In response to reporting by ReligionUnplugged.com and The Washington Post in 2019, a prominent former LDS Church member filed a federal lawsuit last week against the LDS Church seeking to regain more than $5 million in tithing he gave the church. The 2019 reports exposed that the LDS Church had amassed a $100 billion secret investment firm and used member tithes without their knowledge. The IRS has not confirmed whether it is investigating the church.
Read MoreGonzaga (the saint) and Gonzaga (the basketball team) are two different things. Nonetheless, the patron saint of Christian youth (who also died in a pandemic) can help inspire the school to capture its first national championship.
Read MoreSeason two of “The Chosen”, the largest crowdfunded media project of all time that depicts the life of Jesus, will premiere on Easter Sunday. In a YouTube livestream announcement, creator Dallas Jenkins shared his plan to move all content to the show’s app and release the rest of the seasons by 2024.
Read MoreAs Christians all over the world entered Holy Week, a pair of exclusive, high-priced athletic shoes emblazoned with a pentagram and made with drops of human blood sold out in less than a minute. Singer Lil Nas X created the “Satan shoes” with the company MSCHF to coincide with the drop of his newest music video that features him giving Satan a lap dance. The backlash has sparked a conversation about LGBTQ people leaving Christianity or feeling hurt by Christians and also sparked a lawsuit from Nike.
Read MoreNationwide, some congregations across the country are reopening for the first time during Holy Week 2021. But pastors say that reopening their congregation is much more than simply cleaning up and unlocking the doors of the church. Their congregations are emotionally rocked and feeling the effects of disconnection.
Read MoreKanakuk Ministries is one of the largest Christian camps in the United States. An analysis of new financial statements reveals that founder Joe White and his wife Debbie-Jo were paid $2.6 million by Kanakuk from 2014-2017.
Read More(REVIEW) “Resurrection,” which will premiere on streaming service Discovery+, tells the story of the Gospels from Jesus’ trial to the start of the early Christian church. If successful, it will pave the way for more family-friendly faith-based content.
Read MoreReligious non-profits lost 10% of their workforce during the pandemic, according to a recent report. Faith-based groups like the Logan Baptist Church daycare and Convoy of Hope say PPP loans allowed them to keep serving essential workers and people in need.
Read MoreWorldwide, more than 2.6 million deaths have been attributed to COVID-19. Christians are reflecting on the loss of their family members and loved ones to the virus. “This is an opportunity for the church to mourn with those who mourn. And there are a lot of people mourning,” said one pastor in Ohio.
Read MoreThis year’s Passover, the annual Jewish holiday, will offer families the chance to reflect on the hardships of the previous year. It also prioritizes looking with hope to the future.
Read More(OPINION) After two mass shootings in the U.S., many are examining the motives of the shooters. But people are complex creatures. We may be driven by hate, by anger and greed, and also by fear, insecurity, guilt, shame, jealousy and envy. Sometimes motives may be impossible to fathom.
Read MoreSince 2013, the Christian Culinary Academy has flourished in an artsy coastal getaway, barely two hours away from Portland, sometimes called America’s best food city. The program is part of Christian Chefs International, a 23-year-old organization of 2,000 members having its annual conference this week in Cannon Beach.
Read MoreIt’s clear, thanks to COVID-19, that the church is not a building. In a post-pandemic world, some ask: Why have a building at all?
An Asian American ministry leader reflects on rising hate crimes and the murders of six Asian American women in Georgia and offers three takeaways for the U.S. church.
Read MoreChurch People is a new Christian comedy about a youth pastor who has to try and stop his church from hosting a real crucifixion. It’s an improvement on past faith-based films and shows the changing landscape of audience desires for faith-based comedies.
Read MoreAsma Uddin, a religious liberty lawyer and a fellow at the Aspen Institute, writes in her new book The Politics of Vulnerability about how American Muslims and conservative Christians can engage better to protect their religious freedoms.
Read More(ANALYSIS) Medieval imagery has been on display repeatedly at far-right rallies and riots. Conspiracy theorists may love to use the symbols, but they fundamentally misunderstand the Byzantine Empire.
Read MoreAfter 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long shot and killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent, the church Long was baptized in and other Atlanta-area faith leaders have spoken out about the murders and the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreKanye West’s 2019 album “Jesus is King” won Best Contemporary Christian Music Album at the 2021 Grammys. Here’s how the album fits into his career as a whole and what the win means for the genre.
Read MoreMainstream, high fashion magazines are uncharted territory for nearly all faith-based brands. But Natasha Lambkin successfully sold N A T A S H A in New York City show rooms and among celebrity stylists. Then Vogue Italia and Elle Arabia featured her designs. "God gave me the vision,” Lambkin said. “I knew something was going to happen. I just didn't know when."
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