Ministers (Protestant)
Southern Baptists to Release List of Ministers Accused of Sexual Abuse
Leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention announced Tuesday that they were preparing to release a secretly maintained list of hundreds of ministers and church workers they say are credibly accused of sexual abuse. The existence of the list was revealed Sunday in a bombshell report on the denomination’s handling of sexual abuse over the past […]
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As a ‘Seismic Shift’ Fractures Evangelicals, an Arkansas Pastor Leaves Home
FORT SMITH, Ark. — In the fall of 2020, Kevin Thompson delivered a sermon about the gentleness of God. At one point, he drew a quick contrast between a loving, accessible God and remote, inaccessible celebrities. Speaking without notes, his Bible in his hand, he reached for a few easy examples: Oprah, Jay-Z, Tom Hanks. […]
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A Crusade to Challenge the 2020 Election, Blessed by Church Leaders
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The 11 a.m. service at Church for All Nations, a large nondenominational evangelical church in Colorado’s second-largest city, began as such services usually do. The congregation of young families and older couples swayed and sang along to live music. Mark Cowart, the church’s senior pastor, delivered an update on a church […]
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How Scandals Drove Hillsong to Lose its American Churches
Mr. Dooley, the interim leader, said in an email to The Times through the church press office that he has been “talking with members of our team around the world in what seems like a nonstop conversation” since the revelations of Mr. Houston’s behavior. He described the crisis as a challenging and emotional time for […]
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In Congo, Floating Pastors Follow Mobile Flocks Along Busy River
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo — The ebullient soukous music had been blasting from speakers since before dawn, but at 8 a.m., someone aboard the brightly painted boat docked along the Congo River pressed pause, and a pastor picked up a microphone and began preaching at a volume easily heard on shore. “You will go […]
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