Settlement offers restitution, but questions on legal accountability remain
A Superior Court judge has approved a $3 million settlement for Rock Church in San Diego, ending the church's involvement in a civil case tied to the 2022 death of 11-year-old Arabella McCormack.
Olmstead allegedly took inappropriate photos of young women at a local Trader Joe’s.
Former Vineyard USA leader Rick Olmstead has resigned his post at Arise Vineyard Church after allegations of misconduct resurfaced.
Ricky Taylor submitted 8 fraudulent applications, received almost $1.8 million in loans
A preacher and entrepreneur in Chattanooga, Tennessee was sentenced for tax fraud and for using fraudulent documents to apply for Covid-era Paycheck Protection Program loans.
Churches partner with Undue Medical Debt to alleviate their neighbors’ medical burdens.
Undue Medical Debt has paid off more than $25 billion in medical debt for nearly 15 million families in the United States.
Brandon Meeks’ credentials questioned, Dad’s Place blocked from housing homeless, Johnny Hunt returns to pulpit, and more.
ONE YEAR AGO: On Jan. 16, 2025, MinistryWatch reported about accusations against Brandon Meeks claiming he had misrepresented his academic credentials and hidden his criminal past. Read more here. TWO YEARS AGO: On Jan. 19, 2024, ...
100-page opinion ends two-year defamation case against assistant who accused Carter of rape
The Washington State Court of Appeals has rejected former Together Church Pastor Micahn Carter's defamation suit against a former assistant who claimed he raped her.
Daystar, Hyde Amendment, New Church Data from Ryan Burge
Thoughts on news items that don't rise to the level of a news story or are outside of our normal charity and philanthropy “beat,” including new data from Ryan Burge that Warren Smith "can't resist."
Church founder and self-proclaimed apostle David E. Taylor faces criminal charges.
Kingdom of God Global Church in Michigan is asking the U.S. government to return property it seized as part of a criminal action against its founder David E. Taylor.
A deep dive into the stages of a sex crime investigation.
At MinistryWatch, we run reports almost weekly of pastors getting arrested for various crimes — but an arrest doesn’t mean that person has been found guilty.
The EPC pastor was imprisoned in Turkey for his faith in 2016.
Andrew Brunson, an Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) pastor and missionary who was imprisoned for his faith in Turkey for two years, has weighed in on the ordination of same-sex attracted individuals within the denomination.