A decade after a small gathering in 2016 first sought to name and address the distinct ways religious persecution affects women, the Marcham+10 conference began on Friday (April 17), highlighting both progress and persistent challenges in confronting what is now widely termed “gender-specific religious persecution.”
Bobbie Houston, who claimed a little more than a month ago that the Hillsong Church she co-founded had fired her by text message, now says she and her husband Brian Houston, who resigned after two misconduct allegations were made against him, “are still here … trusting the righteous Courts of Heaven.”
Two years after being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, Pastor Tim Keller, the founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church and City to City, shared an update, saying, “God has seen it fit to give me more time,” but a “a rigorous and demanding” procedure awaits him.
Recent poll findings suggest it’s not just unbelievers who are cool towards the Bible and its teachings, but also those who already identify as Christians.
As stories of tragedy and heartache continue to emerge from the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, Send Relief is grateful for the generosity and commitment of Southern Baptists to help Christian brothers and sisters and other refugees in Eastern Europe.
Pastors should be using their time in the pulpit to preach about Jesus, not pontificating about the latest comments made by talking heads on Fox News or MSNBC, said Pastor H.B. Charles Jr., citing Colossians 1:28.
Prophecy Pros podcasters Jeff Kinley and Todd Hampson recently shared five signs that the world is currently in the End Times, warning that society is only getting worse for Christians because speaking the truth can lead to being “attacked.”