#ChurchToo Archives - Page 18 of 83 - MinistryWatch
Pastors more likely to encourage prayer, less likely to hold events, show videos, or hand out information on persecution
As pastors speak and pray with their congregations, they say they’re also keeping persecuted Christians around the world in mind.
Beverly Heights Presbyterian Church was part of the denomination for 18 years.
After 16 months and two civil lawsuits, a church in western Pennsylvania has officially split from the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
33 Christian Reformed ministers took oath to a rival denomination as church split deepens
(RNS) — At a church just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Tuesday (Feb. 18), 33 ministers from the Christian Reformed Church in North America stood up to read aloud a declaration, officially accepting ordination in ...
The three charged with failure to report abuse released on bond; pastor allowed to return to pulpit
On February 10, police arrested four individuals connected with allegations of child abuse at Maranatha Christian School (MCS) in Florence, South Carolina. The Florence County Sheriff’s Office alleges that on January 23, daycare worker Laurin ...
Only five Hillsong congregations remain in the U.S.
Hillsong San Francisco is splitting from Hillsong Church and becoming an independent congregation.
Two brothers have accused Jakes of making sexual advances decades ago. Jakes maintains his innocence.
Dallas megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes continued to deny claims by two other ministers who have accused him of sexual misconduct, describing the accusers in a newly filed affidavit as “bullies” and himself as the ...
Focus will be on training churches to use other databases and background checks.
A proposed online database that would list the names of abusive Southern Baptist pastors is now on hold, with no names likely to be added to the website by the denomination’s annual meeting this summer.
SBC leaders disagree about abuse reform, Saddleback Church ousted from SBC, RZIM misconduct report, Olivet University executives plead guilty, Bill Gothard on leave
ONE YEAR AGO: On Feb. 20, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention’s abuse reform task force announced plans to launch a new, independent nonprofit to host a database of abuse pastors ...
Now the 5th Circuit will use those answers in its decision about the plaintiff’s appeal.
In a case involving a report of sexual assault at Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a person supplying defamatory material can be held liable even if they weren’t ...
Cases can now move forward, including one abuse victim suing Christ Covenant Church and Charlotte Christian School
The North Carolina Supreme Court has upheld the state’s 2019 SAFE Child Act as constitutional.
