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  May 23, 2023

  Santa Claus’ home church in Turkey reopens to the public after restoration by gov’t

  The more than 1,500-year-old St. Nicholas Church in Demre, Turkey, named after the beloved St. Nicholas, who inspired the legend of Santa Claus, is now open to the public again for daily visits after an 18-month restoration project funded by the government.

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  May 16, 2023

  Carl Lentz says he was sexually abused as a child; denies abusing nanny Leona Kimes

  Former Hillsong NYC pastor, Carl Lentz, claims he was sexually abused as a child by a family member and denies that he sexually abused his former parishioner and nanny, Leona Kimes, framing the alleged abuse instead as a consensual relationship between two adults.

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  May 15, 2023

  Funeral of Shireta Rogers, wife of Pastor Tim Rogers set for May 20

  Shireta Rogers, the wife of pastor and singer Tim Rogers, whose sudden passing at 46 was announced last Tuesday, will be remembered in a memorial service on Saturday at the Chickasaw Arena in Blytheville, Arkansas.

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  May 15, 2023

  Most never-married Christian men and women are not living lives of sexual chastity: study

  As single Christians, the majority of whom are women, struggle to find ideal marriage partners in the pews, a new study released by Communio, a national nonprofit organization that works with churches to strengthen families and develop stronger faith lives, has found that most of them aren’t living lives of sexual chastity.

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  May 12, 2023

  America under threat from syncretism, George Barna says in study; churches urged to respond

  While the World Health Organization has declared that COVID-19 is no longer a “public health emergency,” America’s embrace of syncretism — the fusion of different religions — and the growing rejection of a biblical worldview remains a threat to general quality of life in a post-pandemic world, especially for children, new research from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University suggests.

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  May 11, 2023

  Shireta Rogers, wife of Pastor Tim Rogers, dies after brief condition

  Scores of family members and well-wishers have been grieving openly on social media over the passing of Shireta Rogers, the beloved wife of pastor and singer, Tim Rogers, who publicly dismissed Hell as a “fairytale” in 2018, but said he believes in Heaven and the afterlife. She was 46.

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  May 11, 2023

  Hillsong Church’s Darren Kitto claimed $50K in annual pool costs as part of $125K housing allowance: report

  Hillsong Church’s International Ministry Director Darren Kitto claimed he would need to cover nearly $50,000 in pool expenses in 2018 as part of a $125,000 housing allowance for a Newport Beach, California, home he purchased in the Santa Ana Heights neighborhood for $1.85 million that features a “portable spa.”

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  May 10, 2023

  Brian Houston’s daughter Laura Toganivalu, husband resign from Hillsong Church

  A year after her father stepped down as global senior pastor, Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston’s daughter, Laura Toganivalu, and her husband, Peter, announced that they, too, have officially stepped down as global pastors of the denomination’s youth ministry, Hillsong Young & Free.

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  May 10, 2023

  In public letter Carl Lentz says ‘I’m no longer in ministry,’ admits sins led him to some ‘dark places’

  Despite recent news that he had joined Pastor Michael Todd’s Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a “strategist,” disgraced former Hillsong NYC pastor, Carl Lentz revealed Tuesday that “I’m no longer in ministry” and admitted that his sins led him to some “dark places.”

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  May 9, 2023

  ‘I had some major lies’ Carl Lentz reveals in teaser for FX docuseries

  Addressing his scandalous exit from Hillsong Church publicly for the first time since his firing in November 2020 from Hillsong Church NYC  over a sex and leadership scandal, disgraced celebrity pastor Carl Lentz says he “had some major lies” in his life.