RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on August 1, 2024
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Harvest Ministries celebrated its second annual baptism event at the historic Pirate’s Cove Beach in California. Approximately two-thousand people were baptized in a ceremony assisted by senior pastor Greg Laurie. The event followed Laurie’s Harvest Crusade at a packed Angel Stadium that saw over five-thousand people make professions of faith. Pastor Laurie said, “it’s incredibly moving to witness so many lives transformed and committed to Christ.”
The Salvation Army is providing emergency disaster relief in Alberta, Canada, where a massive wildfire decimated the town of Jasper. Some 25-thousand people were forced to flee their homes and about one-third of the town’s structures have been destroyed. Salvation Army teams are providing meals to law enforcement officers, as well as several hundred wildfire evacuees. The Christian social services agency is also providing the hope of the Gospel.
The Church of the Nazarene has expelled a theologian and author from the denomination because of his stance on same-sex marriage. Church leaders revoked Rev. Thomas Oord’s membership for advancing teachings that go against the biblically-based stances of the denomination. According to the decision, “Oord is guilty of conduct unbecoming a minister and of teaching doctrines out of harmony with the doctrinal statement of the Church of the Nazarene.”
A 16-year-old Brazilian skateboarder celebrated her Christian faith after winning a bronze medal at the Olympics in Paris. Rayssa Leal used sign language to quote from the Gospel of John. She signed that Jesus is “the way and the truth and the life.” Olympic organizers continue to take heat for last week’s opening ceremony which featured drag queens and a controversial depiction of the Last Supper, which offended many Christians.
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