A Mexican pastor has been killed after a gunman shot him at point-blank range. The congregation, without the right to conceal carry, was forced to stop the attacker with their bare hands. Christian Solidarity Worldwide reports Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco was preaching from the pulpit of the Fraternidad Cristiana Church in the municipality of Tlalixtac … Read more
Tullian Tchividjian, when defending his return to the pastorate after being defrocked by his Presbytery and fired from multiple churches for both adultery and subsequent cover-ups, claimed that having sexual relations with a church member was not “abuse.” He is wrong. Pastors, church leaders, evangelists, and church elders do not have affairs with congregants. They … Read more
After being fired for using church funds to buy adult novelty products, the liberal congregation of an anti-Trump ‘pastor’ in New York is demanding she return to her office. Pulpit & Pen first reported on Amy Butler, an anti-Trump activist ‘pastor’ who had a 375 thousand dollar salary and benefits package and yet used a … Read more
Who says Reformed Pastors can’t engage in theatrics? Last week PCA Pastor Greg Johnson, who recently published his gay coming out article with the help of Christianity Today, put on quite a performance for his applauding brothers at General Assembly. Pastor Johnson delivered a speech full of victimology, identity politics, and blame with the aim … Read more
Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes; especially if your voice shakes. New polls announce 39% of American pastors feel limited in their ability to speak about moral and social issues, fearing they will offend their congregants. 64% of these pastors say they feel pressured by members of the congregation on speaking out about … Read more
“I don’t see a problem with that.” [James Barrett | The DAILYWIRE] In his latest “Ami on the Loose,” documentary filmmaker Ami Horowitz gives a series of interviews on the campus of Columbia University about the new trend of colleges promoting racial segregation by offering separate housing, events, and “safe spaces” based on the color … Read more
[Morgan Greene and Patrick M. O’Connell | Chicago Tribune] and As snow coated the Rolling Meadows campus of Harvest Bible Chapel, congregants watched a video recorded sermon Sunday from Pastor Rick Donald titled “How to Respond in a Storm.” “If I had to choose a word that kind of describes where we’re at as a … Read more
Pulpit & Pen has been threatened to be sued hundreds of times. Greg Locke, Clayton Jennings, Jonathan Cahn, Perry Noble, and many more, have threatened to sue us and, in some cases, sent us cease-and-desist letters, which we ignore (or post them online, because they’re funny). P&P has ruined careers by doing nothing but basic … Read more
In November, Pulpit & Pen reported that Pastor John Gray made a bizarre decision to let church members come up and take money from the offering plates, after which people happily went and helped themselves. Then, we reported that Pastor Gray gave his wife a Lamborgini and the public was a bit incredulous about his … Read more
Who is the worst Christian of 2018? On the surface, this seems like a foolish or even pharisaical question. The fact of the matter is that there are none worthy to stand righteous before God except his perfect son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Every believer struggles with sin every day and will continue to do … Read more
Fred Butler was called by Brannon Howse the “Grace to You Mailroom Guy.” Butler is more than that. He’s the unofficial resident blogger at Grace to You, who for some reason heads up GTY’s Senior Citizen volunteer division (or something like that) instead of doing what seems to make far more sense, which is writing … Read more
As 2018 comes to close, it is a good time for discerning Christians to take look back at a year of theology and polemics. One way to do so is to review some of the most popular articles published here at Pulpit & Pen. Our top 10 articles, by page views, over the last year are … Read more
[South China Morning Post] About 100 worshippers at an unofficial church in southwestern China were snatched from their homes or from the streets in coordinated raids which began on Sunday evening. Chinese authorities targeted members of the Early Rain Covenant Church across various districts of Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in what appeared to … Read more
Making himself relatable to sports fans, “Pastor Tim” at Grace Fellowship eats a cockroach in front of an applauding crowd over a lost sports bet. It’s very common for pastors to use gimmicks to either get people to church or to maintain their interest. Here are seven great reasons pastors shouldn’t use gimmicks. In just the … Read more
Anyone paying attention to wider evangelicalism – and especially that represented in the Southern Baptist Convention – is well aware of a dramatic shift in focus and tone on social issues. When Albert Mohler repented of the notion of reparative therapy (the idea that through Biblical counseling a homosexual could break their addiction to unnatural … Read more
