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By Leonardo Blair, Senior Features Reporter Friday, December 15, 2023 Former pastor, William Oswald, 62, led Dunn’s Chapel in West Columbia, S.C. | Lexington County Jail A former South Carolina pastor who was convicted of sexually molesting his two daughters in his parsonage for years before they were eventually able to disclose his abuse as […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Friday, December 15, 2023 Vidal Vargas Morales, 62, was found guilty on Dec. 12, 2023 of one felony count of lewd acts upon a child who was 15 years old while he was working as a youth group coordinator at a church in Fillmore, California, in 2013. | Ventura […]
Mike Bickle, founder of the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, issued a statement Monday admitting to “inappropriate behavior” 20 years ago. “I sadly admit that 20+ years ago, I sinned by engaging in inappropriate behavior—my sins were real,” Bickle wrote in a statement. Mike Bickle personal Message (Dec 12th 2023) Link to read […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, December 14, 2023 Eagle Brook Church in Lino Lakes, Minnesota. | (Photo: Facebook/Eagle Brook Church, Lino Lakes) A Minnesota city council has rejected a proposed satellite campus for one of the state’s largest multisite megachurches, citing concerns over traffic and potential plans for affordable housing developments. Eagle Brook […]
Practicing Christians in America are significantly more likely than non-Christians to donate to charity, according to a new study that also found that Americans who read the Bible and attend church are more generous than those who don’t. The “State of the Bible: USA 2023” research from the American Bible Society found that 95 percent […]
The most popular verse in 2023 on the YouVersion Bible app is one that has brought comfort to Christians for centuries. The verse that the global YouVersion community “highlighted, bookmarked, and shared the most” this year was Isaiah 41:10, which reads in the NIV, “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be […]
Pastor and author Tony Evans married his fiancée Carla in a private ceremony in recent days, and the two are “excited to continue serving the Lord together,” his church said in an announcement Sunday. The 74-year-old pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas had announced in September his engagement to Carla Crummie, saying she […]
A pastor recently shared how a Franklin Graham outreach has impacted Vietnamese people who don’t know Jesus Christ. “It depends on the relationship between the church and the local authorities. If they have a good relationship, the authority will open the door a little bit for them to do religious activities,” Pastor Luke with A3 […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Getty Images Nearly a quarter of Americans view themselves as “spiritual but not religious,” according to findings from a new poll. This comes as organized religion continues to lose influence in American life. The Pew Research Center released a survey examining “Spirituality Among Americans” last […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Features Reporter Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Terry Greer is a former pastor at Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church in Gardendale, Alabama. | YouTube/Flygirlnews A former Alabama pastor who was institutionalized and ordered to undergo mental health treatment after he was found not guilty of killing his wife and attacking his daughter […]