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Marvin Sapp and Chaz Lamar Shepherd for ‘Never Would Have Made It” film, 2022 | TvOne Multi-platinum recording artist and senior pastor of The Chosen Vessel Cathedral, Marvin Sapp released a new film about his personal struggles in life, taking viewers inside the grief that birthed his hit song, “Never Would Have Made it.” Titled […]
There’s no need to fight a culture war if your worldview is in the ascendency. Christians in the Middle Ages didn’t go on crusades to lands full of churches. Upper-class men didn’t fight for the right to vote because they already had it. So why does it feel like, in every sphere of society right […]
When Matt Chandler became pastor of Highland Village First Baptist Church in 2002, the church averaged 160 in attendance. Now known as The Village Church (TVC), the DFW-area congregation has planted multiple churches and has grown to over fourteen thousand attendees. Chandler was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2009 but was declared cancer-free a year later […]
Dr. Allan Sawyer | Courtesy of Dr. Allan Sawyer In July 2017, Dr. Allan Sawyer found himself yet again in central Togo. A long, narrow country in West Africa, Togo is home to 8 million people, nearly 82% of whom live below the poverty line, and one out of every eight children there won’t live […]
A view of Saint John, New Brunswick, looking toward Trinity Church. | Dennis Lennox New Brunswick looks and feels like New England had the British won the American Revolution or the war never happened in the first place. While Canada has obviously evolved and developed its own distinct national identity since New Brunswick was founded […]
Actor Kel Mitchell. | Todd Rosenberg Actor, comedian and youth pastor Kel Mitchell lent his vocal talents to the prominent faith-based streaming app Pray.com for a reading of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Mitchell, well-known for his time on Nickelodeon as an original cast member on the sketch comedy series “All That,” read the Sermon […]
A former elder at a Missouri church was convicted of first-degree murder last Friday. According to The Christian Post, Robert Harris, who served as a church elder at the charismatic non-denominational Repairers Kansas City church, was found guilty of murdering his wife, Tanisha, 18 months into their marriage. Tanisha, who was an associate pastor at […]
A group of California churches won a major religious liberty victory Thursday when a federal court ruled that the state of California cannot force them to cover abortion in their insurance plans. At issue was a rule by the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) that requires companies to offer insurance plans that cover […]
Pastor Vlad Savchuk (R) of Hungry Generation Church in Pasco, Washington, appears on an episode of Tovares Gray’s (L) “Godly Dating 101” podcast on July 7, 2022. | YouTube/Godly Dating 101 A popular pastor has warned that lust is like a “mosquito bite” in that the more it is scratched, the more it itches, and […]
Jonathan Cain of the rock band Journey, participates in a panel during the PBS sessions at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California, on Aug. 6, 2013. | (Photo: Reuters/Phil McCarten) Journey songwriter Jonathan Cain, the man behind the hit song “Don’t Stop Believin,’” recently discussed how two near-death experiences influenced […]