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Former Celebration Church pastor settles claim, updates about new Bible translation project.
ONE YEAR AGO: Former Celebration Church Pastor Stovall Weems and his wife settled with First Citizens Bank over a claim stating they defaulted over $700,000 in unpaid debt related to their exotic animal hunting preserve. Then in July, Weems filed a lawsuit against the Association of Related Churches. Read more here.
TWO YEARS AGO: MinistryWatch reported on the feasibility of using Translation Service Providers (TSPs) to translate the Bible. We checked in last year for some updates about the project’s progress. Read more here.
THREE YEARS AGO: On Jan 14, 2021, MinistryWatch published an analysis of charismatic preachers who prophesied a Trump victory in the 2020 election. Read more here.
FOUR YEARS AGO: On Jan. 14, 2020, MinistryWatch reported that youth speaker Acton Bowen had been sentenced to 1,008 years in prison — the maximum sentence possible — after pleading guilty to 28 charges of raping and sexually assaulting young boys he reached through his ministry. He was also ordered to pay $840,000 in fines. Read more here.
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