(ChurchLeaders) A pastor in Holland, Michigan, has garnered national attention for advising people in his congregation to “get it over with” and contract COVID-19. Brad Spencer, senior pastor of Lighthouse Baptist Church, also does not believe that safety precautions offer any provable protection against the virus. “Several people [in the church] have had COVID, none have … [Read more...] about Pastor Gets Death Threats for Advising Church to Catch COVID, ‘Get It Over With’
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CA Churches May Not Have to Convert to ‘Family Friendly’ Strip Clubs After SCOTUS Win
(ChurchLeaders) Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a lower federal court to re-evaluate California’s pandemic-related restrictions on in-person worship. In what Liberty Counsel attorney Mat Staver calls a “huge victory,” SCOTUS vacated a September ruling against his clients, Pasadena-based Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry. Justices ordered the … [Read more...] about CA Churches May Not Have to Convert to ‘Family Friendly’ Strip Clubs After SCOTUS Win
Drive-Thru Live Nativities Are Tailor-Made for a COVID-19 Christmas
by Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) At the Nativity display outside Faith Church of Lafayette, Indiana, the baby will be laid in a manger this year, surrounded by friendly beasts — except for the donkeys. They bite. In the past, the camels have been known to kick. The church’s Lafayette Living Nativity, which Faith has hosted since 1991, may be one of the few Christmas … [Read more...] about Drive-Thru Live Nativities Are Tailor-Made for a COVID-19 Christmas
In Leaked Call, Hillsong Founder Brian Houston Details ‘Narcissistic’ Carl Lentz’s Firing
(The Roys Report) In a leaked audio call obtained by The Daily Mail, the founder and senior pastor of Hillsong Global, Brian Houston, described the events that led up to the firing of the lead pastor of the church’s New York City congregation, Carl Lentz. Houston said difficulties with Lentz’s leadership emerged long before the recent revelations about the Hillsong East … [Read more...] about In Leaked Call, Hillsong Founder Brian Houston Details ‘Narcissistic’ Carl Lentz’s Firing
This is What Churches Are Doing to Share the Christmas Story This Year
(ChurchLeaders) With COVID-19 causing popular Christmas events to be canceled, churches throughout the U.S. are trying something many of them have never done before: holding a drive-through nativity. “This is the church’s Christmas gift to the town,” said Rev. Daniel England, the interim pastor of Bridgewater Congregational Church (BCC) in Bridgewater, Connecticut. “That’s … [Read more...] about This is What Churches Are Doing to Share the Christmas Story This Year