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By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, April 18, 2024 A drag queen known as Miss Amie reads during a story hour video uploaded to YouTube in June 2020. | YouTube/Amie Vanité A drag queen story hour event that was moved from a library venue to a theologically progressive church in Pennsylvania has been canceled. […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Friday, April 12, 2024 Pastor Jess Peacock of the Community Church of Chesterland, Ohio, a United Church of Christ congregation, speaking during a March 2024 worship service. | Screengrab: YouTube/Community Church of Chesterland A church in Ohio that suffered an arson attack last year after it agreed to host […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Friday, April 12, 2024 Irene Tahliambouris, 68, and the 16-year-old suspect (inset) who attacked her on the steps of the Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Briarwood, New York, robbed her of her belongings then fled in her car on April 7, 2024. | GoFundMe; NYPD Detectives with the New […]
On Monday, former President Donald Trump delivered a statement via video outlining his position on abortion given all that has transpired since his previous term and the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court. The statement exemplified what could be called America’s “worldview problem,” a problem at the root of our cultural confusions about sex, […]
By CP Staff, Thursday, April 11, 2024 The Baphomet room bathed in lighting and fog as members of the Satanic temple walk by at the Satanic Temple where a “Hell House” is being held in Salem, Massachusett on October 8, 2019. The Hell House was a parody on a Christian Conversion centre meant to scare […]
Upheaval envelops our world. Conflict in Eastern Europe could spark a third world war. Violence in Israel brings prophecies to mind. Charismatic leaders operate in oppression and corruption. Religious leaders are exposed as manipulative and sinful. In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus teaches us to watch for signs of the end, and many today believe we’re […]
A popular company that closes its restaurants every Sunday and has a corporate goal to “glorify God” set another sales record in 2023, according to new data. Chick-fil-A generated $21.58 billion in sales in 2023, a 14.7 percent increase over 2022 ($18.81 billion) and a 43 percent increase over 2021 ($15 billion), according to Technomic […]
When an event won’t happen again where I live until 2317, of course I’m writing on it today. Total solar eclipses occur every eighteen months, but at any given location, it can be centuries between appearances. When the “totality” occurs this afternoon in Texas, the moon will completely cover the sun for about four minutes, the […]
Alicia Purdy | Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer | Updated: Apr 05, 2024 Have you ever asked yourself why you go to church? There are plenty of scriptures about meeting together, so, maybe it’s out of obedience. Or maybe it’s tradition, or maybe it’s the fear of being accused of not being a good Christian. Maybe you […]
More than 200 people were baptized along a scenic Florida beach on Easter Sunday as part of a worship service hosted by a revivalist who once dabbled in the occult before she was freed by Christ. Jenny Weaver, a revivalist and senior leader of the Core Group mentorship organization, organized and led the service, which […]