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A yearlong study of more than 1,000 pastors and leaders, conducted by ChurchSalary and the Arbor Research Group on the impact of COVID-19 on the American church, has been completed and the results released. More than one in three churches saw attendance declines between 2020 and 2022. The reasons for the departures include disagreements over […]
Did Taylor Swift join Travis Kelce for his birthday yesterday? Will she attend his game this weekend? Heinz has created a custom sauce in response to a viral photo of her at a recent Chiefs game. Their friends say she is “really enjoying getting to know Travis” and that he is “completely smitten” with […]
Pastor Michael Todd, a New York Times bestselling author and Pastor of Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, embraces transparency in his new book, “Damaged but Not Destroyed: From Trauma to Triumph.” Drawing from biblical examples, Todd contends that everyone except Jesus, experiences damage, asserting that bringing one’s brokenness to God is essential for healing and […]
A former Duluth, Minnesota, youth pastor at The Vineyard Church has been sent to jail and charged with sexual misconduct with five young girls. Jackson Michael Gatlin, 35, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with ten felony counts following five criminal complaints. He was placed at the Saint Louis County Jail on a $300,000 bond, […]
Natalie Grant, 2023 | PFA Media Nine-time Grammy-nominated songstress Natalie Grant says she refuses to be put in a box with her music as she releases a star-studded new album compiled of Christian classics. Grant’s new album, Seasons, pays homage to many of her favorite songs and hymns and features duets with Dolly Parton, CeCe […]
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 4, 2023 (Morning Star News) Terrorists on Saturday (Sept. 30) killed one Christian and abducted 19 others in northern Nigeria, a day after gunmen in the country’s southwest intercepted a church bus and kidnapped 25 members. The assailants on Saturday invaded Kaduna state’s predominantly Christian Angwan Waku village, in the Kufana area […]
The looming healthcare strike has finally become official and is the biggest in American history. In California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Virginia, and Washington D.C., 75,000 Kaiser Permanante employees, including nurses, medical technicians, and other support staff, walked off the job to begin a three-day strike. Among the requests from employees is a $25-an-hour minimum wage […]
Republicans scramble as the divided party tries to pinpoint their new Speaker. In a historic vote, Kevin McCarthy lost his seat as the 55th Speaker of the House earlier this week. Acting Speaker Patrick McHenry announced a candidates’ forum to elect a new speaker next week, acknowledging the challenge of finding consensus in the fractured […]
The Rev. Danny Smith of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ in New Haven, Missouri, was one of five people killed on September 29, 2023, when a semi-truck containing a load of anhydrous ammonia overturned in central Illinois and spilled half its contents. | Facebook/St. Peter’s UCC Less than four months after he was officially […]
In a video released by Von D, a minister baptizes her with friends and family gathered to watch. “Katherine von Drachenberg, upon your profession of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in obedience to His Divine command, I baptize you, my sister, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,” the […]