Zoning meeting adjourned with no vote
The future of a proposed homeless shelter at a New Jersey church — and the future of the church itself — remains unclear after a zoning board meeting ended without a vote.
Second Baptist’s Ed Young retires, Chi Alpha campus minister arrested, Jennifer Christie under scrutiny, and more.
ONE YEAR AGO: Ed Young, long-time pastor of Houston’s Second Baptist Church, announced he would retire from leading the church. This April, a group filed suit against Ben Young, Ed Young, Associate Pastor Lee Maxcy and ...
Gen X are still the most generous with their volunteer time.
There may be more than one reason Generation X is dubbed the Forgotten Generation. According to a Giving USA survey, they are being surpassed by their younger counterparts—Millennials—when it comes to charitable giving.
Christ the Redeemer is a church plant of Doug Wilson’s Christ Church.
Another municipality is being accused of discriminating against a church who wanted to locate its services in a downtown area. The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the City of Troy, Idaho, — ...
A Memorial Day Remembrance
After leaving Oklahoma City, we drove nearly 400 miles west on U.S. 66 to Tucumcari, N.M. Our plan was to turn north there and drive on back roads—what William Least Heat Moon called America’s “blue ...
On today’s program, Liberty University reached a settlement with disgraced former President Jerry Falwell Jr. last year, but the terms of that settlement were only disclosed this week. We’ll have details. And, Bob Jones University ...
Will Christian foundations increase giving?
In 2023, foundation giving totaled over $103.5 billion, according to the National Philanthropic Trust, making them critical to the charitable work happening in the United States and around the world.
Top stories of the week, MinistryWatch 1000 database changes
Here at MinistryWatch, one of our goals is to equip donors with the information they need to make wise decisions with their giving. That’s why we manage our database, which rates more than 1,000 of ...
‘We don’t get to discriminate,” ministry leaders said.
Last week, Marc Wyatt, director of Welcome House Raleigh, received a call from the North Carolina field office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants asking if he could help furnish the apartments for ...
Should government money be used to fund religious charter schools?
Recently, MinistryWatch President Warren Cole Smith wrote an editorial opposing the use of government funds for religious charter schools. Today, we offer an opposing view.
