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As Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida, pastors who are in the storm's projected pathway are posting updates about their situations and asking for prayer as the Category 4 hurricane approaches. A number are remaining in the area and preparing to serve their communities after Milton passes. 

Gateway Church is pledging greater financial transparency in the wake of a class action lawsuit filed against four current and former pastors at the church over how Gateway has allocated donation money. 

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, led by the late evangelist’s son the Rev. Franklin Graham, has said it might sue over the ad’s use of clips from a 1988 Graham sermon.

Pope Francis called for a day of prayer and fasting on the anniversary of the attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens.

One family navigating unbearable loss because of Hurricane Helene is also glorifying God in the midst of their sorrow. North Carolina resident Megan Drye lost her 7-year-old son, Micah, and her parents, Michael and Nora, to the flood waters that devastated Asheville and other North Carolina communities. 

Ahead of his sophomore season at Iowa, 6-foot-10-inch forward Owen Freeman continues to stand tall for Christ. Oct. 7 at the Hawkeyes’ media day, last year’s co-Big Ten freshman of the year spoke candidly about his faith and its influence on and off the basketball court.

Russell Brand has posted another photo of himself baptizing someone. This time he traded his “tighty-whities” for a swimwear.

A former pastor has been released on a $30,000 bond as he continues to await trial for murder. Matthew Dedmon, who was pastor of Heritage Baptist Church in Rogersville, Missouri, is accused of killing Joe Newburn, a man Dedmon believed was having an affair with Dedmon’s wife.