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Daniel Kellan Mayfield, 35, is the former youth pastor at First Baptist Gowensville in Landrum, S.C. | Screenshot/LinkedIn Daniel Kellan Mayfield, a married youth pastor at First Baptist Gowensville in Landrum, South Carolina, who states on his LinkedIn profile that he’s also an event coordinator for global Christian humanitarian aid agency Compassion International, has been […]
According to new research from the Barna Group, most Christians and nearly 50 percent of the general population believe churches should be offering care and counseling to their communities. Most pastors, though, disagree. The research, which analyzed data collected in 2015, 2020 and 2022, looked at how pastors, Christians, non-Christians and the general U.S. adult […]
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Michael W. Smith is facing backlash for seemingly endorsing the controversial The Passion Translation (TPT) of the Bible. The translation has faced controversy since it launched in 2015. According to The Christian Post, the TPT website included an endorsement from Smith, but as of June 1, the endorsement was removed from the […]
Pastor Josh Price (R) and his son Matthew (L) in their booking photos. | Davidson County Sheriff’s Office A North Carolina pastor and his son were arrested Sunday for allegedly turning their church that had been shuttered since the COVID-19 pandemic into a drug house that manufactured marijuana with the intent to traffic the drug. […]
ABUJA, Nigeria, June 1, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a church pastor, his wife and 41 other people in an attack last month on two predominantly Christian villages in Nasarawa state, Nigeria, sources said. The Rev. Daniel Danbeki of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Takalafiya village, Karu County, and his […]
Saddleback Church founding pastor Rick Warren recently weighed in on the theological debate about women’s roles in the church by dispelling both complementarianism and egalitarianism. “There are biblical alternatives to both complementarianism and egalitarianism,” Warren said in part one of a four-part video series titled “SBC at the Crossroads.” “And while both of those positions […]
‘Loretta’ scene features character saying, ‘It’s every man’s right to have babies’ A scene from “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” | Screenshot/YouTube “Cancel culture” might be coming for a classic — and some say blasphemous — “Monty Python” film. The Life of Brian, the 1979 British comedy starring Python alum John Cleese, Eric Idle and […]
Several Roman Catholic dioceses in California have filed for bankruptcy or are considering the option as the churches face over 3,000 lawsuits related to childhood sexual abuse cases. The influx of cases comes after a California state law opened a three-year in Dow to allow alleged victims to sue up to the age of 40. […]
Over 4,000 people were baptized on a California beach on Pentecost Sunday, which fell on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Jesus Movement. Baptize SoCal, an event advertised as “the biggest water baptism in history,” was organized by Oceans Church. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oceans Church (@oceanschurch) “A […]
Louis L. Reed and Van Jones on the set of “The First Act” Documentary | firststepfilm.com In 2018, Congress and President Donald Trump passed The First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill that has had mixed reviews since its inception. A recent documentary gives viewers an inside look into the journey of getting […]