It’s Friday, June 19th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Chinese police raid church during Sunday worship
On June 14th, Communist authorities in southwestern China launched a large-scale raid against Early Rain Covenant Church at 11:00am during its Sunday worship service. They detained dozens of believers, reports ChinaAid.
The church’s worship service, which included families and children, was being held in a hotel conference room in Jiangyou City.
The raid was conducted by 65 Communists including police officers, SWAT personnel, Domestic Security Protection Unit officers, religious affairs officials, and local government reps. They “stormed the venue and forcibly took control of the gathering.”
Church leaders said 33 believers were detained during the operation, including two elders, Yan Hong and Wu Wuqing.
Please pray for the detained elders and frightened children and that their faith would overcome their fear.
Psalm 27:3 says, “Though an army encamps against me, my heart shall not fear.”
Vance To Israel: “Wake up” if you think Trump is your biggest problem
On June 12th, President Donald Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with news he did not want to hear: Trump expected to sign a deal with Iran within days, reported Axios.
Trump said, “This is the deal. It’s a great deal, and it’s time to end this war.”
Four months out from an election, Netanyahu’s rivals are accusing him of making Israel a “vassal state” by simply accepting Trump’s terms for peace.
Asked about rumblings from Netanyahu’s advisors about the US-Iran peace deal, Vice President J.D. Vance spoke directly on June 18th in the White House Briefing Room, reports RealClearPolitics.com.
VANCE: “You have seen people within Bibi’s cabinet who have come out and attacked the deal, and in some ways very personally attacked the President of the United States. My message to them would be two-fold.
“Number one: Donald J. Trump is the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time. And he happens to be the head of state of the world’s superpower. If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world.
“The second message I would give to some of those cabinet members in Israel, who are attacking the President of the United States, is that over the last three months, two-thirds of the defensive weapons that have protected your homeland have been built by American hands and paid for by American tax dollars.
“The problem for Israel is not Donald J. Trump! Anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the President of the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of the situation that country is in. Bibi, to his credit, has not gone down this path.”
California town initially approved drag queen at kids playground
And finally, Christians in Oakdale, California were livid. And with good reason.
The foolish Oakdale City Council, in this city of 24,000 people 100 miles outside San Francisco, initially approved a drag queen to emcee and entertain at a homosexual/transgender “pride” event to be held at Dorada children’s park, playground, and swimming pool. It was set to take place on the Lord’s Day, Sunday, June 28th between 10:00am and 2:00pm — complete with yard games, face painting, and food.
Pastor Jeff Cavanaugh of Calvary Chapel Oakdale was interviewed by the local ABC affiliate.
CAVANAUGH: “We wouldn’t have children in a strip club, and to me it’s just very similar to that. I just don’t think children should be exposed to that.”
And Dan Phipps, an elder at Mountain View Church in Oakdale, alerted his congregation during the service.
PHIPPS: “They’re seeking to hold a ‘pride’ event involving adult preferences for sexuality at a kids park. But it gets worse than that. This adult event, at a children’s park, is scheduled to have a drag performer as entertainment. This drag performer publicly posts what most would consider explicit content on their social media accounts publicly for everybody to see their intentions.
“To me, it couldn’t be more clear. They’re targeting our kids. They’re planning on exposing children to the perversions and brokenness of this world, and they’re parading sinful lifestyles before young and impressionable minds here in Oakdale.”
Phipps urged the congregation to attend the June 15th Oakdale City Council meeting to speak out.
PHIPPS: “Obviously, we’re concerned about this. We want to invite you guys to join the [Mountain View Church] leadership at this event, attending the meeting. Demonstrate that there are many people in Oakdale who do not want these types of events promoted to children, seeking to attract children into a lifestyle that is contrary to God and His design.”
The drag queen, who goes by the stage name “Sasha Devaroe,” is David Allen Soria Jr., a homosexual man who is faux married to another man named Larry. He was also interviewed by the Oakdale ABC affiliate.
SORIA: “It’s fear mongering. It’s trying to put us back in the closet.”
Soria thought having such an event in Oakdale was important.
SORIA: “A small city like Oakdale can have something like this for community members who may be can’t make it to San Francisco.”
Sadly, despite the fact that hundreds of citizens showed up, including many Christians, the Oakdale City Council limited the number of speakers to just ten people.
Listen to the comments from one of the Christians.
CHRISTIAN MAN #1: “These predators are no longer satisfied behind closed doors, but demand their sexual perversions be consumed and normalized here in Oakdale. Notice where they want to hold this sexual event: in public, at our most popular children’s park, next to the plunge pool, active with kids.
“Keep in mind, this movement is responsible for the sterilization and mutilation of children, and is now openly targeting ours. They advertise on social media their groomers’ desire to hug, play games with, and face paint girls and boys at the park.
“The heritage of our town is under attack, and the very heart and soul of our Cowboy Capital of the World is at stake. We call upon you, our elected representatives, to uphold the traditions of conservative, family-friendly Oakdale that our cattlemen established.”
(You can watch that section of the Oakdale City Council between 9:18 and 44:36 in this video).
The final citizen at the podium did not pull any punches.
CHRISTIAN MAN #2: “I just want to let you know that everybody here will stand at the throne [of God] and give an account for what they have and haven’t done.”
Romans 14:12 says, “So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.”
To their credit, on June 18th, the Oakdale City Council announced a venue change from the public kids’ park to an indoor, taxpayer-funded venue known as the Bianchi Community Center.
You can send a thank you note to Oakdale Mayor Cherilyn Bairos at cbairos@oakdaleca.gov, telling her you appreciate the venue change which will better protect innocent children. The address is 280 N. Third Avenue, Oakdale, CA 95361.
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