Gospel music legend Bill Gaither and his music group, Gaither Music Group, are partnering with the Game Show Network to bring original family-friendly programming, Bible question games and faith-based contestants to your television screen.

When the Game Show Network approached Gaither about working together earlier this year, Gaither knew it was a great opportunity to share the Gospel with people who may have never heard it. 

Although Gaither is known to many as a singer and songwriter, he also values bringing families and people together, qualities that made working with the Game Show Network a perfect fit. One of the things that captured the attention of Fran Shea, the Executive Vice President of the Game Show Network, about Gaither was his warmth and inclination toward family. In an interview with Christian Headlines, Shea – who is new to the Network – confessed, “I’m surprised this hasn’t happened before I got here.” Shea loves what Gaither brings to the table with his faith and positive attitude.

“We want people of faith to feel comfortable watching our shows,” Shea shared. In an exclusive interview with Christian Headlines, Gaither gives a glimpse of why he loves partnering with the Game Show Network and why people of faith should feel comfortable joining him in watching it.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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On Wednesday morning, a Mississippi church was burned to the ground.

First Pentecostal Church in Holly Springs, Mississippi was engulfed in flames on Wednesday in what is believed to be an act of arson, Fox 13 reports.

Investigators noted that the church had been spray painted with graffiti following an explosion towards the front of the building.

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves expressed that he was distraught over the incident.

“I am heartbroken and furious. In Mississippi, a church was just burned to the ground. They had been trying to open services,” Reeves tweeted Thursday.

“There was graffiti on the lot which read ‘Bet you stay home now you hypocrites.’ What is this pandemic doing to us? We need prayer for this country,” he wrote.

I am heartbroken and furious. In Mississippi, a church was just burned to the ground. They had been trying to open services. There was graffiti on the lot which read “Bet you stay home now you hypocrites.”

What is this pandemic doing to us? We need prayer for this country. pic.twitter.com/TdGHqs9evv

— Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) May 21, 2020

Thomas More Society senior counsel and lawyer for the church Stephen Crampton told Fox News on Thursday that the church parking lot had been spray-painted with the following message: “I bet you stay home now you hypokrits.”

Prior to the incident, the church had been…

A Christian group is clamoring for PBS to break its ties with an upcoming series that will highlight LGBTQ+ life in America.

In honor of Pride Month, PBS will release a miniseries of six short episodes PBS Voices YouTube channel. The series will be called Prideland.

The first episode will be released on May 26 with one new episode being added to the channel each week thereafter. The last episode being released on June 30.

Along with the web series, a one-hour TV special will broadcast on PBS on June 12.

The miniseries and the broadcast are hosted by openly gay actor and singer Dyllón Burnside.

The special will observe the lives of LGBTQ+ people living in the United States and will specifically focus on the attitudes of Southerners toward the LGBTQ+ community. The series will include personal stories.

CBN News reports that The American Family Association (AFA), a Christian organization, created an online petition calling for PBS to cancel Prideland.

The petition by AFA asserts that PBS’ involvement with the show is an “unjust attack on Christianity and a mockery of the Bible and God’s design for human sexuality.”

AFA noted one episode specifically, episode 2 of series, titled “An Openly Gay Pastor’s Journey to Acceptance in the Bible Belt.”

In the episode, PBS introduces an openly gay minister at a small church in Jackson, Mississippi who “was offered the…

A Georgia father forfeited his parental rights to his biological child when he, among another things, encouraged the mother to get an abortion, the state’s Supreme Court ruled this week.

The 6-3 decision allows a couple, Lance and Ashley Hall, to proceed with the adoption of an unnamed three-year-old boy they have had custody of since he was born in 2016, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

The biological mother, Jeannie Mathenia, became pregnant in 2016 after a “one-time sexual encounter” with the biological father, Joshua Brumbelow, the court said.

The case began when Brumbelow filed for parental rights on Aug. 23, 2016, several weeks after the child was born (July 10, 2016). By then, Mathenia had legally surrendered her rights, and the child was living with the Halls, who have had exclusive custody of the boy. 

A trial court ruled against Brumbelow. The Georgia Supreme Court, in its May 18 decision, agreed with the lower court. 

“Having made a factual finding that Brumbelow did offer to pay for an abortion, the trial court was authorized to weigh that fact as strong evidence of abandonment of Brumbelow’s interest in parenting the child,” the Supreme Court ruled. “Importantly, the trial court found other evidence it deemed probative of a determination of abandonment – particularly, Brumbelow’s initial denial of paternity and the lack of action on his part…

President Trump on Thursday criticized Democratic governors for not allowing churches to open back up and said his administration will be addressing the issue soon.

Trump made the comments to reporters outside the White House, moments before he left for a trip to Michigan.  

“I want to get our country back to normal. … One of the other things I want to do is get the churches open,” he said. “The churches are not being treated with respect by a lot of the Democrat governors. I want to get our churches open. And we’re gonna take a very strong position on that very soon.” 

Asked about mosques, Trump responded, “Mosques, too – including mosques.”

Trump’s comments came the same week the Department of Justice sent a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, telling him the state’s ban on in-person church services likely violates the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. Newsom is a Democrat.

“Simply put, there is no pandemic exception to the U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights,” the three-page letter said. 

It argued churches can apply social distancing and health rules just as well as businesses and factories that are allowed to be open can.

“Religious gatherings may not be singled out for unequal treatment compared to other non-religious gatherings that have the same effect on the government’s public health interest, absent the most…

A ban on religious gatherings in France is unlawful, according to France’s supreme court for administrative justice.

The French Council of State ruled Monday that “the general and absolute prohibition [on religious gatherings] is disproportionate” because the government is allowing secular gatherings of fewer than 10 people, The Christian Post reports.

The Council of State said in its ruling that the policy “constitutes a serious and manifest violation of the freedom of worship.”

The government has eight days to lift the ban on religious gatherings.

The policy banned all gatherings in worship places until June 2, except for funerals, which only allow up to 20 people.

The ruling came after complaints from organizations and church members. Supporters of overturning the ban said the ruling was “good news.”

“The decision of the Council of State to order the lifting of the ban on assembly in places of worship is good news for freedom of worship which is a fundamental right,” tweeted Sen. Bruno Retailleau, leader of the right-wing Republicans.

In February, France had an outbreak of coronavirus cases and officials pointed to an international evangelical conference for causing the cluster of cases.

In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control said that religious organizations considering reopening in-person services “should be aware of the potential for high rates of…