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Independent Christian country artist J.D. Walker had many reasons to stop pursuing his dream of becoming a country musician, but God had other plans.

According to police, 59-year-old Idaho Pastor Gene Jacobs died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and foul play isn’t suspected. Jacobs went missing early on April 22, and search teams located his body that evening.

A church groundskeeper was left beaten and baffled after being robbed in broad daylight outside of Truevine Missionary Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama, on Thursday afternoon. 

Amid a growing push to reunite orphans with extended family rather than keep children in residential homes, Kenyan authorities are set to adopt a new program that will phase out traditional orphanages over the next decade.

The top legislative body of the United Methodist Church passed a series of measures Thursday (April 25) to restructure the worldwide denomination to give each region greater equity in tailoring church life to its own customs and traditions.

The Exiles in Babylon conference, which is an outgrowth of Preston Sprinkle's “Theology in the Raw” podcast, “aims to help believers think Christianly about theological and cultural issues by engaging in curious conversations with a diverse range of thoughtful people.”

Before Kirk Franklin performed at a “family-friendly festival” sponsored by a Christian company in Jamaica, the Gospel artist said he had “a lot to express.” But his mode of onstage expression led to criticism from attendees—and even a callout from the company’s CEO.

On Thursday (April 25), political activist Sean Feucht will lead a “United for Israel March” at Columbia University alongside author Eric Metaxas and Pastor Russell Johnson of The Pursuit Church in Seattle, Washington.