The Seattle megachurch’s move to disaffiliate from the denomination comes as the ECC was prepared to vote this summer on expelling Quest and Awaken Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, over the churches' stance on sexuality.
Quest Church, an influential Seattle megachurch, is leaving its denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church, over its differences with the ECC on sexuality and LGBTQ issues.
The case alleged conflict of interest at Mark MacArthur’s investment advisory firm.
Megachurch Pastor John MacArthur’s son Mark MacArthur has agreed to pay more than $367,000 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to settle a 2020 complaint filed against him.
The struggle broke into the open last week when ACNA’s archbishop accused his denomination’s highest court of attempting to stop an investigation into charges against Ruch.
Archbishop Foley Beach, the primate of the Anglican Church in North America, accused his denomination’s highest court of attempting to stop an investigation into an Illinois bishop’s alleged misconduct.
Delegates also affirmed that elders can only be men.
Last week in Spokane, Washington, the Christian and Missionary Alliance (CMA) denomination voted to ordain women as pastors.
The church said a lack of checks and balances created the opportunity.
The financial director of a Colorado Springs church committed theft, fraud, and other offenses against the church during her five years of employment.
The two candidates for SBC president hold many of the same beliefs but disagree sharply over how to handle the issue of sexual abuse and over the direction of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
Next week, at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in New Orleans, Mike Stone will be nominated for president again.
Mike Baker’s son Caleb was formerly an associate pastor at the church.
An independent investigation has concluded that former Illinois megachurch leader Mike Baker likely misused his position as senior pastor to cover up sexual misconduct allegations against his son.
The allegations of past incidents came up after a staff member was arrested recently for sex crimes.
Two Tennessee women have accused the senior pastor of First Apostolic Church in Maryville of failing to report sexual assaults they suffered when they were 11 and 12 years old and offering prayer instead.
Warren argues that the debate is far larger than what might happen to the church he founded.
Days before the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, former megachurch pastor Rick Warren has appealed to his fellow Southern Baptists to overturn a denominational decision to oust his Saddleback Church because it permits women to ...