Dr James Dobson, a prominent and influential evangelical leader who advised four US presidents, has died aged 89. Dobson was a fixture in conservative US politics for decades and most recently served on Donald Trump’s advisory board for evangelical affairs. The ministry he founded, Focus on the Family, is one of the largest in the world, with a presence in …
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Influential evangelical preacher John MacArthur dies at 86
The Rev. John MacArthur, an influential and exacting evangelical preacher, died Monday at the age of 86. He led Grace Community Church in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Sun Valley for more than five decades. His ministry announced his death on social media. On Sunday, Tom Patton, one of the church’s pastors, told the congregation MacArthur had been hospitalized with …
Read More »Influential evangelical preacher John MacArthur dies at 86
The Rev. John MacArthur, an influential and exacting evangelical preacher, died Monday at the age of 86. He led Grace Community Church in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Sun Valley for more than five decades. His ministry announced his death on social media. On Sunday, Tom Patton, one of the church’s pastors, told the congregation MacArthur had been hospitalized with …
Read More »Evangelical HGTV Stars Chip and Joanna Gaines Blasted by Christians for Gay Casting in ‘Back to the Frontier’
Christian hardliners have turned on HGTV’s evangelical stars Chip and Joanna Gaines for casting a same-sex couple in a new series where families live as the pioneers did in the 1800s. Back to the Frontier premiered last week on the couple’s Magnolia Network, the cable network they co-founded with Warner Bros. Discovery. Among the couples featured on the show are …
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