Bob Smietana, Author at MinistryWatch
Leaders calling the abuse crisis a ‘hoax’ makes it harder to address abuse in churches, survivors say.
A group of abuse survivors, advocates and pastors have called on a pair of Southern Baptist leaders to apologize for calling the denomination’s abuse crisis a hoax.
Rev. Locke told churchgoers federal agents searched home for hours after receiving reports of alleged financial misconduct.
Greg Locke claims federal officials raided his home but gives few details — he told churchgoers Sunday that federal agents searched home for hours after receiving reports of alleged financial misconduct.
Pastor accused of international child abduction must surrender 5-year-old girl to mother.
"Fame poisoned our family." — Naghmeh Panahi, ex-wife of pastor Saeed Abedini, who helped raise $14,000 for the Iranian refugee mother fighting to get her daughter back from Abedini. A federal judge ruled Friday the ...
The Christian AI company predicts it will turn a profit by end of 2026—but are investors buying it?
Scott Beck has long hoped the faith-based tech company he founded in 2013 would help churches and other Christian groups harness technology to spread God’s word and help save the world.
The evangelical pastor says he feared for his daughter’s safety, but the girl’s mother tells a different story.
Evangelical pastor Saeed Abedini was once an international symbol of a Christian being persecuted for his faith. Now, he’s been accused in a lawsuit of abducting his 5-year-old daughter from her mother in Turkey and ...
This time, they hope it sticks.
At the annual meeting Wednesday morning, Southern Baptists overwhelmingly passed a measure to ban churches that have women pastors or let women preach on Sunday mornings.
Rice’s win is a triumph for critics who argue the SBC has lost its way in recent years.
Florida pastor Willy Rice has been elected SBC president. His win is a triumph for critics who argue the nation's largest protestant denomination has lost its way in recent years.
From sexual abuse reforms to immigration and women preachers, Southern Baptists face defining votes.
Over the past decade, members of the Southern Baptist Convention have touted the denomination’s diversity, sought to keep sexual abusers away from churches and passed statements advocating for immigration reform and a path to legal ...
Son of former president Jerry Falwell Jr. sues over broken employment contract.
Trey Falwell, son of former Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., is suing the school, claiming he is owed $1.75 million in unpaid wages.
Lawsuit claims church leaders worked with wholesalers to submit fraudulent drug reimbursement claims.
A group of leaders in the Church of God in Christ have been accused in a lawsuit of defrauding a major pharmaceutical company out of more than $200 million in rebates for diabetes drugs.
