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The Associated Press reports: The pastor of a Texas megachurch has resigned after a woman said he had sexually abused her on multiple occasions in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12. Gateway Church’s board of elders said in a statement Tuesday that they’d accepted the resignation of Robert Morris, the church’s senior pastor and founder. The board said it …

From the far-right Christian outlet Charisma News: For those paying attention and applying biblical discernment to the times in which we live in, an increase in demonic activity is evermore visible, according to Pastor Jack Hibbs. “Possession, Satan, all of these things have now carried the bulk of the conversation rather than the pursuit of lost souls,” Hibbs says. “People …

Houston’s CBS affiliate reports: A Houston doctor has been indicted for obtaining the records of pediatric patients at Texas Children’s Hospital who were not under his care and without authorization, according to U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. The indictment alleges Ethan Haim, 34, illegally accessed patient names, treatment codes and attending physicians “under false pretenses and with intent to cause …

The Christian Post reports: Despite statements from elders of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, and their founding Pastor Robert Morris suggesting that he stepped away from ministry for two years to undergo a carefully monitored restoration process following a “moral failure” — sexually abusing a girl over multiple years in the 1980s beginning when she was 12 — he was …

Media Matters has the transcript: JESSE LEE PETERSON: I gotta ask, do you believe in the order of God in Christ? Christ over man, man over woman and woman over children? MARK BURNS: Absolutely. 100%. God has a clear order. Right? God is the head. And through his son Yeshua, that we have a commune relationship with the father, we …

Fox News reports: Outspoken author, actor, Christian and patriot Kirk Cameron is set to hold a new “See You at the Library” event this summer on August 24 as a call to stand strong for family, faith and country in a divided America — and as a continuation of what he launched last year with publisher Brave Books, which issues …

Ken Ham writes for his Answers In Genesis blog: Are Christians really obsessed with homosexuality? This is an objection I will often see on social media when I post biblical teaching that conflicts with the LGBTQ worldview. Instead of engaging with my arguments, the comments section fills with accusations that Christians must be “closet gays” because of how much they …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: “In recent months, both floods and tornadoes have ripped through parts of the country’s Midwest and Southeast region, upending people’s lives and shattering their homes and businesses,” Family Research Council President Tony Perkins noted during Wednesday’s “Washington Watch.” “We need to ask this question, why?” Perkins told The Washington Stand. “What’s going on, …

The Texas Tribune reports: Paul Pressler, the monumental Southern Baptist leader and Republican activist at the center of a massive sex abuse scandal, died on June 7. He was 94. Pressler was one of the most influential, if lesser-known, evangelical figures of the last half-century, having co-led a movement in the Southern Baptist Convention that pushed the nation’s second-largest faith …

The Christian Post reports: Robert Morris, founding pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, which attracts an estimated 100,000 worshipers weekly, has confessed to “inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady” more than 35 years ago while he was a young pastor after a woman accused him of sexually abusing her over multiple years beginning when she was 12. “When …

The Texas Tribune reports: Multiple speakers and a venue pulled out of a prominent Texas activist group’s July conference after The Texas Tribune reported on its plans to amplify white nationalist figures and rhetoric. Billed as the 15th anniversary celebration for True Texas Project, the conference agenda claims that there is a “war on white America,” and urges attendees to …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: One Million Moms is diligent in warning our supporters of inappropriate content our children and grandchildren could be exposed to in today’s media. Recently, popular YouTuber Ms. Rachel, a former preschool teacher with over ten million subscribers to her channel, openly supported Pride Month online. I personally no longer have young children …

“Supporters of the natural family and traditional values have caused a seismic shift in the direction of the European Parliament, crushing the left in European parliamentary elections this past weekend. “Conservative pro-family leaders such as Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, Hungary’s Viktor Orban and France’s Marine Le Pen are big winners, helping wrest control of the EU Parliament away from leftwing leaders …

From the far-right Christian site Charisma News: President and co-Founder of Destiny Encounters International Charlie Shamp revisited a prophetic word he received in August 2022, stating that “the hunter will become the hunted.” This prophecy appears to be unfolding with the recent conviction of Hunter Biden on felony charges, including weapons possession. Shamp stated, “When the word of the Lord …

“They’ve stolen the election. They burned ballots. They’ve hidden ballots. They’ve thrown them in the river. They even shot down a Black Hawk helicopter. Isn’t this strange? Bringing them from the military that was overseas, they were carrying the ballots! “And that helicopter was shot down so that they could never be counted. And even now they’re finding them in …

The Birmingham News reports: Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has some thoughts on voter fraud and election integrity, and, under the right circumstances, he’ll share them. When Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, Marshall sued to overturn the results. Later, he appeared before Congress to testify as an expert witness. But when asked repeatedly whether President Joe Biden had …

The Washington Post reports: Southern Baptists, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, voted on Wednesday to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization. The vote was an indication that ordinary evangelicals are increasingly open to arguments that equate embryos with human life, and that two years after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, “fetal personhood” may be the next front for …

NBC News reports: Six years ago, Charlie Kirk, a right-wing provocateur who founded the conservative activist group Turning Point USA, strongly criticized the evangelical political movement he now helps lead. Kirk described Jesus as welcoming and tolerant and denounced Christians’ “sanctimonious approach” to homosexuality and other issues. He argued politics should be advanced through a “secular worldview” and slammed attempts …

The Charleston Post & Courier reports: The race for South Carolina’s most conservative U.S. House district is headed to a runoff. Mark Burns, a leading face of the Christian nationalist movement, and Sheri Biggs, a nurse and lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard, battled for the lead in the first round of voting in the June 11 Republican primary …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: 1. A large percentage of these men and women have been sexually abused and are operating out of a place of deep wounding. They’re living “in spiritual darkness.” Some may be at war with God, and others are genuinely struggling with their identity, but by and large, they’ve all been hurt. 2. These …