November 14, 2022

Shocking COVID Learning Loss, Pastor's Take on 'Dating Delusional,' and Latest Church LGBT Split

7 minutes

A report published last month in Educational Researcher, a journal tied to the American Educational Research Association, suggests that the cost of restoring pre-pandemic learning levels could total around $700 billion, a figure that some experts say is difficult to assess until more data is available.

A 10-year-old Florida boy is facing a potential misdemeanor battery charge after a counselor at Holly Hill School in Volusia County told police that the fourth grader touched her inappropriately while giving her a hug. The student was suspended as a result and his family is disputing the allegation, arguing that it is rooted in racism.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into a nonprofit that received donations from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg amid allegations it misled donors and unlawfully used the funds for partisan purposes.

Pastor David Marvin of Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas, preached a sermon last week outlining three common mistakes Christians make when dating. Marvin, the director of the young adult-centered ministry The Porch, described the first mistake as "dating delusional" or believing the "myths" that there is such a thing as the perfect "happily ever after" and a dating relationship will not require hard work.

Texas megachurch White’s Chapel, a Southlake-based congregation, has voted to disaffiliate from The United Methodist Church, believing that the mainline Protestant denomination is a “broken institution.” 2,338 voted in favor of leaving, 160 voted against, and seven abstained.

Members of the First Baptist Church of South Richmond are grieving the loss of longtime member and elder Evangeline Brooks, who was mauled to death by a pit bull as she walked toward her sister's mailbox in Virginia Monday. She was 88.

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