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Our ministry often receives email correspondence from desperate wives and mothers. They often read something like this, “I’m at a loss. My ‘Christian’ husband is verbally and physically abusive. Ironically, he thinks that I’m the problem; he sees no need to change.” “He’ll quote Scriptures about submission while yelling and cursing. His anger is also […]
When Southern Baptists met in New Orleans this week for their annual convention, a number of important issues were on the docket, including updating the Convention’s progress on the sexual abuse scandals that were the focus of last year’s meeting and discussing budget problems after coming in nearly $7 million in the red last […]
ABUJA, Nigeria, June 15, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Unidentified gunmen on June 7 shot a Roman Catholic priest to death in southwest Nigeria, a church spokesman said. The Rev. Charles Onomhoale Igechi was killed as he drove in the Ikhueniro area of Benin, Edo state, the Rev. Augustine Akubeze, archbishop of the Archdiocese of […]
On Thursday, an Australian court heard closing arguments in a case against Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston, who was accused of covering up his late father’s sexual abuse. Houston’s father, Frank Houston, was an Assemblies of God minister. According to Christianity Today, Crown prosecutor Gareth Harrison asserted that Houston lied about his father’s sexual abuse […]
The Arizona State House of Representatives has censured a Democratic representative after a video showed her hiding Bibles from his colleagues. State Rep. Stephanie Stahl-Hamilton was caught on camera in April removing the Bibles and hiding them under two sofas in the lounge in a State Capitol room. CAUGHT ON VIDEO: AZ Dem lawmaker/ordained minister […]
On December 6, 1907, a massive explosion decimated a coal mine in Monongah, West Virginia. Three hundred and sixty-two miners were killed, making this the worst mining disaster in U.S. history. The tragedy devastated the small town and led eventually to the establishment of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. The Monongah mine disaster also […]
Michael W Smith | Screenshot: YouTube/Surrounded Did something “open the eyes” of Michael W. Smith’s heart? An endorsement of a controversial Bible translation from the Grammy-winning Christian singer appears to have disappeared after Smith offered his endorsement of The Passion Translation (TPT) version of the Bible late last month. Smith, a singer-songwriter whose career spans […]
The Southern Baptist Convention voted this week overwhelmingly in support of pushing through an amendment that would prevent women from serving as a “pastor of any kind.” The proposed amendment to the SBC constitution was passed on Wednesday at the SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans, The Christian Post reports. About 80 percent of SBC […]
Attending religious services in person is the preference among US adults, but a quarter of Americans still enjoy regularly watching online services following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pew Research Center surveyed 11,377 adults in the USA between November 16-27, 2022. The key driver for the research was examining how Americans use technology in spirituality. The […]
The same day his former church was removed from the Southern Baptist Convention for his hiring of a female pastor, pastor and author Rick Warren said he believes the denomination eventually will change on the issue. “I can guarantee you that change will happen at some point,” he said Wednesday. On Tuesday, SBC messengers voted […]