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By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Saturday, December 09, 2023 Michael Hodges, son of the church’s founding Pastor Chris Hodges, wins on “Wheel of Fortune.” | Screenshot/YouTub/Wheel of Fortune Alabama’s largest megachurch, Church of the Highlands, recently celebrated a unique achievement. Michael Hodges, son of the church’s founding Pastor Chris Hodges, emerged victorious on the […]
“Don’t say patience. I hate it when people say patience. Everyone says patience!” A wily Lutheran pastor spoke these cheeky-yet-dead-serious words to me in a 2015 job interview. He asked me what the Lord had been teaching me in the past year. My first thought was patience, but I quickly recovered and pretended that it […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, December 07, 2023 The battleship USS ARIZONA sinks after being hit by a Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. | The U.S. National Archives/Handout via Reuters On Dec. 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a coordinated attack on the United States naval base […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Friday, December 08, 2023 Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images An appeals court panel has ruled against a New York law that prohibits the carrying of firearms into houses of worship, upholding a lower court decision that blocked the law from taking effect. On Friday, a three-judge panel of the United […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints treated onlookers at New York City’s Times Square with a Nativity display across its billboards. The event occurred on November 27 as the LDS launched its annual Light the World initiative. “As we start hoping there will be greater light in the world, we invite all to […]
Actress and author Danica McKellar says her newfound faith has transformed her view on life and that her new home in Tennessee has given her the church-based community she needs, adding that “Christianity is not what I thought it was.” McKellar is known among fans of rom-coms for her Great American Family and Hallmark Channel […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, December 07, 2023 A law enforcement officer enters the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs. | REUTERS The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released a guide to help churches enhance security for their sanctuaries as attacks on houses of worship appear to be on the rise. Released […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Features Reporter Thursday, December 07, 2023 Jarrett Booker | YouTube/ The Average Fat Biker Jarrett Booker, a father, husband and pastor of student ministry and worship at Nashua Baptist Church in New Hampshire, left his family, friends and church community with a double dose of shock and grief after he died […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, December 07, 2023 The 100th Save the Storks mobile medical center, which was dedicated in December 2023. Supplies of EveryLife diapers are in the foreground. | Save the Storks A Colorado-based pro-life organization has launched its 100th mobile medical clinic, which will be given to a pregnancy care […]
Republicans and Democrats in the United States agree that the nation’s families face a multitude of problems, but they disagree strongly on which issues are of concern, according to a new survey. The 2023 American Family Survey found that Americans who identify as Republican are 25 percentage points more likely to say they are concerned […]