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By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, April 23, 2025 New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at Temple of Restoration Church in Brooklyn on April 20, 2025. | Screengrab/X/ Mayor Eric Adams New York City Mayor Eric Adams, whose criminal corruption case was dismissed with prejudice earlier this month, has suggested that God had a […]
In 1170, a monk in Normandy penned these words: “A monastery without a library [sine armario] is like a castle without an armory [sine armamentario]. Our library is our armory.” This was certainly the conviction of the apostle Paul, who even from his prison cell in Rome implored Timothy to be sure to bring him […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Ronald Davis (L) pleaded guilty to the murder of Lucy Pat Curl, the 85-year-old wife of First Baptist Church Orlando’s longtime pastoral care minister Bill Curl (R) on April 22, 2025. He was sentenced to life in prison. | Screenshots/WESH2 In an emotional session in the […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, April 23, 2025 J.D. Greear, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and pastor of The Summit Church in Durham, N.C., said Southern Baptists must be willing to do whatever it takes to reach all people, during his president’s address June 11 during the morning session of the […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Daniel Palmer founded and operated the Atlanta School of Ministry beginning in 2013 which Jane Doe K.D. and other alleged trafficking victims attended during their time at the Atlanta Dream Center where he also served as executive director. | Screengrab/YouTube/Chuck Reich The Assemblies of God, the […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Gary Thomas “Tom” Keesee is accused of sexually abusing multiple individuals associated with Faith Life Church founded by his parents in Ohio. | Screengrab/YouTube/Faith Life Church Online Following months of allegations of sexual abuse, including one from his own sister, Kirsten McKinney, Gary Thomas “Tom” Keesee, a […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Monday, April 21, 2025 “American Idol” judge Carrie Underwood performs on April 20, 2025. | Screenshot/American Idol YouTube “American Idol” contestants, judges and special guests took viewers to church on Sunday night for an extended “Songs of Faith” episode that featured Christian artists CeCe Winans and Brandon Lake. Airing […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Monday, April 21, 2025 Megachurch Pastor Jamal Bryant who leads New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, announced a “full on boycott” of Target on April 20, 2025. | YouTube/New Birth Mbc Megachurch Pastor Jamal Bryant said Target’s pledge to invest $2 billion into black-owned businesses by July 31 […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Monday, April 21, 2025 Pope Francis waves his hand to the crowd as he delivers his Angelus prayer from the window of his study overlooking St.Peter’s Square at the Vatican on February 27, 2022. – Pope Francis expressed his “deep pain for the tragic events” resulting from Russia’s invasion […]
This is a blog with a very specific audience. I know it may exclude some of you, but it may be healthy for you to eavesdrop. This is for all the church planters and their volunteers on post-Easter Monday, struggling to make it from week-to-week, and for the leaders and members of established churches that […]