Category: Righteous Defiance

City Threatens to use Homeless as Pawns to Shut down John MacArthur and GCC

The Los Angeles County Health Department has issued a bizarre new threat against John MacArthur and Grace Community Church in order to keep them from gathering: shut your church down or we’ll sic the homeless on you. Pastor John MacArthur confirmed the bizarre threat while preaching at the Trinity Bible

A Gallery Of The Faithful Gathering For Church Amid Pandemic – Album Fifty One

The fifty-first album in an ongoing series documenting faithful churches gathering for Sunday service in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. With some churches still not gathering in-person in these dark times, others being persecuted by the government for being open, and others ending services for the rest of the

Pastor James Coates Calls into Church Service + Newest Info We Have

With the disappointing news that Pastor James Coates lost his condition hearing and is set to spend the next 2 months in a maximum-security prison until his May 3-5 trial, several new developments have taken place as the sad saga continues. Prison Life James has been in custody since February

What Exactly Happened at James Coates’ Hearing?

Pastor James Coates of GraceLife Church had a hearing today to determine whether or not he’s spending the next two months in prison for the crime of being a faithful shepherd, with the judge hearing both submissions and then ruling Friday morning in the case that has garnered international attention

PSA: Why You Should Not Go To GraceLife Church This Sunday

(Work of her Hands) If you have seen my posts this past week since Pastor James Coates was imprisoned you might wonder why I would make the above statement. Every week that GraceLife church continues to be open there is a greater number of people desiring to go. They have

The Newest Update on Jailed Pastor James Coates

Court stuff While many believed that his conditions hearing was on Friday, February 26th, where the judge would determine whether or not James had to abide by release conditions that said he could not step foot on church property, it was not so. Rather, it was only the day that

Lifeway Study: One Year In, Only 75% of Churches Gathering for Services

A new study from Lifeway Research found that 25 percent of churches did not meet in person in the month of January, and of the ones that did meet, practically none are near pre-pandemic level, with 1 in 3 pastors reporting that their current Sunday service attendance is half what