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Gaither Vocal Band Joins Kenneth Copeland, Jesse Duplantis, Benny Hinn at SWBC Conference

Kenneth Copeland’s annual Southwest Believers Convention recently concluded, featuring the usual lineup of ultra-wealthy prosperity gospel preachers, including Copeland himself, Jesse Duplantis, Creflo Dollar, Keith Moore, Bill Winston, and Benny Hinn, along with others like Jonathan Shuttlesworth and Bethel Church’s Bill Johnson. One surprising addition, not widely advertised, was the

Spurgeon College Closing After 169 Years

Spurgeon’s College, a London-based Baptist institution founded in 1856 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, announced in a press release that it has shuttered its doors for good, citing financial hardships and struggles. Founded in 1856 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon when he was just 22 years old, nearly 900 pastors were trained

Leader of Secretive Christian Commune Pleads Guilty to THESE Terrible Crimes

The leader of the secretive Gloriavale Christian Community on New Zealand’s South Island, Howard Temple, 85, has pleaded guilty to 12 charges of indecency and sexual assault against young members of the group, according to an AP report. Founded in 1969 by traveling fundamentalist evangelist Neville Cooper, who was later

ELCA Elects New Head of Denomination

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has elected Yehiel Curry to become the new presiding Bishop of the denomination, taking over from the departing Elizabeth Eaton. Curry won the nomination at the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly on the fifth ballot, winning 562 of a potential 799 votes, and will now