Christian News

Tragedy in the form of a church shooting struck St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, on the evening of Thursday (June 16, 2022) after a gunman opened fire, killing two church members and wounding another.

During recent sermons, posted to YouTube and Facebook Live, Idaho pastor Joe Jones refers to gay people as “Sodomites” and says they’re “reptilian” and “reprobate.” But Boise police say Jones’ words can’t be legally categorized as criminal hate speech.

Southern Baptist messengers took a strong stand against sexual abuse in Southern Baptist churches on June 13-14 at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting.

On his third-to-the-last day as SBC Executive Committee chair and member, Rolland Slade oversaw the last procedural votes needed to support the recommendations of a sexual abuse task force that were adopted the next day, including the creation of an abuser-tracking “Ministry Check” website.

The reversal of the Roe v. Wade decision will be cause for celebration if it occurs, but it will not change the fact that the church must compassionately reach abortion-minded women.

Burial, cremation and alkaline hydrolysis are the only death care choices currently available in California.

Pastor John H. Hill is safe after a Summerville, South Carolina firefighter warned him that First Emmanuel Baptist Church was on fire.

Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven, Mississippi, canceled all in-person activities Wednesday, June 15, after a man threatened to “shoot up” the church.