Survivors of sexual assault in church settings and their advocates have been calling on churches for years to admit the extent of abuse in their midst and to implement reforms.
Three activists with a Texas pro-abortion group interrupted a service at Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch last weekend by stripping to their underwear and shouting “my body, my choice,” “Overturn Roe, Hell no,” and other epithet-laced ...
A Louisiana church led by the spokesman for the Conservative Baptist Network—which claims the Southern Baptist Convention has become too liberal—has been ordered to turn over nearly a decade of financial records to former members.
At a Friday morning prayer service (June 3), stunned and shattered worshippers gathered to weep, pray, sing, and mourn two young women killed at an Iowa church.
A Southern Baptist task force has asked the denomination to set up a “Ministry Check” website to track abusive pastors, church employees, and volunteers and to spend millions on reforms to prevent abuse and care ...
The following stories had the most page views at the MinistryWatch website during the month of May. We present them here in a “countdown” format, from 10 to 1.
Leaders at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee released a formerly secret list Thursday (May 26) of sexual abusers, which had been kept by SBC staff since 2007.
This week begins a new feature at MinistryWatch. Most Saturdays we will feature this “Editor’s Notebook” column. MinistryWatch President Warren Smith will comment on one or more stories in the week’s news, adding an additional ...
A controversial Montana pastor who founded a conservative Christian polemics website has admitted to publishing a false story about a trans activist.
The details in the report are nothing if not shocking.