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A historic Black church in downtown Washington, D.C., has received more than $1 million in a lawsuit against a far-right group activist group. The church, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, sued the Proud Boys for tearing down and burning a Black Lives Matter banner during a 2020 rally, Religion News Service reports. In his decision, […]
North Carolina-based megachurch Elevation Church, led by popular preacher Steven Furtick, has ended its affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention after more than 20 years of partnership with the world’s largest Baptist denomination. According to The Christian Post, the decision to withdraw from the denomination, which was made late last month and privately shared with […]
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is rejecting requests from a liberal group to remove the drawing of a cross outside the governor’s mansion, asserting that the depiction is constitutional and also an expression of her family’s faith. The back-and-forth began on June 26, when Sanders, a Republican, posted a photo on social media of a […]
Lachune Boyd | Screenshot:YouTube/America’s Got Talent Lachune Boyd, a talented master of music student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has seized the spotlight on “America’s Got Talent.” Boyd, specializing in voice, received a standing ovation and glowing reviews from the competition’s four judges during her audition. A pastor’s child from South […]
A Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary student is moving on to the next round of the NBC talent competition show America’s Got Talent. Boyd is a pastor’s child and Master of Music Student at the Fort Worth, Texas-based seminary school. “You have a beautiful, beautiful voice, and I am really fascinated by you. It was a […]
This Sunday, during my church’s communion message, the man giving the message called himself a “worthless, wretched sinner.” And I have to be honest with you; it really hurt my heart! I instantly felt so much compassion for him and wanted to run over to comfort him. I wanted to tell him that God is […]
iStock/120725448 While Scripture is full of references to all types of animals and even refers to the Messiah as the Lamb of God and the Lion of Judah, the shadow of snakes looms large over both the Old and New Testaments. The word for “serpent” or “snake” is used 31 times in the Old Testament […]
No, you don’t need to leave the country this summer to visit a notable church. In fact, an entire family-friendly summer vacation can be planned around a visit to a notable or historically significant house of worship. Listed in no particular order, the following three chapels are located in destinations that have plenty of things […]
Scooter, a seven-year-old hairless Chinese Crested pup, was born with back legs and joints that are backwards. When he was born, a breeder turned him in to animal control for euthanasia, but an animal rescue group saved him. He walks on his front legs and sits on his back legs like a tripod. According […]
Children with a Texas church recently packed 9,000 meals for those in need as part of the church’s Vacation Bible School activities. Students with First United Methodist Church Richardson worked this week to pack the meals at VBS, partnering with the group Rise Against Hunger. FUMCR Communications Director Kristen Ceaser told The Christian Post on […]