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Church leaders are responding to the passing of televangelist and Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) founder Pat Robertson, who died on Thursday at 93. As Christian Headlines previously reported, Robertson died on June 8 in his home in Virginia Beach. He launched CBN in 1960, which has since reached 200 nations and has been translated into […]
According to Communio’s Nationwide Study on Faith and Relationships, absent fathers and collapsed marriages are two major reasons Christianity is declining in the United States. The study considered the responses of 9,000 Sunday church attendees from 112 Evangelical, Protestant and Catholic congregations in 13 states. It found that regular church attendees were more likely to […]
John Blanchard (pictured) and his wife, Robin, serve as senior pastors of The Rock Church of Virginia Beach. | YouTube/Rock Church William Blaine, a special prosecutor appointed to review whether a prostitution-related case against Rock Church International Senior Pastor John Blanchard in Virginia Beach should be reopened, has concluded that the criminal charges against the pastor are […]
A senior pastor and an assistant pastor have been suspended from leadership at Soul Survivor Watford in England in the wake of an ongoing safeguarding investigation into UK evangelist Mike Pilavachi. Pilavachi was formally suspended by the church where he was an associate pastor in May. He pioneered the Soul Survivor festivals, held first in the UK […]
MANGU, Nigeria, June 7, 2023 (Morning Star News) – At least 300 Christians have been massacred in one county of Plateau state, Nigeria since mid-May, including the killing of two pastors on Sunday (June 4), sources said. In Mangu County, Fulani terrorists killed the Rev. Shadrack Ayuba of the Assembly of God Nigeria church in […]
Daniel Kellan Mayfield, a 35-year-old former youth pastor, was arrested in May 2023 on multiple charges, including voyeurism. | Screengrab: greenvillecounty.org A former youth pastor at a South Carolina church has been arrested on charges of voyeurism for allegedly secretly recording girls in the bathroom. Daniel Kellan Mayfield, 35, a married youth pastor at First […]
Pat Robertson, the trailblazing television minister who founded the Christian Broadcasting Network and hosted the channel’s flagship show, The 700 Club, died June 8. He was 93. CBN, with headquarters in Virginia, was the first Christian television network in the United States when it launched in 1960 when Robertson said he had only $70 to […]
Emmy-nominated animator Butch Hartman made his name with a series of Nickelodeon television hits, including the long-running show The Fairly Odd Parents. He’s now using his talents to spread the Good News of Christ. Hartman and his wife, Julieann, recently released the Christian-themed animated series The Garden, which follows best friends Lenny the Lion and Lucy […]
Southern Baptist Convention pastor Mike Stone received a surprising endorsement for his presidential bid earlier this week. Willy Rice, the pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Florida, endorsed Stone despite supporting Ed Litton for SBC president over Stone in 2021. Rice has also been an outspoken critic of the Conservative Baptist Network (CBN), for which […]
A new survey of U.S. pastors reveals that more than half (54 percent) of U.S. churches have armed members at services as part of security measures. According to a new Lifeway Research survey, churches with at least 250 members are more likely to have armed church members (74 percent), intentional plans for active shooter scenarios […]