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By CP Staff, Saturday, April 06, 2024 Monte Lavelle Chitty, 62, is senior pastor of First Baptist Marathon in Florida. | YouTube/First Baptist Church; Monroe County Sheriff A Florida pastor charged with sexually assaulting an intoxicated teenager has been arrested in Texas after a prosecutor suspected he fled the Sunshine State. The Monroe County Florida […]
On Easter Day, April 4, 1523, Leonhard Köppe smuggled a group of nuns who were hiding in herring barrels out of a Cistercian convent in Nimbschen. One of these nuns was Katharina von Bora, who later became the wife of Martin Luther. Katharina had lived in convents since she was very young, placed there […]
Preaching how God hates abortion has its place because He calls us to speak His truth in our generation, but it must be done in love and gentleness. God’s most interested in drawing lost sinners to Himself through His Son Jesus Christ. Rather than growing angry toward their ignorance, what if: if: You asked God […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Friday, April 05, 2024 Scores of viral videos with millions of views on the social platform TikTok claim dark-skinned Russian icons show Jesus is black. | Screenshot/TikTok Scores of viral videos on the social platform TikTok are claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin recently opened up a vault revealing historic […]
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Friday, April 05, 2024 Rev. James Randolph of Mark Barclay Ministries. | YouTube/Integrity Today A third leader at televangelist Mark Barclay’s Michigan-based church has been suspended following accusations of sexual abuse, months after Barclay’s son-in-law was charged with several counts of criminal sexual conduct. The Living Word International Church […]
In March 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that religious education in public schools violated the separation of church and state. According to McCollum v. Board of Education, even off-site “release time” programs that secured parental consent amounted to the establishment of religion and was thus a violation of the First Amendment. However, just four years later, […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, April 04, 2024 Monte Lavelle Chitty, 62, is senior pastor of First Baptist Marathon in Florida. | YouTube/First Baptist Church; Monroe County Sheriff Monte Lavelle Chitty, a 62-year-old Florida pastor and former police officer accused of getting a 15-year-old member of his church drunk and sexually assaulting her, is now on […]
Paige Bueckers, who plays on the University of Connecticut Huskies women’s basketball team, recently gave glory to God for helping her grow through “trials and tribulations” during a season of injures that kept her on the sidelines. Bueckers, 22, from Minnesota, scored 28 points against the USC Trojans on Monday, leading her team to another […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, April 04, 2024 Shaylor Wilcots | Screenshot: WFAA Shaylor Wilcots, the mother of late New Generation Church Youth Minister Denzel Branch, who was shot dead by his lead pastor’s son Joshua Bell during a dispute near the church on Sunday, is confident justice will be served as she prepares to […]
According to new data analysis from LifeWay Research, the Southern Baptist Convention lost over 1,200 churches in 2022. The SBC’s 2022 Annual Church Profile, which was published Tuesday, the Lifeway analysis found that, between 2021 and 2022, 1,253 congregations were no longer part of the SBC. In 2021, 2 percent of the SBC’s 50,423 active […]