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After denying that Venue Church will be shutting down, lead pastor Tavner Smith confirmed Sunday that a bank has put a notice of foreclosure on the church’s building. Smith said that church leaders nevertheless expect to retain the building and reiterated that Venue Church will not be closing.

Idols don’t always come in the form of carved statues or reside in places of worship. Many pastors believe modern-day idols can be benign-looking desires with significant influence on people in their congregations.

Following the death of singer, actress, and activist Olivia Newton-John on Monday (August 8), statements have surfaced from one of her final interviews. On a February 2021 episode of the podcast “A Life of Greatness,” Newton-John detailed a pact she made with God while pregnant with her only child.

On Monday, the FBI executed a search warrant at former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Christian leaders took to social media with their reactions.

A project launching in southeast Louisiana called Community Lighthouses aims to help people who are especially vulnerable during extended power outages. Together New Orleans, a non-partisan network of churches and groups that tries to fix community problems, is sponsoring the project.

In the midst of the back-to-school season, Southern Baptist churches are loving and serving the students, teachers and schools in their communities.

Christians largely remain displaced from the once vibrant Nineveh Plains, Iraq, eight years after the Islamic State decimated the region, a Christian charity working in the area said.

Retired NFL coach Tony Dungy and his wife Lauren see the key parts of their life — football and family — as forms of ministry.