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Pastor Keion Henderson, founder of The Lighthouse Church & Ministries in Houston, Texas, has come under fire following the resurfacing of a controversial clip from one of his 2023 sermons. In it, he suggested that congregants would not receive blessings or wealth from God by giving to the poor. Instead, he emphasized that blessings would…

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Dove Award-winning artist KB is urging the church to embrace Christian hip-hop as a powerful tool for spreading the gospel, particularly among Generation Z, a demographic that often feels distant from traditional church settings. As one of the leading voices in Christian hip-hop, KB sees the genre as uniquely positioned to communicate the message of…

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Bernie and Dee Ann Tackitt of Lubbock, Texas had always been churchgoers. But within the last few years after being baptized, the couple has really been on fire for the Lord, turning their Lubbock home into a sanctuary and prayer retreat for the people in their neighborhood and beyond. Their home features a Bible bench…

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Historically black churches are beginning to sound the alarm on the growing trend of young people either leaving the church or not even entering its doors. Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, the birthplace of the AME church, is one of the churches feeling the shift, according to a New York Times report.…

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Israel has sent over the Megiddo Mosaic to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC to be on display for nine months. The Mosaic was found in one of the oldest-known Christian prayer halls in the area, after it was discovered in 2005 underneath a maximum-security prison that had been built over the site…

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Rev. Canon Vaughan Roberts spoke at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, South Korea and encouraged his audience to push back against the tenets of the sexual revolution and rather focus on a “Christ Revolution.” Roberts, who is from Oxford, reflected on how the once “countercultural” messaging of the sexual revolution has become…

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Russell Brand, the 48-year-old actor and comedian known for his outspoken nature, has found himself at the center of controversy after performing a baptism in his underwear. Addressing the backlash, Brand defended his actions by emphasizing the most important element of the event: leading people to Jesus. On September 27, Brand shared a post on…

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Left and Right leaning commentators found a rare moment of agreement after a liberal journalist made a comment that both sides are calling “petty.” Clara Jeffery, the editor-in-chief of the leftist journal Mother Jones complained about a flight attendant on a recent Alaskan Airlines flight wishing passengers a “blessed” night. “Creeping Christian nationalism alert,” wrote…

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A recent Lifeway Research study revealed that US pastors are twice as likely to vote for former president Donald Trump over current Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election. The data comes from phone surveys of 1,003 US pastors from August 8 to September 3. The survey found that 50 percent of respondents…

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Egyptologists have revealed the discovery of a 3,000-year-old bronze sword that may be linked to the Pharoah typically believed to have enslaved the Israelites, as told in the book of Exodus. The sword bears the mark of Pharoah Ramesses II and was discovered in a site labeled Tell Al-Abqain in Housh Eissa, a city just…

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