| | Christian leaders react to death of Charles Stanley | | Curated for you byCP Editors | | Good afternoon! It's Wednesday, April 19, and today's headlines include Christian leaders reacting to the death of Charles Stanley, an update on the GoFundMe campaign for Ralph Yarl, and a Baltimore church whose power was cut after it received a $30,000 bill. | | Charles Stanley, former Southern Baptist Convention president, author, Bible teacher and prominent Evangelical broadcaster, died Tuesday morning at his home. He was 90 years old. Stanley, the founder of In Touch Ministries, was an influential minister and televangelist for decades. This article from The Christian Post highlights several reactions to Stanley's death from Christian leaders such as Greg Laurie, Joel Osteen, and Robert Jeffress. Continue reading. | | P.S. Don't forget to listen to the latest episode of "The Inside Story." In this episode, Christian Post reporter Samantha Kamman joins host Billy Hallowell to break down the dramatic uptick in parental frustrations with public schools. Catch the "Explicit Materials, Trans Ideology and More: Why Parental Anger Toward Public Schools Seems to be Rising" episode here. |
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| Donations for Ralph Yarl top $3M | | A GoFundMe campaign created for Ralph Yarl, the 16-year-old black teenager who survived being shot twice by a white homeowner in Kansas City, Mo., after he rang the man's doorbell, has raised more than $3,000,000 in donations. The campaign has continued to attract supporters since Clay County prosecutor Zachary Thompson announced Monday that Andrew D. Lester, the 84-year-old who shot Yarl, had been charged with assault in the first degree and armed criminal action, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life. Read more. | | Police: Youth pastor, 6th grade teacher used church Wi-Fi to download child porn | | Edward Wilds III, 44, a sixth-grade teacher and youth pastor at Palatka Baptist Temple in Florida who downloaded pornographic images from the church's Wi-Fi and uploaded images of himself and shared them with underage victims on several social media platforms has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography and using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony. Detectives started tracking the youth pastor, who taught at an elementary school for 11 years, after they were alerted to the possible distribution of child pornography through a cyber-tip in May 2022. Read more. | | Brian Houston pleads guilty to DUI | | Days after pleading "not guilty" to driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more, Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston pled "guilty" to the charges and was sentenced to three years’ probation, a $140 fine and other penalties. Houston has yet to be sentenced for an enhanced charge of driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.20% or more, which addiction experts classify as being "blackout drunk." Read more. |
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| How to Protect Children and Teens from the Transgender Industry's False Ideology | | Transgenderism has exploded across the world in the past decade, particularly in the West. | | The Williams Institute at the UCLA Law School reports that the number of young people identifying as transgender has doubled in just the last few years and that one out of five people who identify as transgender are thirteen to seventeen years of age. | | The number of minors in America receiving a diagnosis of gender dysphoria tripled from 2017 to 2021, with more than forty-two thousand receiving the diagnosis in 2021. On the popular social media platform TikTok, #trans has logged 50.2 billion views as of this writing, having nearly doubled within the last year. | | Download the 'Exposing the Gender Lie' e-book for free | | |
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| Global Methodist Church endorses university for international students | | The recently launched Global Methodist Church has officially classified Mid-America Christian University of Oklahoma City as a "recommended educational institution." This marks the first university to be endorsed by the denomination, which launched last year amid the schism over homosexuality within the United Methodist Church. Students from outside the United States and Western Europe can complete courses to satisfy educational requirements for ordination as a deacon or elder in the GMC. Read more. | | Baltimore church goes dark as energy company cuts power | | The Rev. Alvin Gywnn Sr. says the average monthly energy bill at his 800-member Friendship Baptist Church in Baltimore, Md, has consistently hovered around "maybe $1,200" during his 34 years at the church. However, Gywnn told CP that his bills from Baltimore Gas and Electric skyrocketed two months ago, with the most recent bill exceeding $30,000. The pastor has refused to pay the amount "on principle," believing there is no way his church used that much electricity. BGE cut the power to the church on Easter Monday, April 10. Read more. |
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| Candace Cameron Bure: Rebuke evil spirits | | Actress Candance Cameron Bure took to social media to encourage her followers to rebuke "evil spirits." In an Instagram video, the influencer explained, "Sometimes we can get overwhelmed with feelings, feelings that might be loneliness, shame, regret, worry, anxiety, depression, darkness. You need to rebuke those spirits ... Tell any evil spirits to get out because they don't get to have a hold on you." Read more. | | Filmmaker on the 'epidemic' of fatherlessness | | Eric Swithin discusses the damaging role fatherlessness has played in society's woes and how this reality prompted him to create The Alliance for Ending the Fatherless Epidemic, a network of Christ-centered ministries across the U.S. He also made a film, "The Fatherless Epidemic," to shed light on the issue of fatherlessness. Noting that approximately 90% of prison inmates come from fatherless homes, girls from fatherless homes are 900% more vulnerable to sexual abuse, and boys from fatherlessness homes are 14 times more likely to become a rapist, the activist explains, "We can talk about poverty, education, mental illness, substance abuse, and on and on. These are all traced back to a fatherlessness issue." Watch the full interview here. | | | | | | | | Thank you for spending part of your day with us. We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow! -- CP Editors |
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