Prominent Progressive Bible Scholar Walter Brueggemann Has Passed Away

Influential Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 5th at the age of 92. The author of over 60 books, he is perhaps best known for Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy (1997) and The Prophetic Imagination (1978), the latter of which his

Megachurch Pastor Battles Giant Scorpion Before Squishing It On Stage

Crossroads Church is a multisite megachurch in Cincinnati, Ohio. Led by Senior Pastor Brian Tome, it is one of the fastest-growing and largest churches in America, consisting of nearly 40,000 members spread across fourteen locations in the Ohio and Kentucky area. It advertises itself as a “place for people who

Former Lifeway VP Jennifer Lyell Has Passed Away

Jennifer Lyell, the former Lifeway Christian Resources VP whose relationship with former professor David Sills acted as the catalyst for the Southern Baptist Convention’s sex abuse controversy, passed away on Saturday after suffering a series of strokes. She was 47. Her death was met by an outpouring of grief online,

UMC Church Sings ‘Pink Pony Club’ For Praise And Worship

Galveston Central Church is a United Methodist congregation in Galveston, Texas, that tries to “take the best of the Church from the last 2,000 years and smash it together with Galveston’s own unique culture and vision of the divine.” They are led by Michael Gienger and Julia Riley. He’s a

TMU President Emir Caner on Leave While Sex Abuse Claims Investigated

Truett McConnell University President Emir Caner has been placed on administrative leave while school trustees investigate claims that he ignored or disregarded allegations that his VP of academic services groomed and then sexually abused a student. The school shared in a statement that the Trustees met on Friday and made

Pastor Burned Alive By Mob For Allegedly Sodomizing Young Boy

A Kenyan pastor was attacked and killed by outraged villagers after being accused of molesting a young boy. Simon Ndegwa of True Disciple Ministry Church in Majengo, Kenya, was fatally burned by an angry mob for allegedly sexually assaulting a nine-year-old child. Police say that the boy was on an