Worship
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By Michael Gryboski, Editor Tuesday, March 18, 2025 The Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 2022. | STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened on behalf of a church that is suing a California city over what it claims is a discriminatory zoning law that disfavors […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Monday, March 17, 2025 Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images A California city has agreed to allow a megachurch to build a new building for its growing congregation, reversing an earlier decision opposing the construction project. The San Diego City Council voted 5-4 last Tuesday to allow All Peoples Church to construct a […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Monday, March 17, 2025 A police car is outside of Saint Patrick Catholic Church of Wichita, Kansas, in March 2025, shortly after the congregation discovered vandalism inside the sanctuary. | Screengrab: YouTube/KSN TV Authorities have arrested one suspect after a Kansas church was vandalized with physical damage, as well as the […]
Making the happiness crisis in America even worse, especially for young people, are completely wrong diagnoses. What’s needed to increase happiness is not more money, more stuff, or more “authenticity.” As Dr. Thaddeus Williams explains in his book Don’t Follow Your Heart, at the root of our problem is the terrible advice about how to achieve happiness […]
When you think of the beginning of contemporary approaches to ministry – evangelism and outreach, music and structure – what comes to mind? The Azusa Street revivals of the early 1900s? The Jesus Movement of the late 1960s and early ’70s? The megachurch movement, with the birth of Willow Creek in 1975 or Saddleback in […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Friday, March 07, 2025 The mugshot of Rui Jiang, a 35-year-old man arrested on September 24, 2023, after trying to bring weapons to a church that he had made threats against online. | Facebook/Prince William County Police Department A man who attempted to attack a Virginia church armed with a gun […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Thursday, March 06, 2025 The Last Supper movie Chris Tomlin, the Grammy Award-winning artist behind some of modern worship’s most beloved anthems, believes worship is more about seeing than singing. “I’ve always thought that if I can help people see the mercy of God, the goodness of God, the […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, March 05, 2025 Pastor Ronnie Goines (L) of Koinonia Christian Church in Arlington, Texas, is accused of sexually assaulting dentist and former member Tolu Fadipe (R). | YouTube/Koinonia Christian Church; Screenshot/Instagram/Tolu Fadipe Editors’ note: This article includes graphic details about alleged sexual assaults Pastor Ronnie Goines and his Koinonia […]
A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted a group of people called “The HENRYs,” an acronym for “high earner, not rich yet.” The piece showcased earners with incomes well into the hundreds of thousands who still feel they are living paycheck to paycheck. According to author Callum Borchers, “The essence of being a HENRY is feeling […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Tuesday, March 04, 2025 The entrance signage for the United States Department of Justice Building in Washington D.C. The Department of Justice, the U.S. law enforcement and administration of Justice government agency. | Getty Images The United States Department of Justice has expressed support for a Pennsylvania church that is suing […]