JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP) – Scott Connell and other organizers of the Southern Baptist Church Music Conference felt that 2026 could bring around 500 attendees to the annual event. That was big dreaming, considering that three years ago it was canceled due to lack of interest. The conference came back in…
A retired minister has filed a class-action lawsuit against the African Methodist Episcopal Church after nearly $100 million has gone missing from the church's retirement fund after foolish investments, forcing the denomination to freeze plan funds and distributions as it investigates the matter with the help of federal agencies.
Senior Editor Beau Underwood interviews Vince Amlin, co-pastor of Gilead Church in Chicago, Illinois, for the latest installment of our “Behind the Pulpit” series intended to pull back the curtain on the minister’s life.
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) is asking Christians to come together in prayer for an end to the war in Ukraine.
Less than two weeks after Reed Bogard abruptly resigned as lead pastor of the now-defunct Hillsong Dallas church in January 2021, an internal investigation commissioned by Hillsong Global showed that the married father of three was accused of rape by a junior female staff member with whom he had a monthslong sexual affair while serving at Hillsong NYC years earlier.
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (BP) – Hundreds of people have been reached in New Braunfels as Epic Life, a church plant, fulfills its vision of “transforming everyday places into sacred spaces” where people can connect to Christ.
A Ukrainian congregation located near Lexington, Kentucky, has raised approximately $145,000 at a bake sale to raise funds for those affected by the war in Ukraine.
In a move that has “grieved” Vineyard USA, Vineyard Anaheim, the “mother church” of the movement, announced Sunday that it is officially disassociating from the charismatic denomination.
The justices on Thursday said John Henry Ramirez likely has the right to have his pastor lay hands on him and pray out loud in the execution chamber. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had denied ...
As Hillsong Church's scandals continue to pile-up, Sam Collier has had enough. The megachurch's first lead Black pastor is calling it quits, following a
Surveys measuring the mental health and emotional well-being of women and girls in the United States unanimously reflect a concerning trend. By all accounts, happiness and contentment are markedly down, while stress, anxiety, and depression are way up – and this was true prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Women seeking…
