Category: News

Another Pastor Tortures Goldfish For Strange Sermon Illustration

There are few things edgy and clever and seeker-sensitive churches like more than using strange and unusual sermon illustrations to make a point, and New Beginnings Church in Bedford, Texas, is no exception. Following in the footsteps of many who had gone before him, such as fellow Texas pastor Ed

2.1B Streams? $108M In Tithes? A Review of Elevation Church’s 2023 Annual Report

Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC, is a 17,000-member multisite campus with 20 locations led by pastor Steven Furtick. Along with being a popular speaker, author, and Grammy-winning musician, Furtick is known for having the term “narcegesis” (narcissistic exegesis) named after him, wearing expensive luxury clothing, and having a generally poor

Good News! ERLC President Brent Leatherwood Ousted From Role. Awesome!

Update! Leatherwood is back at the helm. After less than two years on the job, the executive committee of the board of trustees for the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has announced that their terrible president, Brent Leatherwood, has been canned from the position, with a statement reading: “In

Brent Leatherwood and ERLC Regurgitate Democrat Talking Points on Biden’s Exit

Reinforcing the ideological alignment between the ERLC and the blue-haired harpies running the Democrat’s war room, Brent Leatherwood, President of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Commission, has shared his thoughts on Joe Biden’s dropping out of the race, and they are perfectly on brand. Commenting on the exit, Leatherwood insists

Christian Billionaire Bill Hwang Found Guilty of Wall Street Fraud

(Ministry Watch) Once one of the wealthiest evangelicals in the U.S., celebrated as part of a “new evangelical donor-class,” Sun Kook (“Bill”) Hwang now faces the possibility of life behind bars. On July 10, after a grueling eight-week trial that parsed the complexities of finance law, a New York jury