Trustees and administrators of Mercer University dedicated a new $50 million Medical School campus on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, Ga., April 22. Mercer is the only university with historic ties to the Southern Baptist Convention that…
Hillsong Church’s scandals imperil the future of the megachurch
The hits keep coming at Hillsong Church, but they aren’t worship songs. The latest scandal regarding the global megachurch involves a 2021 internal investigative report leaked to The Christian Post that, according to the publication, details extensive stories of sexual abuse and…
New York Times makes Joseph Kahn its 5th Jewish executive editor since 1964
The New York Times named Joseph Kahn as its next executive editor, the fifth Jewish editor in the position since it was instituted in 1964 as the newspaper’s top journalist job.
Macron attacks Le Pen on Russia, Muslim headscarf ban pledge
French President Emmanuel Macron tore into his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a television debate Wednesday for her ties to Russia and for wanting to strip Muslim women of their right to cover their heads in public, as he…
DA seeks to stop ‘unethical’ execution of Baptist inmate
A South Texas district attorney has withdrawn the death warrant his office issued for the execution of a death row inmate whose case led to the recent ruling allowing spiritual advisers to lay hands on and pray for a prisoner in the…
As COVID-19 shutdown lifts, Mecca’s pilgrims bring Islam’s holiest city back to life
Mariam is sipping on a juice box while sitting on the front steps outside a hotel not far from the Grand Mosque in this holiest of cities for Muslims. Mariam first says she is 10 years old, but then decides…
Health Care Sharing Ministry Sharity Leaves 10K Families with Millions in Unpaid Bills
Around 10,000 families whose faith led them to “share in one another’s medical expense burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ” have instead ended up with unpaid bills totaling over $50 million after their health care sharing ministry shut…
The scientific meltdown over a controversial discovery of ‘biblical Sodom’
What everyone agrees on is that something unusual happened at Tall el-Hammam, an ancient settlement near the Dead Sea.
Amid Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine, Putin Demands Jerusalem Church As Israel Promised
As Russia’s two-month-old invasion of neighboring Ukraine continues, Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding that Israel grant the Kremlin control of a Russian Orthodox church named after the medieval Kievan Rus prince Alexander Nevsky in Jerusalem’s Christian quarter — as…
Former state Sen. Wendy Davis challenges Texas abortion law in court
Former Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis, best known for her 13-hour filibuster of a 2013 abortion bill, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Texas’ recent abortion law. The suit claims the law is “blatantly unconstitutional” and written to “make a mockery of the…
3 Black churches rebuilding in Louisiana after 2019 arson
Three years after an arsonist torched three small Black Baptist churches in rural Louisiana, rebuilding is well under way.
The great church property flip: Florida pastors seek salvation in real estate
In a gray sharkskin suit and aviator sunglasses, Pastor Christopher Benek stands on a patch of astroturf at the edge of the First Miami Presbyterian church parking lot. “Here’s the thing,” he says. “Right now this is a parking lot.”