Osteen’s megachurch, World Vision help the hungry and farmers during COVID

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Osteen’s megachurch, World Vision help the hungry and farmers during COVID

By Blake Fussell, Contributor Follow
A World Vision volunteer loading a food box into a recipient’s car. World Vision’s latest partnership is with Lakewood Church, serving the Houston area. | Photo Submitted by Andrea Davis, World Vision

HOUSTON — Lakewood Church, led by Pastor Joel Osteen, has partnered with World Vision, Houston-area churches and local nonprofits to distribute over 12,000 boxes of fresh food, provided by farmers facing financial hardship during the pandemic, to the hungry.

The partnership, part of the Fresh Food Box Program, began soon after COVID shutdowns began. The program has fed over 860,000 Americans through 70 hub locations. Unlike some food drives, Fresh Food Box gives recipients fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy products supplied by farmers who otherwise could not sell their goods due to the economic impact of COVID-19.

“World Vision was in Houston for two years helping rebuild after Hurricane Harvey,” Reed Slattery, national director of World Vision U.S. programs, told The Christian Post. “We noticed how in need the area was. During the pandemic, we know folks aren’t…

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Tyndale House Publishers and Church Answers Announce New Partnership

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CAROL STREAM, Ill. (August 3, 2020)—Tyndale House Publishers (@tyndalehouse) and Church Answers(@ChurchAnswers) today announced the formation of a new ministry partnership dedicated to serving and equipping the local church with thoughtful, practical, and innovative resources of all kinds to help churches grow and thrive in their God-given mission. This partnership includes a multi-book, multi-year agreement with bestselling author and church strategist Thom Rainer (@ThomRainer), publishing books that cover topics vital to a church’s life and health within the coming decades. Each core book will have an accompanying video curriculum, participant’s guides, and other ancillary books to empower church leaders and inspire church members.

Ron Beers, Tyndale’s Senior VP and Publisher says, “Tyndale is ecstatic about our long-term partnership with Thom Rainer and Church Answers. Thom is a gifted leader, teacher, and communicator whose personal mission aligns perfectly with Tyndale’s. He is so successful and respected among tens of thousands of churches not only because he is a thoughtful and talented writer, but also because he knows perhaps better than anyone the needs and pulse of the church – its leaders and congregants. Working together we have no doubt we will create tools to serve the Church in unique and powerful ways so that we can all participate more fully in the growth of God’s Kingdom for His glory.”

In addition to the multi-book agreement,…

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Pastor John MacArthur may face fine, arrest for holding indoor services: ‘We will obey God rather than men’

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Pastor John MacArthur may face fine, arrest for holding indoor services: ‘We will obey God rather than men’

By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Follow
John MacArthur of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, Calif., addresses thousands of pastors at the March 3-7, 2010, Shepherds’ Conference. | (Photo: Lukas VanDyke)

County officials have allegedly threatened Grace Community Church in California with fines and possible arrest for reopening his church in defiance of lockdown orders from Gov. Gavin Newsom during the pandemic. Still, Pastor John MacArthur has vowed to continue in-person services.

“We will obey God rather than men,” MacArthur said in a video statement Friday. “We’re going to be faithful to the Lord and we’re going to leave the results to Him. Whatever happens is going to be what He allows to happen. But He will be on our side because we will be obedient and faithful to His word.”

“We will not bow to Caesar,” he added. “The Lord Jesus Christ is our king.”

Officials from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health have threatened MacArthur with “repercussions such as fines and even possible arrest” if his church doesn’t comply with state orders, the Rev. Franklin Graham, president of…

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Burning Bibles in Portland and two sentences every American needs to hear

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Burning Bibles in Portland and two sentences every American needs to hear

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Activists burned a stack of Bibles in front of the federal courthouse in Portland Friday night. A statue of Jesus was beheaded recently at a Miami church.

A recent faculty survey at Harvard University found that 79.7 percent consider themselves “very liberal” or “liberal”; 18.9 percent say they are “moderate”; only 1.46 percent call themselves “conservative” or “very conservative.” 

Unsurprisingly, 67 percent of white evangelical Protestants believe Christianity’s influence on American life is decreasing. Two-thirds say their beliefs are in conflict with mainstream American culture. 

“We have no enemies, only opponents” 

And yet, this is a time when the evangelical message that we can have a personal relationship with a personal Savior is more urgently needed than ever. 

Tropical Storm Isaias is on track to impact the Carolinas later today, demonstrating our finitude before the power of nature. Dr. Deborah Birx noted yesterday that the coronavirus pandemic is “extraordinarily widespread” in the US. Governmental leaders are meeting today to continue negotiations over a new coronavirus-relief package, but they cannot end the recession without an end to the pandemic that is causing it. 

How can we make God’s offer of redemption in response to our repentance more available and attractive to those who need it? Consider two sentences I believe every American needs to hear. 

Last Thursday, President George W. Bush spoke at the funeral of Rep. John Lewis. In his brief but emotional eulogy for one of our greatest civil rights heroes, the former president made this statement: “John and I had our disagreements, of course. But in the America John Lewis fought for and in the America I believe in, differences of opinion are inevitable elements and evidence of democracy in action.” 

When we view those with whom we disagree as our enemies, our sentiment usually becomes a self-fulfilling…

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This week in Christian history: Catholic theologian dies; pope martyred; France abolishes tithes

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This week in Christian history: Catholic theologian dies; pope martyred; France abolishes tithes

By Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter Follow
The Storming of the Bastille and arrest of the Governor M. de Launay, July 14, 1789, which began the French Revolution. | Public Domain

Christianity is a faith with a long and detailed history, with numerous events of lasting significance occurring throughout the ages.

Each week brings the anniversaries of great milestones, horrid tragedies, amazing triumphs, and everything in between.

Here are three things that happened this week, Aug. 2-8, in Church history. They include the death of a controversial Catholic theologian, the martyrdom of an early church leader, and France abolishing state-sponsored church tithes.

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Study: Over half of churchgoers find Bible ‘challenging’ when reading on their own

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Study: Over half of churchgoers find Bible ‘challenging’ when reading on their own

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Over half of Protestant churchgoers have difficulty understanding Scripture when they read it on their own, highlighting the need for communal Bible study, a new report revealed. 

A new poll from LifeWay Research, in partnership with Explore the Bible, found that 57% of Protestant churchgoers say the Bible is “challenging” when read alone.

However, nine in 10 churchgoers agree they can usually understand how a passage of Scripture is relevant to them, and four in five express confidence in their ability to help others with doubts about the truthfulness of Scripture.

“Churchgoers are ready to defend the Bible as true and as a faithful moral standard,” said Scott McConnell, executive director of LifeWay Research. “But most admit they stumble on understanding the specific meaning as they read.”

The survey of 1,002 American Protestant churchgoers conducted Sept. 20-27, 2019, also highlighted churchgoers’ attitudes toward Bible study. The poll found that 93% say they enjoy exploring a passage of Scripture to understand its…

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Worship leader: US on ‘cusp of revival,’ time to change narrative of burning cities with worship

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Worship leader: US on ‘cusp of revival,’ time to change narrative of burning cities with worship

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Worship artist Sean Feucht | Courtesy of Sean Feucht

Worship artist Sean Feucht believes that the coronavirus prohibitions on holding church services is a double standard and that the United States is on the brink of a revival.

In an interview with Fox & Friends, Feucht noted that he is participating in and helping lead gathering outside the four walls of the church, in the open air.

“It’s not just beaches,” he said. “We’re going under bridges, we’re meeting in fields, really anywhere we can gather and spread out and worship, we’re finding those places. It’s summer time in California, it’s just such an amazing movement that we’ve seen so much momentum on.”

Feucht, who recently ran for Congress in California but lost in the primary, is a worship leader with an extensive missionary background and is the founder of Hold the Line, an activist movement aimed at engaging the church and millennials, urging them to become more politically active.

He has been taking the power of worship to the streets where tragedies have happened, including the place where George Floyd was killed while…

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With churches reopening, here are 3 old churches to visit

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With churches reopening, here are 3 old churches to visit

By Dennis Lennox, CP Contributor Follow

To say it has been a difficult six months for houses of worship is an understatement.

Hit harder are congregations with historic edifices, particularly those that rely upon admission charges or goodwill donations to cover the dual expenses of preservation and witness.

While the coronavirus pandemic continues to ebb and flow, many notable old churches and cathedrals are once again open to visitors.

Here are three of this columnist’s favorites.

The high altar and great east window of the Gloucester Cathedral reflected into a looking mirror. | Dennis Lennox

Gloucester Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of St. Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity — talk about a splendid name! — in Gloucester, England, is overlooked in a country full of spires and crosses.

Yet, visitors may recognize its 14th century cloisters, which feature the earliest example of fan vaulting, from the “Harry Potter” films. Gloucester Cathedral, as it is generally called, is old, but only became a cathedral during the English Reformation, when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries and the former abbey became the seat of the first bishop of Gloucester.

In terms of the present building, it dates to the Normans in the late 11th century, although an earlier Anglo-Saxon abbey was here in the 7th century. The architecture, which varies from Norman to Perpendicular Gothic, blends seamlessly. 

Of particular note are several church…

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