Feds: Francier Obando Pinillo hatched second scam
A Pasco, Washington, pastor indicted on 25 counts of wire fraud and one count of running an unlicensed money transmitting business is behind bars again.
Former USAID partner also accused of facilitating illegal immigration
Seven-figure salaries. First-class flights. Illegal immigration.
Perpetrator was sole signatory on church’s bank accounts
A federal court is accusing a Charlotte realtor of scamming his own friends and church out of at least $1.7 million.
Florida suspect faces 19 felonies for possession of child sexual abuse materials
A Florida Christian elementary school teacher could spend life behind bars after his arrest for possessing child pornography.
Ministry targeted for biblical views of sex and marriage
Focus on the Family has joined a long list of conservative Christian ministries to receive a “hate group” designation by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
Defendant faced multiple charges dating back 30 years
Former Jacksonville Assembly of the Body of Christ pastor Paul Dyal accepted a plea deal for a sex crime.
Afghan asylum seekers lost temporary protected status last month
Top evangelical leaders are among the 15 signatories of a letter urging President Trump against deporting Afghan Christians, who face potential arrest, torture and death in their homeland under Taliban rule.
Move follows leadership shakeup, closures
ThriVe St. Louis, once a leading provider of pro-life pregnancy resources in the St. Louis area, resigned in March from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).
Ministry says it was ‘scapegoated’ for city’s overwhelming homelessness crisis
On April 8, a few dozen people stood outside The Salvation Army’s Denver headquarters for a protest organized by Housekeys Action Network Denver (HAND) against the Christian ministry’s partnership with the city.
Sale Preceded by Drug Scandal, Money Issues
Pastor Rodney Finch’s Calvary Chapel Cary has sold its 9.8-acre church property in Apex, North Carolina — and this time, it’s for real.