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Ministry leader accused of stealing $375,000 from youth mentorship program.
Agape Ministries in Canton, Ohio, claimed to provide mentorship to at-risk youth. Now its founder and CEO, Jamar Fleming, has been indicted on charges of diverting $375,000 in donations for personal use.
Congregation divided after pastor shielded convicted son's access to school children.
Protesters gathered outside a Fort Worth-area church Sunday as members voted on whether to reinstate a pastor at the center of a months-long controversy involving a registered sex offender's access to a K-12 school.
Federal judge rules First Amendment shields church's internal funding decisions.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Gateway Church over its use of tithe funds, ruling that the First Amendment bars courts from second-guessing a church's internal funding decisions.
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 ...
Some members say the process raises serious questions about who controls Second Baptist Church in Houston.
Retired pastor Ed Young started a $5 million online teaching ministry using Second Baptist's sermon archives — but some members say its launch raises serious questions about church governance.
One elder says the debate echoes the arguments that led to the PC(USA)’s decline.
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) voted last week at its General Assembly to approve a "pastoral letter" to churches that opens the door to ordaining celibate, same-sex attracted individuals — a decision that has drawn ...
Filing follows former pastor’s sex crime guilty plea.
More than 15 years after Thomas Pinkerton Jr. left Central Christian Church, the Baltimore congregation is facing legal action for crimes he allegedly committed while serving as its youth pastor.
The case against a blogger and former member who have criticized the church will proceed.
An Arizona judge has refused to dismiss Apologia Church's defamation lawsuit against Check My Church blogger Sarah Leann Young and a former member who have criticized the church.
A new city ordinance exempts birthday parties but targets charitable food distribution.
A small ministry takes Phoenix to court — and wins a temporary restraining order — after a new city ordinance threatens a volunteer groups' weekly homeless feeding ministry. "The City of Phoenix has hit the ...
Zachary King's crimes devastated a church already struggling with scandal and debt.
A former Kentucky pastor has been sentenced for child sexual abuse. Zachary King's crimes devastated a church already struggling with scandal and debt.
