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• Episcopal Church finds potential buyer for NYC headquarters

  Four months after announcing plans to offload the 12-story building that houses its headquarters in midtown Manhattan, Episcopal Church leaders say they have found a potential buyer for the building, which is valued at nearly $52 million.

• Virginia Supreme Court allows lawsuit against McLean Bible Church to continue

  The Virginia Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of McLean Bible Church to try and dismiss a lawsuit from longtime members over the 2021 election of new elders and other concerns.

• Adam Hamilton says Christians don't have to believe in virgin birth of Jesus

  Pastor Adam Hamilton, who is running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat, is facing scrutiny for a video interview in which he said Christians don't have to believe in the virgin birth of Jesus.

• Pastor killed in crash 2 hours after delivering sermon on Lazarus

  Less than two hours after preaching a revival sermon on Lazarus, Apostle Justin Heath, the leader of Cutting Edge Revelational Ministries and Fore Christ Church in Mount Olive, North Carolina, was killed in a crash on Saturday that left seven other people injured, including his wife. He was 67.

• ChatGPT gets 70M requests about religion weekly; most are about Islam, followed by Christianity

  Of the 70 million religion-related requests ChatGPT receives each week, nearly half are about Islam and just over a third are about Christianity, according to a recent analysis by OpenAI, the company that created the artificial intelligence chatbot.

• Cambridge poet Malcolm Guite says King Arthur offers antidote to toxic masculinity

  British poet, priest and Cambridge University scholar Malcolm Guite believes society is facing a crisis of masculinity and imagination, and he's turning to one of literature's oldest heroes to help address it: King Arthur.

• Franklin Graham reflects on charting his own path, growing up in famous father's shadow: 'I never try to be Billy Graham'

  Evangelist Franklin Graham says it wasn’t easy growing up as the son of the 20th century’s most famous preacher.

• Human trafficking law being 'weaponized' against religious groups, attorney claims

  A federal law designed to combat human trafficking could be used to target churches and other religious communities whose members voluntarily donate their time and labor, attorney John Lauro warned, pointing to a lawsuit accusing the Salvation Army of forced labor.

• Lindsay Clancy holdout juror calls her actions ‘methodical’; leaned on his faith after refusing 'not guilty' verdict

  The holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial opened up about his Catholic faith in an interview in which he revealed what it was like to serve on that jury and the treatment he endured after refusing to go along with a verdict of “not guilty.” 

• Myanmar military destroys churches, accused violating humanitarian law

  Myanmar’s military destroyed two churches in the predominantly Christian areas of Chin and Kachin states this month, bombing a Presbyterian church in the town of Mindat and burning a Baptist church outside the town of Bhamo.

• Talarico credits PCUSA pastor with encouraging Senate run as 'a form of ministry'

  Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico told a group of faith leaders Monday night that the Rev. Jim Rigby, his longtime pastor in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), convinced him to run for the U.S. Senate as "a form of ministry."

• Jim Bakker’s legacy offers warnings about prosperity gospel, unchecked church power: Trinity Foundation

  As a religious leader, Jim Bakker embellished his testimony, preached the prosperity gospel, committed fraud to raise funds for his theme park, lived an extravagant lifestyle, cheated on his wife, and staged a comeback after spending almost five years in prison.

• Frank Turek on Charlie Kirk’s death, the 'war on reality’ and why he refuses to back down

  Frank Turek opens up about the lasting impact of witnessing Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the role faith has played in processing the trauma, and why he refuses to stop bringing the Gospel to college campuses.

• Coalition of pastors unite behind Ken Paxton amid tightening Senate race

  A group of Christian faith leaders has united behind Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a tight U.S. Senate race that has made faith a key topic of debate.

• Want to know God’s will? Stop negotiating with Him

  Many Christians say they’re open to God’s will, as long as He doesn’t ask them to move or change careers. But God leads those who are willing to follow. Here’s why surrender is the starting point for knowing His will.

• JD Vance got socialism partly right. Cubans know the rest.

  When J.D. Vance was asked to define socialism, his answer drew criticism from those who fled it. As someone who lived under Cuba’s totalitarian system, I can attest that socialism was never about workers. It was about power.

• Evangelicalism’s rancid rot is inside. It demands repentance.

  Ravi Zacharias, Robert Morris, Bill Hybels, Mike Bickle and others were exposed for fraud or sexual misconduct. All of them could have preached about integrity. The hypocrisy is glaring, and it’s only the tip of the iceberg.

• Texas woman sues pro-life group under state's abortion pill law for over $459K

  A Texas woman is suing a national pro-life advocacy group, alleging that she should receive financial compensation because their leader and several members violated a state law the organization championed by ordering abortion drugs as part of an undercover operation.

• Mike Huckabee suggests Tucker Carlson possessed, mentally ill: 'That demon must have got into him'

  U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee suggested during a podcast last week that political commentator Tucker Carlson could be mentally unwell and demonically possessed amid his adamant criticism of Israel and the war in Iran.

• Priest killed by falling crucifix during livestreamed mass in Ecuador

  Mourners gathered Sunday to honor a priest in Ecuador who died after a large crucifix suddenly fell from a wall and struck him during a livestreamed mass.