RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, Brazil — Brazilian police have arrested an American child rapist who claimed to be “Christ in the flesh” after he was discovered living as a fugitive in the country. Victor Barnard, 53, was taken into custody on Friday at a home in Rio Grande Do Norte, where he had been staying […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Christians are expressing concern over revelations that a pastor’s wife in the Bible Belt has been working as a counselor at an Alabama abortion facility. David Day, Sr., a Mission Service Corps (MSC) missionary with the North American Mission Board (NAMB), told Christian News Network on Friday that Callie Chatman, wife of Louis […]
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Regional presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church (USA) are voting on whether to ratify a vote taken by the General Assembly and regional delegates last year to change the definition of marriage in its law book and to allow ministers to perform same-sex “marriages” in states where the practice is legal. As previously […]
This past Sunday, during an episode of Oprah’s “Super Soul Sunday,” Rob Bell, the former head “pastor” of Michigan’s Mars Hill Bible Church and author of “Love Wins,” a book questioning the orthodox Christian view of Hell, told the talk show host that he believes the Church is “moments away” from embracing same-sex “marriage.” Bell had […]
Nearly 500 “churches” in the United States will commemorate Charles Darwin’s birthday this week with “Evolution Sunday,” but many other congregations plan to recognize the biblical Creator and celebrate “Creation Sunday” instead. February 12, Darwin’s birthday, is commemorated each year by atheists as International Darwin Day. However, many “churches” also plan to celebrate the birth […]
SANTA ANA, Calif. — The granddaughter of the late Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) Founder Paul Crouch has filed a lawsuit in federal court, alleging that her uncle Matt Crouch, who now serves as vice president of programming at the network, threatened her with a gun after she was fired for speaking against what she believed was […]
NASHVILLE — A Christian theology professor says that it was the fear of man, not God that led a Tennessee megachurch minister to announce full acceptance of homosexuals in his congregation, including the allowance of those involved in sexual sin to serve in leadership roles and to “marry.” “If you fear man, God will become small […]
A number of congregations nationwide decided to move or cancel their Sunday night services so that members can watch the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots during the Super Bowl instead. The Public Religion Research Institute recently conducted a study that found that 18 percent of Americans are more likely to skip church on […]
NASHVILLE — An apostate pastor in the Bible Belt who leads the congregation that country star Carrie Underwood attends recently announced from the pulpit that not only can practicing homosexuals be members, but those in sexual sin can now fully serve in his church and will be allowed to “marry” at the facility. “Our position that these […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The pontiff of the Roman Catholic religion visited a Buddhist temple in the capital of Sri Lanka on Wednesday at the invitation of the head of a prominent Buddhist organization in the country. Francis made a last minute stop to the Agrashravaka Temple at the bidding of head monk Banagala Upatissa, […]