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One year after ads by the He Gets Us campaign ignited a social media debate, a new round of Jesus-centric Super Bowl commercials on Sunday night found believers divided once again. This year’s He Gets Us ads led with a 60-second commercial that included 12 successive depictions of individuals washing the feet of others. In […]
Aaron Ivey, worship pastor and husband of podcaster Jamie Ivey, has been dismissed from his position at the Texas-based megachurch, The Austin Stone Church, after the church revealed that he had engaged in “inappropriate and explicit ongoing text messages with an adult male.” According to Religion News Service, the multicampus evangelical church fired Ivey last […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Monday, February 12, 2024 The Praise & Worship Family Outreach Center in Jasper, Tennessee. | Screenshot: Google Maps A Tennessee church is steadfastly maintaining the innocence of a pastor accused of defrauding a man with mental disabilities out of more than $27,000 and taking control of more than $366,000 […]
The creator and director of the Bible-based hit series The Chosen on Thursday addressed a plot-twisting cliffhanger scene from Season 4, episode 3 that surprised many viewers and ignited a debate among fans, some of whom said they shed tears watching it and others who said they were troubled by how it ended. Season 4, […]
The cancel culture is a recent movement set on destroying a person’s character and their calling in life. It involves the mass withdrawal of support through public disapproval or shaming to exert social pressure and remove (“cancel”) an individual’s influence and significance. Granted, we reap what we sow and God often reveals sin so that […]
When Zach Williams reads the Parable of the Prodigal Son, he sees himself in the story. Like that wayward son in the biblical story, Williams walked away from his family as a young adult, rejecting the faith and values that had been taught to him from birth. He got hooked on marijuana. He became a […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Wednesday, February 07, 2024 A worker paints final touches on a display in the NFL Super Bowl Experience ahead of Super Bowl LVIII on February 06, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Jamie Squire/Getty Images Despite its legalization in many states, most Evangelical pastors in the U.S. are opposed […]
Imagine a friend told you that her baby is sick and may die. You’d feel shock and grief and likely ask how you could help. You’d commit to praying for her child and the family. Would anything change if the friend then replied, “Thank you, we’re hoping Fluffy pulls through”? According to many, it […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Monday, February 05, 2024 “Multiplied” | Multiplied Film/Screenshot “Multiplied,” a groundbreaking film directed by Chris Worthington, offers a new perspective on the state of Christianity worldwide and the power of evangelism at a time when reports of Christianity’s decline and persecution are rampant. The film, in theaters through Fathom […]
According to a new report by the UCC Center for Analytics, Research & Development and Data, The United Church of Christ lost more than 286,000 members from 2012 to 2022. Between that decade, the theologically liberal mainline Protestant denomination experienced a net loss of 286,610 members and 551 congregations. As reported by The Christian Post, […]