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The Burmese army bombed a Baptist seminary in Myanmar last Thursday, injuring at least four men in their dormitory. The Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s military junta, shelled Theological Seminary in the Kutkai area. According to International Christian Concern, there was no prior conflict between junta forces and local ethnic armed groups before the attack. “The attack against […]
The main campus of His Tabernacle Family Church in Horseheads, New York. | Screenshot: Google Maps A church in New York state has filed a lawsuit over a new law banning guns in houses of worship despite rising concerns about church security. The law firm First Liberty Institute has filed a lawsuit on behalf of […]
A black pastor of a Florida-based multiethnic church stressed that one’s identity is ultimately found in Jesus Christ, not race. “A lot of people, they look at themselves as a black person or a white person or a Hispanic person. I look at myself as a born-again person, washed by the blood, who is a […]
Rapper Takeoff sings with the group Migos during a performance in October 2017. https://www.flickr.com/photos/thecomeupshow/35831104173/in/photostream/ | Creative Commons/Flickr/Charito Yap Rev. Jesse Curney, III, senior pastor of New Mercies Christian Church in Lilburn, Georgia, remembered popular Migos rapper Takeoff as a faithful church member as plans are underway to celebrate the beloved rapper’s life with an elaborate […]
Christian author, podcaster and motivational speaker Sadie Robertson Huff recently announced that she is pregnant with her second child. She is due in May 2023. Huff, who initially appeared on the reality TV series Duck Dynasty with her family, shared the news on social media on Nov. 3. “Another little miracle is in motion,” she […]
Woman standing in the aisle of a church. | Getty Images While most U.S. adults view church buildings as transcendent spaces where they can experience a sense of peace and a connectedness to the divine, the majority, including self-identified Christians, do not regularly visit a space they consider transcendent, new research shows. An online quantitative […]
A total lunar eclipse or “blood moon” is expected to take place on the night of November 8, the same day Americans will be voting in the midterm elections. According to CBN News, the celestial event is the second one in 2022 and is also the third of its kind in the last 18 months. […]
Singer and actress Kathie Lee Gifford says God prompted her early in life to be a beacon of light for Christ in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. She also hopes her testimony will inspire Christians to be a light for Jesus in their own workplace. “Ever since I entered this industry in a full-time […]
Five of the six children who died in a suspected murder-suicide in Tulsa, Okla., on October 27, 2022. | Family handout Elected officials and several pastors banded together Sunday with community members at a prayer and healing service hosted by First Baptist Church Broken Arrow in Oklahoma to grieve the loss of six children and […]
Hillsong founder Brian Houston recently pushed back on public statements by the church board concerning his resignation as global senior pastor earlier this year. “I want to be clear. The media and others incorrectly say I resigned because I breached the Hillsong code of conduct, but that’s just not true. I didn’t resign because of […]