Hundreds of church members who lost millions of dollars to Kentucky con-man Ephren Taylor, received a measure of justice, last week after he pled guilty to federal fraud charges in Atlanta.Taylor, the 32 year-old son of a preacher, and CEO of the former City Capital Corp, had traveled the nation ...
The strategy of Seventh-day Adventists to focus evangelistic efforts globally on major cities is working, leaders reported during the denomination\'s Oct. 11-12 Annual Council. Membership has risen for the first time to 18.1 million, announced G.T. Ng, secretary, up 1.5 percent in the last year.
Attorney General of Texas Greg Abbott sent a strongly worded letter Oct. 15 to Houston City Attorney David Feldman telling him to withdraw subpoenas served to city pastors demanding they turn over sermons and notes which mention the mayor or a recently passed city ordinance referred to as the ...
The Centers for Disease Control disclosed late Oct. 15 the Ebola patient admitted Oct. 14 to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital was on a Frontier Airlines aircraft the day before. The passenger was described as asymptomatic during the trip, but because of \"proximity in time between the evening ...
As news made it around the nation Oct. 15 that the City of Houston subpoenaed pastor sermon notes, a pastor had one word for Houston\'s Mayor Annise Parker: \"Never.\" Parker is Houston\'s first openly lesbian mayor and the subpoena directs the pastors to turn over sermons and notes related to her, ...
In an Oct. 15 statement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced \"A second healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the index patient has tested positive for Ebola.\" The news comes amid charges from the Dallas hospital\'s nurses of poor hospital ...
Even as denominations decry declining baptisms among their churches, ministries like Winning Edge continue to reap harvests.
A church in Louisville has been declared no longer \"in friendly cooperation\" with the Kentucky Baptist Convention because of the local congregation\'s welcoming and affirming stance regarding homosexual members.
The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital nurse infected by Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the U.S., has been identified as Nina Pham.Meanwhile, hospital administrators held a series of town hall meetings with hospital staffers to calm fears and encourage the ...
In 2013, the My Hope America movie, The Cross, brought more than 100,000 people to a personal relationship with Jesus, according to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Next in its plan is the November 2014 release of a new 30-minute film featuring testimonies of Laurie Coombs and firefighter ...
Last week, public criticism about Lincoln Public Schools erupted about materials distributed at a an elementary school suggesting teachers use \"purple penguins\" to describe young students instead of gender-based nouns like \"boys\" or \"girls.\" Now LPS Superintendent Steve Joel is dealing with ...
Juan McFarland, the Alabama pastor who confessed to illegal drug use and sleeping with female members of his congregation while having AIDS, stood center stage behind his pulpit this past Sunday to the shock of members in attendance. Church members had voted 80 to 2 to remove him from his pastoral ...