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Ke’Shawn Nesmith, 26. | JSO A pastor’s attempt to witness to his atheist cousin almost turned deadly in Florida on Saturday afternoon after he was shot in the neck during a dispute over Heaven and Hell after the funeral of another family member. A report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office shows that 26-year-old veteran Ke’shawn […]
Pastor Jack Hayford, who wrote more than 50 books and 500 songs, including the popular hymn Majesty, died Sunday. He was 88. For over three decades, Hayford served as pastor of The Church On The Way in Van Nuys, Calif., where such well-known Christians as singer Pat Boone and actor Dean Jones attended. In 1997 […]
According to a new American Enterprise Institute (AEI) survey, about a third of Americans have stopped attending church since the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. During the summer of 2020, only 13 percent of Americans reported attending in-person worship services. The number grew by the Spring of 2022 to 27 percent, but the attendance rates […]
Downtown Rochester, New York. | Dennis Lennox As with other Rust Belt cities, this city on Lake Ontario and near New York’s spectacular Finger Lakes region has a significant number of old churches of different denominations. The most notable hides within plain sight among the sea of buildings in downtown Rochester. That church is the […]
An image from The Satanic Temple. | Facebook/The Satanic Temple The Satanic Temple announced it’s dedicating the “largest satanic gathering in history” to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, accusing the city of trying to “unconstitutionally” bar them from public spaces. On its website, The Satanic Temple invites people to register for SatanCon 2023, which will take […]
Grace Community Church Pastor John MacArthur drew concern after he was absent from the Sun Valley, California, church’s second service on Sunday due to an unspecified illness. “Many of you are praying for Pastor John’s health due to his absence from the pulpit during the second service. We are pleased to report that he is […]
A prominent Baptist church in Alaska announced that it is changing its name to avoid associations “with false religions” and to reflect its influence on the entire state. According to The Christian Post, Anchorage Baptist Temple will now be known as Mountain City Church. “Our vision is to transform every Alaskan with the salt, light, […]
“The last five hundred years have witnessed a breathtaking series of revolutions. The earth has been united into a single ecological and historical sphere. The economy has grown exponentially, and humankind today enjoys the kind of wealth that used to be the stuff of fairy tales. Science and the Industrial Revolution have given humankind […]
Residents of a small town near Charleston, South Carolina, are hoping to keep a Christian halfway house from opening. According to reports, the halfway house would provide housing for up to 10 registered sex offenders. About 970 people in Walterboro make up Stop Pedofiles on Barracada Road, a Facebook group standing against the facility that […]
A homeless man checks on a friend who had passed out after smoking fentanyl at a homeless encampment on March 12, 2022, in Seattle, Washington. | John Moore/Getty Images The head of a Greek Orthodox church in Seattle where a homeless encampment has grown outside the building says the city is ignoring the church’s complaints. […]