(The Christian Post) An 18-year-old woman turned herself in hours after a pastor, named Tim Pearson, was shot and killed and his wife, Melony, was also injured. The suspect was charged with both murder and attempted murder. Pearson, the pastor of Mt. Mariah Baptist Church in Melvin, Alabama, was murdered early Saturday morning and the woman, identified as Melissa Hill, … [Read more...] about 18-Y-O Charged With Murder, Attempted Murder of Alabama Pastor and Wife
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Pope Says Women Can Read at Mass, but Still Can’t Be Priests
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) Pope Francis changed church law Monday to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, granting them access to the most sacred place on the altar, while continuing to affirm that they cannot be priests. Francis amended the law to formalize and institutionalize what is common practice in many parts of the world: that … [Read more...] about Pope Says Women Can Read at Mass, but Still Can’t Be Priests
Ronnie Floyd Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Months of ‘being careful’
(ChurchLeaders) Southern Baptist leader Ronnie Floyd announced he has COVID-19. The president of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), Floyd shared the news in an email sent to followers on Wednesday. Floyd says despite exercising caution and even distancing himself from family members over the holidays, he still contracted the virus. “We were … [Read more...] about Ronnie Floyd Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Months of ‘being careful’
Like Preacher-Politicians Before Him, Senator Raphael Warnock Will Keep His Pulpit
(Christianity Today) Raphael Warnock has won one of Georgia’s two runoff elections for US Senate: Will he be both a pastor and a politician? Yes, says, Michael Brewer, a spokesman for the minister’s campaign, “if elected he will remain senior pastor.” Marla Frederick, professor of religion and culture at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, told Religion News … [Read more...] about Like Preacher-Politicians Before Him, Senator Raphael Warnock Will Keep His Pulpit
In Wake of Classmate’s Death, Master’s Seminary Student Accuses School of Flagrantly Violating Its Own COVID-19 Protocols
(The Roys Report) A student at The Master’s Seminary, which meets on the campus of John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church, says the school is flagrantly violating its own COVID-19 guidelines and mocking compliant students. Now a Master’s seminary student has died after contracting COVID. The deceased student, whose name is being withheld at his family’s request, is a man … [Read more...] about In Wake of Classmate’s Death, Master’s Seminary Student Accuses School of Flagrantly Violating Its Own COVID-19 Protocols