Pastor Ed Young Jr., the senior pastor of Fellowship Church, a 30,000-member multisite megachurch spread across Texas and Florida, has challenged his congregation to commit to abstaining from alcohol for 30 days in a quest to have a ‘Dry April’ according to a recent story in Church Leaders. Young has
A Roman Catholic Church in Indiana that sent communion wafers to a lab to be analyzed after red stains believed by some to be the blood of Christ miraculously appeared on them was disappointed to learn it was only bacteria. Earlier this year, Roman Catholics at St. Anthony of Padua
The CEO of Rome’s Cinecittà Studios, Manuela Cacciamani, has revealed that the sequel to The Passion of the Christ, titled The Resurrection of the Christ, will be shooting at his studios this summer. Variety reports: Released in 2004 by Director Mel Gibson, the original film grossed 600M worldwide on a
In the mid-2000s, pastor Craig Gross was a staple in the Christian community. The founder of the controversially titled website XXXchurch with the moniker of ‘the porn pastor,’ he was known for his fierce advocacy against pornography and proponent of sexually pure living, along with edgy marketing. When he wasn’t
A jury has ordered a Texas pastor to pay over 120 million dollars in damages to a woman who sued him for sexually assaulting her when she was a minor. In 2017, Jose Francisco Bernal was a pastor at the Tabernaculo De Vida Pentecostal Church in Fort Worth when he
Willow Creek Community Church senior pastor Dave Dummitt has announced he’s stepping down to pursue “other dreams” and that South Barrington campus pastor Shawn Williams will be taking the helm. Willow Creek is the multi-campus 10,000-member church founded by Bill Hybels that pioneered the church growth and seeker-sensitive movement but
North Point Community Church is a multi-site megachurch based in Alpharetta, Georgia, with 8 locations across the metro Atlanta area. Led by senior pastor Andy Stanley, they are regarded as a model to many, having hundreds of church partners worldwide that are built upon the same vision, mission, and strategy
A marketing executive at a Christian charity has been arrested and charged with disseminating child sex abuse material after police received multiple tips that her newest book contains graphic depictions of pedophilia. When Lauren Tesolin-Mastrosa, 33, wasn’t working at BaptistCare, a “leading not-for-profit Christian-based care organization” that cares for elderly
Five weeks after being admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital with pneumonia in both lungs, Pope Francis. 88, has been discharged, weakly waving to a gathered crowd and giving them a thumbs up before being whisked away. According to the Vatican News Making his first public appearance in 5 weeks following
Former ‘Futures Church’ youth pastor Daniel Menelaou, who was arrested and charged last week with six counts of possession of child sex abuse material, has been released after posting a $120,000 bail- $20,000 for each count. As a condition of his release, he’s been hit with several restrictions, including having
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