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California Lifts COVID-19 Limits on Indoor Worship Services

California on Monday lifted its limits on indoor worship services in the face of U.S. Supreme Court rulings that struck down the coronavirus public health mandates.

If the Missouri House Passes This Gun Bill, Pastors Will Have No Say in Who’s Packing at Church

Missouri lawmakers on Monday advanced a sweeping firearms bill that would allow concealed guns on public transportation and in churches.

How Complementarianism Became Part of Evangelical Doctrine

As a scholar of gender and evangelical Christianity who grew up Southern Baptist, I watched how complementarianism became central to evangelical belief, starting in the late 1970s, in response to the feminist influence within Christianity.

How the Supreme Court Found Its Faith and Put ‘Religious Liberty’ on a Winning Streak

Since the George W. Bush-appointed John Roberts assumed the role of chief justice in 2005, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of religious claimants 81% of the time. This compares with a rate of about 50% for the 20th century.

The Gospel Coalition Has Over 5,800 People Attend Their 2021 In-Person Conferences

The Gospel Coalition (TGC) recently hosted its first in-person conference in a post-COVID-19 world. In all, 5,800 people attended in person and 7,800 online.

Police and Protestors Face Off at the Fence Blocking GraceLife Church

GraceLife Church has insisted that its members were not among the hundreds of protesters, some of whom at one point started tearing down the fence surrounding the shuttered church. 

Pastor: My Ushers Carry Guns, Have Orders to Kill

Evangelical minister Jeff Jansen says that ushers at his Tennessee church “all pack” guns and will kill anyone who thinks “about starting something.”

UPDATE: Brian Houston Announces Dallas Hillsong Closing After Pastors’ Misuse of Funds

Reed Bogard, pastor of Hillsong Dallas, has announced that he and his wife, Jess, are stepping down as pastors in order to pursue health and to transition into a new season in their lives.