Rapper Charged with Killing Pastor

September 22, 2009 – A California man who rapped about the thrill of killing remained behind bars Sunday in Virginia, charged with killing a pastor and likely to face charges in the deaths of three others. Police on Saturday charged Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III with first-degree murder, robbery and stealing the automobile of Mark [...]

Many Women Targeted by Faith Leaders, Survey Says

September 10, 2009 – One in every 33 women who attend worship services regularly has been the target of sexual advances by a religious leader, a survey released Wednesday says. The study, by Baylor University researchers, found that the problem is so pervasive that it almost certainly involves a wide range of denominations, religious traditions [...]

Minnesota Man Charged with Killing a Little Child at Church While Trying to Settle Score with Child’s Father

September 9, 2009 – Aundrea Brownlow’s father says he’s forgiven the man who came to Thy Kingdom Come World Ministries swinging a baseball bat that landed a fatal blow to the 14-month-old girl’s head. Her death marked a tragic end to an argument over a $20 debt and a donated washer and dryer. Still, some [...]

Rev. Dwight McKissic, Pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, Accuses Arlington School District of Duplicity in Banning Obama Speech

September 9, 2009 – A prominent black Southern Baptist pastor says a Texas school district should explain why it did not allow President Obama’s Sept. 8 speech on education to be shown live in classrooms, but is planning later in the month to send selected fifth graders to a similar message by former President George [...]

The Pornography Pastor Reaches Out to Outcasts, Whores, and Homosexuals

September 9, 2009 – Pastor Craig Gross admits he has more porn stars in his Rolodex than Christian leaders. For the last seven years, the 33-year-old former youth minister has been known as the “porn pastor,” befriending Las Vegas sex workers and other social pariahs. Conservative Christians were horrified when Gross moved there last year [...]