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The Bible App for Kids is celebrating a significant milestone of being downloaded 100 million times. “Bible App for Kids is a tool that helps children all around the world fall in love with God’s Word through interactive stories and activities—and it just passed 100 million installs!” the Bible-based platform YouVersion said in a statement […]
Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston has been sentenced to three years of probation and other penalties for driving while under the influence of alcohol last year. As reported by The Christian Post, Houston pled guilty to a DUI on April 11 after being arrested on February 26, 2022. The megachurch pastor was caught driving with […]
Country star Granger Smith is revealing more details about his retirement from music and touring, saying he has a heart for defending the Christian faith and wants to help believers in the pews do the same. Smith announced on social media this month that his current tour, the “Like a River” tour, would be his […]
The Holston Conference in Tennessee has approved the disaffiliation of 264 churches from the United Methodist Church. According to The Christian Post, over the weekend, church leaders gathered in a special session of the conference in downtown Knoxville to process requests for disaffiliation. The UMC Holston Conference now includes 578 churches in East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, […]
Pastor Sherman Jaquess (L) of Matoaka Baptist Church in Ochelata, Oklahoma, wears blackface to mimic legendary black American singer and musician Ray Charles. He appears without makeup in the photo on the right. | Screenshots/Facebook/Sherman Jaquess An Oklahoma pastor who says he doesn’t have “a racial bone” in his body says he had to preach […]
A new survey notes that less than half of born-again Christians believe Jesus lived a sinless life on Earth. According to the American Worldview Inventory 2023, the number of professing Christians who say Jesus did not commit sins during his earthly life decreased from 58 percent to 44 percent. During the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer than […]
Pastor Aaron Strong of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, preaches his final sermon on Oct. 9, 2022. A few days later, Strong was killed when a driver struck his vehicle after running a red light. | YouTube/Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church A Milwaukee man who was intoxicated when he sped through four red lights […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists this month killed a Christian who was effective in leading Muslims to Christ in eastern Uganda, sources said. Engineer Herbert of Sironko District was stabbed to death in the Namakwekwe area of northern Mbale town the night of April 8 while on his way […]
Getty Images “The Exorcist Files” host Ryan Bethea’s fascinating foray into exorcism and the demonic realm took form while he was researching miracles. That exploration sent him deeper into a quest to understand evil. “I’ve always been fascinated by claims of the miraculous — anything that sort of violates the natural law,” Bethea told CBN’s […]
Few pastors in recent memory have had the reach and impact of Charles F. Stanley (1932-2023). Like his contemporaries, J. Vernon McGee and Billy Graham, Stanley found great success using radio and television to spread his message. He founded In Touch Ministries, which reports that Stanley’s sermons have been translated into 127 languages, and he […]