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Allen Jackson earned degrees from Oral Roberts University and Vanderbilt University, and studied at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He returned to Murfreesboro, Tennessee (southeast of Nashville) and has served as senior pastor of World Outreach Church since 1989. Under his leadership, the church has grown from less than 30 people to over 15,000 through outreach activities, community events, and worship services designed to share the Gospel. Despite its current size, he still fondly refers to the congregation as a “little country church” because that’s how it began—as a small Bible study in his parents’ home in the 1970s.
June 2, 2023: Media Matters: American theocracy: Trinity Broadcasting Network’s nightly news program is spreading Christian nationalism
On March 23, 2022, TBN launched Centerpoint, a 30-minute nightly news program produced by former Newsmax CEO Michael Clemente and initially anchored by ex-Fox correspondent Doug McKelway. According to Axios, the network claimed the “programming isn't meant to be politically biased, but will lean into Christian values.” The anchor lineup has shifted multiple times featuring various Christian voices such as Pastor Allen Jackson and former politician Rob Astorino, but recently TBN successfully poached yet another Newsmax expat, Lyndsay Keith.
On March 23, 2022, TBN launched Centerpoint, a 30-minute nightly news program produced by former Newsmax CEO Michael Clemente and initially anchored by ex-Fox correspondent Doug McKelway. According to Axios, the network claimed the “programming isn't meant to be politically biased, but will lean into Christian values.” The anchor lineup has shifted multiple times featuring various Christian voices such as Pastor Allen Jackson and former politician Rob Astorino, but recently TBN successfully poached yet another Newsmax expat, Lyndsay Keith.
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June 28, 2022: Essence: Meet The Father-Son Duo Aiming To Fill The Spiritual Gap Through Film & TV
Bishop Wayne T. Jackson and his son, Royal Jackson, had a lot to celebrate—indeed to shout about— this Father’s Day. To be sure, the two men praised God for their innumerable blessings—from life, health, and strength to love, legacy, and laughter. But this year, they were not just grateful for their precious bond in paternal kinship. Father and son are in a newfound business relationship as C-suite peers at Impact Network, the faith-based channel that the elder Jackson founded in 2010.
Bishop Wayne T. Jackson and his son, Royal Jackson, had a lot to celebrate—indeed to shout about— this Father’s Day. To be sure, the two men praised God for their innumerable blessings—from life, health, and strength to love, legacy, and laughter. But this year, they were not just grateful for their precious bond in paternal kinship. Father and son are in a newfound business relationship as C-suite peers at Impact Network, the faith-based channel that the elder Jackson founded in 2010.
For the first time in nearly two years, the Unadilla House sits empty, no longer home to a rotating cast of residents who have long been the subject of local controversy.
Unadilla Mayor Jack Insinga credited “dedicated community members” with the ouster of the occupants.
In the ensuing six years, the house has been twice owned by CitiMortgage, once by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and most recently by Great Faith Ministries International, a Detroit-based megachurch led by Wayne T. Jackson, an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump and cofounder of the Impact Network, which bills itself as the “fastest-growing and largest Black-owned faith-based TV network.” -Sarah Earnes; Daily Star 8.23.21
Unadilla Mayor Jack Insinga credited “dedicated community members” with the ouster of the occupants.
In the ensuing six years, the house has been twice owned by CitiMortgage, once by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and most recently by Great Faith Ministries International, a Detroit-based megachurch led by Wayne T. Jackson, an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump and cofounder of the Impact Network, which bills itself as the “fastest-growing and largest Black-owned faith-based TV network.” -Sarah Earnes; Daily Star 8.23.21
jill jacobs
May 4, 2023: Word & Way: Faith Leaders Ask Biden to Mark Mother’s Day With Prayer Day Against Gun Violence
Signatories on the letter include the Rev. Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Bishop Vashti McKenzie of the National Council of Churches, Rabbi Jill Jacobs of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Shane Claiborne of Red Letter Christians and the Rev. Liz Theoharis of Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice.
Signatories on the letter include the Rev. Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Bishop Vashti McKenzie of the National Council of Churches, Rabbi Jill Jacobs of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Shane Claiborne of Red Letter Christians and the Rev. Liz Theoharis of Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice.
Summer Jaeger
There’s a monstrous regiment of women who absolutely do not want you to know that worship is warfare. They don’t like all this “warfare” talk. Flying high above the Apostle Paul, they are shocked and appalled that CHRISTIANS would EVER use shield, weaponry, or BATTLE kind of words! One might say it affronts their sense and sensibilities, if that wouldn’t also rustle their bonnets because the Victorian age—ew!
So here’s the real irony of the situation: the enemy knows that worship is warfare, and he knows exactly how to wield that sword. The Christian music scene runs rampant with heresy and apostasy, catechizing Christians everywhere into pagan theology, lulling us into singing God is Mother (or God as “creator”, whatever removes that evil patriarchy from among us). All the while, so-called “confessional” Christians decry warfare language and demand androgynous discipleship in the pews. And we wonder why Russell Moore is producing videos about his favorite Johnny Cash songs while California is outlawing singing in church.
Worship Does SomethingThere’s a reason the enemy doesn’t want you to sing, and that’s because it glorifies God and it changes you. What you sing is what you reflect on. Singing is meditation. Singing is worship. Songs get “stuck” inside of you. Songs move you in one direction or the other. Worship is warfare. A singing people is a revived people. A singing people is a joyful people. A singing people go into battle well. Music and song, well that was God’s idea. And he gave us a hymnal in the form of the largest book in His Word. Ever sang a Psalm? Try it.
Parents, put a song on your children’s lips. Give them Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (Eph 5:19). You know the world is going to try to. You know they’re going to learn the words to “Let It Go”, a masterclass in narcissism and obnoxiousness if there ever was one. You can do better. You can teach them to sing, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow!” The honest truth is, you aren’t strong enough to not be singing. Your heart isn’t right enough for your lips to be still. You need Gospel renewal every day. You need the joy of the Lord every single day. You need a constant reminder that Jesus is King because five minutes after you finish your five minute devotional for the day, you might be living like you are king. God has given you tools to fight against your flesh, and one of them is song. How can you make sure you are “rejoicing in the Lord always” (Phil 4:4)? Has the Lord dealt bountifully with you? Sing! (Psalm 13:6). How can you influence others to glorify God? Sing! (Romans 15:9). How can you wage war against your flesh? Sing! (Psalm 40:3).
--Summer Jaeger; Sheologians; Warfare Worship & Unbothered Christianity 7.7.20
So here’s the real irony of the situation: the enemy knows that worship is warfare, and he knows exactly how to wield that sword. The Christian music scene runs rampant with heresy and apostasy, catechizing Christians everywhere into pagan theology, lulling us into singing God is Mother (or God as “creator”, whatever removes that evil patriarchy from among us). All the while, so-called “confessional” Christians decry warfare language and demand androgynous discipleship in the pews. And we wonder why Russell Moore is producing videos about his favorite Johnny Cash songs while California is outlawing singing in church.
Worship Does SomethingThere’s a reason the enemy doesn’t want you to sing, and that’s because it glorifies God and it changes you. What you sing is what you reflect on. Singing is meditation. Singing is worship. Songs get “stuck” inside of you. Songs move you in one direction or the other. Worship is warfare. A singing people is a revived people. A singing people is a joyful people. A singing people go into battle well. Music and song, well that was God’s idea. And he gave us a hymnal in the form of the largest book in His Word. Ever sang a Psalm? Try it.
Parents, put a song on your children’s lips. Give them Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (Eph 5:19). You know the world is going to try to. You know they’re going to learn the words to “Let It Go”, a masterclass in narcissism and obnoxiousness if there ever was one. You can do better. You can teach them to sing, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow!” The honest truth is, you aren’t strong enough to not be singing. Your heart isn’t right enough for your lips to be still. You need Gospel renewal every day. You need the joy of the Lord every single day. You need a constant reminder that Jesus is King because five minutes after you finish your five minute devotional for the day, you might be living like you are king. God has given you tools to fight against your flesh, and one of them is song. How can you make sure you are “rejoicing in the Lord always” (Phil 4:4)? Has the Lord dealt bountifully with you? Sing! (Psalm 13:6). How can you influence others to glorify God? Sing! (Romans 15:9). How can you wage war against your flesh? Sing! (Psalm 40:3).
--Summer Jaeger; Sheologians; Warfare Worship & Unbothered Christianity 7.7.20
carolyn custis james
Carolyn Custis James is a consulting editor for Zondervan's Exegetical Commentary Series on the New Testament. In 2012, Christianity Today named her one of fifty evangelical women to watch. She serves on the Board of Advisors for Logia—an initiative of the LOGOS Institute of the University of St. Andrews, UK committed to seeing women academics become more visible and valued in the academy and the church and the Board of Advisors for the Institute for Bible Reading—committed to facilitate and energize a reading movement for the twenty-first century.
Nov 14, 2022: Baptist News Global: Tim Tebow, male leadership and the ‘feminine,’ ‘weak’ church
We should know by now that the way of Jesus abolishes any kind of system — there is a new world order in God’s kin’dom. God is continuously working to regain what was lost in Eden, by pointing us back to God’s original vision, says Carolyn Custis James in Malestrom: How Jesus Dismantles Patriarchy and Redefines Manhood
We should know by now that the way of Jesus abolishes any kind of system — there is a new world order in God’s kin’dom. God is continuously working to regain what was lost in Eden, by pointing us back to God’s original vision, says Carolyn Custis James in Malestrom: How Jesus Dismantles Patriarchy and Redefines Manhood
Sherman Jaquess
The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted an Oklahoma church whose pastor defended his blackface performance at one church event and his impersonation of a Native American woman at another.
The Executive Committee of the nation's largest Protestant denomination voted Tuesday that Matoaka Baptist Church of Ochelata "be deemed not in friendly cooperation with the convention" — the official terminology for an expulsion.
The church's pastor, Sherman Jaquess, dressed in blackface for a 2017 church Valentine's Day event, in which he claimed to be impersonating the late soul singer Ray Charles. Jaquess wore dark facial makeup, a large Afro wig and dark glasses and smiled broadly as he sang a duet. Some in the crowd can be heard laughing during the video of the performance.............Another Facebook photo, published by the Examiner-Enterprise of Bartlesville, also surfaced, showing Jaquess dressed as a Native American woman at a "Cowboys and Indians" night at a church camp. The photo shows a man dressed as a cowboy, holding an apparently fake gun to Jaquess in jest while a boy dressed as a cowboy is poised with raised fists next to him. In a Facebook post earlier this year, Lewis wrote: "He didn't just mimic Ray Charles, he distorted the features and culture of African Americans and also Indigenous Americans with his offensive Pocahontas caricature. He is promoting the hatred that sees African Americans and Indigenous Americans as not only different but less than. "
Jaquess defended his actions when they came to light, saying he was playing tribute to Ray Charles and that he doesn't "have a racist bone in my body," according to the Examiner-Enterprise.
Jaquess, who has campaigned against public drag shows, said in a sermon posted on Facebook that his "dressing up like Pocahontas" was not a drag performance because it wasn't sexual. Drag performers are generally described as entertainers who dress and act as a different gender. In the sermon, Jaquess said he has "Cherokee blood in me but I put some brown makeup on. ... I was trying to look like a Native American woman." He acknowledged in the sermon that several people were leaving the church amid the controversy.
--NPR: (Associated Press): Southern Baptists expel church as pastor defends blackface and Native caricatures 9.19.23
The Executive Committee of the nation's largest Protestant denomination voted Tuesday that Matoaka Baptist Church of Ochelata "be deemed not in friendly cooperation with the convention" — the official terminology for an expulsion.
The church's pastor, Sherman Jaquess, dressed in blackface for a 2017 church Valentine's Day event, in which he claimed to be impersonating the late soul singer Ray Charles. Jaquess wore dark facial makeup, a large Afro wig and dark glasses and smiled broadly as he sang a duet. Some in the crowd can be heard laughing during the video of the performance.............Another Facebook photo, published by the Examiner-Enterprise of Bartlesville, also surfaced, showing Jaquess dressed as a Native American woman at a "Cowboys and Indians" night at a church camp. The photo shows a man dressed as a cowboy, holding an apparently fake gun to Jaquess in jest while a boy dressed as a cowboy is poised with raised fists next to him. In a Facebook post earlier this year, Lewis wrote: "He didn't just mimic Ray Charles, he distorted the features and culture of African Americans and also Indigenous Americans with his offensive Pocahontas caricature. He is promoting the hatred that sees African Americans and Indigenous Americans as not only different but less than. "
Jaquess defended his actions when they came to light, saying he was playing tribute to Ray Charles and that he doesn't "have a racist bone in my body," according to the Examiner-Enterprise.
Jaquess, who has campaigned against public drag shows, said in a sermon posted on Facebook that his "dressing up like Pocahontas" was not a drag performance because it wasn't sexual. Drag performers are generally described as entertainers who dress and act as a different gender. In the sermon, Jaquess said he has "Cherokee blood in me but I put some brown makeup on. ... I was trying to look like a Native American woman." He acknowledged in the sermon that several people were leaving the church amid the controversy.
--NPR: (Associated Press): Southern Baptists expel church as pastor defends blackface and Native caricatures 9.19.23
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May 2, 2023: Evangelical Focus: Europe: “I came to the undeniable conclusion that God revealed himself in Jesus and the Bible”
Oriol Jara, a successful scriptwriter for comedy TV shows in Spain, shares how his life took a radical change when he encountered Jesus. |
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Ed Jarrett
"The good news of no condemnation is not applicable to all people. And not even to all church-going people. As Paul makes clear at the beginning, it is those who are in Christ who have no condemnation. And, at the end of this passage, he separates those who live according to the Spirit from those who live according to the flesh. The righteous requirements of the law are met only in those who live according to the Spirit.
--Ed Jarrett: A Clay Jar; No Condemnation for Those in Christ Jesus 4.24.22
jack jenkins
Oct 21, 2022: Religion News: Best In Religion Journalism: Religion News Association Presents Its Annual Awards
Among the highlights:
Other big winners included Jack Jenkins of Religion News Service for Excellence in Religion Reporting at Large Newspapers and Wire Services, Peggy Fletcher Stack of the Salt Lake Tribune for Excellence in Religion Reporting at Small-to-Mid-sized Newspapers and PJ Grisar of The Forward for Excellence in Religion Feature Writing.
Among the highlights:
Other big winners included Jack Jenkins of Religion News Service for Excellence in Religion Reporting at Large Newspapers and Wire Services, Peggy Fletcher Stack of the Salt Lake Tribune for Excellence in Religion Reporting at Small-to-Mid-sized Newspapers and PJ Grisar of The Forward for Excellence in Religion Feature Writing.
david jeremiah
David Jeremiah (born February 13, 1941) is an American evangelical Christian author, founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in El Cajon, California, a suburb of San Diego.
David Jeremiah
Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed.
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February 21, 2023:
I love this comment from Beth Moore. To me it exemplifies how the GOPgelicals and a large percent of evangelicals operate. They know that if they call something evil...it is a linguistic mechanism that means "I have already passed judgment" so there is nothing more to discuss. It then escalates in to vitriol and/or ignorance that short circuits the great commission of "going and make disciples of all nations." As we move toward the Last Days, Jesus said there will be deception by false teaches. "Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in my Name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and WILL deceive man (Matt 24:4-5). More and more people will search for leaders (politicians included) to deliver them, and they will seek mystics and religious leaders who claim to have deeper knowledge. Dr David Jeremiah pointed out that "Our society is characterized by a culture of toleration that works for everybody but Christians. There is acceptance and understanding for all sorts of immoral behavior, yet the world considers it unacceptable to speak of absolute Truth. In response, many (Dr Jeremiah used the word "some" but I think the word "many" is more applicable to now, and we are moving to "most" instead of "less") anyway, many churches and pastors have departed from sound doctrine. This isn't just another trend. It is a spirit of deception taking hold of our culture. |
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cal jernigan
April 20, 2023: Roys Report: IL Megachurch Pastor Who Resigned Amid Scandal Launches Online Ministry
Meanwhile, Mike Baker helped Caleb get a fresh start and a new job at Arizona megachurch Central Christian Church (CCC). According to CCC Pastor Cal Jernigan, the elder Baker told him that someone had made an accusation against Caleb Baker, but that it was unfounded.
Meanwhile, Mike Baker helped Caleb get a fresh start and a new job at Arizona megachurch Central Christian Church (CCC). According to CCC Pastor Cal Jernigan, the elder Baker told him that someone had made an accusation against Caleb Baker, but that it was unfounded.
March 3, 2023: Christian Post: Eastview Christian Church pastor resigns after son is fired from Central Christian Church for adultery
Mike Baker, the longtime senior pastor of Eastview Christian Church in Illinois, has resigned from the megachurch weeks after his son, Caleb Baker, was fired from his job as a pastor at Central Christian Church after he was caught in an extramarital affair with another church staffer.
“Caleb Baker, our lead student pastor and associate preaching pastor has been involved in an extramarital relationship for the past six months. And it involved a woman on our staff,” Cal Jernigan, lead pastor of Central Christian Church in Phoenix, Arizona, told his congregation near the end of his sermon at the megachurch on Feb. 19.
Mike Baker, the longtime senior pastor of Eastview Christian Church in Illinois, has resigned from the megachurch weeks after his son, Caleb Baker, was fired from his job as a pastor at Central Christian Church after he was caught in an extramarital affair with another church staffer.
“Caleb Baker, our lead student pastor and associate preaching pastor has been involved in an extramarital relationship for the past six months. And it involved a woman on our staff,” Cal Jernigan, lead pastor of Central Christian Church in Phoenix, Arizona, told his congregation near the end of his sermon at the megachurch on Feb. 19.
kevin jessup
Jan 23, 2023: New Republic: The Rise of Spirit Warriors on the Christian Right
A final point on the politics of Spirit Warrior Christianity: It is an easy fit for those who wish to dismantle democracy and entrench minority rule. Election denialism and other conspiracies find a comfortable home in the paranoid mindset of spiritual warfare in a demon-haunted world. An organizer of the Jericho March that preceded the attack on the Capitol of January 6, Robert Weaver, stated that God wanted Americans to march around “the spiritual walls of this country.” The Reverend Kevin Jessup, who spoke at the event, said, “This battle cry is a Christian call to all Christian men … as we prepare for a strategic gathering of men in this hour to dispel the Kingdom of Darkness.” Father Greg Bramlage, who conducted an exorcism on stage, told the crowd, “We are in a spiritual battle, this cannot be solved by human means” and prayed that “no demonic bondage, door, entity, portal, astral projection, or disembodied spirit may enter this space.” Bishop Leon Benjamin, senior pastor of Richmond, Virginia’s New Life Harvest Church, said, “The demons we kill now, our children will not have to fight these devils. These are our devils, and we will kill them now.” NAR leadership networks served as key mobilizers.
A final point on the politics of Spirit Warrior Christianity: It is an easy fit for those who wish to dismantle democracy and entrench minority rule. Election denialism and other conspiracies find a comfortable home in the paranoid mindset of spiritual warfare in a demon-haunted world. An organizer of the Jericho March that preceded the attack on the Capitol of January 6, Robert Weaver, stated that God wanted Americans to march around “the spiritual walls of this country.” The Reverend Kevin Jessup, who spoke at the event, said, “This battle cry is a Christian call to all Christian men … as we prepare for a strategic gathering of men in this hour to dispel the Kingdom of Darkness.” Father Greg Bramlage, who conducted an exorcism on stage, told the crowd, “We are in a spiritual battle, this cannot be solved by human means” and prayed that “no demonic bondage, door, entity, portal, astral projection, or disembodied spirit may enter this space.” Bishop Leon Benjamin, senior pastor of Richmond, Virginia’s New Life Harvest Church, said, “The demons we kill now, our children will not have to fight these devils. These are our devils, and we will kill them now.” NAR leadership networks served as key mobilizers.
skye jethani
"The “church” is the community of God’s redeemed and empowered people. The church institution and its leaders exists to equip God’s people. God’s people do not exist to equip the institution. Ministry is not what we do within the church institution, but what we do to manifest the reign of Christ in the world".
--Skye Jethani
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mark jobe
June 17, 2020: Christianity Today: Moody Apologizes Over Historical Blackface Photos
Regardless of when these photos were taken, or what the intent of the students was at that time, these pictures are shocking and deeply offensive. As senior leadership of Moody Bible Institute, we come together in this letter to deeply apologize for these photos and the underlying ignorance and the racist foundation blackface represents,” wrote Moody president Mark Jobe, addressing the 1974 and 1984 yearbook photos.
Regardless of when these photos were taken, or what the intent of the students was at that time, these pictures are shocking and deeply offensive. As senior leadership of Moody Bible Institute, we come together in this letter to deeply apologize for these photos and the underlying ignorance and the racist foundation blackface represents,” wrote Moody president Mark Jobe, addressing the 1974 and 1984 yearbook photos.
In early 2013, it was announced that Shady Grove Church in Grand Prairie, Texas, would become a campus of Gateway. The transition started in March 2013. The Grand Prairie location seats around 1,500. The campus is off of 161 (The President George Bush Turnpike) and Carrier Parkway. Pastor Mark Jobe served as the Campus Pastor. In 2015, the Grand Prairie campus averaged 1,784 people per weekend.
Mark Jobe; Executive Pastor Gateway Church Gran Prairie Campus
Saved: Born again during my sophomore year in high school. I surrendered to the ministry my junior year and began traveling and speaking in churches my senior year.
Education: Attended Liberty Bible College and Criswell Center for biblical studies from 1979 through 1983.
Previous Lines of Work: Been in full time ministry for over 30 years
One of the Things I Find Most Fascinating: The power of God to change even the most impossible situations. I have watched God take lives and marriages that were over and turn them completely around. On a lighter note, I am amazed how a thermos can keep cold things cold and hot things hot! Have you ever wondered how it knows the difference?
Mark Jobe; Executive Pastor Gateway Church Gran Prairie Campus
Saved: Born again during my sophomore year in high school. I surrendered to the ministry my junior year and began traveling and speaking in churches my senior year.
Education: Attended Liberty Bible College and Criswell Center for biblical studies from 1979 through 1983.
Previous Lines of Work: Been in full time ministry for over 30 years
One of the Things I Find Most Fascinating: The power of God to change even the most impossible situations. I have watched God take lives and marriages that were over and turn them completely around. On a lighter note, I am amazed how a thermos can keep cold things cold and hot things hot! Have you ever wondered how it knows the difference?
Bill & Beni johnson
Jan 10, 2023: Baptist News Global: The New Apostolic Reformation drove the January 6 riots, so why was it overlooked by the House Select Committee?
Other self-proclaimed modern-day apostles include Bill Johnson of Bethel Church, Mike Bickle of the International House of Prayer, Dutch Sheets, Cindy Jacobs, Che Ahn and Don Finto.
Other self-proclaimed modern-day apostles include Bill Johnson of Bethel Church, Mike Bickle of the International House of Prayer, Dutch Sheets, Cindy Jacobs, Che Ahn and Don Finto.
Feb 14, 2022: Christian Headlines: Bethel Church Launches 24/7 Prayer Campaign for Beni Johnson amid Cancer Battle
Bethel Church recently launched a 24/7 prayer campaign for Beni Johnson, the wife of senior pastor Bill Johnson, who is battling cancer.
Bethel Church recently launched a 24/7 prayer campaign for Beni Johnson, the wife of senior pastor Bill Johnson, who is battling cancer.
June 18, 2019: CalMatters: How Redding, California, became an unlikely epicenter of modern Christian culture
It was founded by a fifth-generation pastor, Bill Johnson, who heads up local Bethel Church, and started with a few dozen local students. Today the school enrolls more international vocational students than any other school in the country, by far, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data. In 2017, Bethel had 1,792 international students enrolled. The institution with the next highest enrollment was Dean International, a flight-training school in Florida, with 888 international vocational students.
It was founded by a fifth-generation pastor, Bill Johnson, who heads up local Bethel Church, and started with a few dozen local students. Today the school enrolls more international vocational students than any other school in the country, by far, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data. In 2017, Bethel had 1,792 international students enrolled. The institution with the next highest enrollment was Dean International, a flight-training school in Florida, with 888 international vocational students.
Bill and Beni Johnson, two of the church's most senior leaders, have been accused of heretical conduct for what they believe in and teach. Bill, for example, included the Biblical truth in his book, "Jesus Christ is Perfect Theology," that God always intends to heal someone.
Beni, on the other hand, had been criticized for her focus on angelology Previously, she was claimed to have said in a blog post that is no longer available, that there are "different kinds of angels" who had "fallen asleep." And when she posted images of herself on the graves of well-known Christians such as C.S. Lewis, she was accused of "grave soaking" which was eventually called "grave-sucking."
Lloyd wrote: "Many wild suggestions have been made of the activity within these walls of 'wacky cheer'. It should be made clear that, initially, I, too, was the one who stepped over students laughing on the floor, inwardly judging their reactions to the presence of God. My secret conversations with the Lord however, would always confront my judgement for another's enthusiasm. Just as I was once encouraged by great art directors in London to let creatives take a risk, so too did I need to ensure I made space to allow their zealous spirit to encounter God, however that may look." -Sarah Mae Saliong; Christianity Daily 11.26.21
Beni, on the other hand, had been criticized for her focus on angelology Previously, she was claimed to have said in a blog post that is no longer available, that there are "different kinds of angels" who had "fallen asleep." And when she posted images of herself on the graves of well-known Christians such as C.S. Lewis, she was accused of "grave soaking" which was eventually called "grave-sucking."
Lloyd wrote: "Many wild suggestions have been made of the activity within these walls of 'wacky cheer'. It should be made clear that, initially, I, too, was the one who stepped over students laughing on the floor, inwardly judging their reactions to the presence of God. My secret conversations with the Lord however, would always confront my judgement for another's enthusiasm. Just as I was once encouraged by great art directors in London to let creatives take a risk, so too did I need to ensure I made space to allow their zealous spirit to encounter God, however that may look." -Sarah Mae Saliong; Christianity Daily 11.26.21
gary johnson
The pastor of Rapid City's Dove Christian Center learned Friday that his Haitian friend and longtime ministry partner, Pastor Serge Coulanges, had survived the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated the small, impoverished country. A soon-to-open three-story hospital that Coulanges recently built in the Port-au-Prince area, largely through Dove Christian Center's financial support, had its top floor heavily damaged in the earthquake, but the building was not destroyed...."This guy is Jesus with skin on," Johnson said of Coulanges, who has visited Rapid City numerous times in the 37 years since the two men met. "I was so excited to hear that he's OK." -Mary Garrigan ; Rapid City Journal 1.15.10
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Johnson gave the ABC reporter his interpretation of End Times theology, which includes heeding prophetic signs, such as an increase in natural disasters, escalating ethnic strife in the Middle East, huge leaps in scientific and technological knowledge, and the ability to travel rapidly around the world and far into the universe.
"Jesus said to look for these signs, including when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies," Johnson said.
When asked what his church's response would be to global cataclysm, Johnson told ABC News that it should not despair. "I told him we wouldn't go hide in a cave and eat frozen foods. We'd be about our Father's business. You keep on doing what you're doing, but you look up," Johnson said. "It wouldn't be cause for despair, because we have hope." -Mary Garrigan; Rapid City Journal 8.28.06
"Jesus said to look for these signs, including when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies," Johnson said.
When asked what his church's response would be to global cataclysm, Johnson told ABC News that it should not despair. "I told him we wouldn't go hide in a cave and eat frozen foods. We'd be about our Father's business. You keep on doing what you're doing, but you look up," Johnson said. "It wouldn't be cause for despair, because we have hope." -Mary Garrigan; Rapid City Journal 8.28.06
tommy johnson
March 2, 2023: Christian Post: ‘A ripple effect from Asbury’: Secular universities now seeing revival gatherings on their campuses
Tommy Johnson, a campus minister for WKU’s Baptist Campus Ministry, told The Christian Post that the gatherings were directly tied to the revival at Asbury.
“We have seen a ripple effect from Asbury on the WKU campus. Several students from WKU attended services at Asbury,” said Johnson. “After returning from Asbury, several of them gathered for prayer and worship at the chapel on WKU’s campus and invited other students to join that night.”
Tommy Johnson, a campus minister for WKU’s Baptist Campus Ministry, told The Christian Post that the gatherings were directly tied to the revival at Asbury.
“We have seen a ripple effect from Asbury on the WKU campus. Several students from WKU attended services at Asbury,” said Johnson. “After returning from Asbury, several of them gathered for prayer and worship at the chapel on WKU’s campus and invited other students to join that night.”
jeff johnston
Feb 12, 2023: The Gazette: Colorado law bans 'conversion therapy' for those under 18, but debate continues
Jeff Johnston felt a sexual attraction to other boys in adolescence and also found himself fascinated with pornography.
“I struggled with my identity — who am I, what does this mean about me if I have some of these feelings,” he said.
“I asked God to take it away, and that didn’t happen.”"When I go into prayer with someone and they're praying for me, I've never heard them say, 'We pray for this to go away,'" Johnston said. "In prayer time, it was an issue God brought up, and God brought healing to it. That's how prayer works."
He’s now the culture and policy analyst for Focus on the Family, an evangelical Christian broadcasting and media organization headquartered in Colorado Springs.
Jeff Johnston felt a sexual attraction to other boys in adolescence and also found himself fascinated with pornography.
“I struggled with my identity — who am I, what does this mean about me if I have some of these feelings,” he said.
“I asked God to take it away, and that didn’t happen.”"When I go into prayer with someone and they're praying for me, I've never heard them say, 'We pray for this to go away,'" Johnston said. "In prayer time, it was an issue God brought up, and God brought healing to it. That's how prayer works."
He’s now the culture and policy analyst for Focus on the Family, an evangelical Christian broadcasting and media organization headquartered in Colorado Springs.
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Mar 31, 2015: Christian Examiner: Pro-life pastor awarded damages for unlawful arrest at Mississippi protest
Columbus Police Department Capt. Frederick Shelton arrested Stephen Joiner, citing the city's parade ordinance requiring "groups" of even one individual to obtain a parade permit prior to engaging in speech on a public sidewalk.
Columbus Police Department Capt. Frederick Shelton arrested Stephen Joiner, citing the city's parade ordinance requiring "groups" of even one individual to obtain a parade permit prior to engaging in speech on a public sidewalk.
May 19, 2014: Charisma: Pastor Thrown in Jail for Holding a Sign That Tells the Gruesome Truth About Abortion
Pastor Stephen Joiner was arrested and jailed for four hours simply for holding a sign stating that abortion kills children alongside a busy intersection in the city.
Now he's filing suit.
Liberty Counsel filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Columbus in Mississippi and police Capt. Frederick Shelton on behalf of Joiner.
Pastor Stephen Joiner was arrested and jailed for four hours simply for holding a sign stating that abortion kills children alongside a busy intersection in the city.
Now he's filing suit.
Liberty Counsel filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Columbus in Mississippi and police Capt. Frederick Shelton on behalf of Joiner.
ken sundet jones
Mar 10, 2023: Axios: Religious leaders experiment with ChatGPT sermons
What they're saying: "It's really impressive — it's kind of amazing," Ken Sundet Jones, a Lutheran pastor and theology professor in Des Moines who posed the Lazarus question, told Axios.
What they're saying: "It's really impressive — it's kind of amazing," Ken Sundet Jones, a Lutheran pastor and theology professor in Des Moines who posed the Lazarus question, told Axios.
- Yes, but: While "Pastor ChatGPT" can do "an adequate job of assembling a string of facts and propositions about a topic," it's a "bit of a didactic bore" and "no real preacher," Jones wrote.
- Plus "it can't do visitation, like meat-and-potatoes pastors do," he tells Axios.
noel jones
Noel Jones (born January 31, 1950) is an American minister. He is the senior pastor of the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, California, which has about 17,000 members and was formerly the Greater Bethany Community Church
Nov 9, 2022: Iol: WATCH: Bishop Noel Jones’s tear-jerking tribute to Pearl Shongwe: ‘It’s like we lost a thousand lives’
Thabo “Tbo Touch” Molefe shared a video clip of American minister Bishop Noel Jones’s tribute to Shongwe, with a caption that read: “Farewell my friend. I can write volumes after volumes about our journey on and off air. But allow me to deal with this pain for now.
Thabo “Tbo Touch” Molefe shared a video clip of American minister Bishop Noel Jones’s tribute to Shongwe, with a caption that read: “Farewell my friend. I can write volumes after volumes about our journey on and off air. But allow me to deal with this pain for now.
Oct 30, 2021: Blog Talk Radio: Bishop Noel Jones Messed Up
Noel Jones is a Jamaican-American minister and a Pentecostal bishop. He is the senior pastor of the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, California, which has about 17,000 members, and was formerly the Greater Bethany Community Church. The City of Refuge church has a choir ‘City of Refuge Sanctuary Choir’ whose debut album ‘Welcome to the City’ released in 2007 charted on the Billboard 2000 and made number one on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.
Feb 3, 2015: Youtube: Bishop Noel Jones || I'm Ready For Something Better
Oct 22, 2012: Youtube: Bishop Noel Jones, You Had To Go Throught It
Bishop Noel Jones, You Had To Go Throught It This Sermon is a Property of Noel Jones Ministries
Noel Jones is a Jamaican-American minister and a Pentecostal bishop. He is the senior pastor of the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, California, which has about 17,000 members, and was formerly the Greater Bethany Community Church. The City of Refuge church has a choir ‘City of Refuge Sanctuary Choir’ whose debut album ‘Welcome to the City’ released in 2007 charted on the Billboard 2000 and made number one on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.
Feb 3, 2015: Youtube: Bishop Noel Jones || I'm Ready For Something Better
Oct 22, 2012: Youtube: Bishop Noel Jones, You Had To Go Throught It
Bishop Noel Jones, You Had To Go Throught It This Sermon is a Property of Noel Jones Ministries
robert p jones
Robert P Jones
The term “white Christian nationalism” has recently emerged in the social sciences and the media as a way of describing the worldview that has burst onto the public stage with Trumpism and the “Make America Great Again” movement. The toxic blend of ethno-religious identity politics was reflected in the prayers and religious symbols participants carried at the U.S. Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, and it has become central to the trajectory of the contemporary Republican Party, two thirds of whom identify as white and Christian. But if we see these recent trends against the long backdrop of western history, we can see that the phenomenon this term describes has far deeper roots than the post-Obama MAGA backlash. Our two political parties are increasingly animated by two starkly conflicting moral visions that have struggled for ascendancy since the first Europeans landed on these shores five centuries ago. Is America a divinely ordained promised land for European Christians, or is America a pluralistic democracy where all stand on equal footing as citizens? Most Americans embrace the latter vision. But a desperate, defensive, mostly white Christian minority continue to cling to the former. --Robert P Jones; Time; The Roots of Christian Nationalism Go Back Further Than You Think 8.31.23
tony jones
Tony Jones
Tony Jones is a leader in the Christian emerging church movement, a theologian, and an author. Jones grew up near Edina, Minnesota, and graduated from Edina High School in 1990. He later graduated from Dartmouth College and attended both Fuller Theological Seminary and Princeton University, pursuing a doctorate from the latter. While attending Fuller Theological, Jones returned to his childhood church—Colonial Church in Edina—and worked there as a youth pastor for seven years before leaving for his doctoral work at Princeton. Tony Jones is the author of Did God Kill Jesus? (HarperOne, 2015) and an award-winning outdoors writer. He’s written a dozen books, including The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier and The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life, hosts the Reverend Hunter Podcast, and has taught at Fuller Theological Seminary since 2011.
rachel jordon-wolf
Jan 23, 2023: Christian Today: 'The Church is not in decline,' says missiologist
Widespread belief in the resurrection of Jesus is an opportunity for the Church, a missiologist has said.
Findings from the Talking Jesus Report published last year revealed that 45 per cent of the UK population believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and according to the people behind the report, that statistic should be encouraging news for churches as it can serve as a stepping stone for evangelism and conversations about faith within the wider community.
Dr Rachel Jordon-Wolf, Executive Director of HOPE Together, told church leaders gathered for The Briefing in London on Thursday that the resurrection is "key" and "a lot of people have some level of belief in it and we have to help them with that".
Widespread belief in the resurrection of Jesus is an opportunity for the Church, a missiologist has said.
Findings from the Talking Jesus Report published last year revealed that 45 per cent of the UK population believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and according to the people behind the report, that statistic should be encouraging news for churches as it can serve as a stepping stone for evangelism and conversations about faith within the wider community.
Dr Rachel Jordon-Wolf, Executive Director of HOPE Together, told church leaders gathered for The Briefing in London on Thursday that the resurrection is "key" and "a lot of people have some level of belief in it and we have to help them with that".
Rick Joyner |
Apr 10, 2015: Right Wing Watch: Rick Joyner: God Is Using Radical Islam To Punish The World For 'Perversion And Abortion'
On today's "Prophetic Perspective on Current Events" program, Rick Joyner declared that God is using radical Islam to punish the world for accepting "perversion and abortion."
Sept 18, 2014: Wolf Tracks: Rick Joyner on Ebola
No scripture supports the following statement by Rick Joyner …“I think everyone of God’s people are supposed to be able to enter into the heavenly realm and then to return with evidence of heavens reality and authority over everything on earth….”
Sept 12, 2014: Right Wing Watch: Rick Joyner Says Some Christians Can Cure Ebola Simply Through Their Presence
On yesterday's "Prophetic Perspective on Current Events" program, Rick Joyner recounted the eight hours he spent in Heaven recently, as well as the regular face-to-face encounters he has been having with Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, and the Prophet Elijah.
Mar 28, 2014: Bartholomews Notes On Religion: Rick Joyner and the Return of Mike Warnke
From the website of MorningStar, the ministry of Rick Joyner:
Feb 6, 2014: Right Wing Watch: Joyner: Civil War Inevitable Thanks To Obamacare
Televangelist Rick Joyner is convinced that a second revolution or a military coup are the only options left to fight President Obama, who he claims in his latest “Special Bulletin” is threatening government officials — including Chief Justice John Roberts — with blackmail.
1999: Deception In the Church: The False Teachings of Rick Joyner
The first time I picked up material written by Rick Joyner I immediately sensed the spirit of darkness and deception. Reading his material is similar to reading New Age materials.
On today's "Prophetic Perspective on Current Events" program, Rick Joyner declared that God is using radical Islam to punish the world for accepting "perversion and abortion."
Sept 18, 2014: Wolf Tracks: Rick Joyner on Ebola
No scripture supports the following statement by Rick Joyner …“I think everyone of God’s people are supposed to be able to enter into the heavenly realm and then to return with evidence of heavens reality and authority over everything on earth….”
Sept 12, 2014: Right Wing Watch: Rick Joyner Says Some Christians Can Cure Ebola Simply Through Their Presence
On yesterday's "Prophetic Perspective on Current Events" program, Rick Joyner recounted the eight hours he spent in Heaven recently, as well as the regular face-to-face encounters he has been having with Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, and the Prophet Elijah.
Mar 28, 2014: Bartholomews Notes On Religion: Rick Joyner and the Return of Mike Warnke
From the website of MorningStar, the ministry of Rick Joyner:
Feb 6, 2014: Right Wing Watch: Joyner: Civil War Inevitable Thanks To Obamacare
Televangelist Rick Joyner is convinced that a second revolution or a military coup are the only options left to fight President Obama, who he claims in his latest “Special Bulletin” is threatening government officials — including Chief Justice John Roberts — with blackmail.
1999: Deception In the Church: The False Teachings of Rick Joyner
The first time I picked up material written by Rick Joyner I immediately sensed the spirit of darkness and deception. Reading his material is similar to reading New Age materials.
Joyner worked part-time in a Raleigh jazz club after leaving the Navy but quit when, as he put it, he "found out there is a God." He subsequently moved to Jackson, Mississippi and founded a charter air company. Rick Joyner and his wife, Julie, founded MorningStar Ministries in Jackson in 1983. In the mid 1990s Joyner was one of the all-male members of the "International Advisors-At-Large" to the evangelical Christian women's organization Aglow International.
In 1997 Joyner purchased 320 acres of land in Wilkes County, North Carolina near Moravian Falls and moved the headquarters of MorningStar there from Charlotte. By 1999 his "religious empire" was grossing $8 million dollars a year and was denied a religious property tax exemption by the North Carolina Department of Revenue. Department director John C. Bailey said that "[w]ith MorningStar there are a lot of tracts with costly improvements that affect tax liability significantly...If we did not limit exemptions, it would increase the burden on people, like you and me, who own homes that are not affiliated with any group." MorningStar appealed the Department of Revenue's denial. Joyner is an adherent of Dominion Theology, which advocates the involvement in and eventual takeover of civil government by Christians
In 1997 Joyner purchased 320 acres of land in Wilkes County, North Carolina near Moravian Falls and moved the headquarters of MorningStar there from Charlotte. By 1999 his "religious empire" was grossing $8 million dollars a year and was denied a religious property tax exemption by the North Carolina Department of Revenue. Department director John C. Bailey said that "[w]ith MorningStar there are a lot of tracts with costly improvements that affect tax liability significantly...If we did not limit exemptions, it would increase the burden on people, like you and me, who own homes that are not affiliated with any group." MorningStar appealed the Department of Revenue's denial. Joyner is an adherent of Dominion Theology, which advocates the involvement in and eventual takeover of civil government by Christians