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Will Smith promotes his new movie on “The Daily Show,” Nov. 29, 2022. | Screenshot: YouTube/TheDailyShow with Trevor Noah Months after the slap heard around the world, award-winning actor Will Smith is back in the public eye promoting his new film, “Emancipation,” a role that prompted him to draw closer to God. Smith appeared on […]
A Dallas, Texas, megachurch is responding to social media criticism of its popular Christmas multimedia event by saying, “Jesus deserves our absolute best.” Criticism of Prestonwood Baptist Church’s “The Gift of Christmas” program led to stories in The Dallas Morning News, the Houston Chronicle, and other Texas-based media. This year’s event is taking place Dec. […]
A new Lifeway Research study found that half of U.S. Protestant pastors say a Christmas Eve service is their church’s largest event of the holiday season. According to the survey, 48 percent of Protestant pastors said attendance rises in the church leading up to Christmas Eve but then tapers off in the new year. “Christians […]
Screengrab: YouTube/Walker Texas Ranger fan Clarence Gilyard Jr., best known for his roles in Hollywood action films, has died at age 66. The actor who played the role of a pastor in the original “Left Behind” movie and became a professor. His death was announced by Nancy J. Uscher, the dean of fine arts at […]
Marie Curie, a charity organization in the United Kingdom that provides care to people with terminal illnesses, recently apologized to a Christian chaplain who was told he would face “consequences” for refusing to remove a cross while volunteering for the charity. According to The Christian Post, a Methodist minister instructed Derek Timms, the 73-year-old chaplain, […]
Longtime actor and academic Clarence Gilyard Jr., best known for his roles in television shows Walker Texas Rangerand Matlock and films Top Gun and Die Hard, passed away on Monday at age 66. According to CBN News, for several decades, Gilyard starred in numerous TV shows and films. He later pursued a career as a […]
Fans of the hit series The Chosen can now pray with the cast on Hallow, a catholic prayer and meditation app, as part of an Advent prayer challenge. “I am thrilled to partner this year with Hallow, Jonathan [Roumie], and several of our amazing actors from The Chosen for Hallow’s Advent #Pray25 challenge,” the show’s creator, […]
Jodi Benson at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Oct. 05, 2019, in New York City. | Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for ReedPOP NASHVILLE — Actress and singer Jodi Benson, best known for being the voice of Ariel in Disney’s animated series “Little Mermaid,” is now the voice of Nia in the new Christian children’s series […]
Former Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt will be returning to ministry after completing a restoration process, according to a new video announcement. Hunt, who previously served as a pastor of a megachurch in Georgia, was one of the pastors named in a Guidepost Solutions report on sexual abuse in the SBC. The report said […]
A church in Ohio is hosting a Christmas festival that features about 300 different Nativity scenes. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church’s HeART Gallery ministry is hosting the December festival. The event started last Saturday and runs through Dec. 18. The 300 Nativity scenes come from members of the congregation and local residents. Other decorations are donated […]