M-3 PEOPLE-FILES
- Mychal Massie - Sam Masateller - Doug Mastriano - John Matarazzo - David Mathis - Keith A Mathison - Brian Mattson - Stephen Mattson - John Maxwell - Paul Matzo - Clifford Mayes - Floyd Mayweather -
==mychal massie======
Mychal Massie is an ordained minister who spent 13 years in full-time Christian Ministry. Today he serves as founder and Chairman of the Racial Policy Center (RPC), a think tank he officially founded in September 2015. RPC advocates for a colorblind society. He was founder and president of the non-profit “In His Name Ministries.” He is the former National Chairman of a conservative Capitol Hill think tank and a former member of the think tank National Center for Public Policy Research. In his official capacity with this free-market, public-policy think tank, he has spoken at the U.S. Capitol, CPAC, participated in numerous press conferences on Capitol Hill, the National Press Club and testified in private session before the Chairman of the House Committee on Resources concerning property rights pursuant to the “Endangered Species Act.” Mychal’s blog is called “The Daily Rant.” He has been a keynote speaker at colleges and universities nationwide, at Tea Party Rallies, as well as rallies supporting our troops, conservative presidents, and conservative causes across the country. He is an unapologetic supporter of our right to own and carry firearms. Mychal is also a nationally syndicated op-ed columnist and former host of the top-rated talk show on the Rightalk Radio Network – “Straight Talk with Mychal Massie.” He is a self-employed business owner of 40-plus years. Mychal is an inspirational / motivational speaker and a regularly featured guest on TV / talk radio programs. The online version of his column is carried by WorldNetDaily.com and enjoys a loyal, supportive readership around the world. Mychal has appeared on every major news-talk television and radio program in the U.S., as well as top international news programs.
==sam masteller======
June 12, 2023: Word & Way: With Turning Point Faith, Pastors Use Politics as a Church-Growth Strategy
Other TPUSA partners have merged anti-liberal rhetoric with political defiance. Freedom Life Church in Christiana, Pennsylvania, has hosted multiple TPUSA-branded events, including a “Worldview Weekend” in April. During the gathering, senior pastor Sam Masteller asked local school board candidates to join him on stage, then urged the audience to support them — a move he suggested defied the IRS’ rule prohibiting nonprofits, including churches, from endorsing candidates.
Other TPUSA partners have merged anti-liberal rhetoric with political defiance. Freedom Life Church in Christiana, Pennsylvania, has hosted multiple TPUSA-branded events, including a “Worldview Weekend” in April. During the gathering, senior pastor Sam Masteller asked local school board candidates to join him on stage, then urged the audience to support them — a move he suggested defied the IRS’ rule prohibiting nonprofits, including churches, from endorsing candidates.
==doug mastriano======
Douglas Vincent Mastriano (born January 2, 1964) is an American far right politician and retired military officer who has served in the Pennsylvania Senate since 2019, representing the 33rd district. A member of the Republican Party, he was also the party's nominee in the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election. Born in New Jersey, Mastriano served in the United States Army from 1986 to 2017 and attained the rank of colonel. He ran for U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district in 2018, where he finished fourth in the primary. Mastriano won the state senate seat for the 33rd District the following year in a special election. In 2022, he won the Republican nomination for governor and lost to Democrat Josh Shapiro in the general election. Mastriano is a prominent figure in fundamentalist Christian nationalism and has called the separation of church and state a myth. He has made social media posts referencing QAnon and has spoken at events that promoted QAnon and 9/11 conspiracy theories. An election denier and self-professed close ally of former president Donald Trump, Mastriano received national attention for his efforts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
A Savior Will Arise from Gettysburg and His Name Shall Be Mastriano
Douglas Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, has faced much criticism for his Christian nationalism—the belief that the United States was founded as a Christian nation and that the purpose of politics is to reclaim this supposed heritage. The criticism is justified. Mastriano is a conservative activist and politician who manipulates the American past to promote his God-and-country agenda.
There is perhaps no clearer example of Mastriano’s Christian nationalist view of American history than a recent video of him giving a tour of the murals in the senate chamber of the Pennsylvania capitol building in Harrisburg. In the video, which was filmed on April 13, 2022 and published earlier this month on Facebook, Mastriano is joined by Abby Abildness, director of the Congressional Prayer Caucus, an organization committed to “igniting an intellectual awakening about prayer and God’s role in America.”
(John Fea/Current 7.22.22) READ MORE>>>>>
Douglas Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, has faced much criticism for his Christian nationalism—the belief that the United States was founded as a Christian nation and that the purpose of politics is to reclaim this supposed heritage. The criticism is justified. Mastriano is a conservative activist and politician who manipulates the American past to promote his God-and-country agenda.
There is perhaps no clearer example of Mastriano’s Christian nationalist view of American history than a recent video of him giving a tour of the murals in the senate chamber of the Pennsylvania capitol building in Harrisburg. In the video, which was filmed on April 13, 2022 and published earlier this month on Facebook, Mastriano is joined by Abby Abildness, director of the Congressional Prayer Caucus, an organization committed to “igniting an intellectual awakening about prayer and God’s role in America.”
(John Fea/Current 7.22.22) READ MORE>>>>>
May 29, 2022: Denver Post: Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns
The victory party took on the feel of an evangelical worship service after Doug Mastriano won Pennsylvania’s Republican gubernatorial primary this month. As a Christian singer led the crowd in song, some raised their arms toward the heavens in praise.
Mastriano opened his remarks by evoking Scripture: “God uses the foolish to confound the wise.” He claimed Pennsylvanians’ freedom would be “snatched away” if his Democratic opponent wins in November, and cast the election in starkly religious terms with another biblical reference: “Let’s choose this day to serve the Lord.”
Mastriano, a state senator and retired Army colonel, has not only made faith central to his personal story but has woven conservative Christian beliefs and symbols into the campaign — becoming the most prominent example this election cycle of what some observers call a surge of Christian nationalism among Republican candidates.
The victory party took on the feel of an evangelical worship service after Doug Mastriano won Pennsylvania’s Republican gubernatorial primary this month. As a Christian singer led the crowd in song, some raised their arms toward the heavens in praise.
Mastriano opened his remarks by evoking Scripture: “God uses the foolish to confound the wise.” He claimed Pennsylvanians’ freedom would be “snatched away” if his Democratic opponent wins in November, and cast the election in starkly religious terms with another biblical reference: “Let’s choose this day to serve the Lord.”
Mastriano, a state senator and retired Army colonel, has not only made faith central to his personal story but has woven conservative Christian beliefs and symbols into the campaign — becoming the most prominent example this election cycle of what some observers call a surge of Christian nationalism among Republican candidates.
==john matarazzo=====
Mike Winger Says Benny Hinn Is Not a Christian During Interview With Charisma
Christian YouTuber Mike Winger, an ordained pastor who is not currently shepherding a church, recently spoke with Charisma Media’s John Matarazzo about his four-hour video titled “The Victims of Benny Hinn: 30 years of Spiritual Deception.” Seventeen days after posting his viral video, Winger shared in a separate video that Hinn was attempting to get the previous video, which has over 900,000 views, removed from YouTube. In the four-hour video, Winger argued that Hinn was financially and spiritually abusive throughout his years of ministry. Winger’s interview with Charisma comes after the outlet posted a two-part interview with Hinn. Matarazzo said, “We’re trying to platform voices the best way that we can as we see God moving
(Charisma 5/17/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Christian YouTuber Mike Winger, an ordained pastor who is not currently shepherding a church, recently spoke with Charisma Media’s John Matarazzo about his four-hour video titled “The Victims of Benny Hinn: 30 years of Spiritual Deception.” Seventeen days after posting his viral video, Winger shared in a separate video that Hinn was attempting to get the previous video, which has over 900,000 views, removed from YouTube. In the four-hour video, Winger argued that Hinn was financially and spiritually abusive throughout his years of ministry. Winger’s interview with Charisma comes after the outlet posted a two-part interview with Hinn. Matarazzo said, “We’re trying to platform voices the best way that we can as we see God moving
(Charisma 5/17/24) READ MORE>>>>>
==david mathis======
David Mathis is executive editor for desiringGod.org and pastor at Cities Church. He is a husband, father of four, and author of Workers for Your Joy: The Call of Christ on Christian Leaders (2022). He is the author of Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines.
David Mathis
God himself is the source of wisdom. Thus, it is the fool who says in his heart there is no God (Psalm 14:1; 53:1), and Proverbs gives us the refrain, “the fear of the Lᴏʀᴅ is the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 1:7; 2:5; 8:13; 9:10; 15:33). True wisdom begins with God and has its constant source and supply in God. So, says Tremper Longman, Proverbs teaches us that “relationship precedes ethics” (Intro to the OT, 269).
According to Longman, “wise” is the biblical word to “describe the person who navigates life well” (How to Read Proverbs, 13). Wisdom is the skill of living. It is a practical knowledge that helps one know how to act and how to speak in different situations. Wisdom entails the ability to avoid problems, and the skill to handle them when they present themselves. Wisdom also includes the ability to interpret other people’s speech and writing in order to react correctly to what they are saying to us.
Wisdom is not intelligence pure and simple. . . . Biblical wisdom is much closer to the idea of emotional intelligence than it is to Intelligence Quotient. Wisdom is a skill, a “knowing how”; it is not raw intellect, a “knowing that.” (14–16)
The biblical concept of wisdom is, in large measure, analogous with the idea of maturity. The wise person is one who is mature in his knowledge of God — based on God’s self-revelation — as well as his understanding of himself and his surroundings. The wise person is able to “navigate life well,” in the real world, as defined by God in the Scriptures.
According to Longman, “wise” is the biblical word to “describe the person who navigates life well” (How to Read Proverbs, 13). Wisdom is the skill of living. It is a practical knowledge that helps one know how to act and how to speak in different situations. Wisdom entails the ability to avoid problems, and the skill to handle them when they present themselves. Wisdom also includes the ability to interpret other people’s speech and writing in order to react correctly to what they are saying to us.
Wisdom is not intelligence pure and simple. . . . Biblical wisdom is much closer to the idea of emotional intelligence than it is to Intelligence Quotient. Wisdom is a skill, a “knowing how”; it is not raw intellect, a “knowing that.” (14–16)
The biblical concept of wisdom is, in large measure, analogous with the idea of maturity. The wise person is one who is mature in his knowledge of God — based on God’s self-revelation — as well as his understanding of himself and his surroundings. The wise person is able to “navigate life well,” in the real world, as defined by God in the Scriptures.
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How Jesus Met with God
One of the more controversial issues in missions today is speed. How quickly do we expect the lost to be saved? How soon will new churches plant new churches? How fast should a new believer move into a leadership role? How long should cross-cultural missionaries work on learning a language? In our times, we will do well to carefully interrogate our assumptions about speed and pace. Our internal speedometers are being conditioned to the quickening pace of modern life with its rapid flow of technological innovations. So, in our “age of accelerations,” pressing questions relate to speed — not only for effective Christian mission but simply for healthy Christian lives. Will we be driven by the hurried pace of our world? Or, with the help of God’s word and his Spirit and his church, will we find a more timeless (and human) pace for life and mission — a pace that has produced health and fruit across the ages? (David Mathis; Desiring God 2/17/24) READ MORE>>>>> |
Jesus made a habit of withdrawing from the world (and the engagements of fruitful ministry), and then reentering later to do more good. |
David Mathis Files
Jesus made a habit of withdrawing from the world (and the engagements of fruitful ministry), and then reentering later to do more good.
So too, the healthy Christian life is neither solely solitary nor constantly communal. We learn to withdraw, like Jesus, “to a desolate place” to commune with God (Mark 1:35), and then we return to the bustle of daily tasks and seek to meet the needs of others. We carve out a season for spiritual respite — in some momentarily sacred space — to feed our souls, enjoying God there in the stillness. Then refilled, we enter back in to be light and bread to a hungry, harassed, and helpless world (Matthew 9:36).
For Christ, “the wilderness” or “desolate place” often became his momentarily sacred space. He got away from people. He regularly escaped the noise and frenzy of society to be alone with his Father, where he could give him his full attention and undivided heart.
--David Mathis; Desiring God; How Jesus Met with God 2/17/24
So too, the healthy Christian life is neither solely solitary nor constantly communal. We learn to withdraw, like Jesus, “to a desolate place” to commune with God (Mark 1:35), and then we return to the bustle of daily tasks and seek to meet the needs of others. We carve out a season for spiritual respite — in some momentarily sacred space — to feed our souls, enjoying God there in the stillness. Then refilled, we enter back in to be light and bread to a hungry, harassed, and helpless world (Matthew 9:36).
For Christ, “the wilderness” or “desolate place” often became his momentarily sacred space. He got away from people. He regularly escaped the noise and frenzy of society to be alone with his Father, where he could give him his full attention and undivided heart.
--David Mathis; Desiring God; How Jesus Met with God 2/17/24
David Mathis Files
"As young men, two decades ago, so many doors seemed open; the possibilities seemed endless. It was easy to dream, and even expect we might live out some, if not all, of those dreams.
“Rarely, if ever, do our actual lives live up to the grandeur of the great hopes we’re prone to generate in our youth.”But midlife brings a bracing reality check. Far fewer doors are now open. Many of our secret and spoken dreams and aspirations now seem unrealistic, or impossible. What might be has crashed on the rocks of what is. Somehow it got real in the last two decades, and perhaps it took us a while to realize it. Then it dawned on us almost all at once. Our youthful plans are one thing. Then, in time, comes the “answer of the tongue.” That is, what really emerges and is manifest in our lives in the years that follow, to midlife and beyond, is “from the Lord.” --David Mathis; Desiring God; Midlife Clarity
“Rarely, if ever, do our actual lives live up to the grandeur of the great hopes we’re prone to generate in our youth.”But midlife brings a bracing reality check. Far fewer doors are now open. Many of our secret and spoken dreams and aspirations now seem unrealistic, or impossible. What might be has crashed on the rocks of what is. Somehow it got real in the last two decades, and perhaps it took us a while to realize it. Then it dawned on us almost all at once. Our youthful plans are one thing. Then, in time, comes the “answer of the tongue.” That is, what really emerges and is manifest in our lives in the years that follow, to midlife and beyond, is “from the Lord.” --David Mathis; Desiring God; Midlife Clarity
==keith a. mathison======
Keith A. Mathison is a Reformed writer who has published numerous articles and several books on theological topics, including Dispensationalism: Rightly Dividing the People of God?, Postmillennialism: An Eschatology of Hope, Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper, and The Shape of Sola Scriptura. He was the assistant editor for the ESV Reformation Study Bible and works as director of curriculum development for Ligonier Ministries. Mathison received an M.A. from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando and a Ph.D. from Whitefield Theological Seminary.
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Oct 16, 2021: Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: "Solo" Scriptura vs. Sola Scriptura: Reply to Keith Mathison
A fashionable Protestant comeback to the merciless beating that sola Scriptura has been taking over the past twenty or so years from Catholic, Orthodox and conservative Anglican apologists alike, has been the claim that present-day evangelical Protestantism - following the tradition of early Anabaptism and other breakaway sects -, accepts a greatly distorted version of the primal, "magisterial" notion of the mainstream early Protestant leaders (or so-called "Reformers"), regarding the principle of Scripture Alone as the highest infallible authority for the Christian. Apr 1, 2015: Keith Mathison: Ligonier Ministries: From a Symbol of Fear to a Symbol of Faith Oct 12, 2014: Orthodox Reformed Bridge: Solo versus Sola Scriptura: What’s the Diff?
Most Evangelicals grew up on what Keith Mathison calls solo scriptura. They were taught that all that is needed is the Bible – no external authority or assistance is needed for understanding Scripture. (See my review of Keith Mathison’s The Shape of Sola Scripture.) This approach can be traced to Alexander Campbell, an American revivalist who lived in the early 1800s. Out of the frontier revivals came the motto: No creed but Christ, no book but the Bible. Sept 8, 2014: Renewing Your Mind: Not A Chance, Interview with R.C. Sproul and Keith Mathison Today Dr. R.C. Sproul and Dr. Keith Mathison discuss their new book, Not A Chance: God, Science, and the Revolt Against Reason. |
April 1, 2001: "The Shape of Sola Scripture" is published by Canon Press: Mathison traces the development of sola scriptura from the early church to the present. He views the Protestant Reformation as a time of recovery of the doctrine that had been under assault from the fourth century. He argues that relativism and individualism permeate present-day teaching on the subject, and that widespread misunderstanding of the doctrine of sola scriptura has been eroding the church from within. This, in Mathison's view, has led to conversions from Protestantism to other religions, and has undermined the relationship among Scripture, church tradition, and individual believers as set forth by the early church and restated by the Magisterial Reformers.
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Feb 16, 2011: Called To Communion: Keith Mathison’s Reply
In November of 2009, Neal Judisch and I posted an article titled “Solo Scriptura, Sola Scriptura, and the Question of Interpretive Authority.” The article provoked a good deal of discussion, the comments now number over 1,200. Our article was a reply to Keith Mathison’s book The Shape of Sola Scripura, and focused on the distinction Keith makes between sola scriptura and what he calls “solo scriptura.”
In November of 2009, Neal Judisch and I posted an article titled “Solo Scriptura, Sola Scriptura, and the Question of Interpretive Authority.” The article provoked a good deal of discussion, the comments now number over 1,200. Our article was a reply to Keith Mathison’s book The Shape of Sola Scripura, and focused on the distinction Keith makes between sola scriptura and what he calls “solo scriptura.”
==brian mattson======
Brian Mattson is a theologian, writer, and musician. He was born, raised, and currently lives in the State of Montana. Mattson obtained a B.A. from Montana State University-Billings, an M.A.R. from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from the University of Aberdeen (Scotland). He serves as Senior Scholar of Public Theology for the Center for Cultural Leadership.
What the Negative World Framework Gets Wrong
In February 2022, First Things published what became a viral essay, “The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism” by Aaron Renn. Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture is his book-length expansion of that essay. Renn argues that American evangelicals have lived in three different “worlds” over the past 60 years: the first he calls a “positive” world in which Christianity was held in high cultural esteem; the second, a “neutral” world in which Christianity was reasonably tolerated in wider culture; and, finally, the “negative” world in which culture is openly hostile to Christianity. The transitions between these three worlds have necessitated new strategies for evangelical engagement with wider culture, according to Renn.
(Brian Mattson/Gospel Coalition 2/12/24) READ MORE>>>>>
In February 2022, First Things published what became a viral essay, “The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism” by Aaron Renn. Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture is his book-length expansion of that essay. Renn argues that American evangelicals have lived in three different “worlds” over the past 60 years: the first he calls a “positive” world in which Christianity was held in high cultural esteem; the second, a “neutral” world in which Christianity was reasonably tolerated in wider culture; and, finally, the “negative” world in which culture is openly hostile to Christianity. The transitions between these three worlds have necessitated new strategies for evangelical engagement with wider culture, according to Renn.
(Brian Mattson/Gospel Coalition 2/12/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Brian Mattson
I’ve been a big fan of The Babylon Bee (I do, in fact, have a sense of humor) and their non-satire site Not The Bee, but you’d better not get all your cultural commentary from those guys. Because sometimes they have very poor taste, and sometimes they’re just mean-spirited. Here’s a recent post on Not The Bee commenting on a body cam video of two cops arresting a federal ATF agent. I’ve got opinions about the ATF and policing and that video, but leave them aside. The video is a tense standoff in which the agent comes within an eyelash of getting shot, and the police officers wrestle him to the ground and use a taser on him. Here—and I am not kidding—is Not The Bee’s entire “commentary.”
Amazing, right?
Dude was crying like a baby!
Don't tase me, bro!!Wow. Insightful and enriching. It’s gets the “own the libs” fanboys to click and share, but it’s disgraceful. Mock and laugh at a man in obvious distress. Just what Jesus and John the Baptist would’ve done, I’m sure. If this is the kind of thing the “serrated edge” means, and if Facebook posts that launch a dozen personal insults is the new mode of discourse that’s really going to turn the cultural tides, we’re just doomed. Teaching this “theology” of mockery (such as it is) to impatient, immature, arrogant hotheads is like giving a live hand grenade to a toddler. I say it’s better to just stick to the commandments.
“Sitting in the seat of mockers” is what the blessed man of Psalm 1 very conspicuously refuses to do. And the sudden popularity of muscular macho-man mockery among Christians does not spell some kind of coming revival or cultural renewal; it’s perhaps a sign that God is just handing us over to our worldly depravity. And maybe in the end we will be “like the chaff that the wind blows away.”
--Brian Mattson; The Square Inch; The Seat of Mockers; 8.12.22
Amazing, right?
Dude was crying like a baby!
Don't tase me, bro!!Wow. Insightful and enriching. It’s gets the “own the libs” fanboys to click and share, but it’s disgraceful. Mock and laugh at a man in obvious distress. Just what Jesus and John the Baptist would’ve done, I’m sure. If this is the kind of thing the “serrated edge” means, and if Facebook posts that launch a dozen personal insults is the new mode of discourse that’s really going to turn the cultural tides, we’re just doomed. Teaching this “theology” of mockery (such as it is) to impatient, immature, arrogant hotheads is like giving a live hand grenade to a toddler. I say it’s better to just stick to the commandments.
“Sitting in the seat of mockers” is what the blessed man of Psalm 1 very conspicuously refuses to do. And the sudden popularity of muscular macho-man mockery among Christians does not spell some kind of coming revival or cultural renewal; it’s perhaps a sign that God is just handing us over to our worldly depravity. And maybe in the end we will be “like the chaff that the wind blows away.”
--Brian Mattson; The Square Inch; The Seat of Mockers; 8.12.22
==stephen mattson======
- The ‘holy war’: How the far right is trying to hijack Christianity
==paul matzo======
Is it time to retire the term ‘Christian nationalism’?
Komarnicki says there may be some kind of religion in what many call Christian nationalism, but “there is no Christ in it.” Paul Matzko, my podcast guest, agrees: “I’m reminded of Voltaire’s note about the Holy Roman Empire being ‘in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.’ Likewise, Christian nationalists are neither good Christians nor great nationalists.” However, Matzko, favoring retention of the term, describes Christian nationalism as a collection of “somewhat inchoate but still recognizable social movements taking place among various strains of increasingly status-anxious American evangelicals.”
(Warren Throckmorten; Baptist NEWS Global 12.14.25)READMORE>>>>>
Komarnicki says there may be some kind of religion in what many call Christian nationalism, but “there is no Christ in it.” Paul Matzko, my podcast guest, agrees: “I’m reminded of Voltaire’s note about the Holy Roman Empire being ‘in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.’ Likewise, Christian nationalists are neither good Christians nor great nationalists.” However, Matzko, favoring retention of the term, describes Christian nationalism as a collection of “somewhat inchoate but still recognizable social movements taking place among various strains of increasingly status-anxious American evangelicals.”
(Warren Throckmorten; Baptist NEWS Global 12.14.25)READMORE>>>>>
==john maxwell=====
Christianity’s Next Small Thing
How does Christianity grow? This is a question that should be vital for Christians, especially since the Great Commission makes growing Christianity one of most important concerns.But do we really know? Sure, an industry of church growth, leadership organizations, and consultants have arisen to show us how to grow our church. Every day I get emails from Carey Niewhoff, Donald Miller, John Maxwell, Thom Rainer, and others. And, I should quickly add, I often find their advice helpful. (In fact, I should say that Carey Niewhoff has spoken into my life powerfully in the past few months. I am grateful for his ministry.) I also get almost daily invitations from organizations holding conferences on some aspect of church or ministry growth. But all this activity has, for me, made the question we started with — how does Christianity grow? — even more urgent. Because all the indicators are that, in the United States at least, Christianity is not growing. It is shrinking.
(Ministry Watch; 1.23.26) READMORE>>>>>
How does Christianity grow? This is a question that should be vital for Christians, especially since the Great Commission makes growing Christianity one of most important concerns.But do we really know? Sure, an industry of church growth, leadership organizations, and consultants have arisen to show us how to grow our church. Every day I get emails from Carey Niewhoff, Donald Miller, John Maxwell, Thom Rainer, and others. And, I should quickly add, I often find their advice helpful. (In fact, I should say that Carey Niewhoff has spoken into my life powerfully in the past few months. I am grateful for his ministry.) I also get almost daily invitations from organizations holding conferences on some aspect of church or ministry growth. But all this activity has, for me, made the question we started with — how does Christianity grow? — even more urgent. Because all the indicators are that, in the United States at least, Christianity is not growing. It is shrinking.
(Ministry Watch; 1.23.26) READMORE>>>>>
==clifford mayes======
Pastors slam Todd Starnes for urging Christians to leave churches if they didn’t preach on Trump attack
And Pastor Clifford Mayes, who didn’t share his affiliation, also disagreed with Starnes’ position. “I am a pastor, and I did not address the assassination attempt, but I did declare Jesus Christ, His crucifixion, His resurrection, His ascension, and His return. Jesus is my king and He’s the only one who saves….,” he wrote on X.
(Christian Post 7/15/24) READMORE>>>>>
And Pastor Clifford Mayes, who didn’t share his affiliation, also disagreed with Starnes’ position. “I am a pastor, and I did not address the assassination attempt, but I did declare Jesus Christ, His crucifixion, His resurrection, His ascension, and His return. Jesus is my king and He’s the only one who saves….,” he wrote on X.
(Christian Post 7/15/24) READMORE>>>>>
==floyd mayweather======
Christian Leaders Celebrate Israel Amid Warnings Of Waning Support
The list’s breadth speaks to the diversity of Israel’s Christian supporters. Among this year’s honorees: Rev. Johnnie Moore, director of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation; world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, lauded for funding emergency aid after the October 7 attacks; Daystar Television founder Joni Lamb; Pastor Jentezen Franklin, recognized for leading humanitarian relief for Israeli communities; Fox News host Sean Hannity; Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy; CPAC Hungary Director Miklós Szánthó; actor and producer Kelsey Grammer; and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. Each, the IAF says, has played a crucial role in “mobilizing global support for Israel, especially in the face of rising antisemitism and international criticism.”
“This year’s list reflects the extraordinary commitment of Christian leaders who have stood with Israel, particularly during the challenges of the past two years,” IAF President Josh Reinstein told Breitbart News. “Their support is a testament to the enduring bond between the Christian and Jewish communities, rooted in shared Judeo-Christian values.” (Grand Pinnacle Tribune 10/6/25) READMORE>>>>
The list’s breadth speaks to the diversity of Israel’s Christian supporters. Among this year’s honorees: Rev. Johnnie Moore, director of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation; world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, lauded for funding emergency aid after the October 7 attacks; Daystar Television founder Joni Lamb; Pastor Jentezen Franklin, recognized for leading humanitarian relief for Israeli communities; Fox News host Sean Hannity; Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy; CPAC Hungary Director Miklós Szánthó; actor and producer Kelsey Grammer; and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. Each, the IAF says, has played a crucial role in “mobilizing global support for Israel, especially in the face of rising antisemitism and international criticism.”
“This year’s list reflects the extraordinary commitment of Christian leaders who have stood with Israel, particularly during the challenges of the past two years,” IAF President Josh Reinstein told Breitbart News. “Their support is a testament to the enduring bond between the Christian and Jewish communities, rooted in shared Judeo-Christian values.” (Grand Pinnacle Tribune 10/6/25) READMORE>>>>
