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
A worship minister born without arms has been arrested and charged with possessing and creating child sexual abuse material. Jon Paul Sheptock, 49, of Paul Sheptock Ministries, who was also the worship minister of First Montgomery Baptist Church and sang before Donald Trump in 2023, is married with several teenage
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
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:
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
A man stripped naked and urinated on the ‘Altar of Confession’ at St. Peter’s Basilica, resulting in his swift detainment and arrest. Accoriding to Il Tempo, an Italian paper: It is likely the altar will have to be reconsecrated following the desecration.
Pastor Rhett Burns has had enough. In a sharply written essay for the Center for Baptist Leadership, Burns calls for SBC Executive Committee president Jeff Iorg to resign, declaring that “the re-Iorganization of the SBC has failed.” Drawing from a vivid car-wreck analogy—warning lights ignored until the engine seizes—Burns argues
A judge has ruled that TD Jakes’ attorneys will not be able to collect the more than $76,000 in legal fees sought against the lawyer representing the defendant in his defamation lawsuit, and instead will only be able to collect $5,000. In October 2024, Duane Youngblood, formerly the leader of
(NY Post) A California mayor penned a bizarre letter to a local paper admitting to embezzling funds from her church and attempting suicide on her birthday last month over her all-consuming guilt — and has since been placed under criminal investigation. South Lake Tahoe Mayor Tamara Wallace submitted a letter to the Tahoe
Multi-genre singer and songwriter Jelly Roll won his first Dove Award yesterday, taking home Song of the Year for “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” his collaboration with Brandon Lake. Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason DeFord, was widely expected to win, though his victory sparked some controversy. Critics questioned his eligibility
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