Seven months ago Brian Houston was ousted from his role as the Global Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church, after facing allegations of sexual impropriety and an addiction to alcohol. Five months ago he released an apology to everyone that he hurt, interweaving multiple instances promising he will continue to be
Last month, SWBTS President Adam Greenway was effectively canned for being terrible at his job. Marked by a desire to reshape the seminary’s ethos in his image, at least 45 faculty left under Greenways’ watch, either retiring, resigning, or plain out being fired, such as the canning of the much-loved top professors
While Jemar Tisby and his supporters go around complaining and raging that a college that he once spoke at repudiated one of his messages for being too progressive and having “divisive racial themes,’ the LGBTQ-affirming, openly pro-choice Vice President of his Black Christian Collective Organization is out slinging racial accusations again, this time suggesting
Former SBC President J.D. Greear, the pastor of Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, has given some advice to beleaguered pastors with a few extra bucks in their budget; ‘invest’ in several ‘research assistants’ in order to help write and craft the sermon. It is unclear if the research assistants
His style is that of the vulgar colloquial, varied by rant … All the most solemn mysteries of our holy religion are by him rudely, roughly and impiously handled. Common sense is outraged and decency disgusted. His rantings are interspersed with coarse anecdotes.” (The the Essex Standard, 1855) We have nothing
Relentless Church’s Aventer Gray, wife of Pastor John Gray, has released an hour-long video on Instagram calling out ‘judgmental Christian critics’ who keep weighing in on her public and private affairs. For reference, John Gray is a former associate pastor at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church. Rife with decrepit theology and
Last year we revealed that Benny Hinn’s ministry is broke, with the World Healing Center Church (WHCC), otherwise known as Benny Hinn Ministries, embroiled in financial difficulties for years. The prosperity preacher and arch-heretic’s ministry is, thankfully, millions in debt. Twenty years ago, WHCC had nearly 400 employees working for them
The estimable Phil Johnson, Executive Director of Grace to You, founder and former curator of The Spurgeon Archive, and one of our favorite people ever, has been permanently suspended from Twitter after he decried the stationing of drag-queen crossing guards at elementary schools as “state-sponsored grooming.” We say permanently, or at
Family worship is an important aspect of the Christian life. However, it has been deemphasized in recent years for many reasons. One reason being the introduction of age specific ministries like children’s ministry. Once youth pastors were introduced, while perhaps coming from a good place, they have had a lot
Last year we criticized the expensive prices that tickets to see Steven Furtick and The Elevation Worship band cost, questioning whether or not it made sense from a financial or spiritual perspective. Individual tickets ranged from about $38 for the nosebleeds, up to $195 for front-row access, with most tickets in the
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