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Brian Houston, former leader of the global megachurch Hillsong, was charged with driving under the influence following a 2022 incident. According to court records, Houston was charged in Orange County, California, in February 2022 after he recorded a blood alcohol reading of .08 percent. “In February 2022, and In (sic) the lead up to my […]
Andrea Bocelli sings in Times Square for TBN’s broadcast of “The Journey: A Music Special From Andrea Bocelli.” | 42 West World-renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli promoted the release of his upcoming film, “The Journey: A Music Special from Andrea Bocelli,” in the heart of New York City’s Times Square where he sang the beloved hymn […]
Judah and Chelsea Smith’s Churchome, a Washington state megachurch, is at the center of a class-action lawsuit filed by current and former employees over the church’s alleged required tithing policy. According to ChurchLeaders.com, the lawsuit alleges that the church and its leaders, including CEO David Kroll and the Smiths, violated two state laws when it […]
A 12-year-old boy knocked softly at the open door of a classroom in a Nairobi, Kenya slum. The teacher motioned for the young boy to come in. Her warm smile gave him the confidence to step in and share what was on his heart. “Thank you for giving my brother this small book,” he said […]
Unsplash/Kasper Rasmussen What are deliverance, exorcism and demonic possession? What does it mean to find true spiritual freedom? With the topic of “deliverance” on many people’s hearts and minds these days and with the church continuing to debate the role of evil in humans’ lives, many questions persist about the Bible’s handling of spiritual warfare. […]
Carl Lentz, the high-profile pastor who ministered to celebrities before being ousted from Hillsong Church East Coast in 2020, has taken a new position at an Oklahoma church. Lentz has joined Tulsa’s Transformation Church as a strategist, Executive Pastor Tammy McQuarters told KJRH-TV. Lentz was terminated as pastor of Hillsong Church East Coast in 2020 due to […]
ABUJA, Nigeria, March 29, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a pastor on Thursday (March 23) in Kaduna state, Nigeria two weeks after terrorists killed a Baptist pastor’s son in the same state, sources said. The Rev. Musa Mairimi of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Buda 2 village, near Kasuwan Magani […]
Hillsong founding Pastor Brian Houston | Screenshot: NBC/”Today” show Less than a month before he resigned as global senior pastor in March 2022 in the wake of revelations that two women had made complaints of misconduct against him in the last 10 years, Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston was charged with driving under the influence of […]
Former Hillsong NYC pastor Carl Lentz will give his first interview since being fired from the global megachurch in 2020 in the upcoming FX docuseries The Secrets of Hillsong. Relevant Magazine reports that the four-part series is based on reporting on Hillsong Church by Vanity Fair’s Alex French and Dan Adler and will highlight Hillsong’s […]
Students sit in a high school classroom. | Reuters/Stephane Mahe The Unitarian Universalist Association says that a sex education assignment at an Oregon high school asking students about their sexual fantasies is not part of a comprehensive curriculum it helped develop in conjunction with the United Church of Christ. Earlier this month, Kirk Miller, a […]