Georgia Church Pays $13.1 Million to Leave UMC, SBC Denounces Prosperity Gospel, Republican Wins Historically Blue Seat

A megachurch in Georgia has agreed to pay $13.1 million to leave The United Methodist Church with its property, ending litigation between it and the mainline Protestant denomination.

John MacArthur and Voddie Baucham are warning the nation's largest Protestant group to resist compromise amid a wave of internal disputes and controversies.

Southern Baptists adopted a resolution Tuesday rejecting the prosperity gospel, calling it false teaching and distortion of Scripture, particularly regarding Jesus Christ’s atoning work on the cross.

A Republican has won a special U.S. House of Representatives election in historically Democratic South Texas, signaling changes in the political preferences of Hispanic voters in the region and possibly previewing a strong GOP performance in the 2022 midterm elections.

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