Willow Creek downtown closes, African Anglican archbishops, Venue Church Pastor Tavner Smith, and UK board cuts ties with RZIM
ONE YEAR AGO: On Feb. 13, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that Willow Creek Community Church would be shutting the doors of its downtown Chicago location due to growing financial insecurity. Read more here. TWO YEARS AGO: On ...
Anglican Communion, Venue Church, and RZIM
Anglican Communion, Venue Church, and RZIM
After denying last week that Venue Church will be shutting down, lead pastor Tavner Smith confirmed Sunday that a bank has put a notice of foreclosure on the church’s building, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Smith ...
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: The rise and fall of Venue Church, defining spiritual abuse, and AG overreach
ECFA Membership Changes, MinistryWatch Database Changes, On This Date At MinistryWatch.com
Weekly Review: ECFA Membership Changes, MinistryWatch Database Changes, On This Date At MinistryWatch.com
Tennessee Megachurch Defaults on Building Payments, Property to be Auctioned
The building that housed a Tennessee megachurch is set to be auctioned off from the steps of the local courthouse Aug. 24, just six months after a video surfaced allegedly showing its head pastor kissing a woman ...
Tennessee megachurch pastor Tavner Smith apologized to his congregation Sunday for having an “inappropriate relationship,” saying he had “caused devastation I can’t take back.”
Tennessee megachurch pastor Tavner Smith said he is taking a month’s sabbatical to “spend some time with God” and get counseling after several staff members quit his church amid allegations he was having an affair ...