PAULS VALLEY, Okla. – Two weeks ago, an armed gunman entered Pauls Valley High School with the plan to do significant harm, according to police. However, when Principal Kirk Moore heard the commotion, he jumped in and intervened, saving lives and becoming a hero.
As he wooed celebrities like Justin Bieber to cultivate an image of success and help elevate the global Hillsong Church brand in the U.S., Carl Lentz ruled the Hillsong NYC church he started in Manhattan in 2010 with a degree of manipulation and control so ruthless he “caused” mental illness in multiple staff and volunteers according to a report officials at the Australia-based megachurch did not want the public to see.
Although more commonly practiced among other Christian denominations, some evangelical and non denominational Christians are observing the traditional liturgical season of Lent.
Hillsong Church refuted claims Saturday that it fired its co-founder, Bobbie Houston, by text message after she and her husband, founder Brian Houston, publicly shared communications she received about her termination.
Pastor Sabin Boruga deletes the photos as quickly as they pop into his WhatsApp group text. The images of horrific scenes discovered in Ukrainian towns devastated by the Russian invasion filter in the text stream alongside hope-filled, encouraging pictures of Romanian Baptists serving refugees along the border.
Pastor Sabin Boruga deletes the photos as quickly as they pop into his WhatsApp group text. The images of horrific scenes discovered in Ukrainian towns devastated by the Russian invasion filter in the text stream alongside hope-filled, encouraging pictures of Romanian Baptists serving refugees along the border.
Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston, who resigned last month after the global church network revealed two misconduct allegations against him, accused the church of “losing its soul” after a leader of the church sent a text message to his wife, co-founder Bobbie, regarding the termination of her employment.
Just over two months before messengers vote at the denomination’s annual meeting set for Anaheim, California, Pastor Bart Barber of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, has joined the stable of pastors currently jockeying to become the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Megachurches are often “poor places for formation and pastoral care,” according to Tim Keller, who reflected on some of the “design deficits” of these churches and what he called a deadly problem as Christians are being more formed by social media than local Christian community.