Gospel
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Friday, June 13, 2025 Rapper GloRilla won the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award at the 2025 BET Awards on Monday June 9, 2025. | YouTube/BETNetworks Popular gospel singer and founding pastor of Hill City Church in California, Deitrick Haddon, has criticized BET for giving secular rapper GloRilla the Dr. Bobby Jones Best […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Thursday, July 10, 2025 Screengrab/Tori Kelly YouTube Grammy-winning singer and outspoken Christian Tori Kelly is expecting her first child, whom she described as a “gift from God,” with husband André Murillo. “This year has already been full of highs — getting to perform in stadiums all summer, writing the […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, July 09, 2025 Devin Carroll, 22, is pastor of Happy Home Baptist Church in Nakina, North Carolina. | Screenshot/happyhomebaptistchurch.org Happy Home Baptist Church in Nakina, North Carolina, is now reeling after their recently hired pastor was arrested Saturday for allegedly grabbing the “private parts” of a 13-year-old middle school […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, July 09, 2025 Michael Oakes is is the outreach minister for the Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. | Screenshot/KENS5 Megachurch Pastor Michael Oakes is counting his blessings after he and his entire family escaped flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas last Friday, which has claimed […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Shane & Shane leads worship at the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas. | Baptist Press Shane Barnard and Shane Everett have one mission when they step onto a stage to lead worship: to care for the pastors, leaders and laypeople in the room through […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Thursday, June 19, 2025 Lead singer Mac Powell of Third Day, Aug. 25, 2013. | Courtesy Harvest Ministries One of Christian music’s most recognizable bands, Third Day, is reuniting for a 30th anniversary tour that will bring its original four members together on stage for the first time in […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Monday, June 23, 2025 Natalie Grant, 2023 | PFA Media When the Museum of Christian & Gospel Music opens its doors this October in downtown Nashville, award-winning singer-songwriter Natalie Grant will be there — not just as a celebrated performer but as part of the museum’s permanent history. “[This […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Monday, July 07, 2025 Forrest Frank | Dove Awards Christian and “traditional” pop songs are rising on U.S. music charts, reflecting what some analysts call a broader cultural shift toward conservative values in entertainment, according to recent reports. Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” described by Semafor as “a folksy melodramatic ballad […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Monday, July 07, 2025 Apologist Wes Huff on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast | Screengrab/Joe Rogan Experience For centuries, the number 666 has stirred imaginations and inspired fear as the so-called “number of the beast” from the book of Revelation. But according to Wesley Huff, a Canadian biblical scholar […]
It’s an old phrase, but a telling one: Which hills are you prepared to die on? Meaning, which stands are you going to take no matter the cost? For what are you prepared to die? Your answer will determine your core values, and until they are established, your church does not have a defined DNA. […]