MinistryWatch President Warren Smith comments on one or more stories in the week’s news, adding an additional perspective or, sometimes, a behind-the-scenes look at how the story came to be.
ECFA Membership Changes, MinistryWatch Database Changes, What’s on the Podcast? On This Date at MinistryWatch
A review of this week's stories, podcast, and database changes.
On today’s program, popular Christian apologist John Ankerberg has been under scrutiny after a former fundraiser for the organization filed a whistleblower complaint and shared it with both the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, and ...
A Wisconsin bishop had required clergy whose churches were disaffiliating to give up their jobs or their credentials.
The United Methodist Judicial Council ruled Tuesday (April 25) that clergy will not automatically lose their credentials if their churches leave the denomination.
Stone said he wants to help local churches do more evangelism and to do a better job at dealing with abuse.
For only the second time in more than three decades, a Southern Baptist Convention president will face a challenge for reelection.
Report features a lucrative honorarium model tempting many U.S. pastors to pay to play
Last month, a whistleblower document disclosing Hillsong Church's financial details highlighted the burgeoning popularity of reciprocal honorarium practices in ministries worldwide.
Sexual abuse survivor Logan Yandell has sued the camp for fraud
Logan Yandel can continue pursuing the lawsuit he filed in Missouri against Kanakuk Ministries and Joe White, president of Kanakuk, after the judge denied a motion by the defendants to have it dismissed.
Although Stone admitted to acting inappropriately, grand jury rules the FBI investigation lacks enough evidence to charge him
There is not enough evidence against televangelist Perry Stone to charge him with sexual misconduct, according to the recent ruling by a grand jury in Tennessee.
The exiting congregations represent 15% of the Conference’s membership
The Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church has approved the conditional disaffiliation of 55 churches over human sexuality issues.
He’s appealing a second charge of driving with a high blood alcohol content
Hillsong Church co-founder Brian Houston has been sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol.
