Reading Time: 3 minutes Dave Hayes is a Christian activist known as the “Praying Medic” and an extremely vocal QAnon supporter. Not surprisingly, he’s known for making bonkers conspiratorial claims and just flat-out lying to his audience. (Last month, for example, he told a struggling man he was “healed” after a painful loss… based on absolutely nothing.) But what […]
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Preacher Perry Stone may be under investigation for sexual misconduct
Reading Time: 7 minutes Right-wing pastor Perry Stone appears to be under investigation by the FBI over sexual misconduct allegations as well as his ties to local law enforcement officials in Cleveland, Tennessee. That’s the takeaway from a damning investigation from Wyatt Massey of the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Massey spoke with several people associated with Stone’s Voice of Evangelism ministry who say they’ve already been […]
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How bad should we feel about an old church closing?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The First Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte is closing after 200 years. Oh well.
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Ex-priest arrested for taking lewd pictures with unconscious victims
Reading Time: 2 minutes Stephen Sauer had been leading a non-profit agency for people with disabilities before he was arrested for unconscionable acts.
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Are charter schools threatening church-state separation?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Even though Christianity and its value system have long dominated this country’s politics, the separation of church and state was one of America’s founding principles. The founders ensured that there would be no official state religion, a choice with long-lasting effects on the country’s future. As the country industrialized and levels of education increased, Americans […]
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Megachurch in chaos after video confirms Pastor Tavner Smith’s infidelity
Reading Time: 4 minutes Tavner Smith built one of the fastest growing churches in the country before his actions pushed people away
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How Kenneth Copeland gets away with living in a tax-free mansion
Reading Time: 6 minutes A Houston Chronicle investigation found that the Texas tax code lets pastors avoid paying their fair share despite living in luxury.
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Evangelical reform: Who’s gonna force accountability on pastors?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Whenever things go hideously wrong in any evangelical group, evangelicals tend to think that The Big Problem Here was a lack of accountability. Had proper accountability existed in their group, nothing bad would have happened because nothing bad could have happened without someone noticing it and addressing it. Scandals, in particular, happen because whoever caused that scandal drifted away from their accountabilibuddies.
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What Finally Stopped Josh Duggar
Reading Time: 7 minutes Had we left the Duggars to their own business all this time, Josh Duggar would still be molesting little girls and consuming child pornography so horrific that one veteran investigator called it “the top five of the worst I have ever had to examine.”
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‘Bless Every Home:’ Personal Evangelism Done Super-Creepy
Reading Time: 10 minutes On the way minus side, this initiative could result in someone getting stalked. But there is at least a plus side: The flocks still hate personal evangelism. An app that prods and pushes them to do stuff won’t make them like it more.