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Kanye West will stop in Phoenix this weekend to headline Awaken 2020—a 10-hour evangelical event that has garnered criticism from LGBTQ community members and their allies. As pointed out by the New York Daily News, the Christian gathering features a lineup of controversial religious leaders who’ve expressed anti-gay views. These figures include Cindy Jacobs, a self-proclaimed prophet who […]
A Brazilian Netflix comedy entitled The First Temptation of Christ, which depicts Jesus as gay, has been unbanned after it sparked an uproar in the country. Created by YouTube comedy group Porta dos Fundos, the controversial comedy was temporarily banned by Rio de Janeiro judge Benedicto Abicair on Tuesday. However, the ruling has now been overturned by Supreme […]
A Kenyan pastor murdered his wife then killed himself in front of his congregation, police tell CNN. Eyewitnesses say that the assistant pastor of Ground for God’s Gospel Church in Mombasa, Kenya, Elijah Misiko, left his seat and approached his wife, senior pastor Ann Mughoi, in the pulpit on Sunday. He then stabbed her with one of the knives […]
Kanye West has dedicated a lot of his energy recently to his Sunday Service concert series, and in 2020 he reportedly has big plans. After releasing the first Sunday Service album, Jesus Is Born, on Christmas, TMZ reports that Ye wants to take the gospel event across the world. He’s already played with Sunday Service at […]
Kanye West stopped by Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles’ Skid Row neighborhood to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of his Sunday Service choir. While there, he spoke about Sunday Service, homelessness, and being called secular. ‘Ye told the crowd that people can call him “bizarre” for painting himself silver for the debut of his opera Mary earlier this month, “but don’t call me secular.” […]
As one of the most famous people in the world, Kanye West is no stranger to being judged. There’s no denying that ‘Ye is one of the most commercially and critically successful artists of our time; but despite his accolades and cultural influence, he was constantly blasted for being unapologetically egotistical—a trait he claims has significantly changed since recommitting to his […]
A church in Claremont, California has gained attention for a nativity scene depicting Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as refugees in separate cages. Claremont United Methodist Church is using the nativity scene to speak out against families being forcible split up across the southern U.S. border, taking aim directly at the Trump administration’s inhumane treatment. “We thought […]
If you ever get tired of the computer cheating you during 2K, you can swap out your MyPlayer mode for a video game that reenacts the life of Jesus Christ. On Friday, PlayWay announced a new game called I Am Jesus Christ. The game will allow players to be Jesus and recreate some of the stories of the […]
As we move even deeper into the Jesus Is King era of Kanye West‘s career, we should probably expect more and more stories like this one, in which Yankee Stadium is reported as the site of another collaborative spectacle with wealthy televangelist Joel Osteen. Early Thursday, TMZ reported that the two would be reuniting at […]
Lieutenant Governor of Texas Dan Patrick has struck up a friendship with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. In an email to his supporters, Patrick revealed that he met with couple to talk about the Heart of Texas Foundation, which provides seminary education to those serving long sentences. “I had a chance to hear Kanye West […]
