Legislation that will protect churches and other nonprofit organizations from having to pay taxes on some employee benefits will become law if a bipartisan appropriations package is approved by Congress as expected this week.
The Rev. Howard-John Wesley recently told his congregation at historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., that he will take a three-month sabbatical after 11 years in the pulpit, saying, “I am tired in my soul.”
The Greenville, S.C., church run by the Rev. John Gray has been threatened with eviction by the church that owns the property where his Relentless Church congregation meets.