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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.
SBC’s new statement from its annual meeting does not mention a path to legal status for immigrants.
At its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, Southern Baptists opposed amnesty, political violence, and antisemitism. In a departure from resolutions dating to 2006, the SBC's new statement does not mention a path to legal status ...
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.
