Leonardo Blair
Majority of pastors don't believe Christians should tithe 10% - study
While many Christian churches encourage tithing â giving 10% of one's income to the church â as a biblical commandment, only a minority of pastors subscribe to that traditional view, data from a new Barna study show.
Acts 29 network asks Matt Chandler to 'step aside' from speaking engagements
Global church planting network Acts 29 said it has "asked" the president and chairman of their board, Matt Chandler, "to step aside from Acts 29 speaking engagements" following a decision by The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, to suspend him over his inappropriate communication with a woman who is not his wife on Instagram.
In his final sermon at Saddleback, Rick Warren drives home the purpose driven life
In his final sermon as lead pastor of the California-based Saddleback Church on Sunday, Rick Warren returned to the very first message he delivered to a small group of strangers in 1980 to start the church.
Matt Chandler takes leave of absence over Instagram messages with woman
"In this case, while the messages were not romantic or sexual in nature, the frequency and familiarity of the messages crossed a line," his church elders said.
Pastor apologizes after cursing 'broke' congregation for not buying him luxury watch
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 not "honoring" him with a watch from the luxury brand Movado went viral.
Digital religion makes faith experience richer for millennial believers, study finds
"We've found that while digital religion isn't necessarily attracting a lot of new millennials to participate, it is making the experience of those already involved richer."
Fewer than half of Evangelicals believe Bible is literally true: study
Only 20% say the Bible is the literal word of God, which is a historic low according to Gallup.
Creflo Dollar renounces past teaching on tithing
Challenging popular Evangelical belief, controversial televangelist Creflo Dollar, one of America's most flamboyant proponents of the prosperity gospel, has renounced tithing and all his previous teachings on the subject as "not correct."
Report details allegations of sexual assault against CCM singer Chris Rice
A new report details allegations of sexual misconduct against well-known contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Chris Rice, who reportedly engaged in "massages" with underage boys and invited them to stay overnight at his home.
Leader of Mexico's largest evangelical church sentenced to 17 years for child sex abuse
Naasón JoaquÃn GarcÃa, the leader of Mexico's largest evangelical church, was sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison Wednesday for sexually assaulting three minor girls from his flock.
Pastor Mark Vance: Murder-suicide at Cornerstone Church 'worst day of our lives'
Mark Vance, lead pastor of Cornerstone Church in Ames, Iowa, where two Iowa State University students were shot dead by a man who took his own life in the church's parking lot in June, couldn't find a word to describe the heartbreak he's experienced since the worst day of his life.
Ex-megachurch pastor Bruxy Cavey arrested for sexual assault
Nearly three months after he confessed to sexual misconduct and resigned as the primary teaching pastor of one of Canada's largest megachurches, police arrested and charged Bruxy Cavey with sexual assault.
'It is hard sometimes to see God through all of this,' pastor says as families grieve Uvalde shooting victims
"Sometimes it's about the presence and the prayers. In times like these all you can do is cry," says the Rev YJ Jimenez.
Church and family grieve 86-year-old devout Christian killed in Buffalo shooting
Ruth Whitfield served her church for more 50 years.
More pastors say they have considered quitting, cite stress, loneliness and politics: study
Driven to despair by stress, loneliness, political divisions and other worries like their church being in decline, more pastors now say they considered quitting their jobs compared to a year ago, new data released by the Barna Group show.
Pastors and churchgoers differ over whose job they think it is to 'go and make disciples'
While a majority of pastors agree that every disciple of Jesus Christ is mandated in Scripture to "go and make disciples" as part of the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19â20, most Christians believe this mandate only applies to some disciples, not all, a new study from Barna shows.