Jones is stepping down as president of Union Theological Seminary after 18 years. Her tenure has been defined by difficult, sometimes unpopular decisions that helped stabilize the institution even as mainline Protestantism declines.
A megachurch in Oklahoma has dropped “United Methodist” from its name and started fully disaffiliating from America’s second-largest Protestant denomination due to what it describes as a “slow and steady drift” from its historic Christian mission.
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.
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