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His life was a precursor to many of the ministry scandals of today
Lonnie Frisbee is a name mostly lost to history, but he could be one of the most influential persons in the modern evangelical movement. There’s no doubt that he is the man who put the ...
World Vision and Compassion International are among dozens of organizations that use child sponsorships as a way to attract and lock-in long-term donors through photos and bios of individual children.
Humanitarian organization Plan International has admitted it made mistakes when it pulled out of Sri Lanka last year, citing economic growth and improved human conditions in the South Asian country as factors.
Controversial megachurch preacher and televangelist Rev. Ernest Angley, who died May 7 at the age of 99, was memorialized by May 22 at his home church, Grace Cathedral of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
Despite having nearly $1-billion in assets, TBN received $3-million in PPP funds
According to an investigation by the Dallas-based Trinity Foundation, Matthew Crouch, president of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) has launched a massive restructuring of the world’s largest religious TV network.
The following stories had the most page views at the MinistryWatch website during the month of May. We present them here in a “countdown” format, from 10 to 1.
Silent on the role sex scandal, 24 counts of fraud totaling $158-million may have played
Televangelist Jim Bakker said on his television show last week that the media was mostly to blame for the downfall of his Praise the Lord (PTL) ministry in the late 1980s in an early example ...
In a recent episode of his talk show titled “Timeshare Companies Are The Last Legal Fraud in America,” the Christian financial guru and radio host spent an hour ranting about what he called the “scummy” ...
At least 4,500 churches closed in 2019
A new study from Lifeway Research suggests more Protestant churches closed in 2019 than opened—continuing a decades-long congregational slide that is only expected to accelerate.
Couple part of apocalyptic Mormon group
Mormon writer Chad Daybell and his wife Lori Vallow were indicted by an Idaho grand jury Tuesday. They are charged with murder, the latest development in a tragic case of the couple that fell in ...
