The Unlikely Ambassador

Just a few years ago a young Nigerian immigrant planted a church in the former Soviet republic of Ukraine. Today Sunday Adelaja’s Embassy of God is the largest church in Europe.

Beautifully sculptured cathedrals dot the landscape of Kiev, Ukraine, reminding visitors that this Eastern European nation has been a hub of Orthodox Christianity for centuries. But these days the largest church in Ukraine is an independent charismatic congregation that meets in a dilapidated warehouse on the east bank of the Dnieper River. Read more

T.D. Jakes: Black Church Unfairly Portrayed

Black megachurch leader Bishop T.D. Jakes expressed pain on Monday at seeing the African-American church portrayed negatively by the media.

The media has painted the African-American church with a “broad, wide-ranging brush” as intolerant of other ethnic groups, divisive, and “filled with hostility,” complained Jakes in his commentary posted on CNN. Read more

Millions View Video of Talk Show Host Oprah Winfrey’s Denial of Christ

A new video which features popular talk show host Oprah Winfrey denying Jesus as the only way to God has received over 5 million views on several reporting video sites.

The approximately seven-minute video entitled, “The Church of Oprah Exposed,” was posted less than a month ago and has claimed the a Top Favorites spot in the News & Politics category of a popular social networking site. Read more

Televangelist Bynum Discusses Abuse, Divorce on Reality TV

Televangelist Juanita Bynum went back into the spotlight, this time on reality TV to again share her testimony about her highly publicized domestic violence and divorce case. Read more

Televangelist’s Estranged Husband Claims Abuse in New Book

The estranged husband of evangelist Juanita Bynum says in a new book that she has tried to use a highly publicized physical altercation to revive her own flagging ministry. Read more

Dating: God’s way Versus the World’s Way

It’s a task to find a decent movie without the steamy love scenes, even on prime time TV! Society depicts a successful relationship as one that involves sex in the early stages. Read more

Nigeria: ‘Blasphemy’ Issue Surfaces In Legal Tensions

Upheld death penalty for Islamist, constitutional revision feed volatile debate.

KANO, Nigeria, May 1 (Compass Direct News) – Musa Yaro lifted his sonorous voice and read out a passage from Risalla, an Islamic publication, and then handed down his judgment: “Whoever insults our prophet, Muhammad, must die. You, Abdullahi Umaru, having insulted the Holy Prophet Muhammad, must therefore pay the price for your crime. You must die by the sword.” Read more