Church giving has not kept up with inflation for two years in a row, according to the State of Giving report released on Tuesday by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). (Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Read MoreTexas’ education board on Tuesday advanced a new Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for schools to incorporate in kindergarten through fifth grades, one of the latest Republican-led efforts in the U.S. to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms. (Lathan, AP News)
Read More“Tammy Faye,” a new musical about the scandal-wracked singing televangelist, will close on Broadway after an unexpectedly short run, a major disappointment for a costly and ambitious show that picked up some good reviews in London but was poorly received in New York and failed to find an audience. (Paulson, The New York Times)
Read MoreA New York priest who allowed popstar Sabrina Carpenter to shoot a music video in his church has been stripped of his duties after he "mishandled substantial church funds," according to the Diocese of Brooklyn. (Limehouse, USA Today)
Read MoreA poster depicting the comedian Fern Brady as the Virgin Mary squirting breast milk into the mouth of a kneeling man dressed in ecclesiastical clothing has been banned over fears it could offend Christians. (Horne, The Times UK)
Read MoreDeepfakes have introduced a new era of digital manipulation, where reality can be convincingly altered with advanced AI. Unlike earlier tools like Photoshop, which made surface-level edits, deepfakes use neural networks to create highly realistic images, videos, and audio designed to deceive. (1440 Daily Digest/YouTube)
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