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The former pastor of Heritage Baptist Church in Rogersville, Mo., has been allowed to post bond after spending two years in jail for the alleged murder of his wife’s lover. Matthew Dedmon, ...

A U.S. pastor, who was imprisoned in China for 18 years on trumped-up charges after helping build a church in Beijing, was freed over the weekend. David Lin, 68, was detained by ...

Today’s news briefs include a fugitive pastor evades 2000 police; Alex Trebek honored on postage stamp; Germany deports convicted migrants. Fugitive pastor evades 2,000 police in Philippines Police in the Philippines say ...

Epic Church KC in Blue Springs has placed Lead Pastor Bobby Hawk on leave as it investigates charges of sexual misconduct made against him. “Our board of directors has been working diligently ...

The Rev. Doris Nathaniel Benford Sr., who set a Guinness world record by pastoring a Texas church for 72 years, has met his reward. “It is with saddened hearts that we announce ...

Not all of the news coming from the Texas-Mexico border is negative. A pastor who set out this month to pray over the entire southern border said his tent revivals, baptisms and ...

Pastor and author Max Lucado has achieved a significant milestone with 150 million products in print, his publisher announced. In more than 35 years of publishing, he has written more than 40 ...

The February C5Alive POWER Luncheon will be held on the 8th at the Harley Davidson Room, 21st & Topeka Blvd. Featured speaker is Pastor Cecil Washington, who has just finished a biography. ...

Pastor and author Max Lucado admits he once turned to alcohol to help him deal with the stress of ministry. “The staff needed me. The pulpit required me. The publisher was counting ...

Tim Keller, a noted theologian, pastor and author, passed away Friday following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Keller was initially diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in May 2020. “It is with ...

Nathaniel Pawlowski, the son of a pastor in Calgary, faces potential punishment for preaching and reading the Bible outside a drag queen story time for children at a public library. “We went ...

Americans lost one of their most beloved pastors on Tuesday. Dr. Charles Stanley, the popular pastor, evangelist, author and founder of In Touch Ministries, died at age 90. “Dr. Stanley lived a ...

A Harrisonville, Mo., pastor recently ran his 153rd consecutive marathon to raise awareness of adoption, foster care and youth mental health. Malachi O’Brien of The Church at Pleasant Ridge in December entered the ...

Theological. Cultural. Personal. With his latest book, Irreplaceable: Recovering God’s Heart for Dads, Greg Austen weaves three compelling approaches into a narrative that speaks to fathers of all ages. For Austen, Irreplaceable is the culmination of ...

A Canadian pastor is thanking God after being acquitted on charges of violating public health orders for opening his church despite government pandemic lockdowns. As reported on Metrovoicenews.com, Pastor Tim Stephens of ...

After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, stories continue to come out not only about her strong faith but her close relationship with evangelist Billy Graham. “Her heart for service brought her ...

Influential author and leader Rick Warren preached his final sermon as pastor of Saddleback Church on Sunday. He delivered the same message he preached more than four decades ago, urging those in ...

Artur Pawlowski, the Canadian pastor who was jailed for holding church services during Alberta’s pandemic lockdown, has won a major victory in court. An Alberta appeals court panel ruled that the health ...

Rick Warren is leaving big shoes to fill, but Saddleback Church has announced that Andy Wood will take over leadership of the 40,000-member California church. Wood, 40, will come to Saddleback from ...

An Indiana woman has confronted her pastor during a church service sharing how he groomed then sexually abused her when she turned 16. “I had family members texting me, saying, ‘You need ...

The embattled founder of Hillsong Church has resigned following revelations that two women made serious complaints of misconduct against him in the past decade “We would like to advise you that Pastor Brian Houston ...

U.S. pastors have some work to do to improve their credibility with the public. The news comes with increasing hostility towards pastors, churches, and people of faith in the media, Hollywood and ...

Ted Barrett is at the World Series. A full-time umpire for Major League Baseball since 1999, Barrett’s testimony and leadership on the diamond has been documented, including by the New York Times ...

David Yonggi Cho, pastor of the world’s largest church, died on Tuesday morning. He was 85. Cho, the founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, spent decades spreading the ...

Offensive lineman Stefen Wisniewski, who won a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020, is retiring from football to become a pastor. He also won a Super Bowl with the ...