On this Date at MinistryWatch
Bethlehem Seminary, AME pensions, Kanakuk Kamps, and Central Baptist Seminary
ONE YEAR AGO: On April 4, 2023, MinistryWatch reported that Joe Rigney, Bethlehem Seminary president with ties to influential author John Piper and Idaho pastor Doug Wilson, resigned due to what the school’s board called a “divergence of vision.” Read more here.
TWO YEARS AGO: On April 7, 2022, MinistryWatch reported that retired African Methodist Episcopal Church pastors had filed at least three federal class-action lawsuits alleging the church mishandled tens of millions of dollars in pension funds. Read more here.
THREE YEARS AGO: On March 28, 2021, MinistryWatch reported that an analysis of the financial statements of Kanakuk Kamps, with the assistance of the Dallas-based Trinity Foundation, reveals what the Trinity Foundation calls a “suspicious” pattern of self-dealing between Kanakuk and founder “Coach” Joe White and his family. Read more here.
FOUR YEARS AGO: On April 1, 2020, MinistryWatch reported that the Rev. Molly T. Marshall has stepped down as president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary due to an unspecified “ethical lapse,” according to a statement from the seminary. Read more here.
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