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Save this story for later. On a recent Friday afternoon, Dwight McKissic sat at a folding table in his three-car garage, on a cul-de-sac in Arlington, Texas, discussing the role that race plays in a growing divide among American evangelicals. McKissic is sixty-four, with a trim white goatee and an imposing stature. For the past thirty-eight years, he has served as the lead pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, which he grew from a few dozen people to roughly four thousand congregants. In the process, he has become a prominent member of the Southern Baptist Convention, which, with more than fourteen million members, is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. But McKissic is also one of a growing number of pastors of color who may leave the S.B.C. next week, amid allegations that the organization won’t collectively acknowledge the realities of systemic racism. “I’m hanging on by a thread,” he told me. “Dozens of other pastors have already called me to ....
Get email notification for articles from Judy Maltz Follow Jun. 9, 2021 5:21 PM Mike Evans calls himself “the largest evangelical leader in the world.” That might explain why folks listen when he opens his mouth. And boy, has it been wide open lately. First, there was the public letter he issued accusing Naftali Bennett of being “so obsessed with destroying [Benjamin] Netanyahu that you’re willing to damage the State of Israel for your worthless cause,” and calling him a “disgusting disappointment” and a “pathetic, bitter little man.” Then came a blog post last week on the Times of Israel website, where Evans compared members of the proposed “coalition of change” to “rabid dogs” who wish to “crucify” Israel’s longest standing prime minister. ....
'German Jews were busy insulting each other, drunk on the wine of pride. They did not see the smoke of Auschwitz rising because they were more German than they were Jews,' pastor Mike Evans writes ....
For U.S. evangelicals like Mike Evans, who claims 77 million followers, Israel's new coalition is such an affront to their covenant with Netanyahu that it's a second crucifixion. And that's just one of the antisemitic slurs he employs ....
TB Joshua Dead: Controversial Televangelist and Mega Preacher Dies Aged 57 On 6/6/21 at 8:46 AM EDT T. B. Joshua, an influential and controversial evangelist, has died. He was 57. The Nigerian preacher died shortly after conducting a live broadcast on Saturday, according to his official Facebook page. God has taken His servant Prophet TB Joshua home – as it should be by divine will, a post on the page read. His last moments on earth were spent in the service of God. This is what he was born for, lived for and died for. His death reportedly came hours after speaking at a meeting for Emmanuel TV, the broadcast arm of the church he founded Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN). ....