Three years ago, James McDowell, a former principal at the Hillcrest School in Nigeria, used a post in a Facebook group for the school’s alumni to confess to molesting two students. That led to more ...
Arturo Alarcon has been terminated from his position at 121 Community Church.
A former associate pastor at 121 Community Church in Grapevine, Texas, was arrested last week for possession of child pornography and invasive visual recording.
Background checks vital step to protect children and vulnerable populations
During a webinar sponsored by the Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention (ECAP), D. J. Paxton, CEO of Compass Abuse Prevention Services, explained the importance of background checks of an overall screening process for volunteers.
Plea deal shaved off decades of prison time
A presbytery employee in Idaho Falls, Idaho, who was accused of embezzling over $330,000 from a church organization has received her sentence.
Dad’s Place in Bryan, Ohio, continues its year-long battle to open its doors for the homeless.
An Ohio judge has issued a preliminary injunction against Dad’s Place and its pastor Chris Avell, preventing the church from using its first floor to shelter homeless people, even as temperatures are expected to plummet ...
The Bible teaches us that what we call things matters
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from Warren Smith’s forthcoming book A Lover’s Quarrel with the Evangelical Church, to be published by MinistryWatch in January. The ancient parable of the Blind Men and the ...
Ratings Drop for Operation Blessing; Rise for Advancing Native Missions, Audio Scripture Ministries
This week we published our annual list of Shining Lights. These are ministries that scored the highest possible ratings in all three categories MinistryWatch evaluates: Transparency, Financial Efficiency, and Donor Confidence. We hope you will ...
Daniel Mayfield still facing over 160 charges across multiple counties in SC
Daniel Kellan Mayfield, a former youth pastor at First Baptist Church Gowensville in South Carolina, this week pleaded guilty to federal charges for possessing illegal child sexual abuse images. The 36-year-old pleaded guilty on November ...
Allegations come from former employee who says she has struggled with her faith since.
Line of Fire radio program host Michael Brown has agreed to a third-party investigation after allegations of sexual impropriety surfaced this week.
On today’s program, MorningStar Fellowship Church in South Carolina reaches a settlement with York County after a decade-long dispute over Heritage Tower—a building originally owned by Jim Bakker’s Praise the Lord Ministries. We’ll have details. ...
