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Court rules Hunt failed to prove actual malice in Bart Barber's tweet.
A federal judge dismissed the final claims of a defamation lawsuit filed by former Southern Baptist President Johnny Hunt, who claimed his career was ruined after his sexual misconduct became public in 2022.
Survey finds strong optimism about welcoming disabled, but gaps in preparedness remain.
Pastors and churchgoers assume people with disabilities will feel at home in their church, but congregations haven’t always made sure that would be the case.
Parents sue SC church, academy and denomination over registered offender's access to children.
The Southern Baptist Convention and its Executive Committee are now named defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit tied to the Pawleys Island Church investigation.
Justices rule church leaders can't be forced to report abuse disclosed in confession.
Arizona's Supreme Court ruled that church leaders can't be forced to report sexual abuse disclosed during confession. Critics are concerned the ruling could let predators use a "confessional loophole to escape justice." The case stems ...
More than 45 congregations consider joining new Westminster Association of Churches.
More than 45 Evangelical Presbyterian Church congregations are considering leaving the denomination after June's controversial pastoral letter on ordination. Some plan to join the newly formed Westminster Association of Churches, while others seek reform from ...
Popular pastor Kenny Baldwin arrested on 13 counts involving sexual exploitation of PA minor.
Baptist churches and colleges moved swiftly to distance themselves from Kenneth Baldwin, 47, after his arrest on 13 counts related to sexual exploitation of a minor. The charges span Pennsylvania, Virginia, and another state.
Five civil lawsuits accuse Pawleys Island Community Church leaders of concealing a registered sex offender's access to children.
Authorities have made additional arrests, and civil lawsuits have been filed, related to allegations that leadership at a South Carolina church concealed that a registered sex offender was volunteering in a custodial role and interacting ...
Jacob Barnett posed as a teenage boy to solicit explicit images from girls as young as 12.
On Monday, July 27, a judge sentenced a former Virginia youth pastor who posed online as a teenage boy to 20 years in federal prison for attempting to sexually exploit a 15-year-old girl.
Kelsey's exit follows months of financial disputes and unanswered transparency questions.
Fount Church founding pastor Josh Kelsey has left the NYC megachurch and relocated permanently to Australia — four months after an investigation cleared him of financial wrongdoing. Questions about the church's board and finances remain.
Barna research shows vocational satisfaction at its lowest point in more than a decade.
DALLAS (BP) – Vocational satisfaction, mental health and relational wellbeing continue to challenge pastors despite growing assurance in their calling, newly released State of the Church research found, with many pastors under 45 also citing ...
