Morning Rundown: From Playing Teenage Witch to Waging Spiritual Warfare

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From Playing Teenage Witch to Waging Spiritual Warfare

Actress Melissa Joan Hart has been outspoken in recent years about the faith journey that has led her to find salvation in Jesus Christ. Now she’s speaking out about the importance of prayer after she suddenly found herself drawn directly into the tragic school shooting in Nashville.

As CBN’s Faithwire reports, Hart and her husband, Mark Wilkerson, were in their car on Monday when they noticed a group of kindergarteners running out of the woods, near The Covenant School, a private Christian school for Pre-K through sixth graders. The 46-year-old actor’s three children—ages 10, 15 and 17—attend a school right next to Covenant.

“Luckily, we are all OK,” the celebrity tearfully explained in an Instagram post. “But we did—my husband and I were on our way to school for conferences—and luckily our kids weren’t in today. We helped a class of kindergartners across a busy highway.”

Celebrity Megachurch Churchome Slapped With Class-Action Lawsuit

A Seattle-area megachurch that has hosted celebrities such as Russell Wilson and Justin Bieber among its thousands of members has been accused in a lawsuit of requiring employees to tithe back 10% of their earnings or face repercussions including termination.

Churchome is led by Judah Smith and his wife, Chelsea, who according to the Churchome website, are the church’s lead communicator and lead theologian, respectively.

The Smiths are named as the plaintiffs in the 44-page lawsuit along with CEO David Kroll and his wife, Jenna Kroll, which was filed on behalf of Rachel Kellogg and no less than 100 fellow employees of Churchome who have been affected by this mandatory policy, according to The Christian Post.

Lentz’s to Tell All in New Docuseries ‘Secrets of Hillsong’

Freshly hired by Transformation Church in Tulsa recently, Pastor Carl Lentz and his wife, Laura, are making news once again. But this time, it’s not about how they’re moving forward in their calling for God.

Carl Lentz, who was dismissed as the lead pastor at Hillsong Church NYC in late 2020 for infidelity, among other things, and his wife will now be featured in a new docuseries titled “The Secrets of Hillsong,” which will include the first interviews from the couple since Carl Lentz was fired more than two years ago, Variety reported this week.

“The Secrets of Hillsong” premieres on May 19 at 10 p.m. with two episodes, followed by two more episodes on May 26. {eoa}

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