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A pastor in Texas who held the Guinness World Record for longest tenure as a pastor has passed away. 

Rev. Dr. Doris Nathaniel Benford Sr. passed away on April 15. Benford was the pastor at Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church in Texas City and had been for 72 years straight. 

A Christian movie about the power of family took the second spot at the box office this past weekend. 

Unsung Hero grossed over $7.7 million on its opening weekend at the theatres. The movie beat out Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. A movie featuring Zendaya called Challengers took the number one spot. 

The movie portraying the difficulties the Smallbone family of 9 faced while uprooting themselves from Australia to the U.S. was showing in over 2,800 theatres across North America. Opening night was April 26, 2024. 

The vice president of student life at Asbury University, Dr. Sarah Thomas Baldwin, is releasing a book based on the Absury revival and its lasting impact on the campus and area. 

"It’s really exciting," says Baldwin in an interview. "And so it’s been many stories from people all over connecting to share their testimony."

Job 19:25

"I know that my redeemer lives,
    and that in the end, he will stand on the earth."

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Former Newsboys guitarist Bryan Olesen continues to amaze coaches and fans on The Voice.

Olesen, whose coach is John Legend, received a Playoff Pass early on allowing him to skip weeks of performances and move onto the playoffs.

On Monday, Olesen returned to the stage, where he sang Toto's 'Africa.' 

Numbers 20:1–13 

So Moses did as he was told. He took the staff from the place where it was kept before the LORD Then he and Aaron summoned the people to come and gather at the rock. “Listen, you rebels!”he shouted.“Must we bring you water from this rock?” Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with the staff, and water gushed out. So the entire community and their livestock drank their fill. (Numbers 20:9–11)

Philippians 2:5-8

"In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

Who, being in very nature God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death—
        even death on a cross!"

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Brentwood Baptist Church in Tennessee filled with people coming together to celebrate the life of Mandisa. 

Mandisa was born on October 2, 1976, in Citrus Heights, California, and passed away in her home in Nashville on April 18, 2024. 

Hundreds showed up to the funeral in Brentwood Saturday morning as well as over 11,500 people live-streamed the service online. 

Colton Dixon is bringing his songwriting skills to the big screen as part of Angel Studios, SIGHT.

The former American Idol contestant released the title track of the film, 'Rest Of My Life' on Thursday. 

“Sometimes when you write a song, it takes on a life of its own,” shares Dixon in a press release. “After I experienced the film and got to meet Dr. Wang in person, the lyrics and cadence of the song took on a whole new meaning. I can’t wait for this song and the film to impact the world in a powerful way.” 

Numbers 11:24–30

Two men, Eldad and Medad, had stayed behind in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but they had not gone out to the Tabernacle. Yet the Spirit rested upon them as well, so they prophesied there in the camp. A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”

Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant since his youth, protested, “Moses, my master, make them stop!”