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The defamation suit filed by disgraced pastor and former SBC leader Johnny Hunt against the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has a new trial date.

With New Year’s resolutions in full swing, the first Sunday in 2025 brought a record number of downloads for the YouVersion Bible App. Almost 800,000 people installed the free Scripture app on Jan. 5, breaking a record from the first Sunday of 2024.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has launched an effort to select a new House chaplain, just days after the current chaplain offered a Jan. 6 prayer asking God to help lawmakers defend against “enemies within.”

California Pastor Jack Hibbs suggested that the wildfires that have devastated California this week are the result of “wicked” political leaders.

Bill McCartney, a football coach who founded Promise Keepers to inspire Christian men, died peacefully on Friday (Jan. 10) at age 84.

After an astonishing 13-2 season, Ohio State University (OSU) is headed to the NCAA National Championship game. Throughout the season and playoffs, the team has displayed a genuine belief and trust in God—more than a shout-out after a victory.

News of the merger comes less than a year after Orange announced that its founder and chief creative officer, Reggie Joiner, resigned after admitting to what he described as "past inappropriate adult relationships."

Jerry Nickerson was the youth pastor at the Frisco West campus of Hope Fellowship Church, a non-denominational multisite church in Texas.