Bethel Church has released a new update on their ongoing efforts to create organizational health, noting that they are cutting ties with several controversial charismatic leaders they had previously platformed or endorsed. The California megachurch has been battered from all sides over the past few months. These include revelations that
The best-selling “Christian” book The Shack has received a sequel. Return to the Shack: A Journey into Redemption is set to be released on October 6, 2026. The original novel, which sold over 23 million copies, featured Mackenzie “Mack” Phillips as a broken man still reeling from the abduction and
The list of 90’s era Contemporary Christian Music stars rushing to cheer on and celebrate the new “gay anthem” version of Avalon’s ‘Testify to Love’ is growing, including Point of Grace and Nicole Nordeman, with more supporters being added each day. 2026’s Testify to Love was rerecorded earlier this month
Brad Cooper is the Lead Pastor of Culture & Direction at the 14,000-member multisite NewSpring Church in Anderson, SC. NewSpring used to be an SBC megachurch when it was once headed up by Perry Noble, claiming as many as 33,000 members. However, tens of thousands left and several campuses closed
Former prominent PCA Pastor Scott Sauls, 58, is speaking out about the recent tumultuous season in his life, telling the Christian Post that it was a “crazy time” that’s occasionally too foggy to remember. A prolific contributor to the PCA’s ByFaith (the denomination’s outward messaging arm), he frequently defended the
Zachary Garris is the pastor of Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church, a PCA congregation in White Rock, New Mexico. Recently, he was subjected to an ecclesiastical trial by the Rio Grande Presbytery over comments he made on ‘Twitter/ X’ years ago about slavery, as well as a rebuttal to Anthony Bradley
The church growth and elder-rule movements came from different directions, but both helped redefine pastors less as preachers of the Word and more as institutional leaders. Once authority was rooted primarily in governance, women preaching could be tolerated so long as men retained organizational control.
Kevin Leal is a self-styled “Prophet” of God who, according to his bio, has “faithfully served as a prophetic voice to the Body of Christ for over 30 years” and now “actively partners with apostolic leaders, empowering them to plant and develop churches that create a lasting Kingdom impact.” When
The world’s largest Jesus statue is set to be unveiled next year in Armenia. Former politician Gagik Tsarukyan is backing the project, which will feature a 108-foot-tall statue of Jesus atop a 144-foot pedestal. Artistic rendition below: If the height remains according to plans, this would make the combined monument
A New York pastor is raising eyebrows after using provocative and crude language to blast New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani and the Democrats in a recent sermon. James David Manning, 79, is the longtime pastor of ATLAH World Missionary Church, formerly known as Bethelite Missionary Baptist Church. ATLAH stands for
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