On This Date: AL Church Takes Youth to Homeless Encampment with Parental Consent

Plus, Nazarene theologian found guilty by church court, Mario Murillo hosts revival crusade, Hobby Lobby returns ancient artifact, and more.

ONE YEAR AGO: On July 23, 2025, MinistryWatch reported about an Alabama church that reportedly took children to a homeless encampment during a youth trip, without obtaining prior parental consent. Read more here.

TWO YEARS AGO: On July 29, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that a Church of the Nazarene court found one of its most prominent theologians, Thomas Jay Oord of Nampa, Idaho, guilty of affirming and advocating for the approval and inclusion of members who openly identify as LGBTQ, contrary to the church’s teachings. Read more here.

THREE YEARS AGO: On July 25, 2023, MinistryWatch reported that Bible printing ministry Bearing Precious Seed (BPS) celebrated 50 years of printing and sending Scripture worldwide. The ministry, an extension of First Baptist Church in Milford, Ohio, has given away over 200 million Scriptures and distributed them to missionaries, national pastors, and their congregations across the globe. Read more here.

FOUR YEARS AGO: On July 20, 2022, MinistryWatch reported that controversial charismatic evangelist Mario Murillo recently finished a four-day revival, The Living Proof Tent Crusade, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was joined by worship artist Catherine Mullins. Read more here.

FIVE YEARS AGO:  On July 29, 2021, MinistryWatch reported that a federal judge ordered Hobby Lobby, the arts and crafts chain whose president is Museum of the Bible founder Steve Green, to forfeit an ancient tablet bearing a rare fragment of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Read more here.

SIX YEARS AGO:  On July 28, 2020, MinistryWatch reported that Gospel for Asia filed for creditor protection in Canada, claiming that fallout from COVID-19 and lawsuits in the United States and Canada led to declining donations. In March 2021, taxing authorities in India confiscated the home of GFA founder K.P. Yohannon, who died in an accident in 2024. Read more here.

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