Calvary Chapel of The Woodlands, Texas, which hosts services in the auditorium of McCullough Junior High School, has announced the firing of their longtime pastor, Bruce Hollen, following his arrest for possession with intent to promote child pornography. ... Read full Story
The Association of Baptists for World Evangelism intends to spend more than $6 million to "transform" Papua New Guinea by renovating a Baptist college and medical clinic to enhance theological education and evangelism in the Pacific country with over 600 islands and 800 languages. ... Read full Story
The Village Church Pastor Matt Chandler has said he believes the mark of the beast is “active even now in this moment of history that we're in." ... Read full Story
In a revelation that appeared to some as almost as unusual as his announcement of the suicide of his wife, Mica Miller, Pastor John-Paul Miller of Solid Rock at Market Common in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, said he tried to raise her from the dead but it didn’t work. ... Read full Story
The centuries-old Church of the Holy Spirit in Heidelberg, Germany, drew more than 1,200 people on Sunday for worship services featuring the music of Taylor Swift. ... Read full Story
Since October 2022, Daystar Television Network’s ministry jet has made 24 round-trip flights from Fort Worth to Colorado Springs and 13 round-trip flights from Fort Worth to Destin, Florida, at an estimated cost of $769,220. ... Read full Story
Former megachurch Pastor Perry Noble didn't mince words when he criticized ministry leaders who say women shouldn't preach during a sermon earlier this month. ... Read full Story
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, the death of Pope Sylvester II, and the commissioning of missionary Althea Brown. ... Read full Story
While many clergy in the United States will be preaching sermons in celebration of Mother’s Day, one pastor in Texas avoids doing so in consideration of those for whom the day brings pain and heartache. ... Read full Story
K.P. Yohannan, the founder and director of Gospel for Asia and the Metropolitan of the Believers Eastern Church, has died of a cardiac arrest at the age of 74. ... Read full Story
Around 100 people professed faith in Jesus at worship services held in wildfire-ravaged Hawaii last week, the culmination of Harvest Christian Fellowship's "Hope for Lahaina" outreach efforts to share the hope of Christ with a community devastated by the deadliest wildfire in the United States in over a century. ... Read full Story
Controversial televangelist Benny Hinn said his two “biggest regrets” in his decades-long ministry include promoting prophecies he now admits “were not accurate or from the Lord” and pushing “prosperity theology." ... Read full Story
Matt Chandler reflects on what he's learned about grace and accountability after a tumultuous time in his personal life, during which he took a sabbatical from the pulpit after being accused of being in an inappropriate online relationship. ... Read full Story
Hillsong Church has denied trying to silence former member and ex-Hillsong College student Anna Crenshaw after she alleged that she was forced to walk away from an offer to settle a lawsuit against the megachurch because she was being asked to lie and sign a non-disclosure agreement. ... Read full Story
Southern Baptist congregations saw growth in baptisms, worship attendance and small group participation in 2023, while membership decline slowed compared to recent years. ... Read full Story
Three Episcopal Church dioceses based in Wisconsin have voted in favor of a measure to unify into a single regional body, a proposal that still needs approval from the denomination. ... Read full Story
The Episcopal Church in Navajoland is one step closer to becoming a missionary diocese, with a proposal being recently advanced for consideration by the mainline Protestant denomination. ... Read full Story
Apart from the votes on the UMC rules on sexuality and ordination, there were other happenings during the General Conference that could be described by critics to be “woke" in nature, from pronouns to diversity monitors. ... Read full Story
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the first Mother’s Day celebration and Father Damien traveling to the Hawaiian leper colony. ... Read full Story
Middle Tennessee authorities are on the lookout for a large four-door truck possibly linked to a fire earlier this year, which resulted in a significant number of Bibles being burned in a utility trailer near Pastor Greg Locke’s church. ... Read full Story
“In 2023, Royal Caribbean's bookings hit an all-time high ahead of the launch of its newest ship, the Icon of the Seas. Interest has yet to wane: The three strongest booking weeks in the company’s history were at the start of 2024 and ‘wave season,’ when cruise lines typically roll out flashy discounts to incentivize reservations.” — Brittany Chang, Business Insider, 20 Mar. 2024
Did you know?
In her book Braiding Sweetgrass, scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer, an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, recounts some of the stories of her people surrounding Windigos, fearsome, shrieking monsters that prey on human flesh: “The Windigo is most powerful in the Hungry Times. With the warm breezes his power wanes.” Wane is a verb used when something—such as strength, power, or influence—decreases or diminishes, usually with the implication that the lessening is gradual, natural, or—as in the case of the Windigo—seasonal. Daylight wanes, as does summer. In a classroom, one’s attention may be said to wane if, minute by minute, one becomes more interested in watching birds through the window than following the points of the professor’s lecture. For centuries, wane has also been called upon to describe the seeming decrease in the size of the moon in the later phases of the lunar cycle. The traditional opposite of wane is wax, a once common but now rare synonym of grow. Wane and wax have been partnered in references to the moon since the Middle Ages.