Megachurch pastor Lonnie Snell fired over sexual misconduct with staffer
New Life Chapel in West Chester, Ohio, has announced the firing of their founder and senior pastor, Lonnie Snell, for engaging in consensual sexual misconduct with a staffer.

New Life Chapel in West Chester, Ohio, has announced the firing of their founder and senior pastor, Lonnie Snell, for engaging in consensual sexual misconduct with a staffer.

Members of both parties in the U.S. Senate are praying for Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., after the 53-year-old lawmaker suffered a stroke.

An attorney for the Chatham County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina argued Tuesday that an ongoing legal battle over the denial of a request by former Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear's The Summit Church to rezone nearly 100 acres of land to house its Chapel Hill campus isn’t a fight over religious freedom but a fight over separation of powers.

Two Senate nominees, a Texas seminarian and a Kansas megachurch pastor, lead a wave of Democrats running on their faith in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Egyptian authorities arrested a Coptic Christian engineer at his home in Alexandria, Egypt, and accused him of speaking against Islam after he objected online to the teaching of Islam in the country’s schools.

A Delaware judge has dismissed media personality Candace Owens from a defamation lawsuit brought by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, but the two companies associated with the podcaster are still parties to the suit.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his comments on Islamism and on Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, after media outlets and El-Sayed’s campaign criticized a speech he gave in the state last week.


Poland’s fight over its Constitutional Tribunal escalated into coup accusations Friday after a judge the president refused to swear in suspended the court’s chief and took control.




This week in Christian history includes the public's first viewing of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, the death of Albert Carman and the premiere of “Hacksaw Ridge.”

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday paused efforts to identify who sent texts and mailers promoting transgender resources, a day after a deposition linked the texts to a GOP fund. The administrative stay order issued in the case of Texas Transgender Student Union LLC comes after a Travis County judge ruled that attorneys for the Transgender Education Network of Texas could question a representative of the Wyoming company, whose name appeared on the mailers’ return address. The mailers prominent



Canton has the sort of character and history that makes this Ohio city in the Rust Belt worth exploring.

A former Muslim who was disowned by his father, beaten by his wife’s brothers and thrown in jail after converting to Christianity continues to share the Gospel despite losing nearly everything. His story is at the center of this year’s International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians.

A New Mexico megachurch has reportedly endorsed two Republican candidates in the 2026 midterm elections, drawing attention to a federal law that bars tax-exempt nonprofits, including churches, from endorsing political candidates.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to critics who accuse his government of persecuting Christians, saying religious groups in Ukraine are free and that American commentator Tucker Carlson has probably never been to the country.

In the more than five centuries since the Reformation began, people have written much about Luther, his writings, the ongoing influence of his movement and his personal biography. Here are seven facts about Martin Luther that might not be widely known.

Chaplains from several religious traditions will head to polling locations on Tuesday to bring comfort and faith-based support to voters this election season.




A Sudanese Christian who spent more than a year in prison has been released, but he remains in danger in the capital, according to International Christian Concern.

Ohio Pastor Israel Ford is facing public backlash after revealing he has been living in a throuple with his wife and a younger woman for the last three years, said they all fasted and prayed for 40 days before embarking on their polygynous journey.

A Cuban pastor's son detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is awaiting a hearing in his deportation case in the coming weeks as advocates dispute the Trump administration's allegations against him.

Case Files America, an obscure YouTube channel, published the video titled “What They Found Hidden Inside Joyce Meyer’s Study Left Everyone Speechless.” The video’s thumbnail features an AI-generated picture of commentator Tucker Carlson crying and reports in large black capital letters “15 DEAD WOMEN FOUND.”

A pro-life has released its annual rankings for most and least pro-life states in the United States and honored Louisiana's attorney general with an award for challenging the Trump administation to halt regulations allowing abortion pills to be distributed by mail.

Former NFL coach and outspoken Christian Tony Dungy insisted that the Bible forbids polygamy as an Ohio pastor has drawn national attention for introducing his second wife to his congregation.

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