Church
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Thursday, July 30, 2026 Knoxville firefighters respond to a fire at Overcoming Believers Church of Knoxville, Tennessee, on Monday, July 27, 2026. | Facebook/Knoxville Fire Department – TN A Tennessee congregation that, earlier this year, gave free gas to hundreds of commuters has suffered a serious fire at their church property. […]
The number keeps climbing, and so does the unease behind it. According to Northwestern Mutual’s 2026 Planning & Progress Study, the amount Americans believe they need to retire comfortably — the so-called “magic number” — has jumped to $1.46 million, up $200,000 in a single year. Nearly half of Americans, 46 percent, say they don’t […]
Crossroads Baptist Church, Christian colleges distance themselves from Kenny Baldwin By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, July 29, 2026 Pastor Kenny Baldwin of Crossroads Baptist Church in Fairfax County | Crossroads Baptist Church A Virginia pastor has been removed from ministry duties after he was charged by authorities in Pennsylvania with repeatedly sending sexually […]
When Martin Luther King Jr. led the peace march in response to Bloody Sunday, he paused with the people on the Edmund Pettus Bridge to kneel and pray. At the site where the civil rights protesters had been brutally attacked, he raised requests for the oppressed and abused. Those prayers, and the countless others prayed […]
By Christian Daily InternationalTuesday, July 28, 2026 Manny Pacquiao addresses delegates at the Arise Asia 2026 Congress in Manila, Philippines, on July 27, 2026. The Philippine boxing legend and evangelist urged the gathering of some 4,000 participants from 50 countries to set annual soul-winning goals, calling discipleship a personal commitment “while we’re living here in […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Tuesday, July 28, 2026 iStock/2192979063 The Maryland Supreme Court has ruled that a former bishop of an Eritrea-based Orthodox denomination cannot remain at a church-owned residence where he has lived for more than a decade. The state’s high court issued its decision July 23 in the case of Eritrean Orthodox Tweahdo Diocese […]
Ismaili Muslim-run hospital requires full payment before releasing body By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Monday, July 27, 2026 The late Ayla Garcia, 36. | GoFundMe A Virginia mother who contracted salmonella while serving at an orphanage in Kenya died before she could be medically evacuated to the United States, as supporters raced to raise the […]
Recently, a handful of popular podcasters have claimed that Islamic regimes are historically “very kind” toward Christians. Those who make this claim are either willfully ignorant or are advancing an agenda. The historical record is not ambiguous. For example, the claims that relations between Islam and the Christian world were peaceful for 500 years until […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Monday, July 27, 2026 An indoor homeless shelter held at the parish hall at St. Paul’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church of Ocean City, Maryland. The shelter was launched in March 2026 when local officials demanded that they move their outdoor homeless tent encampment. | Jill Lake, director of Outreach The leadership of […]
How do you worship? Is worship simply attending a service and singing a song? Not according to Jesus. Here’s what he had to say: “True worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship […]