Church
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, August 20, 2026 Benjamin Garlick (L), a 35-year-old traveling pastor, and his wife, Shaantal Garlick (R), 32. | Murfreesboro Police Department Benjamin Garlick, a traveling pastor associated with the Independent Fundamentalist Baptist movement, will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury in Rutherford County, Tennessee, […]
Stats don’t lie, nor do they pretty up the truth. A new record from Realtor.com reveals that 25.2 million adults under 35 now live with their parents, prompting a deeper conversation about housing pressures, delayed milestones, and how we define adulthood. Many of these adults who live at home are employed, so can this stat be […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, August 20, 2026 The late Benjamin Speidel, 20. | Spurgeon College Benjamin Speidel, an incoming student at Spurgeon College, the undergraduate school at the SBC’s Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, died Saturday while hiking during an intensive missions training program. He was 20. “This is the […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, August 20, 2026 Samaritan’s Purse volunteers gather in prayer as they provide assistance and spiritual support to homeowners impacted by major flooding in Ohio in August 2026. | Samaritan’s Purse As the Midwest begins to recover from historic flooding last week, Christian relief agencies are delivering hundreds of […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Entertainment Editor Thursday, August 20, 2026 Screenshot/Instagram/Donnie Wahlberg Donnie Wahlberg and his wife, Jenny McCarthy, were baptized after publicly sharing in recent months how surrendering their lives to Jesus Christ has transformed their faith and priorities. The 57-year-old New Kids on the Block singer revealed footage of the couple’s baptisms Monday […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Thursday, August 20, 2026 Close-up detail view of the John Adams Courthouse building in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 12, 2026. The John Adams Courthouse (aka The Suffolk County Courthouse) houses the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and the Social Law Library, which is the nation’s oldest law library. […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Entertainment Editor Thursday, August 20, 2026 The Getty’s live at Sing! 2019 | Gareth Russell/Jersey Road PR Ten years after Keith and Kristyn Getty launched what was intended to be a one-time event celebrating a book about congregational singing, the Sing! Conference has grown into an international gathering of pastors, theologians, […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Wednesday, August 19, 2026 An August 2026 service held at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Washington, D.C., a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. | YouTube/Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Washington, D.C. A federal appeals court panel has ruled […]
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, August 20, 2026 Patrick Clancy with his three deceased children. | Screenshot: GoFundMe A prosecutor in the Lindsay Clancy trial is facing criticism for questioning the defendant’s mother-in-law about mortal sin and her Catholic faith, a moment that reportedly left the courtroom stunned. Susan Clancy, the mother of […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Gregory Madeya, 69, a former Ukrainian Catholic Church priest who was arrested in August 2026 for allegedly stealing $750,000. | Indian River County Sheriff’s Office A former priest with the Ukrainian Catholic Church has been charged with stealing over $740,000 from churches, the Knights of Columbus and […]