1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (491+ words) Immanuel Baptist Church, one of Arkansas" largest churches, has settled a sex-abuse lawsuit involving a female volunteer accused of assaulting a 15-year-old boy attending the Little Rock congregation. "Immanuel Baptist Church announced yesterday that the church"s insurance carrier has…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago  (1770+ words) A pastor at a nondenominational church in Texas says he has uncovered extensive evidence of plagiarism in the Passion version of the Bible. David Fish, the formation minister at New River Fellowship, 25 miles west of Fort Worth, told "Roys Report…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (663+ words) A pro-MAGA pastor caught up in a sexting scandal could become Tulsa's next member of Congress as he advances to an Aug. 25 runoff election. Jackson Lahmeyer, 34, who is endorsed by President Donald Trump and other leading Republicans, received more votes…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1486+ words) A years-long campaign to ban women's ordination in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has prompted the 155-year-old First Baptist Church in Gainesville, Florida, to leave its ranks. The church announced its decision in anticipation of a vote at the SBC's…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1858+ words) The recently released faith-based film "I Can Only Imagine 2" claims to be based on a true story. But according to contemporary Christian music (CCM) legend Crystal Lewis, co-writer of the song central to the movie, it's not. The film depicts Timmons…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (358+ words) Michael Robert Herbert, a suburban Chicago real estate attorney and former Christian school board member, was arrested and charged on May 14 with 10 felony counts of sexual crimes involving minors, court documents show. Herbert, 55, lives in Aurora, Illinois, about 40 miles west…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1120+ words) Several Georgia legislators have introduced a bill amending the state's criminal code to make clergy members criminally liable for certain sexual offenses involving individuals under their spiritual authority. Senate Bill 542, filed Feb. 20 by Sen. Randy Robertson, R-Cataula, would update Georgia…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (819+ words) Hormoz Shariat preaches to a congregation of millions of Iranian Christians around the world, who have scattered because of repression at home. He also preaches to those who, having stayed, have long been the target of arrest by Iranian authorities,…...

3+ day, 34+ min ago  (602+ words) David Ritchie, lead pastor of Redeemer Christian Church in Amarillo, Texas, is free on bond after a June 13 solicitation of prostitution arrest, the county sheriff's office told the Roys Report (RR) on Tuesday. Following the arrest, the congregation "immediately removed…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1176+ words) Note: This story contains descriptions of child sexual abuse. Central Christian Church (CCC), a suburban Baltimore Assemblies of God (AOG) church, is accused, in a lawsuit filed yesterday, of ignoring alleged sexual abuse by its former youth pastor. Using the initials…...