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One of the co-founders of the South African Satanic Church has cut all ties with the organization after having a personal encounter with Jesus. Riaan Swiegelaar shared his reasons for leaving Satanism in a July 4 Facebook video.

For actress Candace Cameron Bure, an outspoken Christian, the Fourth of July was a reason to celebrate and pray for America. For other celebrities, this year’s festivities were supposedly “cancelled” due to the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.

Robert Jeffress argued in a sermon on Independence Day weekend that rampant gun violence, racism, and abortion in America are owing to Supreme Court rulings that have enshrined the separation of church and state. 

Semler describes her music as someone on a street searching for who God is, and after finding Him, struggling to obey His commands, telling the world—especially Christians–”F*** you, God can love me.”

The setting of a rural church can be a challenge. But the area’s focus on a sense of community has factored into growth at Simpson Baptist Church in Louisiana, which in turn is led by a focus on prayer and preaching God’s Word.

The Rev. Jerry Pillay, the Presbyterian minister elected general secretary of the World Council of Churches last month, is taking the helm as the global ecumenical organization is already under pressure to expel the Russian Orthodox Church from its ranks.

Mass shootings don’t generally happen in affluent Highland Park, where a gunman killed seven and wounded 30 others gathered for a July 4th parade.

At their annual meeting last month in Anaheim, California, Southern Baptists passed a series of reforms to address sexual abuse in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.