Church

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  UMC Regional Body Closes Historic North Carolina Church Attempting to Disaffiliate The UMC North Carolina Conference has shut down a small, local historic congregation planning to vote to disaffiliate from the mainline denomination. Milton Quintanilla Mar 31, 2023
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  Churchome Megachurch Is Hit with Class-Action Lawsuit for Requiring Employees to Tithe Judah and Chelsea Smith’s Churchome, a Washington state megachurch, is at the center of a class-action lawsuit filed by current and former employees over the church's alleged required tithing policy. Amanda Casanova Mar 30, 2023
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  Brian Houston Reveals He Was Charged with DUI in 2022 Brian Houston, former leader of the global megachurch Hillsong, has been charged with driving under the influence stemming from a 2022 incident. Amanda Casanova Mar 30, 2023
• U.S. Church Attendance Has Declined, Slightly, Since Pandemic Started: Pew The share of Americans who attend religious services at least monthly has declined slightly since the pre-pandemic year of 2019, according to a new Pew Research Center report that finds a change in habits... Michael Foust Mar 30, 2023
• Carl Lentz, Former Hillsong Pastor, Joins Transformation Church Staff in Oklahoma Carl Lentz, the high-profile pastor who ministered to celebrities before being ousted from Hillsong Church East Coast in 2020, has taken a new position at an Oklahoma church. Michael Foust Mar 29, 2023
• United Methodists in Europe, Eurasia Begin Process of Disaffiliating from UMC United Methodists in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have started the process of disaffiliation from the mainline Protestant denomination following several U.S. churches that have done the same. Amanda Casanova Mar 28, 2023
• County Sues Pastor Greg Locke, Global Vision Bible Church for Zoning Violations, Making Excessive Noise Pastor Greg Locke says he will counter-sue the Wilson County Government in Tennessee after the county sued Locke for zoning violation and “excessive noise” at the Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet. Amanda Casanova Mar 27, 2023
• Missouri Pastor Says Woman's Toes Grew Back following Prayer Session, People Demand Proof A megachurch in Missouri is facing criticism after the church reported that a woman’s amputated toes regrew after a prayer session in what the church is calling a “miracle.” Amanda Casanova Mar 27, 2023
• Authorities Investigating 8-Alarm Fire That Destroyed NJ Church On Monday night, a devastating fire ripped through a church in Burlington County, New Jersey. Molly Law Mar 24, 2023
• 2 Men Charged with Hate Crime in Shooting, Vandalism of Missouri Church Two Missouri men have been charged with a hate crime for allegedly firing at least 50 pistol rounds into a church, causing damage. Michael Foust Mar 23, 2023
• 38 Churches Sue UMC Baltimore-Washington Conference over Disaffiliation Procedures A group of 38 church congregations is leaving the United Methodist Church and suing the denomination over its disaffiliation procedures. Amanda Casanova Mar 22, 2023
• Hope City Church Founder Issues First Statement after Resigning following Adultery Confession The founder of Houston's Hope City Church, who resigned as senior pastor last year after confessing to adultery, said this week that he is "at peace" and has remarried. Amanda Casanova Mar 22, 2023