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
Jennifer Lyell, the former Lifeway Christian Resources VP whose relationship with former professor David Sills acted as the catalyst for the Southern Baptist Convention’s sex abuse controversy, passed away on Saturday after suffering a series of strokes. She was 47. Her death was met by an outpouring of grief online,
Truett McConnell University President Emir Caner has been placed on administrative leave while school trustees investigate claims that he ignored or disregarded allegations that his VP of academic services groomed and then sexually abused a student. The school shared in a statement that the Trustees met on Friday and made
The Newsboys have released a statement regarding public allegations of sexual assault, drug use, and grooming by frontman Michael Tait, saying that they are ‘devastated’ by the revelation and that while Tait confessed to them that he “had been living a double” life, they “never imagined it could be this
A new trailer for the upcoming documentary J.D. Greear Unmasked: How Faith Baptist Church Defeated a Ruthless SBC Elite has been released, with the promo material explaining: The film is being put together by the Church Reform Initiative (“ChurchRI”), which were the team behind The Real David Platt Documentary. The
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