Jessica L Lea

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Actor John Michael Finley played MercyMe frontman Bart Millard in the hit 2018 film “I Can Only Imagine,” titled after MercyMe’s song of the same name. Now, Finley is set to reprise his role in the movie’s sequel, “I Can Only Imagine 2,” and he is thrilled about it. “I’m really excited,” he said in an interview with ChurchLeaders. “I’m getting excited for everybody else to get excited, you know, because I’m kind of on the inside.

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Actor John Michael Finley, who is known for portraying MercyMe frontman Bart Millard in the film “I Can Only Imagine,” spoke to ChurchLeaders about what he learned about faith while filming his latest movie, “Faith of Angels.” The movie, which premieres on Great American Family Saturday, April 19, is based on the true story of Joshua Dennis, who as a boy in the 1980s became lost in an abandoned mine for five days. “I learned a lot about faith with this particular film,” Finley said.

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Pastor John MacArthur returned to the recording studio on Tuesday, April 15, where he informed his followers that his health is good and he is ready to come “roaring back” to public ministry. “I feel fine. I’m not ill at all. My heart is working well; my lungs are working well…there’s nothing terminal that I’m experiencing,” said MacArthur in a video posted to X. “There’s no heart failure. In fact, my heart is probably stronger now than it’s been in the last decade of my life.

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Pastor Louis Rosenthal of McKinney First Baptist Church in McKinney, Texas, had thought his church was going to use its land for a new church building. However, the Texas pastor says that in the middle of moving forward with those plans, God stopped him short. Now, an affordable housing complex on that property is nearly completed. “It’s totally a God thing,” Rosenthal told ChurchLeaders.

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Christian hip hop artist Lecrae responded to his critics on Thursday, April 11, in an episode of his podcast where he addressed topics including “Diddy parties,” his views on abortion, appearing at a political rally, and a dark period of life he went through around eight years ago.