A new reality TV show from Christian couple Chip and Joanna Gaines, Back to the Frontier, has drawn attention for prominently featuring a same-sex couple among its three families in an eight-episode social experiment. The Gaineses gained fame through their HGTV series Fixer Upper (2013–2018), with Chip overseeing construction and
23 girls remain missing from Camp Mystic, a riverside Christian youth camp for girls, in the aftermath of a devastating flood that struck the region around Hunt, Texas and much of the surrounding community. Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster Friday evening in Kerrville, requesting federal assistance and
Weeks after Gateway Church revealed it was planning a fresh wave of layoffs as it grapples with financial difficulties stemming from ongoing scandals involving its former pastor, Robert Morris, the church has sent members a memo informing them that it will be cutting services at most of its campuses, starting
Founded in 1845 and claiming 16,000 students, Baylor University is the world’s largest Baptist University and also one of the oldest. Like many that have gone before, Baylor is deeply compromised despite seeking to be our theological betters. Baylor repeatedly touts their Christian creds, but the game is nearly up.
Two Roman Catholic Church leaders in Seville, Spain, have stepped down and apologized following a public outcry over the restoration of a statue of Mary. The 17th century statue, known as the Virgin of La Macarena, underwent months of restoration before being unveiled last Friday. The updated version featured altered
The storied Christian organization ‘Focus on the Family’ (FOTF) has responded to allegations that they’ve compromised on the question of whether being gay is a sin, which came on the heels of them posting this missive on social media: The post originally linked to an article about the sinfulness of
Update. Bear Rinehart has responded and called the accusations that he sexually abused his brother ‘wildly misleading’ NeedtoBreathe is an American rock band that formed in the early 2000s and eventually achieved crossover success despite initially being categorized as a “Christian band.” Led by frontman Bear Rinehart, who founded the
Former Saddleback Church founder Rick Warren was in Rome last week to attend and speak at Global 2033, a Roman Catholic evangelism event marking 2,000 years since the birth of Christianity. His presence there had a purpose: to convince and cajole Protestants into joining forces with Catholics to advance the
The Southern Baptist Convention’s 2025 annual conference kicked off with a bang earlier today, as the first two motions introduced sought to abolish the ERLC and pass the Law Amendment, the latter whch is a proposed change to the Constitution of the Southern Baptist Convention that would mandate that churches
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
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