Evangelist Greg Laurie has suggested that a massive Jesus revival in America could lead to Christians being snatched from Earth, removing the U.S. from the End Times conflict.

Speaking with PureFlix on Sunday in a Facebook video, Laurie, who pastors Harvest Christian Fellowship in California, recalled that one of the earmarks of the Jesus movement of the 1960s and 1970s was that people believed Jesus was coming soon.

The pastor insisted that the Christians of that time were not wrong to believe that, noting that “we’ve never been closer to the return of Jesus than right now.”

He said that looking at Bible prophecy, he doesn’t see anything specifically that needs to happen before Christ returns to remove believers from the Earth, which is sometimes called the rapture of the Church.

“When you look at the major superpowers of the world, you can find Israel, you can maybe find Russia, China, you can definitely find Iran-Persia, but why is there is no clear identification of the reigning super power, the United States of America?” he said, referring to End Times scripture found in the book of Revelation.

“We know that the players of the last days will be the forces…

To truly bring a lost world to Christ, churches must focus less on famous speakers, impressive worship music, and other external elements, and focus more on loving one another and displaying unity, Francis Chan has said.

Chan, author of Crazy Love and founder of We Are Church, began his message at the “Rethink Church/Rethink Mission” event at McLean Bible Church in Vienna, Virginia, by asking attendees, “Is God pleased with this gathering?”

“It’s very easy, even as a pastor, to come up here and preach a message and think, ‘Oh, I hope they like it,’ rather than going, ‘God, I’m speaking for you now. God, I hope that You like the way I portrayed who You are and how Your glory goes beyond everything,'” he said.

God is pleased, the pastor said, when His children listen to His Words and believe them “to the point of action.”

“He wants them to say, ‘I could actually make a disciple? I could actually start a gathering? I could actually multiply churches? I could actually move overseas in the power of Almighty God and impact lives? I could reach an unreached people?'” Chan contended.

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As the deadline approaches for the release of the last schoolgirl who was captured by Boko Haram, Christians in Nigeria are praying for her safe release.

Leah Sharibu, 15, was taken with more than 100 other schoolmates in February. The students were all released except for Sharibu, and in September, the terrorist group Boko Haram threatened to kill her.

Boko Haram abducted 112 girls from the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College Dapchi. Of the 112 girls, six died during captivity, one escaped, and 104 were released in March following negotiations with the Nigerian government.

Sharibu has refused to renounce her faith.

“I am calling on the government and people of goodwill to intervene to get me out of my current situation,” Sharibu said in an audio clip.

“I am begging you to treat me with compassion. I am calling on the government, particularly the president, to pity me and get me out of this serious situation. Thank you.”

Last week, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria Rev. Yakubu Pam and the Chief Iman of Apo Legislative Quarters, Sheikh Mohmamed Khalid, held a press conference and asked Boko Harm to release the teen “for God’s sake.”

“We heard they said next week is their deadline and that is why in this meeting as we are discussing about the peace of this country, we felt that it is very important and…

Illinois megachurch Pastor James MacDonald recently disguised himself as a bearded homeless man and camped outside of two Harvest Bible Chapel campuses before Sunday services to see how congregants would react.

MacDonald, the founder of the seven-campus Chicagoland area congregation whose “Walk in the Word” radio and television programs are seen by millions worldwide, posted the video of the experiment on his Facebook page Monday.

As Christ calls on his followers to help the “least of these” in society, MacDonald wanted to put Harvest Bible Chapel congregations to the test to see how well they are living out the biblical commands to not only love God but also “love your neighbor as yourself.”

The video starts off showing MacDonald dressed in layers with a fake beard and long gray fake hair as he rolls a shopping cart down the street toward one of the Harvest campuses.

MacDonald then takes a seat right in front of the building, putting out a cup for change and a sign.

Churchgoers in the video couldn’t help but notice the hairy homeless man sitting with his legs crossed by the entrance as they walked…

Local churches are banding together to help their communities in the wake of mass destruction caused by Hurricane Michael which hit the Florida Panhandle last week. 

Residents who evacuated their homes before the Category 4 hurricane reached the Panhandle are now starting to return home to assess the damages, many of them finding that they have nothing left.

Mexico Beach resident Emily Hansen told CBN News, “Everybody we knew lost their house – Everybody – and our jobs.”

Another resident told the outlet, “The devastation – it’s like a bomb just went off here.”

In the face of the destruction, churches, who themselves were not spared destruction, are gearing up to show love to their communities. 

One church that’s members are working to help out the community is Destiny Worship Center. Destiny Worship Center which lost the side of its kids building, took to the streets to deliver basic necessities to those in need.

Wayne Asprodites, the pastor of the Destiny Worship Center in Panama City Beach, told CBN News, “Really we’re beginning to communicate to take supplies here on the beach level and bring them over to Panama City and Springfield and Callaway, where the churches there were really destroyed, major damage, and allow them to be collection points for the supplies that people are giving us and distribute to the people in…

It’s becoming culturally harder for Americans to talk about God, a recent study has shown. But there’s a solution.

Nearly three out of every four Christians are reluctant to talk about their faith with others but “good spiritual practices” could help them overcome their fears, according to Barna research.

In an op-ed for The New York Times on Saturday, Jonathan Merritt, a contributing writer for The Atlantic and author of the book, Learning to Speak God From Scratch: Why Sacred Words Are Vanishing — And How We Can Revive Them, highlights the lack of spiritual or religious conversations among more than three-quarters of Americans.

Citing a survey he conducted with Barna’s help, Merritt said just a mere 13 percent of practicing Christians who attend church regularly had a spiritual conversation once a week. He then pointed to a number of reasons why Americans are shying away from discussions about God or their faith.

“According to my survey, a range of internal conflicts is driving Americans…

A new survey from LifeWay Research has found that many Christians are confused about the core beliefs of Christianity. 

Ligonier Ministries released their 2018 State of Theology survey results this week, and they have found that a majority of evangelicals have found these statements to be true despite the bible distinctly teaching otherwise:

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  Most people are basically good
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  God accepts the worship of all religions
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  Jesus was the first and greatest being created by God the Father

The survey found that in all three cases a majority of survey takers believed these statements to be true. 

In the case of human nature, 52 percent of the 3,000 participants found that everyone sins a little, but most people are generally good by nature. This is contrary to what Romans 3:10 dictates of human nature, that it is fundamentally sinful.

In regard to worship, the survey found that 51 percent of evangelicals believe that God accepts the worship of all religions, which, according to a press release from Ligonier Ministries, includes Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Again, this is contrary to what the Bible teaches in John 14:6.

The survey also found that 78 percent of participants believe that Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God, which John 1:1 shows is not the case.

Additional results found:

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  More than two-thirds (69 percent) of Americans…