Church

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  Mexico Megachurch Pastor Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Abuse in Los Angeles Just days before his trial, the former leader of a megachurch in Mexico admitted that he sexually abused three minor girls. Amanda Casanova Jun 07, 2022
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  Abortion Rights Activists Disrupt Service at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church On Sunday, abortion activists briefly interrupted a worship service at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Milton Quintanilla Jun 07, 2022
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  70 Georgia Churches to Disaffiliate from the UMC amid LGBT Debate Seventy churches in Georgia have announced their plan to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church over the denomination’s decades-long debate on same-sex issues. Milton Quintanilla Jun 07, 2022
• Mennonite Church USA Passes Resolutions Affirming Same-Sex Marriage, Committing to LGBTQ Inclusion Mennonite Church USA recently passed resolutions calling for the denomination to commit to making the nation’s largest Mennonite denomination inclusive to LGBTQ people. Milton Quintanilla Jun 06, 2022
• Rick Warren's Successor at Saddleback Named: 'It Is Time For Us to Pass the Torch' Saddleback Church on Thursday announced San Jose pastor Andy Wood as the successor to founding pastor Rick Warren, who launched the congregation with his wife Kay in 1980 out of their home and watched it... Michael Foust Jun 03, 2022
• Over 60 Methodist Theologians Sign Statement to 'Retrieve the Riches' of Wesleyan Tradition amid LGBT Debate More than 60 Methodist theologians, professors and clergy have signed a statement of faith calling for a return to the core tenets of the Wesleyan-Methodist tradition amid a split within the United Methodist... Milton Quintanilla Jun 03, 2022
• Second Woman Accuses Pastor John B. Lowe II's Son of Abuse: My Life Was a 'Living Hell' A second woman, the ex-wife of the son of accused Pastor John B. Lowe II says Lowe’s son, Jeremiah Lowe, has accused Jeremiah of abusing her while they were married. She is also claiming he killed one of her... Amanda Casanova Jun 03, 2022
• Task Force Urges SBC to Create Website to Track Abusers within the Church The Southern Baptist Convention's sex abuse task force is urging the denomination to create a “Ministry Check” website to track abusive pastors, church employees and volunteers. Amanda Casanova Jun 03, 2022
• 2 Women Killed in Shooting outside of an Iowa Church A shooting outside an Iowa church Thursday evening left three people dead, including the suspected gunman. Milton Quintanilla Jun 03, 2022
• 35 Arkansas Churches Consider Leaving UMC over LGBT Debate Thirty-five United Methodist Church-associated congregations in Arkansas have announced that they are considering leaving the denomination over its long-standing debate on LGBT issues. Milton Quintanilla Jun 02, 2022
• Pastor Johnny Hunt Responds to Being Named an Abuser in Guidepost Report Former Senior Vice President of Evangelism and Leadership at the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board said he was shocked at the Guidepost Report that alleged he sexually abused a... Amanda Casanova Jun 01, 2022
• Angel Statue Decapitated, $2 Million Gold Tabernacle Stolen from New York Catholic Church An angel statue was beheaded, and a solid gold tabernacle worth $2 million was stolen from the altar of a Catholic church in Brooklyn, New York. Kayla Koslosky Jun 01, 2022