 400,000 children in the United States in foster care and 100,000 of those children eligible for adoption, there is a desperate need in America for people to step up and come alongside the most vulnerable among us. Prestonwood Baptist Church is trying to do just that, recently hosting a massive foster care and adoption […]
A brother of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for a $5 million “refund,” accusing the church of misusing his mandatory tithing donations. James Huntsman, who grew up in a prominent LDS family before leaving the church in 2020, says his donations were used to […]
SYDNEY — Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation. The seven, aged 15 to 17, were part of a […]
Evangelist Mario Murillo exhorted a crowd of thousands in Phoenix on Sunday night that God has given the church a season to come together to save America. “So the question becomes, are you ready for a new America? See I get asked about Donald Trump all the time. And I’m not supposed to mention his […]
MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian judge on Monday ruled that social media platform X must block every user in the world from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church, extending the prohibition beyond users in Australia. X Corp., the tech company rebranded by billionaire Elon Musk when he bought Twitter last […]
BEAL CITY, Mich. — A Catholic priest has resigned as pastor of a church in a small central Michigan community, the result of weeks of controversy following his publicly expressed regret that a gay author had read a book to preschool children. Gay rights activists and others have held regular protests outside St. Joseph the […]
How many people, when stabbed by a knife-wielding lunatic, would go out of their way to forgive their attacker? Though Christ preached forgiveness, Christians have often struggled to forgive when faced with a burning, and at times, justifiable desire for revenge. But, occasionally, a prominent Christian who was the victim of a vicious attack has […]
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