Update: This story has been updated to feature a response from Free Chapel.Mike Evans, founder of Friends of Zion in Jerusalem, has filed a lawsuit against Pastor Jentezen Franklin and Free Chapel Worship Center, a multisite megachurch based in Gainesville, Georgia....
Pastor Dana Coverstone says he has had dreams that predict America burning, hyperinflation ravaging the U.S. economy and even foreign soldiers on the ground. Coverstone, who pastors Living Word Ministries Assemblies of God in Burksville, Kentucky, says he is not a...
Mike Signorelli, pastor of V1 Church in New York, encourages believers in a recent video to find satisfaction in God even in the midst of seasons of suffering.On Facebook, Signorelli wrote, "You've probably only read Psalm 23 in English. There's a popular phrase, "my...
The Belonging Co. is transforming the spiritual culture of Nashville, Tennessee, with a focus on desiring the presence of God above all. The Belonging Co., officially started in February 2014 by senior pastors Henry and Alex Seeley, derives its name from both the term...
In the 18th century, traveling preachers—often called "circuit riders" or "saddleback preachers"—rode on horseback across the U.S. frontier, bringing the gospel to rural groups and communities. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and Francis Asbury were...
Mike Signorelli, lead pastor and founder of V1 Church based in New York, says that sometimes spiritual warfare has nothing to do with you—it's about the generations after you. Signorelli shares an example of how a scientific study points to the truth of...
It was with disbelief that I saw the news of the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision—with Chief Justice John Roberts casting the deciding vote—to strike down the Louisiana abortion law.As a believer and as a person of common sense, the simple provision that was...
Abortion opponents vented their disappointment and fury on Monday after the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision to strike down a Louisiana law that would have curbed abortion access.The ruling delivered a defeat to anti-abortion activists but could intensify interest...
Pastor Michael Todd leads one of the fastest-growing churches in the country, but the vast majority of his audience isn't coming to the church building. Todd, the 33-year old Pentecostal lead pastor of Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, says in any given week,...
I love the wonderful Holy Spirit, and I hope that you do, too. He is the most amazing person I have ever met. I think having a personal relationship with Him is one of the most incredible adventures we can have in life. When we are walking with the Spirit, He loves to...
In this video clip from a pre-quarantine service, Mike Signorelli, lead pastor and founder of V1 Church based in New York, says many times Christians want to sit in God's judgment seat and hold onto unforgiveness. But humans were never meant to sit in the position of...
The editor of the Nashville Tennessean has vowed to investigate how a full-page ad predicting a nuclear attack by Muslims purchased by a breakaway Seventh-day Adventist group ran in the paper.A version of the ad from Future for America, a "prophecy ministry" based in...
America has had some difficult periods in its history, and I lived through one of the worst. I came of age during the radical anti–Vietnam War era in the late '60s. I remember the riots at the 1968 Democratic convention when radicals tried to take over the...
Protesters in Seattle have taken over a few blocks of the city after they were vacated by police, designating the area the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (or CHOP). The area—previous known as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ)—is marked by repurposed...