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  • Episcopal Priest Loses Jeopardy! Tournament After Being Stumped on Bible Question

    03/18/2024 6:48:31 PM PDT · by Morgana · 25 replies
    Protestia ^ | March 15, 2024 | staff
    An Episcopal priest competing in a Jeopardy Tournament failed to advance to the finals, the result of falling badly behind and also being stumped by a question on the New Testament, according to the Episcopal News Service. David Sibley is the LGBTQ+ affirming rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Walla Walla, Washington, who recently participated in a Jeopardy Tournament. He previously competed in 2022, where he won $79,098 through four straight episodes. During that contest, he failed to answer a $1000 question: “It’s the ascension heavenward by true Christians both living and dead at Christ’s second coming.” Rather than...
  • Pastor expelled for blessing LGBTQ+ couples continues fight

    03/15/2024 8:59:09 AM PDT · by Morgana · 8 replies
    The Korea Herald ^ | March 15, 2024 | Yoon Min-sik
    Lee Dong-hwan, the pastor who was recently expelled by the Methodist Church of Korea for blessing same-sex couples, is now turning to the secular court in his continued battle for reinstatement. The 43-year-old is planning to file legal charges against the Methodist Church's decision after its tribunal confirmed his disfellowship last week. "I did not launch the fight for reinstatement so that I can regain my title as a Methodist pastor. I'm (going to the court) because I did not want to leave a bad precedent among the protestants," he said during a public event in Mapo-gu, Seoul, on Tuesday....
  • Why white British children as young as eight are pledging their lives to Allah

    03/06/2024 3:19:23 AM PST · by Cronos · 37 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 20th February 2024 | Sue Reed
    Eyes shining with excitement, the nine-year-old English boy in a dark Parka jacket holds up a certificate showing he has just converted to Islam. ‘You’re a Muslim, Rudi!’ cheers the imam as he hugs the child In his piping voice, the youngster has just recited the words of the Shahada, a strict Islamic creed pledging that there is ‘nothing worthy of worship but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger’. The mantra means he must now wash before praying five times a day, never eat pork and — when he is grown up — shun Western habits including drinking alcohol or...
  • Over $100M set aside by Church of England for slavery reparations 'not enough,' urged to give $1.3B

    03/05/2024 9:49:41 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 03/05/2024 | Jon Brown
    The Church of England said it has accepted a recent report that calls on it to establish a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) fund in response to its historical ties to the Atlantic slave trade.The report released Monday by an oversight group of independent advisers suggested that the Church of England's £100 million ($127 million) commitment to the "Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice" was not sufficient "relative either to the scale of the [commissioners'] endowment or to the scale of the moral sin and crime," according to The Guardian.The report urged the Church of England to work together with other...
  • Amid United Methodist Church Losses, Proposed Budget Slashed

    02/29/2024 2:41:18 PM PST · by Morgana · 24 replies
    Ministry Watch ^ | February 27, 2024 | Heather Hahn
    After four years of U.S. churches heading for the exits, United Methodists are rethinking ministry expenses at all levels of the denomination. That includes the general church — with the denomination’s financial leaders having met Feb. 19-20 to shrink further what was already going to be the smallest proposed denominational budget in 20 years. At the same time, the financial leaders agreed on a plan to shore up the faltering fund that supports the work of United Methodist bishops as the episcopal leaders gradually reduce their numbers. Retired Bishop Michael McKee, board president of the General Council on Finance and...
  • 'Crystal Methodist' accused of running drug lab FLEES Connecticut court on break after showing up for hearing

    02/23/2024 6:54:43 PM PST · by Morgana · 8 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | February 23, 2024 | Alice Wright
    A Connecticut church pastor charged with dealing crystal meth out of his church's rectory fled court on Thursday and local police are seeking his re-arrest. Herbert Miller, 63, the reverend of the Woodbury United Methodist Church, was arrested earlier this month after being pulled over by state troopers in Woodbury. The reverend attended Waterbury Superior Court court on Friday morning for his arraignment but walked out of the court around 10am during a break. When Miller could not be located the prosecutor re-issued a warrant for his arrest. Miller was stopped by state troopers who observed he was operating his...
  • Lutheran Preacher Says ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ is An Example of LGBTQ Folks Being a ‘Good Samaritan’ to Children

    02/19/2024 9:25:33 AM PST · by Morgana · 26 replies
    Protestia ^ | February 19, 2024 | staff
    Lutheran Church of the Cross is a Canadian congregation that “affirms and celebrates human diversity in God’s creation.” Led by Lyndon Sayers and Lyle McKenzie, they are an ELCIC (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada congregation, the canuck version of the ELCA) that is populated by senior citizens, lesbians, and a host of other ragtag goatlings. We covered them after a recent sermon argued that the baby Moses’ trip in a basket on the Nile river has some queer themes, and is actually about kinship outside of heteronormative family structures, as well as a metaphor for the turbulence that trans folk...
  • Unholy Trinity of Woke Churches Sponsor ‘Glitter Ash Wednesday’

    02/16/2024 1:09:27 AM PST · by Morgana · 21 replies
    Protestia ^ | February 15, 2024 | staff
    The unholy trinity of Jesus-hating denominations recently colluded at Fort Hays State University, putting on a celebration of Ash Wednesday where glitter was mixed in with the ashes to celebrate, “center,” and foster inclusion within the LGBTQ community. The event was put on by Us4U, a faith-based service organization sponsored by the United Methodist Campus Ministry and supported by the Trinity Lutheran Church of Hays and St. John Lutheran Church of Russell. While protestants shouldn’t even be celebrating Ash Wednesday to begin with, this service was particularly garish, with anyone of any belief invited to participate, with Us4U advisor Cheryl...
  • Putting the meth in Methoodist! Reverend, 63, is charged with 'dealing drug so he could watch gay sex' while living double-life as preacher at Connecticut church

    02/13/2024 7:46:09 AM PST · by Morgana · 41 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | February 13, 2024 | Sophie Mann
    A Connecticut church pastor was arrested last week and charged with dealing crystal meth out of his church's rectory, say local police. Herbert Miller, 63, the reverend of the Woodbury United Methodist Church, was arrested Friday after being pulled over by state troopers in Woodbury. He was found to be in possession of crystal methamphetamine in both rock and liquid form, the latter of which was discovered in a hypodermic needle, ready for injection. A police report says that Miller was 'observed operating his vehicle with a suspended registration for failing to maintain insurance requirements.' When police found the vehicle,...
  • McLean County pastor convicted of stealing from church, faces up to 10 years in prison

    02/11/2024 8:17:21 AM PST · by Morgana · 27 replies
    Bismark Tribune ^ | February 1, 2024 | BRAD NYGAARD
    A McLean County pastor has been convicted of embezzling from a church where she served. Erin Gullickson, 45, was found guilty of felony theft of property Tuesday following a two-day trial in Washburn and faces up to 10 years in prison. A judge ordered a presentence investigation. Sentencing will be scheduled later. Charges against Gullickson were filed in February 2023 after funds totaling nearly $80,000 were allegedly misappropriated from Our Savior Lutheran Church in Max. Gullickson served as pastor at Our Savior and also at Concordia Lutheran in Benedict. Both McLean County churches are congregations within the Evangelical Lutheran Church...
  • Lutheran Youth Conference Ft. Mom with Undiagnosed ‘Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy’

    01/24/2024 1:52:43 PM PST · by Morgana · 19 replies
    Protestia ^ | staff
    The ELCA Youth Ministry Network, or ‘The Network,’ is the demonic denomination’s flagship ministry, which supposedly “exists to strengthen and empower adult leaders in children, youth and family ministry, in service to Christ” but in reality serves to drag them to hell. They recently held Extravaganza 2024, the Network’s annual conference, which drew over “1,000 leaders in children, youth and family ministry, along with teachers, resource providers and leaders” for four days of “renewal, education and networking.” Along with workshops that explore “what could be if we were to reimagine the invitations of the Lord’s Prayer through a womanist lens,”...
  • Alistair Begg Caves to LGBTQ Movement, Suggests Christians Attend LGBTQ Wedding Ceremonies

    01/20/2024 7:06:50 PM PST · by Morgana · 34 replies
    Disntr ^ | January 18, 2024 | staff
    In 2014, Russell Moore, then president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) advised Southern Baptists to attend a “gay wedding” reception as a gesture of affection towards a homosexual friend or relative. Moore was criticized for this stance, and rightly so, yet this stance was quickly adopted by the progressive stream of Southern Baptists and Evangelicals and has become the norm within movements such as Revoice. Yet, Moore’s advice is inextricably entangled with a fundamental flaw—it tacitly endorses what Scripture explicitly identifies as an ungodly union. The Bible’s portrayal of marriage as a sacred covenant...
  • Lutheran Church Rebrands Itself as ‘HerChurch’ Where they ‘Celebrate The Goddess,’ Provide Astrological Readings, and have a ‘Resident Witch’

    01/13/2024 5:03:45 PM PST · by Morgana · 55 replies
    Protestia ^ | January 13, 2024 | staff
    We have seen where the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will be in 30 years, and it’s in the form of herchurch, a heretical church in San Francisco within the Sierra Pacific Synod, the most progressive entity of the ELCA. Founded initially as Ebenezer Lutheran Church by Swedish immigrants in 1884, the church served the community for many years until Rev. Stacy Boorn took over. Ordained in 1987, Boorn describes herself as a “Pastor & Priestess of Ritual” and claims that her “malestream theological education opened the door for her to build a Goddess-inclusive congregation and ministry.” Inhabited by...
  • Presbyterian Seminary President Rips in ‘Parable of the Wedding Banquet,’ calls it ‘Disturbing’ and ‘Inflammatory’

    01/11/2024 2:59:49 PM PST · by Morgana · 48 replies
    Protestia ^ | January 11, 2024 | staff
    Rev. Dr. Victor Aloyo, Jr is the President of Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA, one of the 12 seminaries belonging to the heretical Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Previously serving as the Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and Community Engagement at Princeton Theological Seminary (PCUSA), Aloyo recently preached a barnburner of a bad sermon at Saint Luke’s Presbyterian Church in Dunwoody, Ga. Here, Aloyo ripped into the parable of the wedding banquet in Matthew 22, explaining, “If what we hear in today’s gospel is really what the kingdom of heaven is like, friends, then I am not interested.” Describing it as...
  • Lutheran Pastor Sides With The 5 Foolish Virgins AGAINST Jesus+ Has Harsh Words for the Groom and 5 Wise Virgins

    01/10/2024 1:43:15 PM PST · by Morgana · 8 replies
    Protestia ^ | January 10, 2024 | staff
    The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is one of the vilest denominations in America. Pro-homosexuality, pro-choice, and posessing a preternatural hatred for the Bible, it’s populated almost exclusively by spiritually decrepit senior citizens and virtue-twerking LGBTQ twenty-somethings. Less than 1% of the congregants in the denomination are saved, as you can only submit to a satanic pastor for so long without getting a little demonic yourself. We’ve written about them before, in Lutheran Pastor Promotes Hookups, Polyamory, and Premarital Sex , ELCA Leader in a Polyamorous/’Ethically Non-Monogamous’ Relationship, the time where After Annual Meeting, Lutheran Leadership+ Pastors Celebrate in...
  • Church Puts on Drag Queen Christmas Gospel Extravaganza

    01/10/2024 1:30:12 PM PST · by Morgana · 12 replies
    Disntr ^ | January 10, 2024 | staff
    Allendale United Methodist “Church” is already under fire for allowing minors to attend a drag queen show during its worship service, blatantly disregarding Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s legislation that prohibits exposing children to sexualized performances. One particularly egregious instance in 2022 involved Isaac Simmons, also known as drag queen “Ms. Pennycost,” who is now an ordained “pastor” or “priestess” or whatever in the UMC. Simmons openly challenges the authority of Scripture and adopts a heretical view of God, evident through his sacrilegious writings. Simmons was notably featured at this “church” delivering a “children’s sermon” that grossly misrepresented Romans 12:2, twisting...
  • Major Lutheran Teen Conference Ft. ‘State your Preferred Pronouns’, ‘Disrupt Injustice’ Celebrate Queerness

    01/08/2024 8:01:05 PM PST · by Morgana · 11 replies
    Protestia ^ | January 8, 2024 | pastor Tom Brock
    This coming summer in New Orleans the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will hold another Youth Gathering. The last time this happened was in 2018 when 31,000 Lutheran teens were told to support transgenderism by an 11 year-old-boy who thinks he is a girl. Also, ELCA pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber led the teens in a kind of mock baptismal vow, saying “I renounce the lie that queerness is anything other than beauty.” For 2024, the Teen Gathering theme will be “Created to Be”. “We are created to be free—to work for justice for all our siblings”. You will notice the ELCA...
  • The Epiphany - Some Ancient Sources

    01/06/2024 10:20:47 AM PST · by Antoninus · 4 replies
    Gloria Romanorum ^ | January 6, 2024 | Florentius
    The Scriptural recounting in the Gospel of Saint Matthew of the mysterious wise men who visited the baby Jesus bearing gifts is one of the most enduring and compelling scenes in Sacred Scripture. The rudimentary nature of St. Matthew’s description of the Magi’s arrival has encouraged a flowering of apocryphal literature across the centuries which has added depth and detail to the occasion of the Epiphany. There are numerous references to the Magi in early post-Scriptural literature. Saint Justin Martyr mentions them prominently in his debate with Trypho (Chapter 78) in the mid-second century AD. Magi were of the priestly...
  • UK-based Methodist Church issues guidance discouraging use of terms 'husband' and 'wife'

    12/31/2023 4:34:52 PM PST · by Morgana · 34 replies
    Christian Post ^ | December 31, 2023 | Jon Brown
    The Methodist Church in Great Britain released an "Inclusive Language Guide" this month advising Methodists to avoid using gendered terms such as "husband" and "wife" because such allegedly assumes what is not "the reality for many people." "As Christians, we need to have the courage for conversations that can sometimes be difficult, to recognize that we sometimes exclude people, to listen with humility, to repent of any hurtful language and to take care with how we listen and what we say or write, in the Spirit of Christ," says the guidance, which will be updated every six months. The guidance...
  • MegaSchism! 25% of United Methodist Churches Have Left Over Same-Sex Acceptance

    12/21/2023 7:34:39 PM PST · by Morgana · 33 replies
    Protestia ^ | December21, 2023 | staff
    The United Methodist Church in the United States has lost one-fourth of its churches in the last four years over their acceptance of same-sex marriage, in what has become the most significant denominational divide in the country in the last 150 years. According to United Methodist News, 7660 congregations have disaffiliated from the demented denomination, including 5642 this year alone. The UMC has over 30.000 churches in the United States and is the second biggest denomination behind the Southern Baptist Convention. In many cases, however, the UMC did not let them leave on peaceful terms but rather requested huge fees...