Jennifer Lyell, the former Lifeway Christian Resources VP whose relationship with former professor David Sills acted as the catalyst for the Southern Baptist Convention’s sex abuse controversy, passed away on Saturday after suffering a series of strokes. She was 47. Her death was met by an outpouring of grief online,
The outgoing Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCAS’s) Lower Susquehanna Synod revealed more shocking statistics about the progressive denominations continuing decline, showing that, among other things, nearly half of congregations within the ELCA can’t afford a full-time pastor. Outgoing Bishop Jim Dunlop, speaking to a gathered crowd
Galveston Central Church is a United Methodist congregation in Galveston, Texas, that tries to “take the best of the Church from the last 2,000 years and smash it together with Galveston’s own unique culture and vision of the divine.” They are led by Michael Gienger and Julia Riley. He’s a
Truett McConnell University President Emir Caner has been placed on administrative leave while school trustees investigate claims that he ignored or disregarded allegations that his VP of academic services groomed and then sexually abused a student. The school shared in a statement that the Trustees met on Friday and made
The Newsboys have released a statement regarding public allegations of sexual assault, drug use, and grooming by frontman Michael Tait, saying that they are ‘devastated’ by the revelation and that while Tait confessed to them that he “had been living a double” life, they “never imagined it could be this
Former Newsboys frontman Michael Tait, who also was part of the legendary Christian band DC Talk, has been accused of sexual assault against several men going back to 2004, according to a recent story in The Roys Report. Jessica Morris, a music journalist who interviewed 50 witnesses and spent two
Bethel Church’s senior leader, Bill Johnson, continues to surround himself with arch-heretics and prosperity-gospel pariahs, joining a slate of speakers at Kenneth Copelands’ annual Southwest Believers’ Convention that comprise some of the most shameless hucksters and false teachers over the last four decades. Taking place on July 28-Aug. 2, the
Famed New Testament scholar N.T. Wright shared more about his long-standing position on the early chapters of Genesis, offering that not only is it poetry that is not to be taken literally, but that “Adam” and “Eve” were simply a primal pair of hominids (a type of primates that first
A letter sent by disgraced pastor Robert Morris’s lawyer to an outside law firm tasked with investigating Gateway Church has revealed that all the elders at the church between 2000 to 2023 knew Morris molested and sexually abused a 12-year-old girl, and did nothing about it. The letter, sent by
James Martin is a prominent American Roman Catholic known for having an outreach ministry for proud and open LGBTQ Catholics. A Jesuit priest, he’s the editor at large for @Americamag and consultor to the Dicastery for Communication for @VaticanNew, with Francis recently appointing him for another five-year term. He’s a very prominent Roman
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