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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.
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Leader of Mexico's largest evangelical church sentenced to 17 years for child sex abuse
Naasón Joaquín García, 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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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Church and family grieve 86-year-old devout Christian killed in Buffalo shooting
Ruth Whitfield served her church for more 50 years.
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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.
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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 28:19–20, most Christians believe this mandate only applies to some disciples, not all, a new study from Barna shows.
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Former Hillsong pastors say they were bullied into handing over church assets
Husband and wife pastors Vera and Zhenya Kasevich, who led Hillsong churches in Kyiv and Moscow for more than 20 years, said in an ABC Australia report that they were threatened when they tried to break away from the Hillsong network in 2014.
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Hillsong Phoenix pastor separates from Hillsong Church, calls for investigation of board
Hillsong Phoenix Lead Pastor Terry Crist has called for an investigation of the global board of the Australia-based Hillsong Church after announcing Sunday that he has formally asked to separate from the megachurch network due to a governance dispute in the wake of the resignation of founder Brian Houston.
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Former Hillsong Dallas Pastor Reed Bogard resigned after he was accused of rape, investigation reveals
Less than two weeks after Reed Bogard abruptly resigned as lead pastor of the now-defunct Hillsong Dallas in January 2021, an internal investigation commissioned by Hillsong Global said that the married father of three was accused of rape by a junior female staffer with whom he had a monthlong affair while serving at Hillsong NYC years earlier.
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Americans are leaving church and most aren't coming back - report
"Without robust religious experiences to draw on, Americans feel less connected to the traditions and beliefs of their parents' faith."
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Most Americans think nation's moral compass is pointing in the wrong direction
A majority of Americans, including Christians and non-Christians, are concerned that America's moral compass is pointed in the wrong direction and they're turning to family for guidance
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Religious teenage boys do better in school than secular peers
Teenage Christian boys from working-class families who regularly participate in their church and demonstrate strong faith in God are twice as likely to earn bachelor's degrees as their moderately religious or nonreligious peers, new research shows.
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Canadian megachurch pastor resigns after sexual misconduct investigation
Bruxy Cavey, the primary teaching pastor of one of Canada's largest megachurches, The Meeting House, has resigned after an independent investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct commissioned by the church last December concluded that he abused his power.
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