Worship
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By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, July 03, 2024 Zachary King, 47, former executive pastor of LexCity Church in Lexington, Kentucky, has been charged with rape and sexual abuse of a minor. | Screengrab: YouTube/Lexington City Church Zachary King, a pastor with “significant experience serving in youth ministry” at multiple megachurches, including LexCity Church in […]
Here are 10 things that ANY church – no matter its size or budget, worship style, or denomination – can do to help ensure it will grow numerically. I honestly can’t envision a scenario where any of these 10 could not be pursued and, if they haven’t yet been pursued, wouldn’t result in increased growth. […]
Many of the New Testament epistles chronicle the significant temptations that raged against the early Church, both from within and without. From the beginning, the Church was forced to deal with heresies, false gospels, and false teachers. For example, here’s Paul writing to the church at Galatia: I am astonished that you are […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Pastor Jack Hibbs Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, California, delivers a speech at the Pray Vote Stand Summit in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 2023. | The Christian Post/Nicole Alcindor A prominent megachurch pastor is calling on all Americans to follow in the footsteps of the […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Tuesday, June 25, 2024 Unsplash/Matthew Ansley An atheist parolee in Colorado jailed for refusing to follow a court order requiring him to take part in a Christian mission’s worship services has won a $100,000 settlement. In a settlement agreement with the Colorado Department of Corrections filed in court last […]
Mecklenburg Community Church (Meck) started in 1992. It was a church plant, and I was the church planter. It has since grown from one family to more than 20,000 active attendees, with ministry in more than 20 countries. The most prized “Yay God!” story is that more than 70% of our growth across the entire […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Wednesday, May 22, 2024 A still from “JESUS: a Deaf Missions film.” | Screenshot/Deaf Missions In an unprecedented move, the deaf community will see the life, ministry and sacrifice of Jesus like never before on the silver screen in “JESUS: A Deaf Missions Film,” the first-ever feature film presented entirely […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, May 30, 2024 The Cathedral of the Madeline of Salt Lake City, Utah. | Screengrab: YouTube/Issac Goeckeritz | Filmmaker Utah police have arrested a man who entered a Catholic church during Sunday morning worship and reportedly attacked parishioners at random by punching them with his fists and striking […]
Turkey has implemented ID cards with an electronic chip inside. One of several pieces of information gathered is a person’s religious affiliation. While religious affiliation isn’t written on the outside of the card, it is embedded inside the card’s chip. Information inside the chip can be accessed by employers and those with Turkish government connections, […]
Jesse Morgan is the pastor of Green Pond Bible Church in Rockaway, New Jersey. He and his family were on the first week of his sabbatical, vacationing in Maine. According to his six-year-old daughter Lucy Morgan, it was “the best week of her life.” Then tragedy struck: the kids were playing badminton when the […]