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Southern Baptist leaders mistreated abuse survivors for decades, report says
A blockbuster report found that SBC lawyers worked for years to protect the institution and demonized abuse survivors and accused a prominent pastor of abusing a colleague's wife.
RZIM can be sued by donors over Ravi Zacharias' sexual misconduct, judge rules
A federal judge will allow a class-action lawsuit against Ravi Zacharias International Ministries to proceed, a case based on allegations that the apologetics organization used donated funds to pay off victims of the late Ravi Zacharias.
Citing abortion rights, San Francisco Archbishop bars Pelosi from Communion
She is not to be admitted to Holy Communion unless and until she publicly repudiate her support for abortion 'rights' and confess and receive absolution for her cooperation in this evil in the sacrament of Penance,' Cordileone wrote.
Young people less likely to believe Jesus was sinless - study
A new study suggests that nearly one in four Gen Z adults believe Jesus was a man who sinned like everyone else rather than the incarnate Son of God of Christian orthodoxy.
Willow Creek announces major layoffs amid post-Covid struggle
The layoffs come as the church struggles to rebound from COVID-19 and the scandal involving co-founder Bill Hybels.
Church and family grieve 86-year-old devout Christian killed in Buffalo shooting
Ruth Whitfield served her church for more 50 years.
One dead, five injured in church shooting
One person is dead and five people were injured Sunday in a shooting inside Geneva Presbyterian Church in the south Orange County city of Laguna Woods, authorities said.
Tim Keller shares cancer update: 'God has seen it fit to give me more time'
The 71-year-old pastor said that "a rigorous and demanding" procedure awaits him.
Report details religious involvement in US Indian boarding schools
The Roman Catholic Church and a number of Protestant denominations are beginning to investigate their own roles in those boarding schools.
Texas pastor sues Kanye West for sampling part of his sermon on recent album
A Texas pastor is suing Kanye West in federal court, claiming the entertainer used part of his sermon on his latest album without his permission.
After Christian win in Boston City Hall case, now Satanists want to fly their flag too
Days after the Supreme Court ruled that Boston had violated a Christian group's rights by denying a request to fly its flag over Boston's City Hall Plaza, the Satanic Temple, a religious freedom advocacy group, has applied to fly its flag during "Satanic Appreciation Week" later this summer.
White evangelicals more likely than other religious groups to oppose abortion
The only religious group that overwhelmingly opposes abortion is white evangelicals, 73% of whom say abortion should be illegal.
Florida church breaks with Hillsong after scandals
A Florida megachurch has ended its affiliation with Hillsong Church in the wake of multiple scandals, including most recently the resignation of the denomination's founding pastor, Brian Houston.
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.
Leaked document says US Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade
The United States Supreme Court is poised to overturn the controversial 1973 decision Roe v. Wade, according to a draft opinion leaked to the public by Politico.
Boston City Hall was wrong to prevent Christian group flying flag, court rules
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that city officials in Boston, Massachusetts, were wrong to prohibit a group from flying a Christian flag at city hall.