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More than four decades after sexual abuse claims against a Catholic priest first made national headlines, spurring accusations, lawsuits, a series of newspaper investigations and billions in settlements, the DOJ is investigating a religious group’s handling of sexual crimes by clergy and church staff. This time, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, is under investigation.
Leaders of the historic First Baptist Fort Lauderdale church in Florida have been accused of discreetly selling a prime piece of the church s property in downtown Fort Lauderdale worth more than 1 2 ...
A Canadian church plans to terminate a rental agreement with a Christian school due to its connection to a lawsuit involving former students accusing local private school officials of abuse
In this issue of A Public Witness, we look at what’s known about the new DOJ investigation, how people are responding in divergent ways, and what these responses illuminate about how Christians are thinking about issues of politics and legal accountability.
MIAMI (BP) – Each year, more and more Chinese people choose to make South Florida their home. And, for the past 50 years, Chinese Baptist Church of Miami has been reaching its ever-growing community with the Gospel.
With loneliness at an all-time high in America, Aaron Graham, pastor of The District Church in Washington, D C , shared a sermon on how Christians sometimes associate lonely feelings with ...
The Wesleyan Covenant Association is calling for churches to stop paying dues to regional annual conferences it believes are making disaffiliation for churches difficult to impossible amid the United Methodist Church’s slow-moving schism, largely over the ordination and marriage of LGBTQ members. Those apportionments fund bishops’ salaries and support the work of the mainline Protestant denomination around the world.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has approved a proposal to possibly revise a social statement that respects the conscience of members who oppose same-sex marriage
A Missouri pastor has apologized after a video clip in which he threw a spiritualized tantrum from the pulpit and called his congregation broke, busted and disgusted and cheap sons and daughters for ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (BP) – A friend recounted her visit to a family member in an assisted living facility. Not only did she spend time with her relative, she also had a long chat with a few other residents and their families. “I don’t think we do that enough,” she said,…
