A Columbus pastor has pleaded guilty to two counts of rape in the Franklin County Common Pleas Court and has been sentenced to 15–20 years in prison. George Bell, 73, was the pastor of Anchor Baptist Church, an Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB), King James Version Only church that he founded
A group of masked bandits attacked a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in Eruku Town in Western Nigeria last night, killing at least two and kidnapping others, all captured on the church’s livestream. Kwara State Police spokesperson Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi confirmed the deadly attack and dismissed claims that they were slow in responding
The Youversion Bible reached a milestone several weeks ago, celebrating more than a billion installs across its family of apps. Created in 2007 by Bobby Grunenwald for Life. Church and launched as one of the first free apps ever in the 2008 Apple store, they originally hoped to get 60,000
Acts 17 Apologetics Ministry founder David Wood has elaborated on his confession of statutorily raping a 13- and 15-year-old girl prior to his conversion, readily admitting he did bad things prior to his conversion while also using criticism of his actions by Muslim apologists as a weapon against them. Wood,49,
Pastor Samuel D. Renihan of Trinity Reformed Baptist Church in La Mirada, CA has resigned from ministry after admitting to an adulterous affair. Along with pastoring, he is author of The Mystery of Christ, His Covenant, and His Kingdom, Crux, Mors, Inferi: A Primer and Reader on the Descent of Christ,
A Catholic priest in Germany is facing criticism for leading a Halloween-themed prayer service on Halloween while dressed as Dracula, complete with a half-open coffin and a fog machine. Father Michael Korell, the vicar of the parish, held the service for around 50 people inside the funeral chapel of St.
It has been a hot minute since I have theologically examined a Christian song. And so far, I have focused only on songs written for and programmed into corporate worship, many of which, unfortunately, remain uncontroversial in otherwise relatively solid churches. This “review” will be a departure. Not in terms
Gallup’s newest World Poll puts numbers on what anyone with eyes has known for a long time: America is no longer a religious nation. The percentage of adults who say religion is important in their daily lives has fallen from 66% in 2015 to 49% in 2025—a 17-point nosedive in
The virulently racist Stone Choir has announced that they’ve shuttered their podcast and won’t be releasing any more new episodes, explaining that “Stone Choir’s 107 episode canon is now closed.” The Stone Choir was the brainchild of Corey Maher and Ryan Dumperth, the latter known as “Treblewoe.” We’ve covered Mahler in
A Dallas judge has ruled that Cindy Clemishire’s million-dollar defamation lawsuit against convicted pedophile Robert Morris and his former church, Gateway, will proceed. Clemishire launched the civil suit against Morris, his wife, and nearly a dozen Gateway Church elders, alleging they made false statements to cover up Morris’s sexual abuse.
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