Offensive lineman Stefen Wisniewski, who won a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020, is retiring from football to become a pastor. He also won a Super Bowl with the ...
Read More »Pastors say influence of denominations declining
Most denominational Protestant pastors expect denominations to become less important over the next decade, a new survey from Lifeway Research found. The poll of 1,007 Protestant pastors was released this month and found that ...
Read More »Former Royals player Ben Zobrist sues pastor over affair with wife
Ben Zobrist, who helped lead the Kansas City Royals to the 2015 World Series championship, is suing his former pastor for allegedly having an affair with his wife. Zobrist says that his ...
Read More »Rick Warren to step down from church position
Influential Pastor Rick Warren is stepping down as lead pastor at Saddleback Church in California. “For 42 years, Kay and I have known this day would eventually arrive and we’ve been waiting ...
Read More »Pastor beaten by Chinese police tells others, ‘hold fast to the faith’
A Chinese pastor, beaten by police, has a message for Christians – “hold fast to the faith.” Like countless pastors across Communist China, Yang Hua of Guiyang Living Stone Church, his encouragement ...
Read More »C5Alive featured speaker is also Chaplain of the Kansas Senate
Cecil Washington, Jr. will be the featured speaker at the May C5Alive POWER Luncheon. In addition to serving as Pastor in a local church, Washington also serves as Chaplain of the Kansas ...
Read More »Missouri pastor saves church member with kidney donation
A pastor in Osceola, Mo., put his faith into action by donating a kidney to a member of his church. “Well, I think it’s because it’s one of those few opportunities we ...
Read More »Canadian pastor will remain imprisoned for holding church service
Christians around the world are speaking out on behalf of a Canadian pastor imprisoned since Feb. 16 for holding in-person worship services. Pastor James Coates with GraceLife Church of Edmonton was arrested ...
Read More »Pastor, alone in church, issued ticket for not wearing mask
Is it against the law to walk through an empty church without a mask? It is in Maryland after a church was cited when the pastor — who was alone in the ...
Read More »Police believe they have found body of missing wife of Kansas pastor
Authorities believe a body is likely that of Marilane Carter, the missing wife of Pastor Adam Carter of Overland Park, Kan. In a strange and so far inexplicable development, the body was ...
Read More »Chicago pastor on a prayer walk to end violence
Pastor Edgar Rodriguez’s son knelt in prayer on the colorful United States map painted near where 10-year-old Lena Nunez died June 29. Nunez was watching TV in her home when she was ...
Read More »Death of megachurch pastor near St. Louis ruled a suicide
The death of Darrin Patrick, pastor of Seacoast Church in Pacific, Mo., has officially been ruled a suicide. Patrick died May 7 from a gunshot wound. According to Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, ...
Read More »88-year-old Kansas City pastor finally wins long battle against COVID-19
Bishop Daniel Jordan, founder and pastor of the Pentecostal Church of God in Christ in Kansas City, knows how to fight the good fight. He finally has overcome COVID-19, which he had ...
Read More »Latest Nigerian bloodshed claims pastor, pregnant wife
A Nigerian pastor and his pregnant wife were laid to rest on Friday, leaving behind eight children between the ages of one and 19 years old. It’s the latest in a barrage of ...
Read More »Arrest warrant issued for Florida megachurch pastor who ignored virus orders
A Florida TV station is reporting that an arrest warrant has been issued for the pastor of a Tampa megachurch. Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne is facing charges after refusing to close its doors ...
Read More »Popular Wichita pastor dies soon after social media post at Super Bowl
Pastor Michael O’Donnell Sr. of Grace Baptist Church in Wichita nearly lived to see the Chiefs win the Super Bowl. He died in his sleep just hours after posting a photo of ...
Read More »Local pastor calls on one million people to pray and fast the first month of the “Roaring Twenties”
Local pastor Malachi O’Brien is calling upon one million people to fast and pray for an awakening each year of this decade as part of the Roaring Twenties fast. “I just began ...
Read More »Wife of Pastor Tony Evans dies of cancer: ‘First sunrise from Heaven’
Respected pastor and evangelist Tony Evans has shared that his wife Lois passed away on the morning of Dec. 30 after battling a rare form of cancer. Evans, the senior pastor at ...
Read More »Local pastor seeking donations to make Christmas brighter for children of murder victims
It would be hard to think of someone facing a more difficult time this Christmas than the children of one of the nearly 200 murder victims in Kansas City this year. A ...
Read More »Sexuality issues again dominate agenda at recent United Methodist Church Judicial Council meeting
Sexuality seems to be the one topic that never goes away for the United Methodist Church. Earlier this year, the church’s top court upheld much of the Traditional Plan, strengthening the denomination’s ...
Read More »Wife of American pastor arrested in India says his only crime is living for Jesus
An American pastor from Tennessee is stranded in India after being arrested as he attempted to travel home to the United States. Bryan Nerren, leader of the International House of Prayer Ministries in ...
Read More »5 ways to show you appreciate your pastor
October is not over and there’s still time to show your pastor some appreciation. Each year October is designated as “Pastor Appreciation Month,” and many local congregations make efforts to show their ...
Read More »Andrew Brunson says ‘It was a fight for my faith’ in Turkey
Andrew Brunson lived in Turkey for a quarter-century starting churches and helping refugees. His new book, “God’s Hostage: A True Story of Persecution, Imprisonment, and Perseverance,” tells the story of his last ...
Read More »Depression Doesn’t Have to Be a Dirty Word
In our popular culture, depression is deemed a dirty word. Many of us are ashamed to acknowledge to ourselves and to others that we can’t muster enough strength to get out of ...
Read More »C5Alive Luncheons to Feature Scott Perkins at the Zoo; Hal Smith & Pastor Appreciation
Scott Perkins will be the featured speaker at the September C5Alive Luncheon, to be held September 12, 11:30am to 1pm at the Topeka Zoo’s Gary Clarke Education Room. Perkins is known as ...
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