Faceoff! Cops Versus Preachers On Public Sidewalk

August 27, 2009 – Christians arrested 7 times for signs declaring homosexuality a sin. A street preacher is accusing police of violating his constitutional rights after officers arrested him for not having a parade permit while he spoke out against homosexuality on a public sidewalk in Manchester, Ga. Chris Pettigrew and Pastor Billy Ball and [...]

Oklahoma Pastor Found Dead In Her Pentacostal Church (Video)

August 24, 2009 -  A pastor in southwest Oklahoma was killed and her body was found inside her Pentecostal church, but authorities had few leads in the investigation, officials said Monday. The body of Carol Daniels, 61, was found Sunday inside the Christ Holy Sanctified Church in Anadarko. The small A-frame building sits along a [...]

New Website Connects Blogging Pastors to Utilize Experiences

August 24, 2009 – A new website is connecting blogging pastors and ministers to one another on a single platform in hopes of raising newer generations of believers and Christian leaders while also encouraging and inspiring even more experienced ones. Launched last month by The Christian Post Company, The Shepherd Post allows Christian leaders to [...]

Compton Pastor Suspected of Embezzling More Than $800,000 From Church (Video)

August 24, 2009 - A Baptist minister was arrested this morning on charges of stealing more than $800,000 from the church he leads in Compton, officials said. The Rev. E. Joshua Sims, pastor of Double Rock Baptist Church in Compton, was taken into custody this morning at his home in Corona, said Steve Whitmore, spokesman for [...]

Bus Driver Suspended Over Refusal to Drive with Atheist Ad

August 24, 2009 - The Des Moines Regional Transit Authority in Iowa has suspended an employee who refused to drive a bus that carried an ad for an atheist group. Angela Shiel, 41, was suspended on Monday after she refused to drive a bus that featured on its side an ad paid for by the Iowa [...]

Megachurch Marries 32 Couples in Mass Wedding

August 24, 2009 - When the pastors and staff at Trinity Fellowship Church were preparing for a sermon series on marriage, they realized many people who were joining the church were cohabiting. So the big question was: Why are people putting marriage off? Jimmy Evans, senior elder of the Amarillo, Texas, megachurch, doesn’t blame couples for [...]

Lutheran church to allow gay clergy, couples

August 24, 2009 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America passed several resolutions Friday that recognize committed gay relationships and, for the first time, permit non-celibate homosexuals to be Lutheran clergy. The resolution on clergy, easily the most controversial, passed by 559 “yes” votes (55.3 percent) to 451 “no” votes (44.6 percent). It committed the ELCA [...]

Shari Addison Gets Rave Reviews for Her New CD.

August 19, 2009 – Reviews of Shari Addison’s latest CD are cosmic. “One More Sunny Day,” the second single from her self-titled debut CD, was released just days ago to gospel radio stations. And critics are singing her praises. Andree Farias told ChristianMusicToday.com “One More Sunny Day”‘ is one of those chorally rich ballads that [...]

First Private School Started by a Predominately Black Church Opens in VA

August 19, 2009 – A lot of interesting things can be said about King’s Academy, which had its first-ever first day of school Tuesday. Yes, it’s historical. As Augusta County schools began the school year, the first private school opened by a predominantly black church — Oak Grove Baptist Church in Waynesboro — also opened [...]

Florida Congregation Raises $3,000; Pastor Fulfills Bet to Preach From the Roof

August 19, 2009 – Jeff Yeary believes worshippers should enjoy themselves in the church. Or on top of it, as he demonstrated Sunday morning to fulfill a friendly bet with his congregation. Yeary, pastor of Brookton Baptist Church on Clarks Bridge Road, told church members that if they raised $3,000 toward a new building, he [...]

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