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An internal report recently released by the 12,000-member Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida, paints founding Pastor Stovall Weems and his wife, Kerri, as abusive, mentally troubled divas who constantly exploited church staff and finances until they were forced to resign from all their positions in the church earlier this month.
The Presbyterian Church (USA) lost over 51,000 members in 2021, as well as over 100 congregations, and even four regional bodies, known as presbyteries, according to a new report.
When a former student asked Calvin University professor Joe Kuilema to officiate her wedding last fall, he said yes right away — despite a school policy that views same-sex marriage as sinful. That decision will likely cost him his job.
By Robert Hefner God sent me halfway around the world to pray. I realized that truth while with a missions team in a second-floor room in a Hungarian school near the Ukrainian border just a few weeks ago. Our team gathered around some of our Hungarian partners in a room…
OKLAHOMA CITY (BP) — Pastor David Hooks remembers the talk in the small town of Idabel, Okla., when he planted a church there in 2002. People wanted to know why he, an African American, was Southern Baptist. “I had to tell the people of my church, ‘We’re not going for…
PLANO, Texas (BP) — Jeremiah Johnston, an apologetics expert and founder of the Christian Thinkers Society, was announced as the new associate pastor of Apologetics and Cultural Engagement at Prestonwood Baptist Church on April 24. In addition to Johnston’s pastoral role at Prestonwood Baptist, he will also serve in a…
GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) – At least 15 Southern Baptist evangelists have died within the last 10 years. The list, according to the Southern Baptist Evangelists fellowship group, includes Roy Fish in 2012; Freddie Gage and Larry Walker in 2014; Rick Ingle, 2015; Gene Williams, Sam Cathey and Vernon Stephenson, 2016;…
Then–Bremerton High assistant football coach Joe Kennedy (front) leaves the field with his lawyer in 2015, after praying at the 50-yard line following a game in Bremerton, Wash. A...
A Southern California church is planning to house homeless people in six cabins on its property, an endeavor its pastor hopes will serve as a model for others looking to help people in need.
Bishop T.D. Jakes' daughter preached a sermon focusing on how to get more out of life, stressing that God's still got more than depression, anxiety, or fear.
