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The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Dylann Roof, who challenged his death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation.

A Baptist pastor and his wife remain missing after being kidnapped Sept. 21 from their church in Russian-occupied Mariupol, Forum 18 News Service reported Oct. 6.

Pope Francis used strong words to criticize the mistreatment and abandonment of migrants in his homily on Sunday (Oct. 10) during a mass where he canonized Italian Bishop Giovanni Battista Scalabrini.

One of the chief architects of the “He Gets Us” campaign has some words for evangelical leaders who argue that Christian ethics like kindness, honesty and loving your neighbor don’t apply to culture-war politics.

Christian psychologist Diane Langberg encourages pastors who want to avoid abusing their authority to practice self-examination and to do so in trusted community. Langberg also emphasizes the importance of church leaders seeing themselves as sheep under the authority of the one true Shepherd, Jesus.  

Bethel Church Senior Associate Leader Kris Vallotton shared on Facebook last week that he was suffering from a kidney stone and that the pain was intense.

Fairview Baptist Church in Greer, South Carolina, says it will conduct a “thorough and comprehensive investigation” into youth pastor Cory Wall’s recent distribution of “I [heart] hot youth pastors” stickers to church youth. Wall has since been placed on administrative leave.

Agreeing with President Biden's recent Armageddon comment, Franklin Graham placed an urgency on prayer regarding Russia’s potential use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine.