Charlie Dates counters John MacArthur’s declaration that MLK “was not a Christian”
United States RNS Rev Charlie Dates, the pastor of two historically Black churches in Chicago, is defending Rev Martin Luther King, Jr after California pastor John MacArthur declared in February that the civil rights leader “was not a Christian at all”. “We, the undersigned, regret that we have to write you this way, but we […]
Tim Keller, retired New York megachurch pastor and bestselling author, dies at 72
United StatesRNS Tim Keller, an influential Presbyterian Church in America minister who founded a network of evangelical Christian churches in New York City, has died. He was 72. Timothy Keller in 2011. PICTURE: Nathan Troester Known for his brainy and winsome approach to evangelism, Keller founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan in 1989 and grew […]
Joshua Butler, author of controversial book on sex, resigns as pastor of Arizona church
United StatesRNS An evangelical Christian pastor and author whose book on the theology of sex caused a furor online earlier this spring has resigned from the leadership of his Arizona megachurch. “We have found ourselves in an impossible situation,” Joshua Butler wrote to members of Redemption Church in Tempe in announcing his resignation. A copy […]