CHARLOTTE, NC — A group of liberal clerics have filed a legal challenge against North Carolina’s same-sex ‘marriage ban,’ asserting that it violates the free exercise of religion among clergy. The Cleveland, Ohio-based United Church of Christ (UCC), which is outside of biblical orthodoxy and was the first American religious group to ordain homosexuals and […]
ROME — A crowd of approximately one million spectators crowded St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday for the canonization ceremony for Popes John Paul II and John XXIII, as Pope Francis declared sainthood to the two deceased pontiffs. The event was stated to have been the largest public Roman Catholic gathering since the funeral of […]
In a series of assertive Tweets yesterday, Dan Haseltine of the popular band Jars of Clay took to his Twitter account and came out in support of homosexual ‘marriage,’ citing that he does not “particularly care about Scripture’s stance on what is ‘wrong.’” Haseltine, who is the lead singer of Jars of Clay and whose band became famous for its Christian-themed […]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A Vineyard minister in Michigan is claiming that he received a ‘strong nudge from Jesus’ a few years ago to announce his changing views on homosexuality—a topic that he is now discussing in a new book about embracing homosexuals in the Church. “It’s about welcoming previously excluded groups,” Ken Wilson Vineyard […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida megachurch minister has resigned from his position of senior pastor after he recently admitting to cheating on his wife. Bob Coy, 58, led Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, which is considered one of the largest churches in Florida. Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale has approximately 200,000 members across its ten satellite […]
ATLANTA — The congregation of El Elyon International Church in Atlanta, Georgia is reportedly taking issue with their pastor, Mason Betha, who they accuse of living a double life as a vile rapper. Betha is known as Ma$e in the hip-hop world, where he became a platinum-selling artist in the 1990’s until he decided to […]
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — One of America’s largest Christian charities announced on Monday that it has altered its employee handbook to allow staff members to enter into same-sex ‘marriages’ as long as they profess to be Christians. World Vision, a Washington-based organization that has been assisting the poor and orphaned worldwide for over 60 years, […]
WHITE PLAINS, NY — The head of the New York Conference of the United Methodist Church has ended the church trial of a minister who officiated his son’s same-sex “wedding,” and is now vowing to end all future trials in the region. “Church trials produce no winners,” Martin D. McLee told reporters on Monday. “[They] […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A North Carolina megachurch minister remains under fire for his alleged practice of instructing volunteers to strategically respond to salvation calls in order to bolster baptism numbers. Steven Furtick leads Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the largest megachurches in the United States, with weekly attendance above 14,000. According to […]
In providing his feedback on Tuesday’s debate between Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis and Bill Nye ‘the Science Guy,’ televangelist Pat Robertson went off on a two-minute monologue on Wednesday about why he holds to the opinion that Christians need to get over their young earth beliefs. Speaking on his daily broadcast of the […]