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<title>Brandeis Invites Jewish Students To Transfer in Response To Campus Protests</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[David I. Klein]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<category><![CDATA[Brandeis University]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-Columbia-Protests1-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="campus protest antisemitism brandeis" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />As pro-Palestinian protests swamp universities around the country, from Columbia to MIT to UCLA, Brandeis University announced Monday that it would be extending its deadline for transfer applications, specifically encouraging Jewish students feeling uncomfortable at their current universities to apply.
“Students elsewhere should know we welcome all — Jews and students from every background — who seek an excellent undergraduate education and an environment striving to be free of harassment and Jew-hatred to apply,” Brandeis President Ron Liebowitz said in a statement.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Benny Hinn]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Jesus Image]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Michael Koulianos]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mike Winger]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/winger-hinn-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="winger hinn" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Despite multiple requests by disgraced faith healer Benny Hinn, YouTube is refusing to remove a documentary exposing Hinn’s alleged deceptive practices.
On April 15, the copyright team at YouTube emailed video producer Mike Winger that his recent documentary, which included video clips of Hinn, would remain on the platform. The message noted that Hinn’s ministry had asked YouTube to take down the video, citing “copyright infringement.” But YouTube had denied the request twice, including after an appeal. 
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yonat Shimron]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 22:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-UMC-Regionalization1-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="regionalization UMC malone restructure" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The top legislative body of the United Methodist Church passed a series of measures Thursday to restructure the worldwide denomination to give each region greater equity in tailoring church life to its own customs and traditions.
The primary measure, voted on as the UMC General Conference met at the Charlotte Convention Center in North Carolina, was an amendment to the church’s constitution to divide the denomination into four equal regions — Africa, Europe, the Philippines and the United States.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry Mattingly]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/terry-anderson-journalist-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="terry anderson" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />(ANALYSIS) During his 2,454 days in captivity — between strategic moves among 20 or more hiding places in Lebanon — journalist Terry Anderson was often allowed by Hezbollah leaders to read a Bible.
Armed pro-Iran militants seized the Associated Press correspondent on March 16, 1985, then jammed him into the trunk of a Mercedes-Benz. This took place during a painful time in his personal life, and Anderson was already asking hard questions about his Catholic faith.
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<title>Memorial Service for Christian Singer Mandisa Set for Saturday</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/memorial-service-christian-singer-mandisa-set-saturday/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia St. Cyr]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Music]]></category>
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<category><![CDATA[mandisa]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Nashville]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mandisa-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="mandisa memorial" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />After the unexpected recent death of Grammy-winning recording artist Mandisa, a celebration of life is being held in Tennessee this weekend that will also be livestreamed. 
On April 18, Christian singer Mandisa Hundley was found deceased in her home in Nashville. The cause of death is still unknown one week later. 
However, on April 22, a statement from the Franklin Police Department (Tennessee) reported: “At this time, there is no indication the death was the result of suspicious or criminal activity.”
On Saturday, April 27, fellow artists, friends, and family will gather to remember the life of Mandisa in Brentwood, Tennessee. 
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<title>Islamic Terrorists Increase Attacks On Christians in Mozambique</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/islamic-terrorists-increase-attacks-on-christians-in-mozambique/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/islamic-terrorists-increase-attacks-on-christians-in-mozambique/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cyril Zenda]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Persecution/Religious Freedom]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[African nations]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Persecution]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mozambique]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Al-Shabab-Cabo-Delgado-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="mozambique islamic" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Islamic extremists waging an insurgency in northern Mozambique have increasingly targeted Christians and church buildings in the first three months of this year.
As a result, priests and their followers — a total of 100,000 people — have been forced to flee following increased attacks that have left scores of dead and some church buildings destroyed.
The renewed attacks are coming at a time when the Mozambican government has been celebrating what it claimed to be a victory over the insurgency that has been raging in the Northeastern Cabo Delgado province for the past seven years.
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<title>In ‘Rift,’ Author Cait West Talks Breaking Free from Christian Patriarchy</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/rift-author-cait-west-talks-breaking-free-christian-patriarchy/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathryn Post]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Fundamentalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Patriarchy]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-Cait-West4-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="rift cait west abuse patriarchy" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />When Cait West got on a plane and left behind the Christian patriarchy movement at age 25, she hoped for a clean break.
But years of covering up her body, constantly fearing eternal damnation, being isolated from the outside world and being raised to take over society for God weren’t easy to shake.
“I wanted to focus on fiction writing, but my own story just felt like it was trapped inside of me and I needed to get it out,” West said in a recent video interview.
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<title>Jeremy Riddle Removed from Prayer Conference Amid Allegations of Spiritual Abuse</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/jeremy-riddle-removed-from-prayer-conference-amid-allegations-of-spiritual-abuse/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 01:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Alan Scott]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Dwelling Place Anaheim]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Riddle]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Jeremy-Riddle-feature-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Jeremy Riddle" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Worship musician Jeremy Riddle has been removed from the Arise Shine Conference lineup in early May at Radiant Church in Michigan, following allegations he spiritually abused former staff at the embattled Dwelling Place in Anaheim, California.
“After a discussion between Jeremy and Katie Riddle and Radiant Church along with prayerful consideration, it has been decided that Riddle will not be joining us at the Arise Shine Conference this year,” a statement on Arise Shine’s Instagram page said.
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<title>Washington Pastor and Elementary School Teacher Charged with Child Molestation</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/washington-pastor-and-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-child-molestation/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/washington-pastor-and-elementary-school-teacher-charged-with-child-molestation/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 22:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Clergy Sexual Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[clergy sex abuse]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/imgonline-com-ua-FrameBlurred-PDTiicHQpTjC-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Jordan Roy Henderson" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A pastor and elementary school teacher in a small city on the shore of Puget Sound in Washington has been arrested and charged with nine counts of child molestation, according to Pierce County Superior Court records.
Jordan Henderson, a worship pastor at Wellspring Fellowship in Lakebay and teacher at public elementary school, was charged with nine counts of sexual molestation, involving children under 12 years old, court records reported. The 34-year-old pastor was arrested by Pierce County Sheriff’s office, following a two-month investigation, according to Fox 13.
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<title>Scores of African Delegates Are No-Shows at Pivotal UMC Conference</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/hundreds-african-delegates-are-no-shows-pivotal-umc-conference/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Hodges]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Africa Initiative]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[UMC General Conference 2024]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/african-delegates-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="umc african delegates united methodst" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />United Methodist officials are acknowledging a struggle to get delegates from Africa and other non-U.S. parts of the church to General Conference, the crucial legislative assembly that convenes today in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Commission on the General Conference reported in a press release on April 18 that 269 delegates — representing 73% of the allotted delegates from Africa, the Philippines, Europe and Eurasia — are confirmed. But the commission said 39 such delegates — 11% — will not be attending and no replacements will be available.
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<title>Lutheran Church Donates Building to Local YMCA to Bless Community</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/chicago-area-lutheran-church-donates-building-ymca-bless-community/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[church property transition]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Lutheran Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[YMCA]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lutheran-church-chicago-ymca-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="lutheran YMCA" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" /> In early April, just a few days after Easter, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Rockford, Illinois, was filled with sounds of new life.
And hammers.
Two years ago, the church, which has shrunk from a congregation of 400 to a few dozen worshippers, decided to donate its building to the YMCA of the Rock River Valley in hopes the building could be reborn as a local Y. After months of planning and fundraising — the project will cost about $3 million — the rebirth of Good Shepherd finally got underway in late March 2024. 
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<title>Pastor John Lindell Apologizes for Inviting Driscoll and Sword-Swallower to Stronger Men’s Conference</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/john-lindell-apologizes-for-inviting-driscoll-and-sword-swallower-to-stronger-mens-conference/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/john-lindell-apologizes-for-inviting-driscoll-and-sword-swallower-to-stronger-mens-conference/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Alex Magala]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[James River Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[John Lindell]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Stronger Men's Conference]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64696</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/john-lindell-wide-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="john lindell apologizes driscoll stronger" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Megachurch pastor John Lindell apologized to his congregation Sunday for inviting sword-swallower Alex Magala and disgraced pastor Mark Driscoll to the Stronger Men’s Conference two weekends ago in Springfield, Missouri.
The apology follows a week of controversy sparked by Driscoll’s sharp condemnation of Magala’s “strip” act and Lindell’s initial defense of Magala’s act and rebuke of Driscoll for alleged divisive and “demonic” actions.
“I want to apologize and let you know I take full responsibility for the decision that was made to invite Mark Driscoll and Alex Magala to the Stronger Men’s Conference,” Lindell told his congregants at James River Church.
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<title>Conservative Faith Leaders Praise Johnson for House’s Approval of Foreign Aid</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/conservative-faith-leaders-praise-johnson-for-houses-approval-of-foreign-aid/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/conservative-faith-leaders-praise-johnson-for-houses-approval-of-foreign-aid/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adelle Banks]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[ERLC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[foreign aid]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64704</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-Johnson-Ukraine1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="ukraine aid attacks johnson" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Conservative religious leaders who had been imploring Speaker Mike Johnson to back assistance for Ukraine and Israel in fighting their wars celebrated the House’s passage of foreign aid packages Saturday, clearing the way for the measures to go to the Senate.
Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, was among those lobbying Johnson, himself a Southern Baptist, on behalf of Ukrainian and American Baptists concerned about the plight of Ukrainian Christians.
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<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">64704</post-id><enclosure url="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-Johnson-Ukraine1-400x225.jpg" length="13912" type="image/jpg" /><media:content url="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-Johnson-Ukraine1-400x225.jpg" width="400" height="225" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" /> </item>
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<title>‘Flynn’ Portrays Christian Nationalist Evangelist’s Fight with ‘Deep State’</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/flynn-portrays-christian-nationalist-evangelists-fight-with-deep-state/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/flynn-portrays-christian-nationalist-evangelists-fight-with-deep-state/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tess Owen]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Michael Flynn]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64649</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/flynn-stage-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="flynn nationalism reawaken" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser and a driving force behind the ReAwaken America Tour, has a new show he’s taking on the road, a 127-minute hagiographic documentary chronicling his fight against the “Deep State” — a shadowy cabal of government operatives that Flynn insists are fixated on destroying him and his former boss.
“I’m surprised they haven’t killed me,” Flynn tells the camera in “Flynn.” “I’m surprised they’ve let me continue to live.”
“Flynn,” the film, poses as a straight-laced documentary but is starkly silent about Flynn’s current mission: spreading the gospel of Christian nationalism and preparing his followers to wage spiritual warfare, starting by taking over local politics. 
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<title>Christian Ministry in Zimbabwe Builds Costly Stadium Amid Growing Scandals</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/ministry-zimbabwe-builds-massive-stadium-amid-growing-scandals/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/ministry-zimbabwe-builds-massive-stadium-amid-growing-scandals/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Manika]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ministry Finances & Governance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Pastoral Misconduct/Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64494</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/magaya-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="magaya stadium" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Zimbabwe’s renowned cleric and Prophetic Healing and Deliverance founder Walter Magaya recently built a modern soccer stadium in less than six months at his Yadah Complex in Waterfalls, Harare.
The project comes at a time when Magaya is facing several allegations, including rape and fraud. 
In a circular published last year by the Confederation of African Football, the country does not have a stadium certified to host international matches. The memo also included a list of stadiums in Africa, approved to host the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
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<title>Beach Access Fight Involving Methodist Group May Not Be Resolved In Time For Summer</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/access-fight-involving-methodists-may-not-be-resolved-before-summer/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/access-fight-involving-methodists-may-not-be-resolved-before-summer/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clemente Lisi]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 18:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Religious Liberty]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[United Methodist Church]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64470</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ScreenShot2023-09-27at8.20.32AM-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="ocean grove beach NJ" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The religious freedom case pitting a Christian group against local activists over Sunday access to a New Jersey beach may not be resolved in time for this summer.
A hearing — originally scheduled for April 17 — has been postponed and a new date of May 16 set, just two weeks before the traditional start of the summer beach season that takes place over Memorial Day weekend, the Asbury Park Press reported on Tuesday.
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<title>Christian Singer Mandisa, Known for Hit ‘Overcomer,’ Dead at 47</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/christian-singer-mandisa-known-overcomer-has-died/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/christian-singer-mandisa-known-overcomer-has-died/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colleen Houde]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 01:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Music]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[ccm]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[mandisa]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64291</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mandisa-promotional-pic-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="mandisa hundley" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Mandisa, whose inspirational Gospel-pop hits are a mainstay on contemporary Christian radio, has died. She was 47.
Born Mandisa Lynn Hundley, the former American Idol contestant passed away in her Nashville home on Thursday, April 18, according to K-Love.
Mandisa was well known for her positive, upbeat, and encouraging music, but beneath it, she struggled to deal with her everyday life.
After losing a close friend to cancer, a friend for whom she wrote her award-winning song, “Overcomer”, Mandisa descended into a dark pit of depression, isolating herself from family and friends.
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<title>United Methodist Church Reports Conference Document Maliciously Altered</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/united-methodist-church-reports-conference-document-maliciously-altered/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Hodges]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[cyber crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[UMC General Conference 2024]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[United Methodist Church]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64353</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/towfiqu-barbhuiya-em5w9_xj3uU-unsplash-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Cyber criminal" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church is reporting that an online Q&A document it shared about the upcoming General Conference was maliciously altered.
“The counterfeit document was littered with disinformation about our denomination and reeked of a spirit of divisiveness and deceit,” said Dakotas Conference Bishop Lanette Plambeck in a press release.
She added: “To be clear, the unauthorized edits do not reflect the responses or position of the Dakotas Conference or The United Methodist Church or our delegation (to General Conference).”
The matter has been turned over to the Mitchell, South Dakota, police department.
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<title>‘The Chosen’ Creator Says Season 4 Will Be Streaming in Weeks Ahead</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/the-chosen-creator-says-season-4-will-be-streaming-in-weeks-ahead/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/the-chosen-creator-says-season-4-will-be-streaming-in-weeks-ahead/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia St. Cyr]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Media]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[dallas jenkins]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Chosen]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64344</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Jesus-the-Chosen-Season-Four-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="the chosen season four delayed" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Just over a month ago, Dallas Jenkins shared publicly that season four of The Chosen would be delayed for streaming services after it hit theatres. For the first time ever The Chosen was shown as an entire season in the theatres earlier this year. Three or two episodes played on the big screen over a few weeks and were well-received by audiences.
“I’ve seen a few things online of people saying, ‘Oh man, you know it could be 6 months.’ Or ‘I don’t even know if it’s going to come out this year.’ That is not the case,” says Jenkins on YouTube, talking about the season four release. 
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<title>After Admitting ‘Inappropriate Relationship,’ the Founder and CEO of Leading Christian Youth Curriculum Resign</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/joiner-ivy-orange-inappropriate-relationship-resign/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 22:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Andy Stanley]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Kristen Ivy]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[North Point Community Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Orange Leaders]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Reggie Joiner]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64225</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/joiner-ivy-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="joiner ivy" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Reggie Joiner, founder of the leading Christian youth curriculum, Orange, and Orange CEO Kristen Ivy have resigned after admitting an “inappropriate relationship” with each other, according to a board statement sent to supporters yesterday.
“Reggie has admitted to past inappropriate adult relationships, which violated our company policy and eroded trust within our organization,” wrote Board Chair Joel Manby and Board Special Governance Chari Jennifer Barnes. “During the course of the Board’s investigation, Kristen also disclosed a past inappropriate relationship with Reggie.”
Neither Joiner nor Ivy responded to The Roys Report’s (TRR) request for comment.
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<title>John Lindell Urges Mark Driscoll to ‘Repent’ for ‘Trying to Destroy’ His Church</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/john-lindell-urges-mark-driscoll-repent-trying-destroy-church/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/john-lindell-urges-mark-driscoll-repent-trying-destroy-church/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 22:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[James River Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[John Lindell]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mark Driscoll]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Stronger Men's Conference]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Trinity Church]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lindell-driscoll-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="lindell driscoll" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />In a message to his congregation last night that was livestreamed on social media, Missouri pastor John Lindell accused disgraced preacher Mark Driscoll of slander and “sowing disunity” and urged Driscoll to “publicly repent.”
Lindell’s comments follow a public dispute between him and Driscoll at the Stronger Men’s Conference last weekend, concerning a controversial performance by sword-swallower Alex Magala. Driscoll called the performance a “strip” act exhibiting the “spirit of Jezebel,” which prompted Lindell to stop Driscoll’s message, yelling, “You’re done!”
Soon afterwards, however, the two men appeared on-stage and seemed to reconcile.
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<title>Embattled IHOPKC Still Asking for Donations and Denies Plans to Close</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/embattled-ihopkc-still-asking-donations-denies-plans-close/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/embattled-ihopkc-still-asking-donations-denies-plans-close/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IHOPKC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[International House of Prayer]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64195</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ihopkc-sign-wide-front-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="ihopkc international house of prayer close donations" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A day after the International House of Prayer Kansas City (IHOPKC) sent an email to leaders, announcing “IHOPKC will be closing for good,” the embattled ministry sent another email to donors. In it, the ministry urged donors to become part of the “IHOPKC Legacy Society,” by giving stocks, IRAs, real estate, or endowment funds to IHOPKC. The email did not mention the planned closure.
That same day, Tuesday, The Roys Report (TRR) published a story revealing IHOPKC’s plan to close and published the email announcement to IHOPKC prophecy and healing leaders and leaked audio from an IHOP University staff meeting.
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<title>Stronger Men’s Conference Sword Swallower Defends Controversial Performance, Cites Christian Faith</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/stronger-mens-conference-sword-swallower-defends-performance-cites-christian-faith/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/stronger-mens-conference-sword-swallower-defends-performance-cites-christian-faith/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 21:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Alex Magala]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Dan Meyer]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[James River Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[John Lindell]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mark Driscoll]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Stronger Men's Conference]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64165</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2027-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="magala sword" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Alex Magala, the sword-swallower who opened the Stronger Men’s Conference last weekend with a controversial act, defended his performance in a recent statement. He told news publications that as a Christian, he always aims to use his talents to “inspire and entertain audiences” in a way that respects his faith.
The conference, hosted by Pastor John Lindell and James River Church in Springfield, Missouri, seeks to help men “become all that God has created them to be,” according to its Instagram page.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/stronger-mens-conference-sword-swallower-defends-performance-cites-christian-faith/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Survey: How Southern Baptists Grapple with Christian Nationalism</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/nationalists-survey-how-southern-baptists-grapple-christian/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/nationalists-survey-how-southern-baptists-grapple-christian/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Earls]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[christian nationalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[LifeWay Research]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Southern Baptist]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64134</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cross-flag-unsplash-evangelical-church-150x150.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="christian nationalism nationalists" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />When it comes to politics, the average Southern Baptist is more likely to agree with historic Baptist teaching than the claims of some self-professed Christian nationalists.
A Lifeway Research study finds Southern Baptists broadly embrace conservative political ideology but also support religious liberty for all Americans and a government that does not favor any specific religion. Sponsored by the Land Center for Cultural Engagement at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the study surveyed 500 self-identified Southern Baptist churchgoers and 507 individuals who served in key leadership positions at Southern Baptist churches excluding senior pastors.
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<title>How A Small Evangelical Seminary Is Defying The Odds</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/how-small-evangelical-seminary-is-defying-odds/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clayton Sidenbender]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[extreme center]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Global Methodist Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Matt Friedeman]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Scott Jones]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Wesley Biblical Seminary]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64099</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/matt-friedeman-prayer-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="matt friedeman wesley" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />In an age of shrinking theological schools, Wesley Biblical Seminary (WBS) in Ridgeland, Mississippi, is defying expectations.
While many of the largest and prominent evangelical seminaries across the United States — such as Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Fuller Theological Seminary and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary — are downsizing, WBS is growing in enrollment.
In the fall of 2017, for example, the school had 60 master’s students and 15 Doctor of Ministry students.
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<title>Study: After Wave of Departures, Some UMC Clergy Still Hold Traditional Views On Marriage</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/study-after-departures-some-umc-pastors-still-hold-traditional-views-marriage/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/study-after-departures-some-umc-pastors-still-hold-traditional-views-marriage/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yonat Shimron]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[United Methodist Church]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64092</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-Methodist-Breakaway2-040319-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="marriage traditional LGBTQ" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />After the departure of thousands of traditionalist United Methodist churches from the denomination over the past five years, it might stand to reason that those congregations remaining in the fold are more progressive and open to ordination and marriage of people in same-sex relationships.
But the picture is far more mixed.
A new report from the Religion and Social Change Lab at Duke University that looked at disaffiliating clergy from North Carolina’s two United Methodist conferences or regions.
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<title>Missing Kansas Pastor’s Wife and Friend Confirmed Dead, Both Were Victims of “Brutal Crime”</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/missing-kansas-pastors-wife-friend-deceased-victims-brutal-crime/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/missing-kansas-pastors-wife-friend-deceased-victims-brutal-crime/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[oklahoma]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64051</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/butler-kelley-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="kelley butler dead murdered pastor's wife" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Two weeks after a pastor’s wife and her friend went missing, they were found murdered in Oklahoma— victims of an “absolutely brutal crime,” authorities said in a press conference Monday.
Jilian Kelley, wife of Pastor Heath Kelley, a new minister at Willow Christian Church in Nebraska, and her friend, Veronica Butler, were discovered Sunday in a “very rural area” in Texas County, Oklahoma. Nearby, police also found the abandoned vehicle in which the women were traveling.
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<title>Embattled IHOPKC to Close, Start New Organization to Limit Liability</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/embattled-ihopkc-close-start-new-organization-limit-liability/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/embattled-ihopkc-close-start-new-organization-limit-liability/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Boz Tchividjian]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IHOPKC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[International House of Prayer]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64008</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/International_House_of_Prayer_in_Kansas_City-scaled-1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="ihopkc international house of prayer" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The International House of Prayer Kansas City (IHOPKC) will be closing its doors and starting a new organization, following months of clergy sexual abuse allegations against its founder Mike Bickle, leaders announced at an internal IHOP University staff meeting yesterday.
A leaked recording of the meeting that The Roys Report (TRR) obtained reveals the organization is bleeding $500,000 a month due to donors being too connected to the now-permanently removed Bickle.
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<title>Jill Duggar Dillard & Husband Derick Mourn Stillbirth of Their Daughter</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/jill-duggar-dillard-husband-derick-mourn-stillbirth-daughter/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/jill-duggar-dillard-husband-derick-mourn-stillbirth-daughter/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Duggar Family]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Jill Duggar Dillard]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[pregnancy loss]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64048</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Jill-duggar-dillard-stillbirth-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="duggar dillard stillbirth" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Author and former reality TV star, Jill Duggar Dillard, and her husband, Derick Dillard, are mourning the loss of their daughter, Isla Marie, who was delivered stillborn. 
On Sunday, the couple posted a family update via social media. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the stillbirth of our beautiful baby girl, Isla Marie,” they stated. 
The baby was lost four months into Jill’s pregnancy. 
“From the moment we found out we were pregnant, we couldn’t wait to meet our baby,” the couple said.
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<title>Feud with Ex-President Leads To Lawsuit, Alleged Threats of Violence at Calvin University</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/feud-ex-president-leads-lawsuit-alleged-threats-violence-calvin-university/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/feud-ex-president-leads-lawsuit-alleged-threats-violence-calvin-university/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[calvin university]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Wiebe Boer]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=64005</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-Calvin-Lawsuit1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="feud president calvin university" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />When Calvin University hired Wiebe Boer as its new president in May 2022, the school signed the former business executive to a lucrative five-year deal.
Along with a $400,000 annual salary, Boer received a $100,000 signing bonus, with annual bonuses of up to $200,000 with the chance to earn additional long-term bonuses, paid college tuition for his children, a car and use of the presidential residence on campus.
The hope was that Boer, a Calvin alum and son of missionaries, could turn the prominent evangelical school around after years of budget cuts and enrollment decline while easing tensions with the denomination that owns the school.
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<title>Amid Earthquake Rubble, Turkish Churches Help Rebuild Community</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/amid-earthquake-rubble-turkish-churches-help-rebuild-community/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/amid-earthquake-rubble-turkish-churches-help-rebuild-community/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Audrey Jackson]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63936</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/p01_BeverlyDobbs_0524-Audrey-Jackson-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="turkey" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A bone stuck out of the rubble in Antakya, Turkey.
It might not be human, one of the Turkish drivers reassured the One Kingdom disaster relief staff.
Yet standing on top of what used to be multiple apartment complexes, the team from the White’s Ferry Road Church of Christ ministry in West Monroe, La., had its doubts. 
“You know that it’s not just rubble,” said Beverly Dobbs, a One Kingdom staff member who traveled nearly 7,000 miles to document relief efforts.
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<title>Opinion: The Irony! Mark Driscoll Gets ‘Matthew 18ed’ for Slamming ‘Strip’ Act at Men’s Conference</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/opinion-mark-driscoll-matthew-18ed-slamming-strip-act-mens-conference/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Roys]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[James River Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[John Lindell]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mark Driscoll]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[mens ministry]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Stronger-Mens-Conference-collage-2-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="driscoll conference stripper men's" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />This weekend, men at the Stronger Men’s Conference, hosted by Pastor John Lindell and James River Church in Springfield, Missouri, witnessed quite the spectacle of what evangelicalism has become.
The conference opened with an act by “bad boy” Alex Magala, a daredevil sword-swallower who moonlights as a pole-dancing striptease artist at gay nightclubs. The next day, disgraced, bully pastor Mark Driscoll slammed the “strip” act as exhibiting the “Jezebel spirit”—and then got “Matthew 18ed” and booted off the stage by Pastor Lindell.
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<title>Conservative Evangelical Activist Beverly LaHaye Dies At 94</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/conservative-evangelical-activist-beverly-lahaye-dies-at-94/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Concerned Women for America]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[conservative politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Tim LaHaye]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/beverly-lahaye-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="beverly lahaye" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Beverly LaHaye, a prominent conservative Christian activist who founded Concerned Women for America (CWA), passed away Sunday at the age of 94, CWA announced.
LaHaye formed CWA 45 years ago to advocate for Biblical principles at all levels of public policy. Since then, it has become the “nation’s largest public policy women’s organization” with chapters in nearly every state, CWA said on its website.
“Mrs. LaHaye championed the forgotten women of this country, whose voices were not being heard in Washington and in the culture,” Penny Nance, CEO and president of CWA, said in a statement.
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<title>Analysis: Billy Graham Assoc., IHOPKC & Compassion Intl. Among Evangelical Ministries Hiding Financial Data</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/billy-graham-assoc-ihopkc-compassion-intl-evangelical-ministries-hiding-financial-data/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/billy-graham-assoc-ihopkc-compassion-intl-evangelical-ministries-hiding-financial-data/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Bowen]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ministry Finances & Governance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Form 990]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Trinity Foundation]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63810</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/evangelical-ministries-financial-data-church-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="financial data IRS 990" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Since 1998, evangelical ministries with combined assets of more than $700 million have stopped filing the Form 990 which discloses critical financial information for donors.
Tax-exempt 501(c)3 entities including Christian ministries are obligated by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to annually file Form 990, which reports how nonprofit money is being spent. But major evangelical ministries including Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Focus on the Family*, Compassion International, and the International House of Prayer-Kansas City have sidestepped filing 990s in recent years. 
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<title>At 89, Chuck Swindoll Stepping Down As Lead Pastor, Still Plans On Preaching</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/chuck-swindoll-stepping-down-lead-pastor-still-plans-preaching/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia St. Cyr]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 20:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Chuck Swindoll]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[north texas]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[pastor transition]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Stonebriar Community Church]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63938</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chuck-swindoll-church-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Well-known pastor and speaker Chuck Swindoll is changing titles at his church in Texas but not hanging up his pastor ‘hat’ just yet. 
This week Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, founded by Swindoll, announced that a new lead pastor will take over Swindoll’s position starting May 1.
Jonathan Murphy, currently chair of pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary, will take over the lead pastor position. Swindoll will continue preaching but switch his title to founding pastor.
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<title>Did Josh Howerton Plagiarize His Apology?</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/did-josh-howerton-plagiarize-his-apology/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/did-josh-howerton-plagiarize-his-apology/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Roys]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Plagiarism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Josh Howerton]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Lakepointe Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Toby Martin]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63845</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Howerton-apologizes2-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Josh Howerton apologize plagiarize" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />It appears Texas megachurch pastor Josh Howerton may have plagiarized a Florida pastor in his apology to his congregation last Sunday. Howerton’s apology, which concerned a “joke” about women doing whatever their husbands want on their wedding night, was almost word-for-word the same apology given by Florida pastor Joby Martin two years ago.
On Sunday, Howerton, pastor of Lakepointe church in the Dallas area, started his apology by saying he needed “to address a thing.” Howerton then explained that he had made a “joke” that had landed “wrong” on a “few people.” And though Howerton said he was just trying “have fun,” he acknowledged that according to Proverbs, “Careless words can stab like a sword, but that wise words lead to healing.”
“And what that verse means is if, like, even if somebody had a steak knife, and they like had the intent to cut their steak and their hand slipped and actually stabbed you in the face .
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<title>Far-Right Pastor Doug Wilson Meets With Local Critics In Idaho</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/far-right-pastor-doug-wilson-meets-local-critics-idaho/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/far-right-pastor-doug-wilson-meets-local-critics-idaho/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tracy Simmons]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2024 11:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Christ Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[douglas wilson]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63831</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-Christ-Church-Forum1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="douglas wilson" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />In a rare public forum, controversial pastor Doug Wilson took center stage Thursday night at an auditorium on the University of Idaho campus, to field digital questions from the local community, accompanied by two leaders from his Christ Church ministry.
“We are part of this town, and we would like to get along as much as possible,” said Wilson, explaining the purpose of the town hall.
Since its founding, Christ Church has frequently clashed with the wider Moscow community.
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<title>Illinois Youth Pastor Arrested on Child Sex Abuse Charges, Still Employed By Church</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/illinois-youth-pastor-haines-arrested-child-sex-abuse-charges-employed-church/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/illinois-youth-pastor-haines-arrested-child-sex-abuse-charges-employed-church/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[youth pastor]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63797</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/andrew-haines-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="andrew haines pastor" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />An Illinois youth pastor, who’s been indicted on multiple, felony child sex abuse charges, remains listed as a staff member on his church’s website five months after his arrest. 
Andrew Haines, 39, of Marseilles, Illinois, was arrested on Nov. 9, 2023, on five felony charges, including four counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, according to court records.
Haines, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges, was released on home confinement conditions late last year. 
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<title>Josh Howerton Apologizes to ‘Few’ Offended By Wedding Night ‘Joke,’ But Fails to Mention It Happened Before</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/josh-howerton-apologizes-to-few-offended-by-wedding-night-joke-but-fails-to-mention-it-happened-before/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/josh-howerton-apologizes-to-few-offended-by-wedding-night-joke-but-fails-to-mention-it-happened-before/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 22:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Josh Howerton]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Lakepointe Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Sheila Gregoire]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63746</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/howerton-april-2024-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="josh howerton lakepointe joke" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Texas megachurch pastor Josh Howerton apologized on Sunday to his church for a “joke” that many on social media said perpetuated “harmful” tropes about sex and women. But Howerton failed to mention that he told the identical joke three years ago, and was confronted about it by a congregant and a visitor.
This latest brouhaha was sparked by comments Howerton made in February. Speaking to wives about their wedding night, Howerton said they should “stand where (your husband) tells you to stand, wear what he tells you to wear, and do what he tells you to do.”
Then, this past Sunday, Howerton warned his congregation that “you can’t trust the internet,” and thanked those who defended him online, while also conceding that his “joke” landed “wrong” on a “few.”
“I just want to say this—dude, if that joke fell on you the wrong way .
<a href="https://julieroys.com/josh-howerton-apologizes-to-few-offended-by-wedding-night-joke-but-fails-to-mention-it-happened-before/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Baptist Leaders Urge House Speaker Mike Johnson To Support Ukrainian Christians</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/baptist-leaders-urge-house-speaker-mike-johnson-support-ukrainian-christians/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/baptist-leaders-urge-house-speaker-mike-johnson-support-ukrainian-christians/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adelle Banks]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Daniel Darling]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[ERLC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mike Johnson]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63725</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-Mike-Johnson1-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="johnson ukraine" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Southern Baptist leaders have written to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a member and former official of their denomination, urging him to support Ukraine in Russia’s war against its Eastern European neighbor.
“As you consider efforts to support Ukraine, we humbly ask that you consider the plight of Christians,” wrote the leaders, who either have ties to the SBC’s Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary or to Ukrainian Baptists. “The Russian government’s decision to invade Ukraine and to target Baptists and other evangelical Christians in Ukraine has been a tragic hallmark of the war.”
The letter, sent Monday, was signed by Daniel Darling, director of the seminary’s Land Center for Cultural Engagement; Richard Land, the namesake of the center and a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission; Yaroslav Pyzh, president of Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary; and Valerii Antoniu, president of the Baptist Union of Ukraine.
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<title>Fugitive Florida Pastor, Accused of Sexually Abusing Teen Girl, Caught in Texas</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/fugitive-florida-pastor-chitty-accused-sexually-abusing-teen-girl-caught-texas/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/fugitive-florida-pastor-chitty-accused-sexually-abusing-teen-girl-caught-texas/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Clergy Sexual Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[manhunt]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Monte Chitty]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63678</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Monte-Chitty-MCSO-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="monte chitty fugitive" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A fugitive pastor has been caught in Texas, just days after he fled prosecution in Florida on charges he sexually abused a 15-year-old girl.
Monte Chitty, 62, was taken back into custody last Friday in Woodville, Texas, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook announcement.
Chitty, pastor at First Baptist Church in Marathon, Florida, is accused of getting a girl drunk and assaulting her on church property, The Roys Report (TRR) previously reported.
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<title>Opinion: 5 Things Whistleblowers Have to Prove (But Shouldn’t) To Be Heard</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/five-things-whistleblowers-have-prove-but-shouldnt-be-heard/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Advocate Group]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[victim advocacy]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[whistleblower]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/whistleblower-silhouette-art-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="silhouette whistleblower NDAs silence" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Last year, former high-level leaders at the International House of Prayer-Kansas City (IHOPKC) made several attempts to report to IHOPKC’s senior leaders that founder Mike Bickle had allegedly engaged in adult clergy sexual abuse with multiple women.
The whistleblowers provided firsthand testimony from victims, secondary victims, and observers, and ultimately asked for a third-party investigation.
In response, IHOPKC leaders pushed back. The leaders said the whistleblowers hadn’t provided any “actual evidence” and didn’t follow “due process.” The leaders questioned the whistleblowers’ motives.
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<title>For Believers Who Left ‘High-Control’ Religion, Elections May Trigger Trauma</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/believers-left-high-control-religion-elections-may-trigger-trauma/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathryn Post]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[2024 election]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[high-control religion]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Patriarchy]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[trauma]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63668</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/capitol-jan-6-storming-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="capitol storming election trauma" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />When Donald Trump won the 2016 election, for some, it wasn’t just a matter of political disappointment — it was spiritually shattering.
“It completely broke me,” said Tia Levings, author of the forthcoming “A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy.” “The evangelical embracing of a rapist is not something I will recover from.”
Raised in a Southern Baptist megachurch in Jacksonville, Florida, where religion and politics often dovetailed, Levings remembers her pastors, flanked by Christian and American flags, introducing Republican politicians as an orchestra blared “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
When her marriage ushered her into fundamentalist Christian Quiverfull churches, which typically reject family planning and promote large families, homeschooling and purity culture, the gap between faith and politics narrowed further.
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<title>Analysis: Will The United Methodist Church Finally Settle Its Big Split?</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/analysis-will-the-united-methodist-church-finally-settle-big-split/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Ostling]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[General Conference]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[United Methodist Church]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63661</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pride-us-flag-methodist-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="rainbow umc lost pride gay LBGTQ split" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A fit slogan for the April 23-May 3 General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) could come from Yogi Berra, whether “it ain’t over till it’s over” or “it’s déjà vu all over again.”
Or on a more literary level, there’s “the past is never dead. It’s not even past” from William Faulkner. The following seeks to summarize the complexities surrounding this all-important event in Charlotte, including a future high-stakes fight for Africa. 
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<title>Matt and Beth Redman Tell of Years-Long Abuse by Mike Pilavachi in New Documentary</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/matt-beth-redman-tell-years-long-abuse-mike-pilavachi-documentary/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Roys]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Clergy Sexual Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Beth Redman]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Matt Redman]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mike Pilavachi]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Soul Survivor]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63591</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/redman-pilavachi-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="redman pilavachi" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />For the first time, Grammy Award-winning worship leader Matt Redman and his wife, Beth Redman, are telling their stories of years-long abuse by now-disgraced Soul Survivor co-founder Mike Pilavachi in a documentary released last night.
Redman has previously stated that Pilavachi, now 66, had harmed him. But in the 31-minute documentary, “Let There Be Light,” the couple recount in detail how Pilavachi—Matt’s former youth leader and Beth’s former boss—abused them.
An investigation by the Church of England last year found that Pilavachi, who started Soul Survivor with Matt Redman when Redman was 19, engaged in a “systemic pattern of coercive and controlling behavior” and “inappropriate relationships.” These relationships often included wrestling with youths and massaging male interns.
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<title>Florida Pastor Allegedly Murdered By Man He Helped</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/florida-pastor-lenoir-allegedly-murdered-man-he-helped/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[miami]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63626</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AD-Lenoir-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="lenoir" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A Florida pastor has reportedly been murdered by a man he was helping, Miami-Dade police told a local news station.
Antwane “AD” Lenoir, the 41-year-old pastor at Westview Baptist Church in Miami, Florida, was stabbed to death Saturday on the church’s property, police said.
A day later, police said they identified Dames Dawkins as the suspect for Lenoir’s killing. Dawkins is facing a first-degree murder charge, according to Miami-Dade County court records.
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<title>At Yale, Christian Pastors Sign A Declaration Opposing Religious Nationalism</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/yale-christian-pastors-sign-declaration-opposing-religious-nationalism/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/yale-christian-pastors-sign-declaration-opposing-religious-nationalism/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yonat Shimron]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 20:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[christian nationalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[William Barber]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Yale]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63635</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-Yale-Nationalism-Declaration2-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="christian nationalism yale" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A group of Christian pastors, theologians and scholars has signed a declaration committing the signers to preaching on “moral issues “ ahead of the 2024 election and opposing what the group calls “religious nationalism.”
The document defines religious nationalism as a political movement that it says is exploiting “traditional values” to undermine democracy. “This distorted religious nationalism has persuaded many well-meaning Christians to focus on a narrow set of divisive cultural wedge issues while ignoring the real moral issues that are at the heart of our Scriptures and tradition,” the declaration reads.
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<title>‘Love God And Carry Him in Your Heart’: World’s Oldest Man Dies At 114</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/love-god-carry-him-your-heart-worlds-oldest-man-died/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia St. Cyr]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[elder care]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[geriatric care]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In Memoriam]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Latino]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[south america]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[venezuela]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/worlds-oldest-man-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="world's oldest man" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The oldest man alive recently passed away in Venezuela and is being remembered for his loyalty to family and faith.
Juan Vicente Pérez Mora passed away on April 2 in Táchira, Venezuela. His 115 birthday was just a few weeks away, having been born on May 27, 1909. 
Back in 2022, Mora received the Guinness World Record for being the oldest person alive at 112 years and 253 days old. 
When Guinness asked him the secret to a long life, Mora replied, “Work hard, rest on holidays, go to bed early, drink a glass of aguardiente [a sugar-based liquor] every day, love God, and always carry Him in your heart.”
Mora was the ninth child in a family with 10 children.
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<title>‘The Lord Brought Judgment’: N.C. Church Fires Pastor Over Sexual Misconduct</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/jordan-green-pursuit-church-fired-sexual-misconduct/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/jordan-green-pursuit-church-fired-sexual-misconduct/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Clergy Sexual Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[adult clergy sexual abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[jordan green]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[pursuit church]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63559</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jordan-green-pursuit-church-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="jordan green pursuit church" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The leadership team of a North Carolina congregation has dismissed the church’s lead pastor for “sexual misconduct” that involved multiple adult victims. He was ousted after initially giving a “partial” confession that multiple staff challenged as an attempt to “control” the narrative.
In an open letter released on April 1, leaders of Pursuit Church in Denver, North Carolina, announced that Pastor Jordan Green’s employment at the church had been terminated as of that date.
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<title>Filipino Televangelist Accused of Child Sex Trafficking Gives Surrender Conditions</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/filipino-televangelist-quiboloy-accused-child-sex-trafficking-gives-surrender-conditions/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/filipino-televangelist-quiboloy-accused-child-sex-trafficking-gives-surrender-conditions/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 21:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[child sex abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/quiboloy-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Quiboloy" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A Filipino televangelist wanted in the U.S. for child sex trafficking has given conditions for his surrender. Currently, Filipino megachurch pastor Apollo Quiboloy is in hiding. But he said in a voice clip posted on YouTube Saturday that he’d surrender to Filipino authorities if he received assurances he won’t be extradited to the U.S.
Quiboloy, a self-proclaimed “Son of God” and spiritual advisor to former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, is the founder of the Philippines-based Kingdom of Jesus Christ Church.
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<title>Church in Eastern Congo Restores Hope, Mobility To Disabled</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/church-eastern-congo-restores-hope-mobility-disabled/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philippe Lolonga]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 16:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Missions/Outreach]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[congo]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[disability advocacy]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63508</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/congo-disability-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="disability congo" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Shouts of joy rang out across eastern Congo as representatives of The United Methodist Church distributed mobility aids to people living with disabilities.
The church brought hope to people in Goma, Beni, Fizi and Kisangani by providing them with means of transport. More than 120 people received wheelchairs, canes, crutches and tricycles, which will enable them to get around more easily and participate more fully in the life of the church and the community.
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<title>Pastor Who’s Convicted Felon Makes Eclipse Prophecy That Goes Viral</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/pastor-jim-staley-whos-convicted-felon-makes-eclipse-prophecy-goes-viral/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/pastor-jim-staley-whos-convicted-felon-makes-eclipse-prophecy-goes-viral/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2024 20:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Financial misconduct]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[eclipse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[financial fraud]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Jim Staley]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[prophecy issues]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63467</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Jim-staley-passion-for-truth-ministries-screengrab-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="jim staley passion for truth ministries eclipse" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A convicted felon running a for-profit “ministry” claims Monday’s solar eclipse releases a “seal” of Revelation and could bring judgment to the United States.
The video that Jim Staley of Passion for Truth posted has garnered 3.7 million views and 27,000 comments, with people repenting, asking for prayer, and affirming the need for judgment. Staley, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud in 2015, said the fact that Monday’s eclipse will pass over two U.S.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/pastor-jim-staley-whos-convicted-felon-makes-eclipse-prophecy-goes-viral/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Quilts, Bows & Beef: Missouri Group Seeks to Bless Rural Ministers</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/quilts-bows-beef-missouri-ministry-seeks-bless-rural-ministers/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/quilts-bows-beef-missouri-ministry-seeks-bless-rural-ministers/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Van Veen]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2024 12:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Missions/Outreach]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[rural]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63358</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/rural-compassion-oct-2022-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="rural compassion" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Isolation and economic sacrifices are two very real challenges rural ministers face. However, there’s a third challenge that may even exceed the first two: anonymity. “Does anybody even know or even care about what we’re doing out here?”
Steve Donaldson, founder and president of Rural Compassion, believes rural ministers need to know they aren’t forgotten.
“We have had three relatively new partners join the Rural Compassion family who are, in their own ways, saying, ‘We see you.
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<title>Opinion: The Peril Radicalizing Some Evangelicals Goes Beyond Christian Nationalism</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/opinion-peril-radicalizing-some-evangelicals-goes-beyond-christian-nationalism/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/opinion-peril-radicalizing-some-evangelicals-goes-beyond-christian-nationalism/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew D. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 14:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[christian nationalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[lance wallnau]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63344</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webRNS-Christian-Nationalism1-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="nationalism" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />I grew up in a conservative, evangelical Christian household and attended private evangelical schools where we pledged allegiance to the Christian flag (yes, there is a Christian flag) alongside the American flag every morning. We would belt out “God Bless America” with gusto.
My teachers, classmates and I were attached to a somewhat mythological story of America’s Christian heritage. We were the type of sentimental Christian nationalists that Donald Trump is targeting with his recent turn as a Bible salesman.
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<title>Docuseries Reveals Nickelodeon Employee Preyed on Kids at TV Network and at Church</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/docuseries-reveals-nickelodeon-employee-preyed-kids-tv-network-church/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/docuseries-reveals-nickelodeon-employee-preyed-kids-tv-network-church/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Sexual Harassment/Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[docuseries]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63311</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/handy-peck-channel-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="handy peck channel quiet on set schneider" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A hit docuseries examining decades of child sex abuse at Nickelodeon has revealed that one past employee preyed on kids both at the TV network and at a California church.
Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, which premiered last month, chronicles the rise and fall of producer Dan Schneider, who worked at Nickelodeon from 1993 to 2019. Schneider, who frequently wrote “comedic” double entendre scenes for child actors, had multiple child sex offenders employed on his shows, the docuseries reveals.
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<title>Eclipse Watchers Plan to Use Church Property to Look Toward the Heavens</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/eclipse-watchers-plan-use-church-property-look-toward-heavens/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/eclipse-watchers-plan-use-church-property-look-toward-heavens/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adelle Banks]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[astronaut]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[eclipse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[NASA]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[space]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63318</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cross-eclipse-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="cross eclipse" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The special glasses have been delivered. The portable toilets have been ordered.
Now, for expectant sky watchers and for property owners — including a number of churches — in the path of the total solar eclipse Monday (April 8), it’s just a matter of waiting and hoping for good weather until the eclipse begins.
Across the swath of the United States stretching from Texas to Maine where “totality” is expected, clergy have come up with ways to make the most of the astronomical show — handing out those glasses, giving out-of-towners a place to park and observe the event, and even offering locals the opportunity to be baptized near the time of near-total darkness.
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<title>Southern Baptists Lost More Than 1,200 Congregations in One Year</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/southern-baptists-lost-more-than-1200-congregations-in-one-year/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/southern-baptists-lost-more-than-1200-congregations-in-one-year/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Earls]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 21:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[church closure]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[LifeWay Research]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63300</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pexels-dana-davis-13980226-empty-church-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="church empty closure close" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) faces not only declining membership but also fewer churches to attract potential new members.
According to Lifeway Research’s analysis of the 2022 Annual Church Profile of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1,253 congregations that were part of the Convention in 2021 were no longer connected in 2022. This is the most recent ACP data available; the 2023 report will be released soon.
Among the 50,423 active congregations in the Southern Baptist Convention in 2021, 2% disbanded or closed and 0.5% left or were disaffiliated from the Convention by the time the 2022 data was compiled.
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<title>Arson Fire Damages San Francisco Church But Doesn’t Stop Services</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/arson-fire-damages-san-francisco-church-but-doesnt-stop-services/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/arson-fire-damages-san-francisco-church-but-doesnt-stop-services/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melodie Woerman]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[arson]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63291</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SF-fire-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="arson san francisco church" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />An arson fire damaged the exterior of St. John the Evangelist Church in San Francisco, California, early on Good Friday, March 29, but it didn’t stop the remainder of the parish’s Holy Week celebrations or its service to its neighborhood.
The parish’s vicar, the Rev. Kevin Deal, told media that the fire started about 2:30 a.m., based on when security alarms were triggered, and the San Francisco Fire Department arrived within minutes. The exterior of the building, which was built in 1908, is made of wood shingles.
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<title>Florida Pastor on the Run After Allegedly Assaulting 15-Year-Old Girl</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/florida-pastor-chitty-on-run-allegedly-assaulting-teen-girl/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/florida-pastor-chitty-on-run-allegedly-assaulting-teen-girl/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 21:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[florida man]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[manhunt]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Monte Chitty]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63253</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Monte-Chitty-full-res-pastor-florida-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A Florida pastor accused of sexually battering a 15-year-old girl in his church is now reportedly on the run, prosecutors told a local news station.
Monte Chitty, pastor at First Baptist Church in Marathon, Florida, failed to appear at a scheduled arraignment Monday. Prosecutors said Chitty fled in a white van with out-of-state plates and is no longer believed to be in the Florida Keys.
“Our understanding is that he’s already on the road and he’s left the state of Florida,” Monroe County State Attorney Dennis Ward told Local 10 News.
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<title>‘Wounded’ But ‘Not Dead’: Pastor Shot in Face Returns to Pulpit Easter Sunday</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/wounded-but-not-dead-pastor-shot-face-returns-pulpit-easter-sunday/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/wounded-but-not-dead-pastor-shot-face-returns-pulpit-easter-sunday/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colleen Houde]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[gun issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[memphis]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63240</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/clemmie-livingston-jr-mar-31-2024-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="pastor shot face wounded" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A pastor who was shot in the face outside his church in late February returned to the pulpit on Easter Sunday. 
Pastor Clemmie Livingston Jr. was shot outside of New Zionfield Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, on Feb. 25, following a carjacking that took place just minutes before his Sunday service was about to start, as previously reported by The Roys Report. 
He was transported to the hospital in critical condition.
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<title>The Episcopal Church Announces Four Candidates for Presiding Bishop</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/episcopal-church-announces-four-candidates-presiding-bishop/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathryn Post]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Episcopal Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Michael Curry]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63217</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-Episcopal-Bishop1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Four candidates have been selected to stand for election as the 28th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, the denomination’s highest office. The nominees include Bishop J. Scott Barker of the Diocese of Nebraska, Bishop Daniel G. P. Gutiérrez of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, Bishop Sean Rowe of the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Diocese of Western New York and Bishop Robert Wright of the Diocese of Atlanta.
The vote to select the next presiding bishop will be held in June to succeed Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, whose nine-year term concludes on Oct.
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<title>Bruce Frank, Former SBC Abuse Task Force Leader, Joins Crowded SBC Presidential Race</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/bruce-frank-former-sbc-abuse-task-force-leader-joins-crowded-sbc-presidential-race/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/bruce-frank-former-sbc-abuse-task-force-leader-joins-crowded-sbc-presidential-race/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Bruce Frank]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[SBC 2024]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63182</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bruce-frank-sbc-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="bruce frank sbc" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A North Carolina pastor who championed sex abuse reforms in the Southern Baptist Convention plans to run for president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
Bruce Frank, longtime pastor of Biltmore Church in Asheville, announced Tuesday that he would allow his name to be placed for nomination at the SBC’s annual meeting this summer in Indianapolis.
“As the largest missionary force in modern-day history, I believe the best days of the SBC can be ahead of us,” said Frank in announcing his candidacy, saying that as president he would focus on evangelism, abuse reform and revitalizing churches.
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<title>Texas College Pastor, Who Abused Child for 7 Years, Avoids Jail Time in Plea Deal</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/texas-college-pastor-robinson-abused-child-seven-years-avoids-jail-time-plea-deal/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/texas-college-pastor-robinson-abused-child-seven-years-avoids-jail-time-plea-deal/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Clergy Sexual Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Chi Alpha Campus Ministries]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Daniel Savala]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Tim Barker]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Will Robinson]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63179</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/will-robinson-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="will robinson plea deal" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A Texas college pastor who sexually abused an underage family member for 7 years will not serve any jail time due to a recent plea agreement. The pastor, William C. Robinson, led a chapter of Chi Alpha Campus Ministries and was mentored by sex offender Daniel Savala, the central figure in a widening sex abuse scandal.
On March 22, Robinson, 47, appeared at a district court hearing in Nueces County, Texas, and accepted a plea deal.
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<title>3rd Leader at Mark Barclay’s Church Under Investigation for Alleged Sexual Abuse; Barclay Threatens Whistleblowers</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/mark-barclay-third-leader-church-under-investigation-alleged-sexual-abuse/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Living Word International Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[mark barclay]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[whistleblower]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mark-barclay-living-word-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="mark barclay living word" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A third church leader at televangelist Mark Barclay’s Michigan church is being investigated for alleged sexual abuse, Barclay’s son, Pastor Josh Barclay, has confirmed to local media, while pledging the church’s full cooperation. Meanwhile, Mark Barclay has threatened whistleblowers in his sermons, saying they’ve “cursed themselves” and are “evil,” The Roys Report (TRR) has discovered.
The third pastor to be investigated at the Barclays’ Living Word International Church in Midland, remains unnamed but has been suspended and removed from all positions at the church, Josh Barclay said.
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<title>Churches Caring for People with Memory Issues</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/churches-caring-for-people-with-memory-issues/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Patterson]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Missions/Outreach]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63168</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mental-health-church-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="memory dementia WELL" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />For the Rev. Becky Shirley, the sound of her dementia-suffering mother’s voice singing “The Old Rugged Cross” was a miracle.
“My mother is 93 years old,” said Shirley, senior pastor at Washington Street United Methodist Church in Columbia, South Carolina. “She’s been living with me for maybe six years, and she has not been to worship service in the last three years, and she used to be a director of Christian education.”
Ann Joyner, Shirley’s mom, attended Washington Street’s first service designed for people with dementia on Jan.
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<title>Calvin U Board Affirms Firing Former President For ‘Flirtatious’ and ‘Inappropriate’ Texts</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/calvin-u-board-affirms-firing-former-president-inappropriate-texts/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[calvin university]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Wiebe Boer]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63159</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/CalvinCollege-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="calvin college crc christian reformed stand" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The trustees of Calvin University released a statement Thursday, defending their decision to part ways with the school’s former president, who they said admitted sending “flirtatious” and “inappropriate” messages to a woman who was not his wife and therefore he was no longer fit to lead the Christian school based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
“Based on these admitted communications, the Board determined that Dr. Boer’s conduct was concerning and inappropriate and that he could not continue to serve as President of the University,” the board of trustees told The Calvin Chimes, the school’s student newspaper. 
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<title>Josh Howerton Facing Backlash for Comments Some Say Perpetuate ‘Harmful’ Tropes About Women and Sex</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/tx-pastor-faces-backlash-harmful-comments-women-sex/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 23:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Bare Marriage]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Josh Howerton]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Lakepointe Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[north texas]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Sheila Gregoire]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Howerton-Gregoire-wide-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="howerton wives" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Texas megachurch pastor Josh Howerton is facing strong backlash for advice he gave women for their wedding night that some say perpetuates “harmful” tropes about women and sex.
Howerton, senior pastor of Lakepointe Church, a Southern Baptist multi-site church, said at the beginning of a sermon he preached in late February that just as women dream about their wedding day, men dream about their wedding night. He offered a “gold nugget of advice” for those who missed a marriage conference the Dallas megachurch had just hosted.
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<title>Authorities: Virginia Man Indicted in Attempted Church Shooting Said He Hated Church, God</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/authorities-virginia-man-indicted-attempted-church-shooting-hated-church-god/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/authorities-virginia-man-indicted-attempted-church-shooting-hated-church-god/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63130</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rui-Jiang-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="rui jiang hated attempted church shooting virginia" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A federal grand jury indicted 35-year-old Rui Jiang on Wednesday on charges he tried to carry out a shooting at a Virginia church, authorities announced.
Jiang attempted to shoot the Park Valley Church in Haymarket, Virginia, after posting threats and violent content online against the church and God, according to an affidavit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Jiang now faces charges of attempting to obstruct the free exercise of church congregants’ religious beliefs.
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<title>Greg Locke Says Easter Bible Burning A Sign That Christianity Is Under Attack in America</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/greg-locke-says-easter-bible-burning-sign-christianity-under-attack-america/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[arson]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[global vision bible church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Greg Locke]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/webRNS-Locke-Fire1-040124-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A Tennessee pastor known for burning books, casting out demons and creating outrage says someone burned 200 Bibles outside his church on Easter Sunday.
Greg Locke, pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, said the church’s security cameras recorded a “polite crook” stopping their vehicle in the middle of an intersection by the entrance to the church, putting on their hazard lights, then dousing a trailer full of Bibles with gas and setting it on fire. 
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<title>New ‘Human Flourishing’ Survey Links Frequent Religious Practice To Life Satisfaction</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/human-flourishing-survey-links-frequent-religious-practice-life-satisfaction/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona André]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Church Attendance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Gallup Poll]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[human flourishing]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/man-worship-evangelical-bible-hands-church-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="evangelical church religious practice worship man hands bible praise" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Announcing the results of a new Global Flourishing Study, a consortium of scholars and pollsters led by Gallup said that they found links between religiosity and people’s satisfaction with their lives.
The study, a joint project of Harvard and Baylor universities, Gallup and the Center for Open Science, aims to uncover what influences “human flourishing,” which is defined by measures of happiness, character and virtue and social relationships, among other values.
According to the group’s research, attending a religious service regularly positively affects flourishing.
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<title>Good Friday Passion Plays Help Churches And Communities ‘Come Together’</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/good-friday-passion-plays-help-churches-communities-come-together/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Youngman]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2024 17:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Anglican]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Church of England]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[easter]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Good Friday]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/worcester-passion-play-united-kingdom-good-friday-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="passion play good friday christ easter" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Every year, Good Friday sees the unlikely sight of an Anglican bishop being crucified in public as a thief during a Passion Play held near his own cathedral, watched by a vast array of people.
It marks the third time that the Rev. John Inge, bishop of Worcester in the United Kingdom, has taken on the role of the bad thief who curses Jesus. 
“People are surprised to see a bishop being crucified, but find it inspiring,” he said. 
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<title>Ministers Aid Seafarers Caught in Baltimore Bridge Crisis</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/ministers-aid-seafarers-caught-in-baltimore-bridge-crisis/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adelle Banks]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[seafarer]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=63029</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/webRNS-Baltimore-Bridge1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="balitmore bridge crisis" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Day in and day out, ministers to seafarers spend their times on the docks of Baltimore, delivering Bibles, magazines and a friendly face during a ship’s usually brief time in the busy port.
But, with the collapse Tuesday of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the mission of two ministries has shifted to longer-term aid for the crews of the Dali ship that struck the bridge and seven other large vessels stuck in the port for the foreseeable future.
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<title>Australian Denomination Defrocks Megachurch Pastors Amid Sex Scandal</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/australian-denomination-defrocks-megachurch-pastors-turner-hilliar-sex-scandal/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/australian-denomination-defrocks-megachurch-pastors-turner-hilliar-sex-scandal/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[ACC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Australian Christian Churches]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[corey turner]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[neuma church]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Corey-Turner-Stacey-Hilliar-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="corey turner stacey hilliar neuma church global inappropriate" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Two Australian pastors, Corey Turner and Stacey Hilliar, will “lose their ministry credentials” for at least two years in the wake of a sex scandal, their former church’s overseeing denomination announced.
In an email posted Wednesday by a watchdog group, Wayne Alcorn, president of Australian Christian Churches (ACC), informed ACC pastors of “recent action” the denomination had taken regarding two ACC pastors. Turner, lead pastor of Neuma Church in Melbourne, confessed to a relationship with Hilliar, executive leader of the church’s worship and creative teams.
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<title>Interview: Does Forgiving An Abuser Mean Staying With Him?</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/interview-does-forgiving-an-abuser-mean-staying-him/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathryn Post]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[spousal abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Susannah Griffith]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/griffith-book-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="griffith abuser" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />When Susannah Griffith first sat down to write a book about forgiveness in 2022, she was in the midst of finalizing her divorce.
Urged by church leaders to forgive her spouse for years of abuse, Griffith, an independent scholar and minister with a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, decided to examine the subject herself.
“I came to realize that forgiveness actually looked very different from what I had been taught,” said Griffith in a recent phone call.
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<title>Bishop T.D. Jakes Mentioned in Lawsuit Against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/bishop-t-d-jakes-mentioned-in-lawsuit-against-sean-diddy-combs/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/bishop-t-d-jakes-mentioned-in-lawsuit-against-sean-diddy-combs/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[north texas]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[T.D. Jakes]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Potter's House]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62980</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/combs-jakes-sept-2022-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />T.D. Jakes, influential pastor of Dallas megachurch The Potter’s House, has been mentioned in a lawsuit against embattled music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. 
On Monday, producer Rodney “Lil’ Rod” Jones alleged in a lawsuit that Combs engaged in a multi-year “sex trafficking venture.” The sordid 98-page legal complaint mentions Jakes once, as part of a list of evidence that Jones “has personally witnessed and secured.” 
Jones’ accusations are related to multiple allegations of sexual assault against Combs, including a suit filed in November by Cassie Ventura, Combs’ former girlfriend.
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<title>Survey: Easter Remains High Attendance Day for Most Churches</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/survey-easter-remains-high-attendance-day-for-most-churches/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/survey-easter-remains-high-attendance-day-for-most-churches/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Earls]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Church Attendance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[easter]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[LifeWay Research]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62968</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Easter-service-Fairfax-VA-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Most pastors are expecting one of their largest crowds on Easter, but those expectations have tempered some in the past decade.
The three highest-attendance Sundays for pastors—Easter, Christmas and Mother’s Day—have remained the same since 2011, but each is now less likely to be among the top days, according to a Lifeway Research study of U.S. Protestant pastors.
“While many churches consider high attendance as something from their pre-pandemic past, seasonal changes have resumed,” said Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research.
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<title>In Nigeria, Clergy Rape Survivor Turns Pain Into A Source of Support for Others</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/nigeria-clergy-rape-survivor-turns-pain-source-support-others/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/nigeria-clergy-rape-survivor-turns-pain-source-support-others/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chinoso Kenneth]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62955</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/paul-akinyemi-thomson-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="thomson survivor" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Statistics compiled by Amnesty International in 2021 show that there is a culture of stigmatization and victim-blaming towards rape survivors. The result is a large percentage of rape and sexual assaults go unreported in Nigeria.
Paul Akinyemi Thomson of Lagos, Nigeria, is more than a statistic. It was a reality he lived every day for 21 years. Born in 1986, Thomson told media that his mother was sexually molested by the Reverend Kolawole Olaiya Thomson of a Cherubim and Seraphim church starting from age 12.
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<title>In ‘God Gave Rock & Roll to You,’ Leah Payne Details Rise And Fall of CCM</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/god-gave-rock-roll-to-you-leah-payne-details-rise-fall-ccm/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/god-gave-rock-roll-to-you-leah-payne-details-rise-fall-ccm/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Music]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[ccm]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Leah Payne]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62973</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/webRNS-Lean-Payne-Book-2240325-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />God gave rock ‘n’ roll to everyone, as the British rock band Argent once sang.
And everyone includes the religious-right powerhouse James Dobson, as well as the legendary rock band Kiss, both of whom tried to reach the souls of teenagers through the power of rock ‘n’ roll.
Both Kiss and Dobson get a mention in “God Gave Rock & Roll to You,” a new history of the cultural power of contemporary Christian music from religious historian Leah Payne.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/god-gave-rock-roll-to-you-leah-payne-details-rise-fall-ccm/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Reports: SGC Pastor Jailed Amid Investigation into Sexual Abuse of 13-Year-Old</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/sgc-pastor-tusing-jailed-amid-investigation-into-sexual-abuse-13-year-old/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/sgc-pastor-tusing-jailed-amid-investigation-into-sexual-abuse-13-year-old/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Einselen]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Grace]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62918</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Russell-Tusing-GA-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="tusing georgia pastor" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Authorities have jailed a Georgia pastor in the Sovereign Grace Churches network on preliminary charges stemming from a child abuse investigation, reports indicate.
Russell Jon Tusing II, 44, is being held without bond in the Troup County Detention Center on a felony charge of child molestation and a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery, according to jail records.
After Tusing’s arrest last Friday, police told the LaGrange Daily News that Tusing pastors Sovereign Grace Church of LaGrange, a small city southwest of Atlanta, along the border with Alabama.
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<title>NBA Player Jonathan Isaac Wants to ‘Unite the Kingdom’ at Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA Event</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/nba-player-jonathan-isaac-wants-to-unite-kingdom-charlie-kirks-tpusa-event/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/nba-player-jonathan-isaac-wants-to-unite-kingdom-charlie-kirks-tpusa-event/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Isaac]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62922</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/charlie-kirk-jonathan-isaac-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="jonathan isaac charlie kirk" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />NBA player Jonathan Isaac plans to “unite the kingdom” at an event hosted by Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA (TPUSA) Faith, Isaac announced in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Isaac, a forward for the Orlando Magic, is set to speak at The Believer’s Summit this July.
TPUSA’s event seeks to “galvanize Christians across America to effectively put their faith into action.” It will feature speakers such as Allie Beth Stuckey, Jentezen Franklin, Seth Dillon, and John Amanchukwu.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/nba-player-jonathan-isaac-wants-to-unite-kingdom-charlie-kirks-tpusa-event/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Gallup Poll: More Than Half of Americans Rarely Go To Church</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/gallup-poll-more-than-half-americans-rarely-go-to-church/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/gallup-poll-more-than-half-americans-rarely-go-to-church/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Church Attendance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Gallup Poll]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62908</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Church_Podium_0522-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="church attendance podium empty rarely" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The most popular church in America might be St. Mattress, followed by Bedside Baptist. 
Those two — euphemisms for sleeping in on Sundays — increasingly describe the attitude of many Americans toward attending churches or other houses of worship. 
More than half of Americans (56%) say they seldom or never attend religious services, according to new data from Gallup. Less than a third (30%) say they attend on a weekly or almost weekly basis.
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<title>Sandra Crouch, Influential Musician, Minister, Sister of Andraé Crouch, Has Died</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/sandra-crouch-influential-musician-minister-sister-andrae-crouch-died/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/sandra-crouch-influential-musician-minister-sister-andrae-crouch-died/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adelle Banks]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Music]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[historically black church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In Memoriam]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62898</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/webRNS-Sandra-Crouch-1-20240325-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="sandra crouch" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Sandra Crouch, the twin sister and collaborator of gospel music legend Andraé Crouch, died earlier this month after an illness, her publicist said.
Crouch, 81, who died on March 17, will be honored with a musical tribute and funeral at New Christ Memorial Church in San Fernando, California, set for April 16-17, according to a Saturday announcement.
She died in a California hospital after having complications from treatment for a noncancerous lesion in her brain.
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<title>Televangelist Mark Barclay’s Son-In-Law to Be Tried on Child Sex Charges</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/televangelist-mark-barclays-son-in-law-to-be-tried-on-child-sex-charges/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/televangelist-mark-barclays-son-in-law-to-be-tried-on-child-sex-charges/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[james randolph]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Living Word International Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[mark barclay]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62884</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/james-randolph-living-word-midland-michigan-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="james randolph living word mark barclay son in law" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />James Randolph, son-in-law of televangelist Mark Barclay and a minister at Living Word International Church in Midland, Michigan, is headed to trial this month facing charges related to child sex crimes, court records show.
Randolph faces six felony charges in a circuit court, including two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and four counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, according to court records. The charges stem from 2011. Under Michigan Penal Code, first-degree criminal conduct involves a victim under 16 years old.
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<title>Opinion: Is the First Amendment Idolatrous?</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/opinion-is-the-first-amendment-idolatrous/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Tooley]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches CREC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[michael shover]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62858</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/michael-shover-CREC-iowa-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="first amendment shover CREC" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Recently an Iowa pastor denounced the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as idolatrous, exciting support from professing Christian nationalists who want a confessional state.
That pastor, Michael Shover of Christ the Redeemer Church in Pella, Iowa, declared:
“What is the faulty crumbling foundation that Christians need to remove before we can rebuild our civilization? What are the old ruins that need to be swept away before we can rebuild?
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<title>Tornado Levels Indiana Church Building</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/tornado-levels-winchester-indiana-church-building/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Cockrell]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 12:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Church of Christ]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[disaster]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[tornado]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/church-of-christ-winchester-IN-150x150.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="tornado indiana church" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />“Bob, I’m looking out the window, and the church building is gone.”
That was the call Bob Moorman, preacher for the Winchester Church of Christ in Indiana, received on Thursday night, March 14, from member Dean Staggs, peering from his condo across the street.
About 24 hours after the Winchester church met for its midweek Bible study, an EF3 tornado leveled its 50-year-old meeting place. The twister left a trail of destruction — but no deaths — across 25 miles of eastern Indiana, including Winchester, a town of 4,700 about 70 miles east of Indianapolis.
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<title>Mark Driscoll Tries to Justify ‘How Dare You!” Sermon, But Facts Don’t Match Testimony of Others</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/mark-driscoll-tries-to-justify-how-dare-you-sermon-but-facts-dont-match-testimony-others/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/mark-driscoll-tries-to-justify-how-dare-you-sermon-but-facts-dont-match-testimony-others/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Roys]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2024 12:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mark Driscoll]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[mars hill church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mike Cosper]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62770</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/mark-driscoll-how-dare-you-fist-facepalm-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="how dare you sermon driscoll" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Disgraced former Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll has posted a video, attempting to justify his infamous sermon from 15 years ago in which he screams, “How dare you!”
But like other explanations Driscoll has given, the facts don’t match the recollections of former staff from the now-shuttered Seattle megachurch.
Driscoll resigned from Mars Hill in 2014, after an internal investigation at the church found Driscoll guilty of “arrogance,” “a quick temper,” and leading “in a domineering manner.” He then moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, and launched The Trinity Church, where some former staff have accused him of cult-like actions, like mandated loyalty and 24/7 surveillance of members.
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<title>Retired Couple Answer the Call to Remote Alaska Ministry</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/retired-couple-answer-gods-call-remote-ministry/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Van Veen]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2024 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[alaska]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[rural]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/st-michael-assembly-of-god-alaska-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="alaska st michael assembly of god" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Geography is really important, especially in light of God’s calling. For example, there’s St. Croix, St. Michael, St. Thomas, and St. John — all U.S. islands. But as the lyric goes, “One of these things is not like the others . . .”
Three of the islands are located in the tropical paradise known as the U.S. Virgin Islands; the fourth island reached its warmest weather in nearly a week on March 16 when it topped out at a balmy 5 degrees Fahrenheit.
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<title>A Feud Over A Coffeemaker & Christmas Decor Leads to Another Southern Baptist Lawsuit</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/feud-coffeemaker-christmas-decor-leads-greenway-southern-baptist-lawsuit/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/feud-coffeemaker-christmas-decor-leads-greenway-southern-baptist-lawsuit/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Adam Greenway]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62753</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SWBTS-campus-social-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="SWBTS southwestern decor" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A feud between a Southwestern Baptist seminary and its former president appears headed for federal court.
Lawyers for Adam Greenway, who resigned as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in September 2022, alleged in a complaint filed Wednesday that the school and the chair of its trustee board defamed Greenway, violated the terms of a non-disparagement agreement and made him “unemployable.”
“The actions of Defendants have exposed Plaintiff to public hatred, contempt, and ridicule,” the complaint, filed in the U.S.
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<title>Oklahoma Children’s Home Marks 100 Years of Faithfully Serving Kids</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/oklahoma-tipton-childrens-home-celebrates-century-serving-kids/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cheryl Mann Bacon]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Missions/Outreach]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[children's home]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Church of Christ]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[oklahoma]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62670</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/boulder-sign-tipton-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="tipton children's home christian oklahoma" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The road to Tipton, Oklahoma, is narrow, straight and flat, cutting through emerald green fields of hard red winter wheat.
The forlorn little town looks like many others across the Southwest — a string of long-forsaken storefronts that leave anyone passing through to wonder where the 700 or so residents shop or do business.
Just north of town, the campus of Tipton Children’s Home and the half-mile circle encompassing its facilities seem pleasantly out of place.
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<title>Book Publishers Refuse John MacArthur’s ‘War on Children,’ Following Child Abuse Controversies</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/book-publishers-refuse-macarthurs-war-on-children/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/book-publishers-refuse-macarthurs-war-on-children/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Roys]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[David Gray]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Eileen Gray]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[John MacArthur]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Paul Guay]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Wendy Guay]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62719</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/john-macarthur-the-war-on-children-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="macarthur war on children" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Following allegations John MacArthur failed to protect victims of child abuse, publishers have declined to publish MacArthur’s new book, “The War on Children,” an employee at Grace to You (GTY) confirmed with The Roys Report (TRR).
According to a still-available post on Google Books, “The War on Children: Providing Refuge for Your Children in a Hostile World,” was set to be published in 2022 by Thomas Nelson.
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<title>Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Against Moody Bible Institute Will Proceed</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/sex-discrimination-lawsuit-against-moody-bible-institute-will-proceed/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/sex-discrimination-lawsuit-against-moody-bible-institute-will-proceed/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 23:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Moody Bible Institute]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[sex discrimination]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Title VII]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62701</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Moody-Bible-Institute-Chicago-IL-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="moody bible institute sex discrimination" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />An appeals court in Chicago has ruled that a discrimination lawsuit against the Moody Bible Institute (MBI) by a former MBI professor may proceed. It’s the latest development in a six-year legal battle, pitting claims of sex discrimination against those of religious freedom.
For three years, Janay Garrick had taught communications classes at the prominent evangelical Bible school in Chicago, ending in late 2017. She sued MBI in 2018, claiming that “disparate treatment based on sex” and other Title VII civil rights violations motivated MBI leaders to fire her. 
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<title>Woman Speaks Out After Former Pastor, Foster Father’s Arrest on Child Sex Charges</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/woman-speaks-out-after-former-pastor-foster-fathers-arrest-child-sex-abuse-charges/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/woman-speaks-out-after-former-pastor-foster-fathers-arrest-child-sex-abuse-charges/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Einselen]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 23:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Clergy Sexual Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[child sex abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[clergy sex abuse]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/errol-wright-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A woman who told police her former pastor and foster parent sexually abused her revealed her identity this week. Lily Masterson said the alleged abuse didn’t destroy her faith, but it did make her less trusting of people.
“I never lost my faith in God in this,” Masterson told WFIE TV station. “I lost my faith in humanity when it comes to just blindly putting my trust in people, even the ones we think are safe to go to.”
Masterson went to police in February, saying Pastor Errol Wright raped her more than a hundred times over three years, starting when she was 15, the TV station previously reported.
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<title>Southern Baptists Elect Jeff Iorg To Lead Executive Committee</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/southern-baptists-elect-jeff-iorg-to-lead-executive-committee/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 22:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Executive Committee]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Gateway Seminary]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[jeff iorg]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[SBC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[SBC 2024]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62714</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/webRNS-Jeff-Iorg1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Jeff Iorg gateway" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />After more than two years of uncertainty and at times, chaos, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee has a new president.
At a special meeting in Dallas, members of the committee — which oversees the work of the 13 million-member denomination in between its annual meetings — unanimously elected Jeff Iorg as its new president and CEO. The meeting was held in executive session, and Iorg’s election was announced in the early afternoon on Thursday. 
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<title>‘The Chosen’ Watch Parties Reportedly Cause Ripple Effect in Prisons</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/the-chosen-watch-parties-reportedly-cause-ripple-effect-in-prisons/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia St. Cyr]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Media]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[dallas jenkins]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Prison Fellowship]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Chosen]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Chosen-wide-150x150.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="the chosen prison" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Multiple ministries are coming together to offer watch parties of The Chosen in prisons across America. 
Heather Rice-Minus, president and CEO of Prison Fellowship along with the Come and See Foundation are giving inmates access to a show about the life of Jesus Christ, The Chosen. 
“The Come and See Foundation really wanted to expand their audience to reach everyone with the authentic Jesus from the palace to prison, if you will,” says Rice-Minus.
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<title>Charlie Dates Counters John MacArthur’s Declaration That MLK ‘Was Not A Christian’</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/charlie-dates-counters-john-macarthurs-declaration-mlk-not-christian/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/charlie-dates-counters-john-macarthurs-declaration-mlk-not-christian/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adelle Banks]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Race Relations]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Charlie Dates]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[John MacArthur]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62644</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/webRNS-MacArthur-Dates-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="macarthur dates king MLK" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The Rev. Charlie Dates, the pastor of two historically Black churches in Chicago, is defending the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. after California pastor John MacArthur declared in February that the civil rights leader “was not a Christian at all.”
“We, the undersigned, regret that we have to write you this way, but we sense that this is the only way to address the egregious wrong that you — and those like you — have yet again inflicted on Black Christians in America,” Dates wrote in an open letter that appears on the website of his Progressive Baptist Church in Chicago.
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<title>California Pastor Arrested and Charged With Conspiring to Murder Daughter’s Boyfriend</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/california-pastor-arrested-conspiring-murder-daughters-boyfriend/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[attempted murder]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Murder-for-hire]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/riverside-county-pastor-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="cebreros pastor riverside murder" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A California pastor has been arrested and charged with conspiring to murder his daughter’s boyfriend, according to a statement from the Riverside Police Department in Riverside, California.
Pastor Samuel Pasillas, 47, hired a gunman for nearly $40,000 to kill the boyfriend, the statement said.
Pasillas is a pastor at the Spanish-speaking church, Centro Internacional de Oracion, in Victorville, California, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The Roys Report (TRR) reached out to the church for comment but did not hear back prior to publication.
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<title>African Preacher & Hospital Chaplain Serves Disabled Kids in Zimbabwe</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/african-preacher-hospital-chaplain-serves-disabled-kids-zimbabwe/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/african-preacher-hospital-chaplain-serves-disabled-kids-zimbabwe/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Tryggestad]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 22:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Missions/Outreach]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Chaplain]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[disability advocacy]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62613</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/p12_MoyoHospital_0424web-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="method moyo" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" /> “In Zimbabwe, names carry meaning,” said Method Moyo.
“My father told me that, when I was born, the family was going through tough times. They were in financial crisis. My dad wasn’t working. They needed a way to get out of the situation — a plan, a method. So, to them, I was the method.”
Though he grew up in poverty, Moyo discovered a method to pursue a passion he harbored from age 8 — studying God’s Word.
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<title>Hispanic Protestant Pastors Face Unique Congregational & Community Needs</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/hispanic-protestant-pastors-face-unique-congregational-community-needs/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Earls]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 22:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Latino]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62635</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hispanic-latino-church-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="hispanic latino church worship" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Pastors of Hispanic Protestant churches in the United States maintain immense gratitude for their role, but many face financial struggles. Their congregations reflect diverse worship styles, but they have a unified desire to reach and serve their communities.
Lifeway Research partnered with numerous denominations and church networks to survey Hispanic Protestant pastors in the United States for a study sponsored by Lifeway Recursos, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse. This study follows a Lifeway Research study of U.S.
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<title>Promise Keepers’ Event to Feature Charlie Kirk & Dr. Phil, Prompting Concerns</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/promise-keepers-event-feature-charlie-kirk-dr-phil-prompting-concerns/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/promise-keepers-event-feature-charlie-kirk-dr-phil-prompting-concerns/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 23:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[A.R. Bernard]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Ken Harrison]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Phil McGraw]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Promise Keepers]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62591</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/charlie-kirk-phil-mcgraw-promise-keepers-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="mcgraw kirk" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />An upcoming Promise Keepers event is featuring right-wing political provocateur Charlie Kirk and celebrity TV host Phil McGraw, prompting concerns among some pastors and Christian leaders.
Billed as a return to arena rallies for the venerable men’s ministry, Promise Keepers’ (PK) two-day event called “Daring Faith” will take place Aug. 9 and 10, at the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event seeks to challenge attendees to be true followers of Christ through insightful truths and unforgettable stories, according to its website. 
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<title>FL Governor DeSantis Pledges to Help American Missionaries Trapped in Haiti</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/desantis-pledges-to-help-american-missionaries-trapped-haiti/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/desantis-pledges-to-help-american-missionaries-trapped-haiti/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 19:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Missions/Outreach]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[missionaries]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Ron Desantis]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62569</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ron-DeSantis-event-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="ron desantis haiti" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he has authorized rescue flights to help missionaries get out of Haiti, as political turmoil and gang violence there has put many American missionaries is harm’s way.
“I have authorized rescue flights like we did in Israel after the October 7th (Hamas attacks) because we’ve got a lot of folks who are part of Christian missionary groups and they do things to try to actually help a very troubled country,” DeSantis said in an interview with Fox News.
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<title>Opinion: Evangelical Leaders Should Criminalize Adult Clergy Sex Abuse, Not ‘Restore’ Offenders</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/evangelical-heavy-hitters-wont-support-criminalizing-acsa-clergy-sexual-abuse/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Roys]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Clergy Sexual Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[ACSA]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[adult clergy sexual abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Association of Related Churches]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Chris Hodges]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IHOPKC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[John Gray]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Stephen Strang]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62304</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/strang-bickle-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Stephen Strang IHOPKC Mike Bickle" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />On a recent podcast, Baylor University Professor David Pooler urged Christians to support laws criminalizing adult clergy sexual abuse (ACSA).
As Pooler clearly articulated, pastors hold tremendous power over those entrusted to their care. And because of this power imbalance, sexual involvement between a pastor and a congregant or staff member cannot rightly be considered consensual. It is abuse.
Currently, 14 states have laws criminalizing ACSA. And California is considering expanding a law prohibiting sexual contact between physicians and therapists and their patients/clients to include clergy and their parishioners.
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<title>Blind Man Sues Church and Chi Alpha Campus Ministry for His Alleged Sexual Abuse</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/blind-man-sues-church-chi-alpha-campus-ministry-alleged-sexual-abuse/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/blind-man-sues-church-chi-alpha-campus-ministry-alleged-sexual-abuse/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Sexual Harassment/Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Chi Alpha Campus Ministries]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Daniel Savala]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Eli Gautreaux]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Eli Stewart]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[sam houston state university]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Tim Barker]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62507</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sam-houston-state-university-savala-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="church campus AG savala blind man chi alpha" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A blind man is suing Chi Alpha Campus Ministries for allegedly introducing him to convicted sex offender Daniel Savala, whom the man says sexually abused him repeatedly from 2017—2022. The suit also names the Assemblies of God (AG), which sponsors Chi Alpha, and the AG South Texas District office, which the man claims are guilty of “gross negligence.”
On Wednesday, the blind man, identified as John Doe, filed the lawsuit. Doe, who lives in the Houston area, alleges that Chi Alpha campus leaders transported Doe and other students to Savala’s Houston residence to do repairs “under the guise of doing mission work.” 
What began as Savala making “inappropriate sexual comments” to the blind student progressed to “nudity, masturbation, oral sex; and penetrative sex,” states the lawsuit.
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<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">62507</post-id><enclosure url="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sam-houston-state-university-savala-400x225.jpg" length="21770" type="image/jpg" /><media:content url="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sam-houston-state-university-savala-400x225.jpg" width="400" height="225" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" /> </item>
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<title>Calendar Featuring Conservative Women in Bikinis and Pinup Poses Sparks Controversy</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/calendar-featuring-conservative-women-in-bikinis-and-pinup-poses-sparks-controversy/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/calendar-featuring-conservative-women-in-bikinis-and-pinup-poses-sparks-controversy/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Allie Beth Stuckey]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[misogyny]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Riley Gaines]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[sheila wray gregorie]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The New Evangelicals]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Conservative-Dad-Real-Women-of-America-calendar-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="calendar" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A “woke-free” beer company has sparked controversy by promoting a calendar featuring conservative women in bikinis and seductive poses.
Some conservative Christians are calling the “Conservative Dad’s Real Women of America 2024 Calendar” “soft porn” that contradicts biblical values. Meanwhile, some moderate and progressive Christians say the calendar exposes contradictory attitudes within the conservative movement.
The $20 calendar was created to celebrate conservative women who fight “woke extremist to preserve real women,” according to the product’s webpage.
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<title>Thousands of Churches Will Likely Close Down. What Happens to All That Real Estate?</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/thousands-churches-close-down-what-happens-all-that-real-estate/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/thousands-churches-close-down-what-happens-all-that-real-estate/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[church closure]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[church property transition]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62459</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/evangelical-church-houston-tx-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="closing churches abandoned close" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />If experts were predicting that 100,000 libraries across the United States were likely to close in the next few decades, people would probably sit up and take notice. Certainly, if 100,000 school buildings were going to be empty in small and large communities, someone would be talking about it.
But the possible demise of thousands of churches? Crickets, said the Rev. Mark Elsdon, a Presbyterian minister, author and social entrepreneur who co-founded RootedGood, a nonprofit that works with churches on how to use their space.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/thousands-churches-close-down-what-happens-all-that-real-estate/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>‘I Felt Such A Peace’: Jeremy Camp Thanks Fans for Prayers Following Surgery</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/jeremy-camp-peace-thanks-fans-prayers-following-surgery/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Peacock]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Music]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[adrienne camp]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[ccm]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Camp]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62432</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/jeremy-adrienne-camp-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="jeremy camp adrienne" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />After asking fans for prayers, Christian recording artist Jeremy Camp is back at home, and recovering after having cardiac ablation surgery performed last week.
The award-winning artist, who recently announced he has dealt with an irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation), took to Instagram with his wife, Adrienne, to give fans an update following his surgery.
“We’re back home. It’s very exciting to be back home. I didn’t sleep last night, I had about an hour of sleep in the hospital.
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<title>Opinion: How to Find the Cracks in the System (So You Can Avoid Falling into Them)</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/opinion-how-find-cracks-system-avoid-falling-into-them/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/opinion-how-find-cracks-system-avoid-falling-into-them/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2024 16:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Missions]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[adult clergy sexual abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[church governance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[mandated reporter]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[nonprofit]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62330</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/fault-lines-chasm-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="cracks chasm" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Maybe you’re about to send your teenager on a summer trip to another country with your church or a ministry. Or perhaps you’re thinking of joining a church that seems refreshingly different from the toxic one you just left.
Or you might be considering moving across the country—or across the world—to take a job with a Christian nonprofit that seems to be a welcome departure from the rat race of modern life. 
Adventure.
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<title>Opinion: Why Would Survivors Attend the Southern Baptist Convention Meetings?</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/opinion-why-would-survivors-attend-the-southern-baptist-convention-meetings/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiffany Thigpen]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2024 15:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Clergy Sexual Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Christa Brown]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Tiffany Thigpen]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Abuse-survivors-SBC-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="abuse survivors" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Is there a reason survivors of sexual abuse at Southern Baptist churches and institutions continue to show up for meetings of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination?
It is a good question, one I often ask myself. I choose to attend, even though it can be costly — only in the past few years have amazing donors, many we will never know, given to a fund established by Jules Woodson, and continued by Pastor Keith Meyer, to make sure we can afford to go to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention to advocate for ourselves and others, for change.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/opinion-why-would-survivors-attend-the-southern-baptist-convention-meetings/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Poll: Most Americans Say Religion’s Influence is Waning, And Half Think That’s Bad</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/poll-most-americans-religions-influence-waning-half-think-bad/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/poll-most-americans-religions-influence-waning-half-think-bad/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2024 15:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[christian nationalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Pew Research]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62384</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/webRNS-Flag-Bible1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="poll waning religion influence" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />As the U.S. continues to debate the fusion of faith and politics, a sweeping new survey reports that most American adults have a positive view of religion’s role in public life but believe its influence is waning.
The development appears to unsettle at least half of the country, with growing concern among an array of religious Americans that their beliefs are in conflict with mainstream American culture.
That’s according to a new survey unveiled on Friday by Pew Research, which was conducted in February and seeks to tease out attitudes regarding the influence of religion on American society.
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<title>What Would Televangelists Pay If Their Mansions Weren’t Tax Exempt?</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/church-parsonage-these-televangelists-mansions-tax-exempt/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/church-parsonage-these-televangelists-mansions-tax-exempt/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Bowen]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 21:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Ministry Finances & Governance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Inside Edition]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mansion]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[parsonage]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Trinity Foundation]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62212</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Kenneth-Copeland-home-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="kenneth copeland mansions" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />“Inside Edition” recently investigated the topic of tax-exempt parsonages. The news report featured drone footage and pictures of some of America’s largest church-owned mansions.
Investigative reporter Lisa Guerrero attempted to interview televangelist Jesse Duplantis regarding his residence, but he refused to answer questions.
Associate Pastor and Political Scientist Ryan Burge told Inside Edition, “If you have a multi-million-dollar house, your property tax bill could be thirty, forty, fifty thousand dollars a year.
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<title>North Carolina Pastor Charged with Soliciting Prostitution</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/north-carolina-pastor-charged-with-soliciting-prostitution/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 21:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[prostitution]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62253</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/frank-johnson-gastonia-nc-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="frank johnson pastor teacher prostitution" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A North Carolina pastor was arrested and charged with soliciting prostitution earlier this week, according to records from the Gaston County Sheriff’s Office. Frank Johnson, 65, was caught through a human trafficking sting operation in Dallas, North Carolina, the local news station WSOC reported.
Johnson serves as the pastor at Hands and Feet Fellowship in the nearby town of Gastonia. He also worked as a middle school science teacher at Community Christian Academy (CCA) in Dallas.
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<title>American Bible Society to Shutter $60 Million Faith & Liberty Discovery Center</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/american-bible-society-shutter-60m-faith-liberty-discovery-center/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/american-bible-society-shutter-60m-faith-liberty-discovery-center/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ministry Finances & Governance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[American Bible Society]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[museum]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62240</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/faith-liberty-discovery-center-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="faith liberty discovery center" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A $60 million museum that showcased the Bible’s role in American history will shut down less than three years after it opened.
The American Bible Society (ABS) announced Wednesday that it will close the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center in Philadelphia on April 1. The 40,000-square-foot museum, which cost a reported $60 million to build, opened in May 2021 in the Wells Fargo building on Independence Mall.
Leaders at the ABS had hoped the center, which was designed for “sharing the importance of the impact of Scripture on the development of the United States,” would draw a quarter million visitors a year, the Philly Voice reported in 2018, when the project was first made public.
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<title>Bilingual Church in North Dakota Reaches Migrants, Oil Field Workers</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/bilingual-church-in-north-dakota-reaches-migrants-oil-field-workers/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/bilingual-church-in-north-dakota-reaches-migrants-oil-field-workers/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deann Alford]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[bilingual]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[rural]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62230</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bilingual-church-north-dakota-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="bowman bilingual church north dakota" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Blanca spoke no English, so the Bowman, North Dakota, hotel cleaning worker from Guatemala sought her brother’s help when she wanted to attend church but could find no service available in Spanish. Together they visited Bowman Assembly of God.
César, an oil field worker, interpreted for Ed M. Kvaale, its pastor, what Blanca says she felt the Holy Spirit told her to share: she was to attend his church, even if she didn’t understand a word of the language.
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<title>Analysis: Has Evangelical Aid Contributed to Current Chaos in Haiti?</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/analysis-evangelical-aid-contribute-to-current-chaos-haiti/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/analysis-evangelical-aid-contribute-to-current-chaos-haiti/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Warren Cole Smith]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Missions/Outreach]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62092</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Haiti-response-church-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="haiti" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The news coming from Haiti is not good. It’s not been good for years, for decades, but today it’s even worse.
Gangs now control much of the country. It is essentially a failed state, with the lowest per capita income of any country in the Western Hemisphere and among the lowest on the planet.
These are hard realities, but evangelicals need to face a hard reality of our own when it comes to Haiti.
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<title>Flashy ‘Bling Bishop’ Whitehead Convicted of Fraud, Extortion, Other Charges</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/flashy-bling-bishop-whitehead-convicted-fraud-extortion-other-charges/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/flashy-bling-bishop-whitehead-convicted-fraud-extortion-other-charges/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[brooklyn]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Lamor Miller-Whitehead]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Lamor Whitehead]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62102</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lamor-whitehad-bling-bishop-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="lamor whitehead bling bishop" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A flashy New York pastor nicknamed “Bling Bishop” was found guilty of fraud, extortion, and other charges on Monday, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York.
Lamor Whitehead, pastor at Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries in Brooklyn, New York, was accused of stealing $90,000 from a parishioner, attempting to extort a businessman, and making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
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<title>Pennsylvania Churches Raise Funds to Eliminate $3 Million in Medical Debt</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/pennsylvania-churches-raise-funds-to-eliminate-3-million-in-medical-debt/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/pennsylvania-churches-raise-funds-to-eliminate-3-million-in-medical-debt/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melodie Woerman]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Episcopal Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[RIP Medical Debt]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62141</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ens_03112024_medicaldebt-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The leaders of two Pennsylvania dioceses – Central Pennsylvania Bishop Audrey Scanlan and Bethlehem Bishop Kevin Nichols – on March 10 celebrated the efforts of the Help, Healing and Hope initiative, through which churches from both dioceses raised $30,000 to eliminate $3 million in medical debts of fellow Pennsylvanians.
During an Evensong service at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, the two bishops joined the congregation as sheets of paper representing medical bills were set aflame in a metal bucket.
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<title>Barna Report: Pastors’ Job Satisfaction, Ministry Confidence Rise Since 2022</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/barna-report-pastors-job-satisfaction-ministry-confidence-rising/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/barna-report-pastors-job-satisfaction-ministry-confidence-rising/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 23:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Barna Group]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[pastor research]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62058</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pastor-minister-thiago-barletta-unsplash-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="minister pastor platform church evangelical confidence" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />More pastors are reporting satisfaction with their jobs and confidence in their calling, according to a new report from the research firm Barna Group. Pastoral confidence is up 16% from 2022 to 2023, the data shows.
The data was published in The State of Pastors, Volume 2, a report created in partnership with World Vision, Brotherhood Mutual, RightNow Media, and World Impact. Barna published Volume 1 in 2017 and then did follow-up pastor polls in 2021 to analyze the impact of burnout brought on by the pandemic.
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<title>‘The Chosen’ Delays Season 4 Streaming Release Due to ‘Legal Matters’</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/the-chosen-delays-season-4-streaming-release-due-to-legal-matters/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/the-chosen-delays-season-4-streaming-release-due-to-legal-matters/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colleen Houde]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 22:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Media]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[dallas jenkins]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Chosen]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62075</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Jesus-the-Chosen-Season-Four-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="the chosen season four delayed" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Creator of The Chosen, the hit Gospel-inspired TV series, producer Dallas Jenkins took to social media over the weekend to share that the free steaming release of Season 4 of the show will be delayed.
“I know that it feels disappointing,” said Jenkins in a livestreamed video. “(But) we’re going to have a family chat. There is a lot to discuss.” 
Resolving these issues, he says, are of vital importance to the future of the company and the show. 
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<title>Jeremy Camp Reports Surgery A ‘Success,’ Set to Tour in Weeks Ahead</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/jeremy-camp-reports-surgery-success-recovery-tour/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Peacock]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Camp]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/jeremy-camp-photo-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="jeremy camp surgery" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Popular Christian recording artist Jeremy Camp is out of surgery and it was a “success,” his wife reports.
In a video on Sunday, the Dove Award-winning singer had announced he has dealt with atrial fibrillation, which “leads to crazy heart rhythms.” Camp had to recently cut short a concert set due to the condition. 
On Monday morning, doctors performed a cardiac ablation on Camp. Camp’s wife, Adrienne Camp, formerly of The Benjamin Gate, shared multiple Instagram stories and a post giving updates to fans. 
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<title>Episcopal Priest Ends ‘Jeopardy’ Run, Stumped in New Testament Category</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/episcopal-priest-ends-jeopardy-run-stumped-in-new-testament-category/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ENS Staff]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[game show]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[jeopardy]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62048</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/David-Sibley-Jeopardy-host-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="sibley jeopardy" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The Rev. David Sibley’s quest for “Jeopardy!” tournament glory ended earlier than he and his fans had hoped on March 8, when the Episcopal priest lost in the semifinal round and failed to advanced to the finals of the show’s Tournament of Champions.
Sibley, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Walla Walla, Washington, had advanced to the semifinals with a dominant performance Feb. 27 in his opening-round match. Then on March 8, he faced off against Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota, and Yogesh Raut, a psychologist from Vancouver, Washington.
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<title>Opinion: Jack Deere Reevaluates Legacy of Mike Bickle & KC Prophets, Calls for Investigation</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/opinion-jack-deere-reevaluates-legacy-mike-bickle-kc-prophets-calls-for-investigation/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/opinion-jack-deere-reevaluates-legacy-mike-bickle-kc-prophets-calls-for-investigation/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Deere]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IHOPKC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[jack deere]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mike Bickle]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Paul Cain]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[prophecy issues]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61995</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ihopkc-jack-deere-mike-bickle-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="kansas city mike bickle jack deere" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />After receiving feedback on the joint statement, originally published on Dr. Michael Brown’s website last Thursday, I realize the need to underscore and clarify my stance on the Mike Bickle and IHOPKC issue.
As a former Dallas Theological Seminary professor known for my cessationist position, my perspective shifted in the 1980s. I became convinced that the Holy Spirit’s gifts, like healing and prophecy, remain active and relevant for today’s church. I’ve written several books on these topics, acknowledging Bickle and the Kansas City Prophets for influencing my acceptance of the prophetic gifts.
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<title>First of Its Kind Christian Nightclub Opens Up in Nashville</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/first-of-its-kind-christian-nightclub-opens-up-in-nashville/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/first-of-its-kind-christian-nightclub-opens-up-in-nashville/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia St. Cyr]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Media]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Nashville]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=62005</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/the-cove-nashville-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="nightclub nashville cove" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Open for only a few months, a Christian nightclub in Nashville has seen huge growth. 
In 2023 a group of seven Christian men in their 20s opened up The Cove, a Christian nightclub in Nashville, TN, for young adults to enjoy and experience community outside of church. 
“My dream for The Cove is to be an inspiration for revival,” says Eric Diggs, co-founder of The Cove. “I believe that revival starts in yourself personally, and then from there, it spreads.
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<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">62005</post-id><enclosure url="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/the-cove-nashville-wide-400x225.jpg" length="16205" type="image/jpg" /><media:content url="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/the-cove-nashville-wide-400x225.jpg" width="400" height="225" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" /> </item>
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<title>Christian Singer Jeremy Camp Asks for Prayer Ahead of Surgery</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/christian-singer-jeremy-camp-asks-prayer-ahead-of-surgery/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/christian-singer-jeremy-camp-asks-prayer-ahead-of-surgery/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Peacock]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Music]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Dove Awards]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Camp]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Kingdom Story Company]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61985</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/jeremy-camp-ccm-artist-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="jeremy camp" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Chart-topping Christian recording artist Jeremy Camp is asking fans for prayer about his surgery on Monday. 
“It’s cardiac ablation,” Camp wrote on social media. “They’ll go through the veins in my leg and they help this thing called AFib. My heart is in a crazy rhythm and it’s affecting a lot of things.”
He added: “Tonight, I went into AFib on stage and had to cut the set short. That was difficult.
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<title>Remembering Hymnwriter Fanny Crosby on International Women’s Day</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/remembering-hymnwriter-fanny-crosby-on-international-womens-day/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/remembering-hymnwriter-fanny-crosby-on-international-womens-day/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia St. Cyr]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Music]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Hymns]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61859</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Fanny-Crosby-illustration-public-domain-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="fanny crosby" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Frances Jane Crosby, A.K.A. Fanny Crosby, was a prolific blind hymn writer of the 20th century having penned thousands of hymns. 
Crosby’s life story is inspiring as she never let the fact that she was blind stop her from realizing her God-given potential. 
Fanny Crosby’s Upbringing
Crosby was born in 1820 in New York, U.S.A. At only six weeks old, Crosby went blind due to an eye infection and medical ignorance.
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<title>Charismatic Christian Leaders Declare Mike Bickle ‘Unfit’ and ‘Disqualified’ from Ministry</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/charismatic-christian-leaders-declare-mike-bickle-unfit-disqualified-from-ministry/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/charismatic-christian-leaders-declare-mike-bickle-unfit-disqualified-from-ministry/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Roys]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 23:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Dr. Michael Brown]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IHOPKC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[International House of Prayer]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[jack deere]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[joseph mattera]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Michael Brown]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mike Bickle]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Sam Storms]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61723</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ihopkc-press-mike-bickle-speaking-full-res-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="mike bickle" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Eight, prominent, charismatic and Messianic Christian leaders today released a joint statement, declaring International House of Prayer Kansas City (IHOPKC) Founder Mike Bickle “unfit” and “disqualified from public ministry.”
“(A)fter considering the reports we have reviewed, we must state categorically that (Bickle) is, sadly, unfit to lead a ministry,” the group wrote. “Even with full repentance and personal restoration in the Lord, he is disqualified from public ministry. (Restoration to full fellowship is of course possible.)”
The leaders releasing the joint statement include Michael Brown, a top Messianic Jewish apologist, who served for a time as an adviser to IHOPKC as it handled the unfolding scandal concerning Bickle.
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<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">61723</post-id><enclosure url="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ihopkc-press-mike-bickle-speaking-full-res-400x225.jpg" length="7016" type="image/jpg" /><media:content url="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ihopkc-press-mike-bickle-speaking-full-res-400x225.jpg" width="400" height="225" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" /> </item>
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<title>N.C. Pastor’s Rape Remarks Spark Continued Protests, Questions on Public Funding</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/nc-pastors-rape-remarks-spark-continued-protests-questions-public-funding/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/nc-pastors-rape-remarks-spark-continued-protests-questions-public-funding/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 22:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Bible Baptist Tabernacle]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Bobby Leonard]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IFB]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Independent Fundamental Baptist]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61748</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/protest-bible-baptist-tabernacle-monroe-nc-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="protestors protests monroe church" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Weeks after a pastor’s remarks shaming women and rape victims went viral, protests have continued to grow outside his North Carolina church, with some denouncing public funding of a church-affiliated school.
On Sunday, dozens of people protested while morning worship services were held at Bible Baptist Tabernacle in Monroe. At one point, a group of women chanted: “Whatever we wear, wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no,” as reported by WCNC.
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<title>What is Happening with the SBC And the Department of Justice?</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/what-happening-sbc-department-of-justice/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 21:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Executive Committee]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Justice Department]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[SBC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Southern Baptist Convention]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61781</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/SBC-hq-nashville-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="sbc department justice" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Last week, lawyers for the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee say they were contacted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and were told an investigation into the committee’s handling of sexual abuse had been closed.
News about the status of the investigation eventually leaked, and on Wednesday, the interim head of the Executive Committee confirmed the investigation was concluded “with no future action to be taken.”
That news came as a surprise to abuse survivors and advocates such as Megan Lively and Tiffany Thigpen.
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<title>Opinion: Liberty University Unwilling to Confess and Apologize—Again</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/opinion-liberty-university-unwilling-confess-apologize-again/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dustin Wahl]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 21:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Sexual Harassment/Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Dondi Costin]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Justice for Janes]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Liberty University]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Save71]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61766</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/liberty-victim-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="petition probation liberty university" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />“As soon as we figured out what was wrong, we acknowledged it, and we fixed it.”
That’s what Liberty University President Dondi Costin told Liberty students in response to the historic $14 million fine imposed on Liberty for violating federal campus safety law.
The Department of Education’s report shows that Liberty severely mishandled reports of sexual violence and failed to properly report campus crime information. The fine is the largest ever imposed under the Clery Act.
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<title>Dept. of Justice Closes Investigation into SBC Executive Committee’s Handling of Abuse</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/dept-justice-closes-investigation-sbc-executive-committees-handling-abuse/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Executive Committee]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Guidepost Solutions]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[jeff iorg]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Justice Department]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[SBC]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sbc-logo-wide-convention-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="investigation sbc closes convention messengers" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Federal officials have concluded an investigation of Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee with no charges being filed.
News that the investigation was closed was first reported by The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville.
“On February 29, 2024, counsel for the SBC Executive Committee was informed that the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has concluded its investigation into the EC with no further action to be taken,” Jonathan Howe, Executive Committee interim president and CEO, told Religion News Service in a text responding to a request for comment.
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<title>Prominent Worship Leaders Kevin Prosch and Misty Edwards Confessed a Years-Long Affair, Sources Say</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Roys]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 01:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IHOPKC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[International House of Prayer]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Joel Richardson]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[kevin prosch]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mike Bickle]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Misty Edwards]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Stuart Greaves]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/misty-edwards-kevin-prosch-collage-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="misty edwards kevin prosch" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Two well-known Christian worship leaders, Kevin Prosch and Misty Edwards, privately confessed to a years-long affair that started before Prosch and his second wife divorced, sources told The Roys Report (TRR).
According to Brent Steeno, Edwards told him about an affair with Prosch in December 2021. Steeno is a former staff member at the International House of Prayer Kansas City (IHOPKC) and Bickle’s personal ministry, Friends of the Bridegroom (FOTB).
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<title>Youth Volunteer at Texas Megachurch Charged with Sexually Assaulting a Child</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/youth-volunteer-texas-megachurch-charged-sexual-assault-child/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Lakepointe Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[youth volunteer]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/natalie-sorrells-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A real estate agent and youth volunteer at Lakepointe Church, a megachurch near Dallas, has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a child, according to public safety records.
Natalie Sorrells, 44, was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with child sexual contact on February 20, the records from the Department of Public Safety in Heath, Texas, state.
Sorrells served as a volunteer youth worker at Lakepointe Church, a church led by well-known pastor Josh Howerton, with six locations throughout the Dallas area.
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<title>After Largest Wildfire in State History, TX Churches Help Community Recover</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/largest-wildfire-in-state-history-tx-churches-help-community-recover/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bobby Ross, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 23:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[disaster]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Texas Panhandle]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61610</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/texas-wildfire-pandhandle-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="texas wildfire" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Dead cattle. Burned homes. Scorched prairie.
The largest wildfire in state history made a mess of the small ranching town of Canadian, in the Texas Panhandle, forcing the Canadian Church of Christ to delay its planned Missions Giving Sunday.
“We’ve had to put it off because of our community,” said church member Ruth Ward, whose family lost their home in last week’s fire. “And it just breaks my heart.”
“These missionaries are relying on these funds,” added her husband, Kelley Ward, the elder over the church’s missions program. 
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<title>Liberty University Hit with Record $14 Million Fine for Clery Act Violations</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/liberty-university-hit-with-record-14-million-fine-for-clery-act-violations/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 22:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Clery Act]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Dondi Costin]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Liberty University]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61545</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/liberty-university-sign-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="liberty university clery act" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Liberty University, one of the largest Christian schools in the nation, has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for Clery Act violations, according to a press release from the school.
Liberty created a culture of fear for sexual assault victims, failed to maintain accurate crime data, and had “impaired administrative capability” that extended to campus police, according to a 108-page report from the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The large Christian school in Lynchburg had “numerous areas of noncompliance” with the Clery Act, the ED said.
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<title>Video Footage of Lakewood Church Shooting Shows Officer Praying over 7-Year-Old Boy Shot in Head</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/bodycam-footage-lakewood-church-shooting-shows-officer-praying-seven-year-old-boy-shot/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 19:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[church shooting]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Lakewood Church]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Lakewood-church-bodycam-footage-shooting-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="lakewood church bodycam" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />An officer knelt and prayed over a 7-year-old boy who was shot in the head, during a shooting last month at Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Houston, recently-released video footage shows.
The boy, Samuel Moreno, was the son of 36-year-old Genesse Moreno, the shooter at Osteen’s Lakewood Church on Feb. 11. Samuel was injured during the confrontation, and his mother was killed by two off-duty officers, The Roys Report (TRR) previously reported. 
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<title>Denver Chaplains Foster Relationships to Help People Living On Streets</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/denver-chaplains-emphasize-relationship-help-people-living-on-streets/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Magdalena Rojo]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[homeless]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61532</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/UnhousedSpirituality26-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="denver homelessness" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />For months on end, Tim Rau frequented streets of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Denver’s Carr Park, often escaping into the worlds of Stephen King and John Grisham novels, which sharply contrasted with his own reality of being homeless.
“Being in the streets can be scary,” said the slim 53-year-old man with glasses and a dark blue baseball hat. Rather than staying overnight in a shelter, before the sun set, he tucked his book away in a shopping cart with all his blankets, clothes, toiletries and some food.
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<title>In Guatemala, Public Schools Turn to Bible Study to Boost Reading & Resist Gang Culture</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/guatemala-public-schools-turn-bible-boost-reading-resist-gang-culture/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Pepinster]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Missions/Outreach]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Bible reading]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61525</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/webRNS-Guatemala-Bible1-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="gautemala bible reading" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />As you arrive at the public school in Terra Nueva, a neighborhood connected by bridges to Guatemala City, Guatemala, the high-pitched babble coming from the other side of the school wall, if you close your eyes, could be coming from happy, excited children anywhere.
But Terra Nueva is a tough area. Potholed roads make journeys difficult. Shops on the main thoroughfares are rundown. Many families have endured poverty and disruption since the time of the nation’s civil war, which lasted nearly four decades and led many rural families to move to the metropolitan area’s relative safety.
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<title>Philadelphia Pastor Convicted of Rape & Sexual Assault of 3 Minors</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/philadelphia-pastor-hatcher-convicted-rape-sexual-assault-three-minors/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 22:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Clergy Sexual Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[child sex abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[philadelphia]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Rev-Mark-Hatcher-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="hatcher philadelphia" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The pastor of a Pentecostal church in Philadelphia has been convicted of sexual assault of three minors, including a former congregant, in incidents dating back two decades.
On Wednesday, a jury in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, found Rev. Mark Hatcher, lead pastor of Holy Ghost Headquarters Revival Center, guilty of 10 counts of sex crimes against minors, according to court records. These included multiple charges of rape, statutory sexual assault, and indecent assault. 
Assistant District Attorney Caroline Goldstein, lead prosecutor in the case, told the jury that Hatcher used his position of authority and trust as a minister to prey on his three victims.
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<title>Billy Graham’s Last Remaining Sibling Dies</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/billy-grahams-last-remaining-sibling-dies/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colleen Houde]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 21:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[billy graham evangelistic association]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Billy-Graham-Jean-Graham-Ford-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="jean graham ford sibling billy" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Billy Graham’s last remaining sibling has died. 
Franklin Graham took to social media Friday to announce that Jean Graham Ford passed away at age 91 on February 29. 
“My Aunt Jean loved the Lord Jesus Christ, her family, her church and the work of God’s people around the world. She along with her husband, Dr. Leighton Ford, was always a great encourager to my father throughout his entire ministry. He sought her counsel on many issues during his lifetime,” said Franklin in a post on Facebook. 
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<title>Church Leaders Accuse Nigerian Military of Being Complicit in Murder of Christians</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/church-leaders-accuse-nigerian-military-complicit-murder-christians/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Osanjo]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2024 21:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Persecution/Religious Freedom]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Persecution]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Open Doors]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[World Watch List]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61457</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nigeria-militants-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="nigeria militants violence" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />In its World Watch List 2024, Open Doors said Nigeria maintained its position as the nation with the highest number of people killed because of their Christian faith.
Open Doors, a Christian advocacy group, said that Christians in Nigeria — particularly in the Muslim-majority north — continue to live under immense pressure and are terrorized with devastating impunity by Islamic militants and armed bandits.
“More believers are killed for their faith in Nigeria each year, than everywhere else in the world combined,” the report said.
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<title>New England Church’s Free Music Lessons Transform Community</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/new-england-churchs-free-music-lessons-transform-community/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Kim]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Missions/Outreach]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[classical music]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[community outreach]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[rhode island]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[United Methodist Church]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/haven-umc-music-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="new england music" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Haven United Methodist Church has served the East Providence, Rhode Island, community for nearly 150 years, but it has been experiencing both financial and congregational decline over an extended period. The time when hundreds of worshippers would come to service is long in the past.
The New England Conference had even considered closing the church until the Rev. Juhee Lee was appointed there as its part-time pastor in 2019.
As soon as Lee arrived, she found that the ongoing financial decline had pushed the members of the church into survival mode.
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<title>U.S. Missionary Couple Helps Long-Distance Hikers Find The Way</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/u-s-missionary-couple-helps-long-distance-hikers-find-the-way/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/u-s-missionary-couple-helps-long-distance-hikers-find-the-way/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samara Smyer]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Missions/Outreach]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Assemblies of God]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61419</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/brad-sasser-grand-canyon-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="hiking hikers sasser" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />In the summer of 2020, a long-distance hiker known as “Boxcar” found himself stuck at a hostel in Tennessee with only his van and his dog. After a few days, Boxcar started telling people that he planned to end his life and asked if they would take his dog.
Brad Sasser, a U.S. missionary with Chaplaincy Ministries, was also residing at the hostel and asked Boxcar what he needed God to do in his life.
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<title>Historic Cathedrals Across UK Host ‘Tacky, Boozy’ Disco Events, Sparking Protest</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/historic-cathedrals-host-tacky-boozy-disco-events-sparking-protest/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/historic-cathedrals-host-tacky-boozy-disco-events-sparking-protest/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 01:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Anglican]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Church of England]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61359</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Canterbury-Cathedral-silent-disco-social-media-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="cathedral disco" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Tonight, an historic cathedral in northwestern England will host a “punk rock night” where participants will drink cocktails and dance to raucous music. The event is one of several rock and disco events being held in cathedrals affiliated with the Church of England, which have prompted protests by thousands who see the events as “profane.”
The organizer, Silent Discos in Incredible Places, has hosted events with live DJs, LED lights, and fully stocked mobile bars in museums and other landmarks.
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<title>New Survey Finds Pockets of Support for Christian Nationalism Across the Country</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/new-survey-finds-pockets-of-support-for-christian-nationalism-across-the-country/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/new-survey-finds-pockets-of-support-for-christian-nationalism-across-the-country/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 01:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[christian nationalism]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61399</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webRNS-Christian-Nationalism1-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="nationalism" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A new report released Wednesday found that roughly 3 in 10 Americans express some sympathy for Christian nationalism, with its greatest popularity concentrated in the Southeast and Upper Midwest.
The findings appear in a study from the Public Religion Research Institute, which probed public support for Christian nationalism as part of a broader survey of more than 22,000 adults. To assess feelings about Christian nationalism, respondents were asked whether they completely agree, mostly agree, mostly disagree or completely disagree with five statements, including “the U.S.
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<title>Michigan Churches’ Civil Rights Pilgrimage Sparks ‘Grace-Filled, Uncomfortable’ Dialogue</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/michigan-churches-civil-rights-pilgrimage-sparks-grace-filled-uncomfortable-dialogue/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/michigan-churches-civil-rights-pilgrimage-sparks-grace-filled-uncomfortable-dialogue/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Nissen]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 01:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Race Relations]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[black history]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61396</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ens_022324_Michiganpilgrimage-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="pilgrimage michigan" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan conducted a civil rights pilgrimage to Alabama Feb. 16-19 that brought a diverse group of church members and others to four key sites, including the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham and the Legacy Museum in Montgomery.
The trip was part of the diocese’s work to build greater racial understanding among its 76 worshipping communities and more than 14,000 baptized members.
“This is a foundation for a movement of how we embody Christ’s great commandment of love your neighbor as yourself,” said Bishop Bonnie A.
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<title>After Tanzania Accident Kills 11 Missionaries, YWAM Co-Founder ‘Devastated’</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/missionaries-killed-crash-ywam-co-founder-devastated/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/missionaries-killed-crash-ywam-co-founder-devastated/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fredrick Nzwili]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Missions]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Missions/Outreach]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Darlene Cunningham]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[tanzania]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Youth With a Mission]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[YWAM]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61352</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/darlene-cunningham-ywam-video-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="ywam darlene crash" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Days after a bus accident claimed 11 of its missionaries in Tanzania, leaders of Youth With a Mission (YWAM) are rallying for support to aid logistical arrangements, including medical evacuations, repatriations and funeral arrangements.
“We have not seen a tragedy of this magnitude in all of YWAM’s history and we are all devastated,” said YWAM co-founder Darlene Cunningham in a statement on Monday. “I am personally reeling from the weight of this news, as I knew and loved many of these individuals personally.
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<title>Brian Houston Claims ‘Kissing’ Post was ‘Unauthorized’ and ‘Deliberate Attempt to Embarrass’</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/brian-houston-claims-kissing-post-unauthorized-deliberate-attempt-embarrass/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/brian-houston-claims-kissing-post-unauthorized-deliberate-attempt-embarrass/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 01:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Brian Houston]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/brian-houston-x-post-kissing-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="brian houston x twitter kissing" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Former Hillsong Pastor Brian Houston said an odd post that appeared on his social media account last week saying, “Ladies and girls kissing,” was an attempt to discredit him.
Last Tuesday night, the “kissing” post was published on Houston’s X (formerly Twitter) account. About 15 minutes later, Houston posted, “I think my Twitter may have been hacked.” Both posts have since been deleted.
Now, Houston’s “final comment” on the issue is that the post was a “deliberate attempt” to embarrass him.
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<title>Judge Postpones Mental Health Diversion Hearing in James MacDonald’s Assault Case</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/judge-postpones-mental-health-diversion-hearing-in-james-macdonalds-assault-case/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/judge-postpones-mental-health-diversion-hearing-in-james-macdonalds-assault-case/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Roys]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 01:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[james macdonald]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61327</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/james-macdonald-superior-court-chula-vista-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="superior court macdonald" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A California judge today postponed a hearing to decide whether James MacDonald will receive a mental health diversion in his felony assault case until June 4.
MacDonald was charged with felony assault on March 22, 2023, after police say he assaulted a 59-year-old woman after hitting her parked car. The incident required the woman, Coronado resident, Barbara Bass, to be hospitalized for 21 days.
MacDonald now is petitioning the court for a mental health diversion for his alleged PTSD.
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<title>During Gaza War, Evangelicals Have Become Israel’s Best Friend</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/during-gaza-war-evangelicals-have-become-israels-best-friend/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/during-gaza-war-evangelicals-have-become-israels-best-friend/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[NRB]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61332</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webRNS-Israel-Hostages2-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="evangelicals gaza" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />For the last five months, Moshe Lavi has worn a medallion around his neck in honor of his brother-in-law Omri Miran, who was taken hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Inscribed on the steel medallion, modeled after the dog tags worn by Israeli soldiers, is a simple drawing of a house with part of one wall missing. Inside the walls of the house is a heart.
“This represents the love that is in our family, but it’s incomplete,” said Lavi, a former Israel Defense Forces captain who was in Nashville last week to attend the annual National Religious Broadcasters meeting.
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<title>Opinion: James MacDonald Claims I Gave Him PTSD, Then Invites Me to Face-to-Face Meetings</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/opinion-james-macdonald-claims-gave-him-ptsd-then-invites-face-to-face-meeting/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/opinion-james-macdonald-claims-gave-him-ptsd-then-invites-face-to-face-meeting/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Roys]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[james macdonald]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61271</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/JamesMacDonald-GenerationChurch-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="James MacDonald Generation Church" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />At a hearing last October, I discovered I’m the cause of disgraced pastor James MacDonald’s alleged PTSD. And according to a psychological evaluation presented by MacDonald’s legal team, this PTSD is to blame for MacDonald allegedly assaulting a 59-year-old woman last March.
“Once the woman in the car in front of him got out of the car and moved towards him in an angry and agitated state, the years of traumatic memories of being vilified by Julie Roys rushed back to him and triggered a fight or flight response,” MacDonald’s psych evaluation states.
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<title>Tennessee Pastor Shot While Trying to Stop Car Theft</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/tennessee-pastor-livingston-trying-stop-car-theft/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[church shooting]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[gun issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[memphis]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61291</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Rev-Clemmie-livington-jr-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A Tennessee pastor is in stable condition, after being shot while trying to stop an alleged car theft at his church Sunday morning, according to Fox News 13.
Clemmie Livingston Jr., pastor of New Zionfield Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, was shot while attempting to stop two men from stealing a Sunday school teacher’s car, a church member told local news station WREG.
Officers responded to reports of shooting at the church shortly after 9:00 a.m., according to WREG.
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<title>Calvin University President Wiebe Boer Resigns After Misconduct Complaint</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/calvin-university-president-wiebe-boer-resigns-misconduct-complaint/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/calvin-university-president-wiebe-boer-resigns-misconduct-complaint/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[calvin university]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Wiebe Boer]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Calvin-Wiebe-Boer-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="calvin boer" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The president of a prominent evangelical university has resigned after admitting he engaged in inappropriate communication with a member of the campus community.
In a statement Monday, the Calvin University Board of Trustees said it had received a report alleging President Wiebe Boer “engaged in unwelcome and inappropriate communication and attention toward a non-student member of the campus community.”
“The report did not include allegations of sexually explicit communication or physical contact, but the alleged conduct is concerning and inappropriate,” the trustees said in their statement.
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<title>Australian Megachurch Pastor Corey Turner Admits Sexual Misconduct with Fellow Pastor</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/australian-megachurch-pastor-corey-turner-admits-sexual-misconduct-fellow-minister/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/australian-megachurch-pastor-corey-turner-admits-sexual-misconduct-fellow-minister/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 23:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Clergy Sexual Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Australian Christian Churches]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[corey turner]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[neuma church]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61246</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Corey-Turner-Neuma-Church-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="corey turner" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Corey Turner, who recently resigned as lead pastor of a multi-national megachurch based in Australia, has broken his silence and stated that he engaged in “a morally inappropriate relationship” with fellow minister, Stacey Hilliar.
On Thursday, Turner, formerly global senior pastor of Neuma Church based in Melbourne, posted a 400-word statement to social channels for his self-named ministry. 
“In a fog of deception that clouded my emotions and judgement, I sinned and compromised my relationship with God, my marriage covenant, my character, and my calling to ministry,” wrote Turner.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/australian-megachurch-pastor-corey-turner-admits-sexual-misconduct-fellow-minister/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>‘A Staggering Loss’: 11 YWAM Leaders Killed in Bus Accident in Tanzania</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/a-staggering-loss-11-ywam-leaders-killed-in-bus-accident-in-tanzania/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/a-staggering-loss-11-ywam-leaders-killed-in-bus-accident-in-tanzania/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[missionaries]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[tanzania]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[YWAM]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61254</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ywam-tanzania-crash-feb-2024-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="crash ywam tanzania" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Eleven “long-term” leaders, who had “significant” responsibilities with Youth With a Mission (YWAM) were killed in Tanzania, and eight other YWAMers were injured, when a truck’s brakes failed and hit a bus, the ministry reported.
Kenyan news outlet, Kenyans.co.ke, reported that on Saturday a construction company truck with Kenyan license plates collided with several vehicles in Arusha, Tanzania. A total of 25 people were killed, including a young girl and seven foreigners, according to Kenyans.co.ke.
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<title>Islamist Nigerian Militants Press Attacks Against Christians To Foment Religious War</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/islamist-nigerian-militants-attack-christians-foment-religious-war/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/islamist-nigerian-militants-attack-christians-foment-religious-war/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tonny Onyulo]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Fulani]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61223</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webRNS-Nigeria-Christians1-022324-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="nigeria islamist" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Islamist Fulani militants in the central Nigerian state of Plateau are continuing an anti-Christian killing spree that began with a devastating Christmas-time attack that left almost 200 Christians dead and hundreds others injured.
On Feb. 18, six people were ambushed in Abuja, Nigeria, with one killed and others injured, including a woman who was raped. A week earlier, the militants attacked a Christian village with guns and machetes, killing 10 and injuring dozens.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/islamist-nigerian-militants-attack-christians-foment-religious-war/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Super Bowl Champ Matthew Slater Retires from NFL with Eye On Ministry</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/super-bowl-champ-matthew-slater-retires-football-eye-ministry/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/super-bowl-champ-matthew-slater-retires-football-eye-ministry/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 23:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[NFL]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61207</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webRNS-Matthew-Slater1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="slater NFL" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Matthew Slater, a wide receiver who was picked 158th in the National Football League’s 2008 draft but went on to win three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, announced his retirement Tuesday (Feb. 20). In typical fashion, he led his announcement with an acknowledgment of his faith.
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith,” Slater said in his retirement announcement, quoting from the New Testament’s Second Letter of Paul to Timothy.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/super-bowl-champ-matthew-slater-retires-football-eye-ministry/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>N.C. Pastor Whose Rape Comments Sparked National Outrage Apologizes</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/pastor-leonardrape-comments-sparked-national-outrage-apologizes/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/pastor-leonardrape-comments-sparked-national-outrage-apologizes/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Roys]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 16:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Bobby Leonard]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IFB]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Independent Fundamental Baptist]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61177</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bobby-leonard-bible-baptist-tabernacle-monroe-nc-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="bobby leonard women shorts rape" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A pastor whose comments on rape sparked national outrage has apologized, saying he failed “to uphold the biblical values of love and compassion” and feels “deep regret for the statements made from the pulpit.”
Earlier this week, video of Pastor Bobby Leonard of Bible Baptist Tabernacle in Monroe, North Carolina, defending men who rape women in shorts went viral on social media.
Commenting on seeing women wearing shorts at an outlet mall, Leonard said, “If you dress like that and you get raped, and I’m on the jury, he’s going to go free.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/pastor-leonardrape-comments-sparked-national-outrage-apologizes/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Trump Promises A Revival of Christian Power in Speech to National Religious Broadcasters</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/trump-promises-a-revival-of-christian-power-in-speech-to-national-religious-broadcasters/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/trump-promises-a-revival-of-christian-power-in-speech-to-national-religious-broadcasters/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 04:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[U.S. Politics]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[2024 election]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[NRB]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61144</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webRNS-Trump-NRB3-022324-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" /> In an evening filled with apocalyptic rhetoric, patriotic songs and campaign promises, former President Donald Trump promised Thursday that he would make a triumphant return to the White House next year and that he would restore Christian preachers to power in American culture.
“If I get in, you’re going to be using that power at a level that you’ve never used before,” Trump told the annual gathering of National Religious Broadcasters at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/trump-promises-a-revival-of-christian-power-in-speech-to-national-religious-broadcasters/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Opinion: ‘Ordinary Angels’ Reflects Pros And Cons of Faith-Based Films</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/opinion-ordinary-angels-reflects-pros-cons-faith-based-films/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/opinion-ordinary-angels-reflects-pros-cons-faith-based-films/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Holmes]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 04:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Media]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[biopic]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Kingdom Story Company]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[ordinary angels]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61164</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hilary-swank-alan-ritchson-ordinary-angels-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="ordinary angels" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />“Ordinary Angels” shows how faith-based industry films have grown in quality and positive messages, but still have underlying problematic tropes that they are unlikely to kick anytime soon.
It’s been 20 years since the modern faith-based industry was born. “The Passion of The Christ” showed Hollywood that there was a market for films that appealed to something called a “faith-based audience,” followed by “Facing The Giants” and “Fireproof” providing the model for the genre.
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<title>Kansas City Christians Love Their NFL Team & Hate the City’s Violence</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/kansas-city-christians-love-their-nfl-team-hate-the-citys-violence/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/kansas-city-christians-love-their-nfl-team-hate-the-citys-violence/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bobby Ross, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[gun issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Kansas City]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61106</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/kansas-city-parade-X-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="kansas city shooting violence" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Even before last week’s mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally, Branden Mims was focused on reducing violence in this city that amassed a record 182 homicides in 2023.
Mims, the 35-year-old senior minister for the Greater Metropolitan Church of Christ in Kansas City, Missouri, leads a faith-based nonprofit called Greater Impact that served more than 400 shooting victims last year.
“Most folks are up in arms about the shooting at the Super Bowl parade,” the preacher said before leading a special prayer Sunday.
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<title>Pastor’s Remarks, Implying Women in Shorts Deserve to Be Raped, Prompt Local Protest</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/pastors-remarks-implying-women-shorts-deserve-raped-prompt-local-protest/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/pastors-remarks-implying-women-shorts-deserve-raped-prompt-local-protest/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IFB]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Independent Fundamental Baptist]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61108</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bobby-leonard-bible-baptist-tabernacle-monroe-nc-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="bobby leonard women shorts rape" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Video of a North Carolina pastor implying that women in shorts deserve to be raped is sparking outrage—not just on social media, but in the pastor’s local community, where a protest was held.
Yesterday, The Roys Report (TRR) Founder Julie Roys posted a clip on X, formerly Twitter, of a sermon last August by Pastor Bobby Leonard of Bible Baptist Tabernacle in Monroe, North Carolina.
Commenting on seeing women wearing shorts at an outlet mall, Leonard said, “If you dress like that and you get raped, and I’m on the jury, he’s going to go free.
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<title>Former Saddleback Youth Volunteer Charged with Molesting a Fourth Teenage Boy</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/former-saddleback-youth-pastor-meulenberg-charged-molesting-fourth-teenage-boy/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/former-saddleback-youth-pastor-meulenberg-charged-molesting-fourth-teenage-boy/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 20:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Sexual Harassment/Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Saddleback Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[youth pastor]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[youth volunteer]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61100</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Ruven-Meulenberg-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Ruven Meulenberg youth pastor" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A former youth volunteer at the megachurch Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, has been charged with molesting a fourth teenage boy, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Wednesday in a statement.
Former Saddleback youth volunteer Ruven Meulenberg, 39, was initially arrested in 2017 for molesting twin brothers between the ages of 13 and 14 years old, Spitzer said. Though convicted of those charges, his conviction was overturned due to juror misconduct.
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<title>Heads of SBC Mission Boards Say They Will Not Fund New Abuse Reform Nonprofit</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/heads-sbc-mission-boards-say-they-will-not-fund-abuse-reform-nonprofit/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[cooperative program]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[International Mission Board]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[North American Mission Board]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Send Relief]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Southern-Baptist-send-relief-IMB-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="send relief mission boards nonprofit IMB" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Leaders of two major Southern Baptist mission boards said they will not help fund a proposed independent nonprofit meant to implement the denomination’s abuse reforms.
Plans for the nonprofit were announced on Monday night during a meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
Leaders of the SBC’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force said the new nonprofit is needed to make those reforms a reality.
“Given the current legal and financial challenges facing the SBC and the Executive Committee, the formation of a new, independent organization is the only viable path that will allow progress toward abuse reform to continue unencumbered and without delay,” Josh Wester, the North Carolina pastor who chairs the ARITF, told members of the SBC’s Executive Committee.
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<title>Mike Bickle Contacted Accuser for Advice About Video Defending Himself and ‘Prophetic History’</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/mike-bickle-contacted-accuser-for-advice-about-video-defending-himself-and-prophetic-history/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/mike-bickle-contacted-accuser-for-advice-about-video-defending-himself-and-prophetic-history/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mike Bickle]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Tammy Woods]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61042</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Mike-Bickle-headshot-facebook-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="mike bickle video" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Facing multiple allegations of clergy sexual abuse, International House of Prayer Kansas City (IHOPKC) Founder Mike Bickle planned to publish a video last month, defending himself and IHOPKC’s so-called “prophetic history.” But before publishing, he reportedly sent a script of the video to Tammy Woods, a woman who days later would go public with her story of how Bickle allegedly sexually abused her, beginning when she was 14 years old.
Woods told The Roys Report (TRR) that Bickle sent her the script on January 31.
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<title>Presbyter Blasts Assemblies of God Leaders for ‘Gross Negligence’ in Response to Chi Alpha Sex Abuse Scandal</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/presbyter-scoma-blasts-assemblies-of-god-leaders-gross-negligence-response-chi-alpha-sex-abuse-scandal/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 19:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ministry Finances & Governance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[AG North Texas District]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Anthony Scoma]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Chi Alpha Campus Ministries]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Daniel Savala]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Eli Stewart]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Ron Bloomingkemper]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61049</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/anthony-scoma-AG-podcast-church-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="scoma assemblies of God AG" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A longtime central Texas pastor is blasting Assemblies of God (AG) leaders for “gross negligence” in responding to concerns about sex offender Daniel Savala having access to students in the denomination’s Chi Alpha Campus Ministries. The pastor has since resigned his role as a presbyter in the AG North Texas District, after months of what he called “belligerent and defensive” responses from AG leaders.
The pastor, Anthony Scoma, spoke out in a podcast interview released on Feb.
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<title>79-Year-Old California Pastor Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting a Minor</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/california-pastor-helbling-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-minor/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/california-pastor-helbling-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-minor/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 19:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[child sex abuse]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61072</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/david-lee-helbling-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="david helbling" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A 79-year-old California pastor has been arrested for multiple sexual crimes against a minor, according to a press release Tuesday from Riverside County Sheriff’s office.
David Lee Helbling, a pastor at The Blessing Center First Assembly of God in Moreno Valley, California, allegedly sexually assaulted a minor, police said. He is currently in custody at Robert Presley Detention Center with his bail set at $2 million.
According to court records, Helbling faces multiple charges, including committing a lewd act with a child under 14 with force, engaging oral copulation/sexual penetration with a child under 10, committing three or more lewd acts with a child under 14, and kidnapping a child under 14.
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<title>Conservative Group Sues Education Department Over ‘Unprecedented’ $37.7M Grand Canyon University Fine</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/conservative-group-sues-education-department-over-grand-canyon-university-fine/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Department of Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Goldwater Institute]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Grand Canyon University]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Grand-canyon-university-AZ-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="grand canyon university think tank conservative" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A conservative legal group in Phoenix, Ariz., is suing the U.S. Department of Education (ED) over the $37.7 million fine it issued against Grand Canyon University (GCU), according to a lawsuit filed last week.
The Goldwater Institute, which describes itself as the nation’s preeminent liberty organization, filed the lawsuit against the ED to obtain documents explaining the why behind the fine, the lawsuit said. Goldwater Institute attorney Stacy Skankey said that the suit seeks to “hold the government accountable and get the answers the public deserves.”
“With its motto of ‘private, Christian, affordable’ and its track record of graduating students into high-demand and high-paying jobs, GCU is a success story by any metric,” Skankey said in a statement.
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<title>Southern Baptist Leaders Expel 2 Churches for Allegedly Mismanaging Abuse</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/southern-baptist-leaders-expel-two-churches-allegedly-mismanaging-abuse/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 01:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Executive Committee]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61031</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AP21049851582603-scaled-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="SBC Executive Committee unified expel" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention voted to cut ties with four churches on Tuesday, two for alleged mismanagement of sexual abuse. One other had failed to give to the SBC’s common fund, while another hired a woman pastor.
All four were designated as “being out of friendly cooperation” with the nation’s largest Protestant denomination after its credentials committee recommended they be removed.
Meeting in executive session, trustees of the Executive Committee voted that Grove Road Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina, had shown “a lack of intent to cooperate in resolving a concern regarding the pastor’s mishandling of an allegation of sexual abuse.”
The committee also decided that West Hendersonville Baptist Church, in Hendersonville, North Carolina, had broken denominational rules on dealing with abuse by retaining a pastor who was “biblically disqualified.”
Immanuel Baptist Church, in Paducah, Kentucky, was deemed “not in friendly cooperation” for having a woman who serves as senior minister.
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<title>Persecution Against Christians In Iran Continues to Worsen, Say Watchdog Groups</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/persecution-against-christians-iran-continues-worsen-watchdog-groups/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/persecution-against-christians-iran-continues-worsen-watchdog-groups/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clemente Lisi]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Persecution/Religious Freedom]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[international religious freedom]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61014</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/women-iran-persecution-religion-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="iran christians persecution" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Iranian Christians continued to face harassment, arrests and imprisonment last year for practicing their faith, according to a report issued on Monday.
The 35-page report, issued by four non-profit organizations advocating for persecuted Christians across the world, found that Christians have been deprived of their right to freely practice their faith.
This lack of religious freedom, the report said, affected both “recognized” Christians of Armenian and Assyrian descent and converts.
The report, issued each year, was released on Feb.
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<title>SBC Abuse Task Force Plans New Nonprofit To Oversee Abuse Database and Reforms</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/sbc-task-force-plans-nonprofit-oversee-abuse-database-reforms/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/sbc-task-force-plans-nonprofit-oversee-abuse-database-reforms/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ministry Finances & Governance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Executive Committee]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=61002</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webRNS-SBC-Abuse-Nonprofit1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="joshua wester abuse reform task force" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention’s abuse reform task force announced plans Monday to launch a new, independent nonprofit to host a database of abusive pastors, and to implement other reforms.
They still need the money to run it.
The new nonprofit will oversee a proposed Ministry Check website listing abusive pastors, church employees, and volunteers, which has stalled since a website for the abuse reforms was launched last year. Currently, no names of pastors are included on the website, sbcabuseprevention.com.
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<title>Analysis: New Reporting System Challenges IHOPKC’s Culture of Silence</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/analysis-new-reporting-system-challenges-ihopkcs-culture-of-silence/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/analysis-new-reporting-system-challenges-ihopkcs-culture-of-silence/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Deere]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 20:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ministry Finances & Governance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Sexual Harassment/Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IHOP-KC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IHOPKC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[International House of Prayer]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60989</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ihopkc-sign-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="IHOPKC reporting international house of prayer IHOP" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A Missouri lawyer has established a confidential reporting system for International House of Prayer (IHOPKC) abuse survivors to tackle several pressing questions as accounts accumulate:
What is the extent and nature of the abuse?
Is there an avenue for justice in the courts?
Can government agencies offer other help survivors need?
What additional resources are available to aid in healing and recovery?
And finally, what laws or other legal mechanisms might be enacted to prevent such abuse from reoccurring?
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<title>Will the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program Crumble?</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/will-southern-baptist-convention-cooperative-program-crumble/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/will-southern-baptist-convention-cooperative-program-crumble/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ministry Finances & Governance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[International Mission Board]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[SBC 2024]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Southern Baptist Convention]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60981</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SBC-23-delegates-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="delegates pastors women black" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Put two Southern Baptists in the same room and before long they’ll find something to fight about.
For most of their history, members of the denomination have fought over the Bible, politics, race, sex, gender roles, music, dancing, Calvinism and almost anything else they can think of.
All that feuding has overshadowed their surprising ability to work together. For nearly a century, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program — which pools money to fund missions, evangelism and seminaries — has been a remarkable success, collecting more than $20 billion since 1925 and becoming the lifeblood of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
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<title>Oregon Church Hosts Residential Huts in Parking Lot As Part of Housing Ministry</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/oregon-church-hosts-residential-huts-parking-lot-housing-ministry/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/oregon-church-hosts-residential-huts-parking-lot-housing-ministry/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Paulsen]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[homeless]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60974</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/huts-oregon-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="housing ministry huts" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The parking lot at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church in Springfield, Oregon, has about 50 parking spaces, but with an average Sunday attendance of about 30, the congregation never fills the lot with cars.
“I wish we did,” the Rev. Nancy Gallagher, the rector, told Episcopal News Service. “Everything about us is small.”
Instead, the Western Oregon congregation fills the parking lot with hospitality. For the past decade, it has opened the lot to people who are temporarily unhoused and need a place to stay, often camping there in cars or RVs.
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<title>Can American Congregations Learn To Embrace The Uncoupled?</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/can-american-congregations-learn-to-embrace-single-uncoupled/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/can-american-congregations-learn-to-embrace-single-uncoupled/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth E. Evans]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[singleness]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60963</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/church-singleness-single-uncoupled-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="single uncoupled" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Laura Hepker, a 50-year-old single IT manager, said she felt like a unicorn in the evangelical Christian circles in which she was raised. “The structures of the church,” she said, “are very much designed for family.”
Data suggests Hepker is anything but a unicorn. Almost half of American adults are now single (including the widowed and divorced), and a thought-provoking Valentine’s Day-themed Pew Research Center study a few years ago suggested that the majority of unmarried men and women aren’t looking to date (and if they are, it’s complicated).
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<title>Former Minnesota Pastor Charged with Sex Crimes Concerning 14-Year-Old</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/former-minnesota-pastor-charged-sex-crimes-concerning-14-year-old/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/former-minnesota-pastor-charged-sex-crimes-concerning-14-year-old/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 13:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Sexual Harassment/Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[child sex abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60909</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Luverne-Zacharias-2014-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="luverne zacharias pastor minnesota mn" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A former Minnesota pastor has been charged with several felony sex crimes for allegedly sexually touching a girl in a school basement and at his church office, beginning when she was 14, court records show.
Luverne Daniel Zacharias, 46, former pastor of Owatonna’s Christian Family Church (CFC), reportedly told the girl she was his “kryptonite,” according to records from the Steele County District Court. And when the victim reported the matter to the head pastors, they reportedly discouraged her from going to police, telling her to think about how that would affect his own kids, records show.
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<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">60909</post-id><enclosure url="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Luverne-Zacharias-2014-wide-400x225.jpg" length="6166" type="image/jpg" /><media:content url="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Luverne-Zacharias-2014-wide-400x225.jpg" width="400" height="225" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" /> </item>
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<title>Missouri Ministry Rebuilds Ukraine Churches Destroyed in Conflict</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/ukraine-ministry-builders-rebuilds-churches-destroyed-in-conflict/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/ukraine-ministry-builders-rebuilds-churches-destroyed-in-conflict/#respond</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Van Veen]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60883</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ukraine-church-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="ukraine church rebuild builders" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />He says he plays just a small part in seeing churches in Ukraine rebuilt, but Carley Touchstone of Builders International, who refers to his efforts as malen’kiy (meaning “small” in Russian), is known as a champion for churches in Ukraine. And right now, at least 70 congregations in Ukraine desperately need to be championed as their buildings have been damaged or destroyed during the war with Russia.
The 80-year-old Touchstone explains that through a Taste of Hope dinner for Ukraine last spring, Builders International, a ministry with the Assemblies of God World Missions (AGWM), was able to raise nearly half-a-million dollars to help repair and rebuild what was then just 40 damaged or destroyed church buildings in Ukraine.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/ukraine-ministry-builders-rebuilds-churches-destroyed-in-conflict/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Opinion: The ‘Biblical Manhood’ Industry Is A Scam</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/opinion-the-biblical-manhood-industry-is-a-scam/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/opinion-the-biblical-manhood-industry-is-a-scam/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Swallow Prior]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Media]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Karen Swallow Prior]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[masculinity]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60867</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/biblical-manhood-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="boxing manhood fencing" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />That’s what I posted on X a few days ago, and it’s still going viral.
(By the way, the “biblical womanhood” industry is also a scam. But the situation that prompted my post, the firing of Aaron Ivey from his position of worship pastor at a Texas church over indecent texts with men, was yet another case of predatory sexual behavior by a pastor selling the message of “biblical manhood.”)
Note I didn’t say that “biblical manhood” (how that is defined is an open question, hence the quotation marks) is a scam.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/opinion-the-biblical-manhood-industry-is-a-scam/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Animated iBible Series Translates Scripture To Visual Medium</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/animated-ibible-series-translates-scripture-to-visual-medium/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/animated-ibible-series-translates-scripture-to-visual-medium/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona André]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Media]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[animation]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Bible translation]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[revelation media]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60896</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/iBible-hagar-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="iBible animated series" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The Christian production company Revelation Media will unveil its new animated Bible project on Easter, with the first segment aiming to depict the stories of the Book of Genesis in a child-friendly way.
Watching the iBible will appeal to digital natives more than reading Scripture, said Steve Cleary, executive director and producer of the series. 
“We want kids to read their Bible, but if we don’t reach them in a visual manner, we’re seeing the result.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/animated-ibible-series-translates-scripture-to-visual-medium/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>EXCLUSIVE: Open Letter to Mike Bickle from Alleged Victim, Tammy Woods</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/exclusive-open-letter-to-mike-bickle-from-alleged-victim-tammy-woods/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/exclusive-open-letter-to-mike-bickle-from-alleged-victim-tammy-woods/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Roys]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Sexual Harassment/Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IHOPKC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[International House of Prayer]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mike Bickle]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Tammy Woods]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60831</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mike-bickle-1990s-headshot-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="mike bickle IHOPKC letter woods" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Last week, a Michigan woman came forward with a bombshell story, accusing International House of Prayer Founder Mike Bickle of sexually abusing her, beginning when she was 14. Now, that woman, identified by her maiden name Tammy Woods, has released the following letter, addressed to Mike (and Diane) Bickle.
Woods said she wrote the letter on Jan. 30, after realizing she could no longer keep the alleged abuse secret.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/exclusive-open-letter-to-mike-bickle-from-alleged-victim-tammy-woods/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>8 Deacons Resign from Embattled SBC Megachurch, After Leaders Require ‘Loyalty Pledge’</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/8-deacons-leave-embattled-sbc-megachurch-leaders-require-loyalty-pledge/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/8-deacons-leave-embattled-sbc-megachurch-leaders-require-loyalty-pledge/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ministry Finances & Governance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[church governance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Immanuel Baptist Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Patrick Miller]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Steven Smith]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60813</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Steven-Smith-Immanuel-Baptist-Church-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="immanuel baptist church steven smith" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Eight deacons of a prominent Southern Baptist megachurch in Arkansas have resigned, refusing to sign a “recommitment form,” viewed by some as a “loyalty pledge” to the church’s senior pastor. The news, reported in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, comes after the church’s mishandling of multiple sex abuse allegations.
Stephen Carlisle, longtime deacon at Immanuel Baptist Church (IBC) in Little Rock, Arkansas, told the Gazette the deacons resigned following a contentious deacons’ meeting last week.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/8-deacons-leave-embattled-sbc-megachurch-leaders-require-loyalty-pledge/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">60813</post-id><enclosure url="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Steven-Smith-Immanuel-Baptist-Church-400x225.png" length="46950" type="image/jpg" /><media:content url="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Steven-Smith-Immanuel-Baptist-Church-400x225.png" width="400" height="225" medium="image" type="image/png" /> </item>
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<title>Goshen College Fires Music Professor Over Undisclosed Sexual Harassment Allegations</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/goshen-college-fires-music-professor-over-undisclosed-sexual-harassment-allegations/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/goshen-college-fires-music-professor-over-undisclosed-sexual-harassment-allegations/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel James]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Goshen College]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[higher education]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60791</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/richard-brunson-goshen-college-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="goshen college brunson harassment" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Goshen College (GC) in Goshen, Indiana, terminated the employment of Richard Brunson, former associate professor of music and director of the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra, on Monday morning. He had been on administrative leave for six days.
GC placed Brunson on leave Feb. 6, one day after the publication of an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that detailed his resignation from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Marshfield in the wake of a sexual harassment investigation in 2022.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/goshen-college-fires-music-professor-over-undisclosed-sexual-harassment-allegations/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>TN Congregation Prays for Culprits After Church Building Vandalized</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/tn-congregation-prays-for-culprits-after-church-building-vandalized/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colleen Houde]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Tennessee]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[vandalism]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60821</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/luna-church-of-christ-vandalism-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="church vandalism" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A church in middle Tennessee is picking up the pieces after being a target of vandalism.
On Friday, Feb. 2, staff walked into Luna Lane Church of Christ in Hendersonville, Tennessee, to find the church in complete disarray. 
“Someone has seriously vandalized our Church building. Our upstairs auditorium, nursery, lobby and restrooms have sustained great damage, and our downstairs fellowship hall is a great big mess. The basement fellowship hall and classrooms were also flooded as a result of the damage,” said the church in a post on Facebook.
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<title>Police Say Connecticut Pastor Provided Meth in Exchange for Watching Sex</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/connecticut-pastor-provided-meth-exchange-watching-sex-say-police/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/connecticut-pastor-provided-meth-exchange-watching-sex-say-police/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[connecticut]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[drug use]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60739</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/herbert-irving-miller-mugshot-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="connecticut pastor miller meth" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A Connecticut pastor is facing drug charges after police reportedly found crystal methamphetamine in the pastor’s car. According to local news station WFSB, police believe the pastor was providing the illegal substance in exchange for watching couples have sex.
Police arrested Herbert Irving Miller, pastor of Woodbury United Methodist Church in Woodbury, Connecticut, on Feb. 9, after police found the meth, in both rock and liquid form, in Miller’s car, a state police report states.
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<title>Family Who Lost Girl to Deadly Tornado Now Helps Grieving Parents</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/family-collins-who-lost-girl-to-deadly-tornado-now-helps-grieving-parents/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bobby Ross, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[grief]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[loss]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/magnolia-collins-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="collins magnolia" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Not long before a tornado in Cookeville, Tennessee, claimed her life, four-year-old Hattie Jo Collins posed a question.
The blond bundle of energy was riding in her family’s minivan with her mother, Macy, and baby sister, Lainey Mae, when she asked it.
“We were just driving, running errands,” Macy recalled in an interview. “Out of the blue, Hattie asked me if there were magnolia trees around.” The fragrant trees with creamy white petals abound in the South, so Macy promised to show Hattie the next one she saw.
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<title>Report Ranks Worst Global Persecutors of the Church Over Past Year</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/report-ranks-worst-global-persecutors-of-the-church-over-past-year/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Morgan]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Persecution/Religious Freedom]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Fulani]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[international christian concern]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[international religious freedom]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Open Doors]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/terrorism-silhouette-150x150.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="terrorism nigeria terrorist" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Advocacy group International Christian Concern (ICC) has made available to the public its report on the worst persecutors of the church in the year 2023.
The report assumes a similar approach to the U.S. State Department in its list of Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) and Special Watch List (SWL) designations. The main difference, however, is that the ICC report documents the worst persecutors of Christians worldwide and breaks them down three ways: by country, entity and individuals.
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<title>Tennessee Pastor Accused of Defrauding Man With Disabilities of Over $27K</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/tennessee-pastor-accused-defrauding-man-with-disabilities-over-27k/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 23:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Financial misconduct]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[financial fraud]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/David-Berry-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="david berry fraud" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A Tennessee pastor was recently indicted on financial exploitation charges, alleging he defrauded a man with a disability of more than $27,000, according to a report from the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury.
David Berry was indicted by a grand jury in Marion County on one count of violation of the Computer Crimes Act, one count of theft over $10,000 but less than $60,000, and one count of financial exploitation of an elderly or vulnerable adult.
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<title>Anglican Church Helps Change Lives In Uganda Through Farming</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/anglican-church-helps-change-lives-in-uganda-through-farming/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Semakula]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[African nations]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60661</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Anglican-Church-of-Uganda-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="uganda farming" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A modern farming campaign launched six years ago by the Anglican Church of Uganda to transform lives affected by the the Lord’s Resistance Army in northern Uganda has started paying off.
In 2018, the Anglican church started to implement a food security and environmental conservation project, targeting victims of the LRA attacks.
The project — supported by the Anglican Aid Australia — aimed to empower local communities in northern Uganda to emerge out of the choking poverty brought about by the effects of the insurgency that lasted between 1986 and 2006.
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<title>Nonprofits Becoming For-Profits: Where Are The Lines Of Legality?</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/nonprofits-becoming-for-profits-where-are-the-lines-of-legality/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shannon Cuthrell]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 14:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Ministry Finances & Governance]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Grand Canyon University]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[INSP TV]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[nonprofit]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60584</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Grand-Canyon-U-campus-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Grand Canyon U" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />After OpenAI CEO Sam Altman turned his nonprofit research laboratory into a for-profit, one of the organization’s biggest donors asked a compelling question.
Elon Musk, America’s favorite billionaire, wrote, “If this is legal, why doesn’t everyone do it?”
After the Internal Revenue Service granted OpenAI 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status in 2016, it amassed $130.5 million in donations under the mission of advancing digital intelligence that benefits humanity while being “unconstrained by a need to generate financial return.”
Three years later, executives restructured OpenAI as a hybrid for-profit and nonprofit, unlocking the ability to raise capital.
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<title>Central Florida Church Vandalized with Swastikas, Other Graffiti</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/central-florida-church-vandalized-with-swastikas-other-graffiti/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Paulsen]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[vandalism]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ENS_020724_strichards-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="graffiti" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Police are investigating vandalism at an Episcopal church in the Diocese of Central Florida where swastikas and other inflammatory graffiti were scrawled on the exterior of the church during daylight hours Feb. 6.
The Rev. Alison Harrity, rector of St. Richard’s Episcopal Church in Winter Park, told Episcopal News Service in a phone interview that she had left the church for just 1 1/2 hours and discovered the graffiti when she returned around 6 p.m.
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<title>Aaron Ivey, Pastor and Husband of Podcaster Jamie Ivey, Accused of ‘Indecent’ Texts with Men</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/aaron-ivey-pastor-husband-podcaster-jamie-ivey-accused-indecent-texts-with-men/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxanne Stone]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Pastoral Misconduct/Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Aaron Ivey]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Austin Stone Church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Jamie Ivey]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webRNS-Aaron-Ivey1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="ivey" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />The Austin Stone Church, a multicampus evangelical church in Austin, Texas, announced on Sunday that it had dismissed its head worship pastor after discovering he had engaged in “inappropriate and explicit ongoing text messages with an adult male,” according to a statement from the church’s elders.
Aaron Ivey, the pastor of worship and creativity and an elder at the megachurch, was fired last Monday for what the statement called a “disqualifying situation,” which the elders said they became aware of the previous day.
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<title>Alleged ‘Inappropriate Relationship’ Between 2 Top Pastors Leads to Shake-up at Global Megachurch</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/inappropriate-relationship-between-two-top-pastors-shake-up-global-megachurch/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Australian Christian Churches]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[neuma church]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Corey-Turner-Stacey-Hilliar-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="corey turner stacey hilliar neuma church global inappropriate" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />An alleged “inappropriate relationship” between two top pastors has led to a major shake-up at Neuma Church—a multi-national megachurch, based in Australia.
Last Sunday, Jacomi Du Preez, a board member at Neuma Church in Melbourne, Australia, announced during a livestreamed service that global senior pastors Corey and Simone Turner had abruptly resigned. Du Preez said the reason for the resignation was that “their health and wellbeing is such that they are no longer able to function in these roles.”
However, in a statement to church members on Friday, which was obtained by The Roys Report (TRR), the Neuma board divulged that a church member had come forward with an allegation that Pastor Corey Turner was in “an inappropriate relationship with Pastor Stacey Hilliar.” As a result of the allegation, Pastor Hilliar has resigned, as well.
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<title>Police Identify Female Shooter Killed in Sunday Shoot-Out at Joel Osteen’s Church</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/police-identify-female-shooter-killed-sunday-shoot-out-joel-osteen-church/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[church shooting]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[gun issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Joel Osteen]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Lakewood Church]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60606</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/joel-osteen-lakewood-church-houston-press-conference-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="joel osteen lakewood shooting" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A 36-year-old female shooter is dead and her 7-year-old son remains in critical condition, following a shooting yesterday at Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Houston.
Houston Police have identified the female shooter in an arrest warrant as Genesse Ivonne Moreno, CNN reported. Officials say the shooter used an AR-15, according to local TV station KTRK. Police also reportedly recovered a .22 caliber rifle in a bag. One of the weapons reportedly read, “Palestine.”
At a press conference yesterday, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said the incident began when a female between the ages of 30-35 entered the west side of church’s property between services around 2 p.m.
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<title>Opinion: An Open Letter to the Southern Baptist Convention</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/opinion-open-letter-to-southern-baptist-convention/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Swallow Prior]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Adam Greenway]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Hannah-Kate Williams]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[SBC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Southern Baptist Convention]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60578</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webRNS-SBC-Meeting01-061521-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="SBC open letter" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Dear Southern Baptist Convention, it doesn’t have to be this way.
You don’t have to be this way.
No church, no denomination, no congregation is perfect, of course. No one expects perfection.
To be sure, the bar is pretty low for a convention founded by slaveholders for the purpose of defending the institution of slavery, a history for which you formally apologized in 1995, a century after the fact.
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<title>Henry Blackaby, Author of ‘Experiencing God,’ Has Died at Age 88</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/henry-blackaby-author-of-experiencing-god-has-died-at-age-88/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 14:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Henry Blackaby]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In Memoriam]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60573</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webRNS-Henry-Blackaby1-wide-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="blackaby" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Henry Blackaby, a pastor and author whose “Experiencing God” Bible study sold more than 8 million copies, has died at age 88.
“We are deeply saddened to hear the news of the passing of Henry Blackaby,” Ben Mandrell, president of Lifeway Christian Resources, Blackaby’s longtime publisher, said in announcing the author’s death on Saturday.
“He was a great man of God and minister to the body of Christ, beginning with his time as a local church pastor and continuing through his ministry as an author and Bible teacher.”
Born April 15, 1935, in British Columbia, Blackaby had been serving as pastor of a church in California when he was asked to return to his native Canada and assist a small church in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, that was on the verge of closing.
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<title>Tim Tebow-Backed Guatemala Campus to Serve Down Syndrome Families Breaks Ground</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/tim-tebow-backed-guatemala-campus-to-serve-down-syndrome-families-breaks-ground/</link>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia St. Cyr]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 20:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Down Syndrome]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Tim Tebow]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tim-Tebowand-wife_0-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="tim tebow guatemala" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow’s latest project is helping Down syndrome families in Guatemala.
Since 2010 the Tim Tebow Foundation has been blessing vulnerable people in multiple ways, always focused on one target audience. Unlike the football term, Tebow’s definition of MVP is Most Vulnerable Person, to stand up for the ones who often don’t have a voice. 
“In December, we shared our heart with you to build a new Tebow Down campus in Guatemala City, a flagship campus to help us meet the opportunity to serve more families,” says Tebow on Instagram this week. 
<a href="https://julieroys.com/tim-tebow-backed-guatemala-campus-to-serve-down-syndrome-families-breaks-ground/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>EXCLUSIVE: 3rd Woman Says Mike Bickle Groomed and Sexually Abused Her, Beginning at Age 15</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/third-woman-says-mike-bickle-groomed-sexually-abused-her-beginning-at-age-15/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/third-woman-says-mike-bickle-groomed-sexually-abused-her-beginning-at-age-15/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 14:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Sexual Harassment/Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Bob Hartley]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IHOPKC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[International House of Prayer]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mike Bickle]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60502</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ihopkc-press-mike-bickle-speaking-3-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="mike bickle preaching groomed" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />A third woman has come forward, accusing International House of Prayer Kansas City (IHOPKC) Founder Mike Bickle of grooming and sexually abusing her, beginning when she was 15 and Bickle was a 20-year-old church intern.
The woman, who wished to be identified as “TH,” spoke exclusively to The Roys Report (TRR) and is the ex-wife of Bob Hartley. Hartley is a self-proclaimed “prophet” and alleged friend of Bickle’s, who was banned last month from IHOPKC due to allegations of sexual misconduct.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/third-woman-says-mike-bickle-groomed-sexually-abused-her-beginning-at-age-15/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Super Bowl Viewers Can Meet Jesus, Boost Their Prayer Life and Confront Antisemitism</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/super-bowl-viewers-can-meet-jesus-boost-their-prayer-life-and-confront-antisemitism/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/super-bowl-viewers-can-meet-jesus-boost-their-prayer-life-and-confront-antisemitism/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Smietana]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Christian Media]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[antisemitism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Hallow]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[He Gets Us]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60479</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webRNS-Super-Bowl-Faith1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="he gets us super bowl" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />For the second year in a row, Jesus will make an appearance during the Super Bowl.
The Christian savior will be featured in a pair of ads during the big game, both with the tagline “He Gets Us.” Those ads — one set to run in the first quarter, the other in the second half — are part of an ongoing billion-dollar ad campaign aimed at redeeming the Jesus brand at a time when people are losing faith in organized religion.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/super-bowl-viewers-can-meet-jesus-boost-their-prayer-life-and-confront-antisemitism/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Meet ‘The Autism Pastor’ Lamar Hardwick: Preacher, Author, Cancer Warrior</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/meet-autism-pastor-lamar-hardwick-preacher-author-cancer-warrior/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/meet-autism-pastor-lamar-hardwick-preacher-author-cancer-warrior/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathryn Post]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[autism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[disability advocacy]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60468</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webRNS-Lamar-Hardwick1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="lamar hardwick autism" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />When pastor Lamar Hardwick was diagnosed with autism at age 36, it was like he was meeting himself for the first time.
“I spent my whole life not knowing what people wanted from me, what they expected from me,” Hardwick said in a Zoom call from his home in Georgia. “When I was diagnosed, it was like for the first time I understood I was human.”
Not long after his life-changing diagnosis, Hardwick began blogging about faith and autism.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/meet-autism-pastor-lamar-hardwick-preacher-author-cancer-warrior/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Pennsylvania Churches Collect Luggage for Youth in Foster Care</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/pennsylvania-churches-collect-luggage-for-youth-in-foster-care/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/pennsylvania-churches-collect-luggage-for-youth-in-foster-care/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shireen Korkzan]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Foster Care]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60427</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/foster-families-penn-150x150.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="foster care" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />When the Rev. Andrea Gardner went into the foster care system at 14 years old, she had to carry all her belongings between homes in a trash bag. Now an adult, she doesn’t want other children and youth in foster care to experience what she names an “indignity.”
“A child, though no fault of their own, is already in a tough situation, and now they’re being carried off to God knows where with God knows who,” Gardner, deacon of both Christ Church (Old Swedes) Episcopal Church in Upper Merion, Pennsylvania, and St.
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<title>Opinion: Mirror of Misconduct: How IHOPKC Crisis Manager Embodied Image He Was Hired to Fix</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/opinion-mirror-of-misconduct-ihopkc-crisis-manager-eric-volz-embodied-image-management/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/opinion-mirror-of-misconduct-ihopkc-crisis-manager-eric-volz-embodied-image-management/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Deere]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 01:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Sexual Harassment/Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Eric Volz]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[IHOPKC]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[International House of Prayer]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[public relations]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60383</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-1748-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="eric volz" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />As a storm of allegations of sexual and psychological abuse at the International House of Prayer (IHOPKC) gathered on the horizon, leaders enlisted Eric Volz to navigate the turbulent waters that threatened to engulf the organization and its founder, Mike Bickle.
Bickle and IHOPKC have been at the heart of a worldwide worship and prayer movement for 25 years, captivating millions globally with the allure of participating directly in a divine plan.
The sensitive and serious nature of the allegations required outside help from a crisis manager, an expert at handling public perception and communications, especially for organizations confronting potential threats to their existence.
<a href="https://julieroys.com/opinion-mirror-of-misconduct-ihopkc-crisis-manager-eric-volz-embodied-image-management/" rel="nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal"> </a>
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<title>Wheaton College President Pushes Back Against Fox News Op-Ed Calling the School ‘Woke’</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/wheaton-president-pushes-back-against-fox-news-op-ed-calling-school-woke/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/wheaton-president-pushes-back-against-fox-news-op-ed-calling-school-woke/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Lykins]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 01:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Church Issues]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Phil Ryken]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Philip Ryken]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Wheaton College]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60438</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/wheaton-website-proofs-153731-900x550-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="wheaton" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Philip Ryken, president of the evangelical flagship school, Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, is contesting a recent Fox News op-ed, claiming the school has gone “woke.”
While the Fox News article claims the college is straying from its “orthodox, Christian moorings,” Ryken said in a statement that the school remains fully committed “to biblical orthodoxy and Christ-centered education, including in matters of human sexuality, gender identity, and race relations.” 
Ryken also took aim at the author’s journalism, saying the “mischaracterizing post seems to be cobbled from out-of-context items found on the Internet.
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<title>Alleged Sex Abuse Victims Sue Arkansas Church and SBC Executive Committee for ‘Negligence’</title>
<link>https://julieroys.com/arkansas-church-sued-alleged-victims-sbc-executive-committee-for-negligence/</link>
<comments>https://julieroys.com/arkansas-church-sued-alleged-victims-sbc-executive-committee-for-negligence/#comments</comments>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Clergy Sexual Abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[child sex abuse]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Executive Committee]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[First Baptist Church Benton Arkansas]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[SBC]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://julieroys.com/?p=60436</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://julieroys.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/David-Kent-Pierce-FBC-Benton-150x150.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="pierce arkansas negligence lawsuit" decoding="async" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" />Two men claiming they were sexually abused as minors by a choir director at an Arkansas church have filed a lawsuit, claiming negligence, against the church and the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee (SBCEC).
The suit filed Jan. 24 in Pulaski County Circuit Court in Little Rock names First Baptist Church (FBC) in Benton, Arkansas, as a primary defendant. It also names the SBCEC and other denominational groups as defendants.
The two alleged victims, who aren’t identified in the suit, allege that the church’s former choir director, David Kent Pierce, sexual abused them on numerous occasions between 1994 and 2002.
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