Russell B. Johnson is the lead pastor of The Pursuit NW, a Washington-based multi-site church with locations across Seattle and its suburbs. A dynamic speaker who founded Pursuit in 2014, starting out in a barn with no heat or plumbing, he has grown the ministry into three campuses, two elementary
Naomi Raine Solomon is a gospel singer and worship leader, best known for her work with the Maverick City Music collective. She joined the group in 2019 and has contributed to multiple albums, earning nine Grammy nominations and five wins in a short time. She recently appeared on Lecrae’s podcast,
Steven Furtick and the Elevation Worship band are embarking on an eight-city tour across the United States this coming fall, and the event is a scalper’s dream, with tickets for premium seating rivaling prices seen at the Super Bowl. The band recently announced an eight-city tour including St. Paul, MN
New South Wales Attorney General Michael Daley has made explicit the Orwellian and authoritarian parameters of a recently passed pro-LGBTQ+ law in the country, stating that praying for someone to change their sexual orientation is illegal and could land someone in prison for up to five years. The bill, which
For the first time in history, a rainbow pride cross was officially processed into the heart of the Vatican after hundreds of LGBTQ Catholics attended mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, with the blessing of Pope Leo, who personally encouraged the vice president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Francesco Savino,
Pope Leo declared Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who died in 2006, to be the Church’s first “Millennial Saint” during a widely attended Mass at St. Peter’s Square. Although Acutis passed away twenty years ago due to leukemia, his legacy has grown over the years, driven in large part by
Joel Littlepage joined Grace Mosaic church seven years ago, becoming the associate pastor of the burgeoning PCA congregation in Washington, DC. Here, he served as the Pastor of Worship and Formation while also being the founder and co-director of the Daily Prayer Project. On August 31, 2025, in a sermon
Josh Hilburn is the lead pastor of Gather Houston. Founded in 2019, they are a “Christian community of healing passionate about inclusion, justice, and practicing the way of Jesus” with a wild confession of faith. At a recent Q & A, he was asked about the church’s beliefs on homosexuality.
A church that challenged parts of a 2022 state law banning guns in places of worship has secured another victory in its legal battle after a federal court has ordered New York to pay over $817,000 to cover the legal fees for His Tabernacle Church’s attorneys, who contested the law.
The senior pastor of one of the largest PCUSA churches in the country has been fired from the pastorate after a yearlong investigation discovered he had engaged in “inappropriate online behavior and extramarital affairs.” Pendleton Barnes Peery, known as Pen Peery, was the pastor of historic First Presbyterian Church of
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