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Saddleback Church on Thursday announced San Jose pastor Andy Wood as the successor to founding pastor Rick Warren, who launched the congregation with his wife Kay in 1980 out of their home and watched it grow to 40,000 members. Wood, 40, will come to Saddleback from San Jose’s Echo Church, which he led for 14 […]
A Southern Baptist task force is asking that the denomination create a “Ministry Check” website to track abusive pastors, church employees and volunteers. The SBC’s sexual abuse task force also asked that the denomination prepare to spend millions on reforms to prevent abuse and provide care for survivors. According to Religion News Service, the recommendations, […]
“Imagine if Earth were much, much closer to the Sun. So close that an entire year lasts only a few hours. So close that gravity has locked one hemisphere in permanent searing daylight and the other in endless darkness. So close that the oceans boil away, rocks begin to melt, and the clouds rain […]
A pro-life organization is gearing up for a “summer of service” to counter threats of a “summer of rage” by pro-abortion activists as the U.S. Supreme Court decides if it will overturn Roe v. Wade. The highly anticipated ruling over the 1973 decision that legalized abortion in the U.S. is expected to be released in […]
Pro-life activists on Wednesday said the pro-life community in a post-Roe v. Wade America must be ready to increase their support for pregnant women through pregnancy resource centers and even through public policy due to what will be an expanded demand for assistance. Patrick Brown, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, said […]
Lifeway Research data found that nearly six in 10 believers do not know any methods for telling others about their faith in Christ. According to The Christian Post, the survey found that 54 percent of participants said they are “willing” or “eager” to tell others about Jesus, but 66 percent of Christians said they were […]
Evangelist Franklin Graham says America’s abandonment of God and its embrace of violent entertainment is to blame for a series of mass shootings, including the shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Graham made the comments on Facebook Wednesday, two days after President Biden made remarks interpreted […]
A TikTok video of a woman’s “unbaptism” ritual began to go viral before the user made the video private. In the video, the user, “Vix,” noted that she recited that Lord’s Prayer backward and is seen completing what she called an “anti-communion” by eating an apple slice and drinking wine. The video included the song […]
Hallmark actress Jen Lilley is partnering with home décor company Balsam Hill to launch a summer initiative to raise funds for essential school supplies for thousands of children in foster care. The project, called “Camp Christmas in July,” will launch on June 15. “Kids who are at risk, homeless, or in foster care, so many […]
Four people were killed, and multiple others were wounded in a shooting at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital campus on Wednesday. According to CBS News, the shooter is also dead. In a statement to CNN, Tulsa Police Department Capt. Richard Meulenberg said that multiple people were wounded, but none are in life-threatening condition. Speaking to the […]