A rising rockstar pastor and seminary professor has been accused of having a secret second family, according to a pair of local pastors who form his accountability group. Vance Bantu is the pastor of Beloved Community Church in St Louis, and the assistant professor of Black church studies at Fuller
The Church of England is under fire after posting a job advertising for ‘Head of Racial Justice Priority.’ The salary is double that of the average parish priest. The chosen candidate’s job, according to the Diocese of London, will be to spearhead and oversee the creation of a “more racially just
Thousands of Roman Catholics made the pilgrimage to St. Anthony’s Church in Wythenshawe, UK, this past weekend to venerate the body parts of Carlo Acutis. Acutis is an Italian teenager who died in 2006 and who is widely expected to be declared the first “Millennial Saint.” Although Acutis died nearly
Rocky Goodwin, the lead pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Warren, Arkansas, has been arrested and charged with possessing child sex abuse material (CSAM) after a trove of images was found on his computer. Goodwin, who is 86 years old and received an award in 2022 celebrating 60 years in
Reginald Avant is the queer senior pastor of Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church in Seattle, WA. In a recent sermon, he claimed that the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15 never sat right with him, and that while the prodigal shouldn’t have wasted his inheritance on prostitutes and wine,
(Center for Baptist Leadership) The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee met this week and made several major decisions on issues important to Southern Baptists. As our readers know, poor governance causes enormous waste and ineffectiveness in SBC life. Some outcomes of the EC meeting were positive. But others underscore how
On this episode of the Bully Pew Podcast, David discusses the extrabiblical standards used to mark a pastor as “permanently disqualified” and some of the problems with contemporary church culture that lead to pastors burning out or falling into sin. Subscribe to the Bully Pew Podcast on all major podcast
Below is a sneak peek of this INSIDER content. Yesterday we learned the devastating news that Pastor Steve Lawson of Trinity Bible Church of Dallas was removed from the pastorate and released from his teaching position at Ligonier Ministries and The Master’s Seminary. Lawson was much-loved and well-respected, and his
Hannah-Kate Williams has been accused of faking her cancer and financially abusing her close friend and confidant, with the latter alleging that she was taken advantage of for years and then cast aside when she insisted on a modicum of accountability. Williams is a name that frequently pops up when
Steve Lawson’s OnePassion Ministry has released a statement about his recent implosion and revelation of an inappropriate relationship with a woman, filling in some of the gaps from the church’s own statement about his actions and what the consequences will be. OnePassion Ministries, which Lawson founded, exists to “ignite a
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