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Biblical Recorder2026-10-09✓ Read

Small-town Mississippi church ignites culture of revival

POPLARVILLE, Miss. — Three years ago, it was an emotional moment for Kipp Smith as he looked around the theater full of students, church family and members of the community. After the evangelistic message, at least 100 attendees answered the altar call to surrender their lives to Christ. It was an exact picture of the [...]Read More

United Methodist News2026-10-09✓ Read

Men’s group loses United Methodist affiliation

United Methodist Men has ended its affiliate relationship with the National Association of Conference Presidents, a fellowship that supports conference men’s ministries. Still, both groups hold out hope for reconciliation.

The Roys Report2026-10-09✓ Read

Missouri pastor remains in Baptist pulpit despite multiple accounts of groping and abuse

Five women have accused a pastor in suburban Kansas City of sexually abusing them when they were teenagers or young adults. The women told Lee’s Summit, Missouri, police that Jerry Finchum touched them under their clothes, gave them inappropriate gifts and attempted to manipulate them into sex. One woman claims that Finchum, at the time

The Roys Report2026-10-09✓ Read

Missouri pastor remains in Baptist pulpit despite multiple accounts of groping and abuse

Five women have accused a pastor in suburban Kansas City of sexually abusing them when they were teenagers or young adults. The women told Lee’s Summit, Missouri, police that Jerry Finchum touched them under their clothes, gave them inappropriate gifts and attempted to manipulate them into sex. One woman claims that Finchum, at the time

World News2026-10-09✓ Read

ICE officer shoots New York immigrant driving car with child inside

WORLD is a news organization producing Biblically sound, daily coverage of global, national, and cultural current events.

The Christian Chronicle2026-10-09✓ Read

We traveled to three states to report on church mergers: Here’s what we learned

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Pennsylvania. Oklahoma. And now, South Dakota. In the “Reunited” series, The Christian Chronicle traveled to three locations — a 3,400-mile triangle

The Christian Chronicle2026-10-09✓ Read

‘Oh no, that’s never happening’

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Two brothers-in-law. Two ministers of the Gospel. Two split congregations. The story behind the Sioux Falls Church of Christ — a

The Christian Post | Church & Ministries2026-10-09✓ Read

Fewer pastors preach sermons under 40 minutes as appetite for longer messages grows

Protestant pastors in the U.S. say they've been preaching longer sermons over the last six years, and new data from Lifeway Research suggests churchgoers approve.

A Public Witness2026-10-09✓ Read

Weekly Roundup: Oct. 9

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a piece on growing opposition to Pete Hegseth’s misuse of Scripture and a report on an interfaith effort to protect voting rights that are free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness

Chance for a Communion reset: Could the Primates’ Meeting shift leadership away from England?

DURING the six months since her installation, the Archbishop of Canterbury has been on an Africa charm offensive. As most demographers agree, the future direction of Anglicanism lies with Africa, which accounts for at least 65 per cent of Anglicans worldwide, and is growing rapidly in influence. Archbishop Mullally is working hard to woo African

World News2026-10-09✓ Read

Plan to publicly execute Ft. Hood shooter prompts debate

CBN News2026-10-09✓ Read

Gulf Coast Residents Prepare for Hurricane Isaias as Storm Threatens Flooding, Powerful Winds

His People interviews by Pilgrim Radio2026-10-09✓ Read

Blake Glosson | on combatting the fear of man in our identities

Blake Glosson (MDiv, Reformed Theological Seminary) is an assistant pastor at Chapelstreet Church in Geneva, Illinois. He previously served as the director of young adults at New Covenant Bible Church. Check out more of his work on his website. For more faith-filled, Gospel-centered content, download the Pilgrim Radio app today on Google Play and Apple, or stream at PilgrimRadio.com.

CBN News2026-10-09✓ Read

‘Get Into Their World’: How Can the Church Reach Gen Alpha for Jesus?

“Generation Alpha has been completely formed by technology and screens and social media, meaning they’ve been on screens

The Baptist Paper2026-10-09✓ Read

Hurricane watch: Baptist response on standby as Isaias approaches

Your first question about this latest weather threat may involve how to pronounce Hurricane Isaias. For those not sure, it’s “Ee-sah-EE-ahs.” A second question may concern how bad of a punch is this storm actually going to bring. And the jury, as usual, is still out on that one. For now, Southern Baptist disaster relief teams remain on standby in Florida, Alabama and other potentially impacted states as the storm approaches the northern Gulf Coast, according to Send Relief crisis response director Coy Webb.

World News2026-10-09✓ Read

More Catholics shielded from Illinois euthanasia law, for now

WORLD is a news organization producing Biblically sound, daily coverage of global, national, and cultural current events.

Biblical Recorder2026-10-09✓ Read

Ellis Grady Fulbright, former NC Baptist pastor and missionary to Zambia, dies at 88

Ellis Grady Fulbright Sr., a former N.C. Baptist pastor who spent 12 years as a Southern Baptist missionary in Zambia, died Oct. 5. He was 88. Born Feb. 24, 1938, in Burke County, Fulbright grew up in Connelly Springs. After serving in the U.S. Army Reserve, he worked as a carpenter building homes before entering [...]Read More

Biblical Recorder2026-10-09✓ Read

Senate bill aims to protect financial aid for those preparing for ministry

Legislation introduced in the Senate could allow students pursuing theological training for a religious vocation to receive federal tuition assistance. Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, filed the Religious Education Fairness Act on Sept. 29. The bill is a response to a Department of Education ruling this summer that introduced [...]Read More

ChurchLeaders.com [YouTube]2026-10-09Video✓ Read

Colton Dixon Calls New Song ‘Bones’ a ‘Christian’s Response to Halloween’

Virtue Online2026-10-09✓ Read

NIGERIA: Christians face Repeated Persecution as Government Fails to Intervene

There is a continuing pattern of attacks on rural communities, people travelling on vulnerable roads, farmers, miners and community security personnel.By Dr Solomon Ubasi I www.virtueonline.org I October 8, 2026 The ongoing persecution of Christians in northern Nigeria is taking various forms including reducing or limiting opportunities to education, attack on Christian communities, mass abduction of school children, targeted attack/kidnap of clergy for ransom, abduction, force conversion and ma