Navajo Episcopalians may soon become a missionary diocese

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Monday, May 06, 2024 The Episcopal Church’s Good Shepherd Mission Campus of Fort Defiance, Arizona. The mission is focused on ministering to the local Navajo population. | Screengrab: YouTube/The Episcopal Church in Navajoland The Episcopal Church in Navajoland is one step closer to becoming a missionary diocese, with a … Read more

Pastor’s daughter settles lawsuit with Hillsong Church

By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Anna Crenshaw. | YouTube/ NewsNation Just over three years after she went public about being indecently assaulted by a married Hillsong Church administrator while she was a student at Hillsong College and a member of Hillsong Church, Anna Crenshaw has reached an undisclosed settlement with the … Read more

UMC regains control of breakaway Illinois church property

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Friday, April 05, 2024 Naperville Korean Methodist Church in Indian | Screenshot: Google Street View An Illinois-based regional body of the United Methodist Church regained control of church property that was involved in litigation with a group that broke away from the denomination. Last month, a judge ruled in … Read more

Wyoming Episcopal bishop deposed over ‘indiscretion’

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, March 28, 2024 Bishop Paul-Gordon Chandler of the Episcopal Church in Wyoming being interviewed by Wyoming PBS in January 2022. | Screenshot: YouTube/Wyoming PBS A bishop of The Episcopal Church who was based in Wyoming has been deposed from his position following an investigation into a reported “indiscretion” … Read more

Hallelujah! Boity returns to church ‘for the first time in 7 years’

Media personality Boitumelo “Boity” Thulo took to social media to reveal that she decided to go visits the holly house of the Lord after not having been in almost a decade. ‘THE CHOSEN’: BOITY THULO RETURNS TO CHURCH AFTER SEVEN YEARS Boity opened up with her fans and followers on X (the social media platform previously … Read more

Art exhibit on display in Regina focuses on reconciliation, calls to action

An art show running at the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre in Regina started as a project for students from Balcarres community school and Vibank Regional school to express how they felt about truth and reconciliation. Igniting the Spirit of Reconciliation is a visual representation of the 94 calls to action that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released in 2015. … Read more

Canterbury Cathedral faces scrutiny for hosting ‘silent disco’

By Nicole Alcindor, CP Reporter Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Canterbury Cathedral, England. | Getty Images Canterbury Cathedral in England is facing criticism over its decision to host a ’90s “silent disco” on its premises, with over 2,000 people signing a petition in opposition as other cathedrals are scheduled to host similar events in the coming … Read more

King Charles III diagnosed with cancer; church leaders pray

By Nicole Alcindor, CP Reporter Tuesday, February 06, 2024 Britain’s King Charles III wearing the Imperial state Crown, waves from the Buckingham Palace balcony after viewing the Royal Air Force fly-past in central London on May 6, 2023, after his coronation. – The set-piece coronation is the first in Britain in 70 years and only … Read more

This week in Christian history: Dietrich Bonhoeffer is born

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Sunday, February 04, 2024 Eric Metaxas’ biography, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, is displayed at the Canterbury Medal dinner, hosted by the Becket Fund, on May 12, 2011, in Washington, D.C. Metaxas was honored as this year’s medal recipient in recognition of courage in defense of religious liberty. | … Read more

Masked gunmen kill one person in Turkey church

Two masked gunmen shot one person dead during Sunday service at a church in Istanbul, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding that authorities were working to capture the assailants. Yerlikaya said the attack, which Ankara condemned, took place around 0840 GMT at the Italian Santa Maria Catholic Church in the Sariyer district, and that … Read more