Nicole VanDyke

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  Jan 28, 2022

  How these Christian colleges handled record enrollments during the COVID-19 pandemic

  As colleges nationwide struggled with pandemic-related closures in the spring of 2020, Greg Christy, the president at Northwestern College in Iowa, said he didn't know what to expect. He anticipated that fewer students would enroll at his school for in-person classes during the reopening in the fall of 2020.

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  Jan 28, 2022

  Passion City Church Pastor Louie Giglio on how Christians can avoid ‘crooked' paths,' put God first

  Pastor Louie Giglio of the Georgia-based Passion City Church said that in order to live a fulfilled, God-glorifying life, Christians must avoid "crooked paths" and refrain from elevating themselves above the Lord.  

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  Jan 26, 2022

  Pastor David Jeremiah urges Christians to be stewards of biblical truth in a 'post-truth world'

  Pastor David Jeremiah of the multisite Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, California, warned that Christians are living in a “post-truth world” where biblical truth is “slowly” vanishing. 

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  Jan 25, 2022

  Michael Youssef says blaming tragedies on sin is 'pagan thinking,' says it's natural to question God

  Megachurch pastor and author Michael Youssef advised his congregation Sunday not to give in to “false guilt” when asking God “why” a tragedy occurs, insisting that “questioning God is OK.” But, he warned listeners not to believe that all tragedies are caused by sin, a mindset that he says is found in churches today. 

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  Jan 22, 2022

  Pastor forced out of job over tweet warning against exposing kids to LGBT Pride march gets day in court

  A British Evangelical pastor who was forced out of his job as a primary school caretaker and received death threats for posting a tweet warning parents against exposing their children to nudity and sex at LGBT Pride events had his case heard this week at an employment tribunal in Cambridge. 

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  Jan 20, 2022

  11 children among 29 killed by stampede at Liberian worship crusade

  At least 29 people, including 11 children, have been pronounced dead after a stampede at a church gathering in Liberia's capital, Monrovia, Wednesday night. Hundreds were in attendance at an all-night Christian crusade, which took place at an open-air Pentecostal church on the outskirts of the capital in the New Kru Town neighborhood when the incident happened.

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  Jan 20, 2022

  Indiana pastor, elders accused of covering up child sex abuse resign amid investigation

  An Indiana church is on the lookout for new leadership following the resignation of three of its elders and its pastor, who are under investigation after being accused of failing to appropriately address reports that the pastor’s underaged family member had sexually abused up to 15 children.

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  Jan 19, 2022

  Tony Evans decries COVID-19 vaccine mandates, cites Romans 14: 'You should have a choice'

  Pastor Tony Evans voiced opposition to vaccine mandates in a sermon this month, saying that Americans should be free to choose what chemicals they put in their bodies.

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  Jan 19, 2022

  Pastors share why awareness of Jesus is vital: ‘Without God’s presence, church is a social club’

  Daniel Fusco, the pastor of Vancouver’s Crossroads Community Church, and Banning Liebscher, founder of Jesus Culture Music, shared in "The Crazy Happy Podcast" that Christians need to be aware of Jesus' presence because “without God’s presence, church is a social club.”

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  Jan 18, 2022

  Pastor's lost Bible shows up 15 years later, brings man to Jesus: 'The Word is alive and powerful'

  When Paul Daugherty, pastor of the Oklahoma-based Victory Church lost his Bible over a decade ago, he never predicted he would ever see it again. To his surprise, 15 years later, his Bible was recovered — and it led someone to Christ.