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Rich Tidwell is the pastor of Ormond Church, a small non-denominational gathering in Canton, MO, that was founded more than a decade ago. According to his website, he is a husband, father, YouTube Apologist, polemicist, and is a “passionate follower of The Way.” Married to his wife Brandi more for more than 14 years, they have have seven children together, some adopted. He believes “proper hermeneutics are derived from examining original languages, cultural context, and multi-verse coherence” and that “Crippled by fear and compromised by tradition, Rich is convinced the status-quo Church is due a second reformation.” At first glance...

James T. Roberson III is the senior pastor of Bridge Church NYC, which is a congregation part of the Southern Baptist Convention. Roberson is tight with the North American Mission’s Board, given that the Send Network helped plant his church, and he is speaking at a Send Network event this October. During his recent sermon, he denounced the assassination of Charlie Kirk, but still managed to spend roughly half his statement (and even the following prayer) dragging the man’s name through the mud. This morning before we pray, I want to lean into some of the political tension in our...

This past Sunday, Pastor Frederick D. Haynes took the pulpit to address the murder of Charlie Kirk. And what came out of his mouth was a masterclass in double-speak: “We ain’t got nothing to do with what they just did. A white Christian gets killed, murdered, not assassinated. We’re going to tell the whole truth today. Martin King got assassinated, Malcolm X got assassinated, Medgar X got assassinated. Don’t compare Kirk to King. Ain’t no such comparison now. Let me hasten to say, let me hasten to say, I’m anti-political violence. Kirk should still be alive. I don’t agree with...

Lura Groen is the pastrix of All Saints Lutheran Church in Bowie, MD, and has the distinction of being the grossest clergy we’ve ever written about. She’s claimed that Jesus was trying to SEDUCE the woman at the well, said that there are lesbian angels’ who ‘consensually’ flirt with queer Christian women, and compared the mystery of the Trinity to the luridness of sadomasochism and BDSM. She’s argued that Christians are but one of many ‘brides of Christ’ because the Lord is “poly” and has ‘other lovers’ of different religions and faiths, and has promoted hook-up culture, premarital sex, and...

A Florida pastor and his alleged accomplice were busted Thursday for running a phony immigration racket out of a church, duping desperate migrants out of thousands, police said. Nelson David Ochoa-Vasquez, 46, a pastor at La Iglesia de Dios Jireh, and Ismer Gonzalez, 45, were arrested by the sheriff’s Organized Crimes Bureau for what officials called an “organized scheme to defraud” in a press release. The pair allegedly posed as legal helpers while targeting at least 16 immigrants between April 2024 and January 2025, ... Ochoa-Vasquez used his pulpit to gain victims’ trust before allegedly referring them to Gonzalez under...

ATLANTA (AP) — The pastor of a Georgia megachurch who led a nationwide 40-day “fast” boycott of Target stores over the retail chain's commitment to diversity initiatives is now calling for that effort to continue as a “full Target boycott.” The Rev. Jamal Bryant said this week that the Minneapolis-based retailer has not met all of the boycott effort's demands. Among them: Restoring its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion principles and pledging money to Black-owned banks and businesses. Target announced in January that it would phase out a handful of DEI initiatives, including a program designed to help Black...

ampa, FL – Newly released dash cam footage from an August 29, 2024, traffic stop in Tampa, Florida, has reignited controversy surrounding Pastor Carl Soto, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Restoration Inc., who is now suing the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) for $5.5 million. Soto claims Deputy Alex Almaguer used excessive force and racial bias during the stop, but conservatives on X are calling his reaction a textbook case of playing the victim—a narrative they say aligns perfectly with the left’s playbook. The incident began when Almaguer pulled Soto over for an illegal license plate decal featuring the Joker,...

@amuse @amuse RACISM: Atlanta megachurch pastor Jamal Bryant refers to black Trump supporters and MAGA followers as “coons” and “runaway slaves.”

We all know the old saying "actions speak louder than words." A Madison man is living by that message by taking action to destroy firearms. It's all in an effort to prevent gun violence. Madison's Midvale Community Lutheran Church was the site of Jeff Wild's symbolic action Monday. Wild along with several others, brought a pair of chop saws to the church's entrance to cut up six handguns, one rifle and one shotgun. The action comes just a week after a student at Abundant Life Christian School brought two guns inside, killing a teacher and a fellow student. Wild says...

Televangelist and prosperity gospel preacher Jesse Duplantis, who has an estimated net worth of around $20 million, has called poverty a “curse” and says his wealth — which includes a private jet and a 40,000-square-foot mansion in Louisiana — comes from being “blessed” by God. “Let me give you a prime example why I don’t care what people think about me, about what I have. Now look at me. Look at me. I am a very blessed man,” Duplantis said in an online “Boardroom Chat” session with his wife, Cathy, earlier this month. “Me and Cathy are very blessed. I’m...

Transformation Church in Tulsa, OK, hosted a celebration of life for the pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ, hell-denying, Trinity-denying,Universality, Unitarian Bishop Carlton Pearson on Friday, with lead pastor Michael Todd praising him as a “man of God” who faithfully lived out the gospel message. The event drew thousands, with several dignitaries and preachers honoring Pearson for his great faith and love for the Lord, interwoven with music and praise breaks. Todd introduced the event by explaining: This is a celebration of life. We are going to celebrate the life of Carlton D’Metrius Pearson… (this) man of God that we are celebrating today held...

Side by side comparison. Which one is the conservative and which one is Establishment?

It’s bad enough that the queer community has created a movement within their movement that they dare to label Christianity, a movement that not only seeks to normalize, but also to glorify sicj grotesque sex acts that would even have the assailants at Sodom and Gomorrah rolling over in their graves. From drag queen story time to trannies pushing abortion from the pulpits, those caught up in this movement would do well to remove the name of Christ from their lips altogether, as it will go better for them on the day of judgment. But to make matters worse, some...

In the land of make-believe—otherwise known as Columbus, Ohio—a man by the name of Tim Ahrens plays dress-up as a pastor. The setting? The First Congregational Church, a stage in the theatrical United Church of Christ, a denomination better known for its creative interpretations of the Bible than any semblance of orthodoxy. Ahrens has now brought his act to a new low by starring as the lead in a pro-abortion commercial. Donning his pastoral costume, he mutters about the sanctity of family decisions, as if abortion were akin to choosing between meatloaf and spaghetti for dinner. It’s hard to fathom...

GET WOKE, EMPTY THE PEWS It would be a full-time job to chronicle all of the irrational reactions by liberals to the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, and scarcely worth the effort. But I do want to note one such response because it affects me directly: that of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The ELCA, of which my congregation is a member, sent out this “Pastoral Letter” authored by Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton. Here is the letter, titled “A pastoral message on the Rittenhouse acquittal,” with my comments interpolated: ​Dear church, In the book of Leviticus we read: “You shall not...

Did you know that Jesus Christ was a racist? In a TikTok video, Reverend Brandan Robertson asserts that the Son of God used a racial slur. Robertson is an author, activist, public theologian, and the pastor of Missiongathering Christian Church in San Diego, California. This racist action supposedly takes place in Chapter 7 of the Gospel of Mark, when Jesus is sought out by a Syrophoenician woman in the district of Tyre. She begs Jesus to free her daughter from the demon that is possessing her. Robertson said that Jesus replied, “It’s not good for Me to give the children’s...