- Crime ·
Witnesses testify megachurch leader Tom Keesee abused them in house, closet, bathroom, basement, woods and barn
Note: This article contains descriptions of child sexual abuse. Former Ohio megachurch leader Tom Keesee’s trial wrapped up Tuesday after four days of testimony about…
- Bible/Theology ·
Bible access restricted for over 500 million Christians, study of 106 nations finds
More than half a billion Christians live in countries where Bible access is restricted, with more than 125 million believers not being able to access…
- Persecution/Religious Freedom ·
Nigeria Plateau Governor Imposes Curfew After Pastor, 27 Others Killed in Week
David Nanpet, an eyewitness documenter with the International Committee on Nigeria (ICON), was monitoring reports of renewed attacks across Plateau state when he received news…
- Opinion ·
Tait survivor’s open letter to pastor urging public to forgive former Newsboy’s frontman
Editorial Note: On Oct. 1, Pastor Nathan Mudd of Ottawa Community Church in Ottawa, Kansas, sparked controversy by posting a picture of himself with former…
- media ·
Hundreds call for Netflix to stop describing Mica Miller’s abuse as an ‘affair’
Sometimes one word makes all the difference. In the case of Netflix’s recent hit documentary, “Death of the Pastor’s Wife,” that word is “affair,” survivors…
- Christian Media ·
Evangelical Press Association to vote on dropping the ‘e-word’
A group of prominent evangelical journalists is considering dropping the word “evangelical” from their name — saying the term has too much political baggage. In…
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
Southern Baptist pastor in Kentucky arrested on sodomy, sexual abuse charges
Scott Christian Hughes, 54, pastor of a Southern Baptist church in Kentucky, was arrested Thursday night on four charges, including sodomy, sexual abuse and incest,…
- Christian Media ·
Jim Bakker, televangelist who built PTL and went to prison, dies at 86
Jim Bakker, the televangelist who built a lucrative Christian television empire and lost it to a sex scandal and a fraud conviction, died Monday. He…
- Crime ·
Former worship leader Caleb Flynn gets life without parole for wife’s murder
Former Christian Life Center worship leader Caleb Flynn was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for murdering his wife, still insisting, “I did…
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
Dennis Hastert, former evangelical House speaker undone by a child sex abuse scandal, dies at 84
J. Dennis Hastert, the former U.S. House Speaker and Wheaton College alumnus, once described as the highest-ranking evangelical in the Republican Party, died Saturday at…
- Leadership ·
Megachurch pastor suspended for riding crop ‘joke’ will take new role with less responsibility
After a suspension over a crude “joke,” four months of leave for further reflection and a hunting trip vacation, megachurch Pastor Brian Tome has decided…
- Education ·
Alumni and students protest at Wheaton College over lack of accountability for sex abuse cover-up
Shouting, “No more lies!” and “Ryken resign!” — about 60 protesters marched through the campus of Wheaton College in suburban Chicago yesterday morning. The group,…
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