Pastor Arrested After Pulling Gun At Council Meeting

(Tampa Bay Times) Elvis Piggott, a pastor and former Tampa City Council candidate who witnesses said pulled a gun at a candidate forum last week,has been arrested in connection to the incident, police said. Piggott, 37, turned himself in at Orient Road Jail Tuesday afternoon in response to a warrant.

New Poll Shows Churchgoers Are Caving To The Devil At An Alarming Rate

The Family Research Council (FRC), in collaboration with the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, surveyed over 1,000 monthly churchgoers on their views about marriage, family, and related moral issues, and the results are dispiriting, showing a sharp dip from even two years before. Key findings include: The one

Young Conservative Methodist Denomination Gains 6000 Member Churches

The Global Methodist Church, a conservative alternative to the thoroughly embattled and progressively captured United Methodist Church, announced last week that more than 6,000 member churches have joined their denomination, reaching a milestone that few thought possible just a few years ago. The Global Methodist Church was formed as a

Voddie Baucham GiveSendGo Fundraiser Raises $900K Weeks After His Death

GiveSendGo fundraiser for the late teacher and theologian Voddie Baucham has reached more than $867,000 in the last three weeks, following his untimely death at the age of 56. Started by friend and ministry partner pastor Tom Ascol, the fund, which has reached nearly half of of its $2M goal, reads:

Book Review: Everyday Revolutionary by J.D. Greear

Protestia has been covering J.D. Greear for almost a decade. Long before The Gospel Coalition began regularly publishing his essays and platforming his brand of “above-the-fray” Christianity, we were documenting the pattern that now defines his ministry. Back when this site operated under the Pulpit & Pen banner, Greear’s knack