By Michael Gryboski, Editor Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Getty Images Updated at 11 a.m. ET on July 23, 2026: The research was conducted by the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center of Wheaton, Illinois, and not the similarly named Billy Graham Archive and Research Center of Charlotte, North Carolina. Original report: Nearly half of Gen Z […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Thursday, July 23, 2026 YouTube/Jen Hatmaker Jen Hatmaker, a prominent progressive Christian influencer and bestselling author who quit attending church last year, now says she no longer believes in Hell. In an essay posted on her Substack last week, titled “There You Are. Laying down my belief in hell didn’t cost […]
By Christian TodayThursday, July 23, 2026 iStock/Rawpixel A United Nations report has suggested that young people globally want to get married and have children, but often find it difficult to do so. The report, which is based on a survey of 108,000 people aged 18 to 39 across 73 different countries, said that low fertility […]
By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, July 23, 2026 An undated booking photo for Arcola Mayor Fred Burton. | Screenshot/YouTube/@KPRC 2 Click2Houston A Texas mayor who was arrested on five felony charges linked to illegal voting is still listed as mayor of his small town. Fred Anthony Burton, 68, the mayor of Arcola, […]
Along with well-deserved patriotic pride this month, the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary requires introspection, especially about America’s beginnings and slavery. Many of the same Founding Fathers who inspired the cause of liberty in so many kept others in chains. However, a Founding Father who boldly opposed slavery was Dr. Benjamin Rush. In a new documentary, “Rush: The American […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, July 22, 2026 A sign welcomes visitors to Pawleys Island Community Church in Georgetown, South Carolina. | Screenshot/YouTube/WBTW News13 Church leaders in South Carolina have resigned and been charged with obstruction of justice after a police investigation found that the church and affiliated school knowingly employed a convicted […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Matt and Christina Donley served as the lead pastors of Cultivation Church in Louisiana until July 2026. | YouTube/Cultivation Church Cultivation Church, a multi-campus Assemblies of God congregation in Louisiana, announced to its congregation Sunday that the lead pastor’s wife had engaged in a two-year affair […]
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Mel Gibson (right) directs actor Jim Caviezel in ‘The Passion of the Christ.’ | 20TH CENTURY FOX Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Randall Wallace said a conversation he had with Mel Gibson about making a sequel to “The Passion of the Christ” came with an unexpected warning: […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. | Wikimedia Commons/Gabriel Lerma via Ianphilpot https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Willow_Creek_Community_Church_sign.jpg An Illinois man has been arrested for posting threats of violence online against multisite Evangelical congregation Willow Creek Community Church and other entities. The Vernon Hills Police Department announced the arrest of […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, July 22, 2026 The late Brian Doerksen. | YouTube/Brian Doerksen Christian Canadian worship leader, singer and songwriter Brian Doerksen, known for songs such as “Refiner’s Fire,” “Faithful One” and “Come Now Is The Time To Worship,” has died following a brief battle with stage 4 cancer. He was 60. […]