Last August, a breast cancer diagnosis brought Anne Graham Lotz’s busy schedule to a screeching halt. Instead of her usual agenda of traveling and speaking, she underwent surgery, seven brutal chemotherapy infusions and a month ...
No one was paying attention — until these armchair investigators came along During the fall of 2017, along with the rest of the country, Jules Woodson watched the Me Too movement play out in the ...
(RNS) — About five years ago, the Village Church of Barrington, a congregation northwest of Chicago with a $1.8 million annual budget and average weekly attendance of 600, decided to become accredited with the Evangelical ...
President Donald J. Trump’s spiritual advisor and non-denominational televangelist Paula White officially stepped down as senior pastor of her Apopka, Florida megachurch, New Destiny Christian Center (NDCC). She has pastored NDCC since 2012 and made the unexpected announcement to ...
Last week, the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) terminated Harvest Bible Chapel’s membership in its organization for “significant violations” of ECFA standards. Yet three former Harvest elders say they warned ECFA President Dan Busby of serious financial and ...
The church network pushed back against renewed scrutiny around SGC and former president C. J. Mahaney’s response to abuse claims. Despite continued calls for an independent, third-party investigation into Sovereign Grace Churches (SGC) and its ...
Harvest Bible Chapel founder, James MacDonald, told three elders in 2013 that he’d “lose 1,000 sheep” before he’d reveal his salary. That’s according to former elders—Scott Phelps, Barry Slabaugh, and Dan Marquardt—who resigned soon after hearing ...
(UPDATED) Under James MacDonald, Chicago-area megachurch was in “serious violation” of 4 out of 7 stewardship standards, says Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. Update (April 17): Harvest Bible Chapel has lost its standing with the Evangelical Council ...
VP Mike Pence was the keynote speaker.
A Washington, D.C., congregation asks, “What can we see God end in our generation?”
Todd Phillips was once a lot like the young adults he found himself pastoring. At age 24, looking for forgiveness and purpose, he had a radical conversion experience. By the time he was 40, he ...