Destiny Christian Church, a charismatic megachurch in California, has preliminarily agreed to assume leadership of Sacramento's Capital Christian Center, a historic but financially struggling congregation of importance to Evangelicals and home to one of the largest Christian schools in the region. If both congregations vote to approve the move, Capital Christian Center would essentially become the first satellite campus of Destiny Christian Church, a congregation of 4,000 with thousands more who worship online. Read more.

Nearly two months after his 9-year-old daughter was killed in the mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn., Covenant Presbyterian Church Senior Pastor Chad Scruggs returned to the pulpit. In his May 14 message titled "Loss and Gain," Scruggs said he was finding comfort in C.S. Lewis' book A Grief Observed. "Lewis talked about that loss like an amputation, which has been helpful for me for this reason. How are you doing? Well, we're learning to live with a part of us missing," Scruggs shared. Read more.

Angela Stewart, 53, a teacher at Lighthouse Christian School in Jacksonville, Fla., has been arrested and is facing four felony charges for allegedly having inappropriate interactions with a student. The girl's parents and a neighbor found Stewart and the girl, who has a disability, at a local park. The neighbor recorded the encounter and reported Stewart to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. The family reportedly has screenshots of inappropriate messages between Stewart and the student dating back to Nov. 2022. Read more.

In this editorial, Dr. Michael Brown reflects on the importance of understanding the nature of true faith versus spiritual fantasy. To separate faith from fantasy, Brown asserts that believers must complete spiritual reality checks that require humility and accountability. Read more.

Retired United Methodist clergy member and author Riley Case discusses why sin is at the heart of racism. "We might talk about love, diversity, inclusiveness, justice and reparations, but at the heart of racism is sin. Despite our best efforts, we don't seem to be doing so well in overcoming sin, at least by our human efforts," he writes. Read more.

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An Evangelical prayer gathering to commemorate the day of Pentecost near the Western Wall in Jerusalem descended into chaos Sunday after right-wing Orthodox Jewish activists chanted insults and reportedly spit on participants, leading to some arrests. Arieh King, the deputy mayor of Jerusalem, called Christianity a cult and equated Christian missionary activity with radical Islamic terrorism. "As far as I am concerned, every missionary should know that he is not a welcome person in the Land of Israel," King tweeted in response to the protest. Read more.

India's Home Minister, Amit Shah, arrived in Manipur Monday to evaluate the state's deteriorating security landscape. Violence in the region has resulted in the loss of some 75 lives, the majority of whom were Christians, while arson has caused the destruction of more than 150 churches and hundreds of homes. Critics accuse the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, to which Shah belongs, of perpetuating the violence. Read more.

Washington Elementary School District in Arizona has backtracked on its decision to ban Arizona Christian University student teachers from public classrooms as part of a settlement agreement for a religious discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of the university by legal nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom. The university was given an additional five years of teaching practice for its students that will need to be renewed annually, and the school district also agreed to pay $25,000 in attorneys' fees as part of the settlement. Read more.