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As many as 100,000 church-owned buildings are expected to be sold or repurposed by 2030, according to an analysis in a new book, “Gone for Good? Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transition.”

Robinson has spent years cultivating Black and white evangelical church members with a message that aligns closely with their conservative values. Those church members still think highly of him.

After a contentious six-day trial, a jury found prominent Louisiana Pastor John Raymond guilty of three felony counts of child cruelty, plus one count of second-degree child cruelty. The charges stemmed from his disciplinary actions as headmaster of Lakeside Christian Academy.

Ohio Pastor William Dunfee used a bullhorn to spur on the mob on Jan. 6, 2021. Dunfee was charged with and convicted of two felonies, with a sentence of 30 months in prison and an order to pay $12,000.

There are church leaders who want to ignore artificial intelligence (AI) completely and there are those who find it intriguing, but regardless of pastors’ feelings about the technology, it is essential that they engage with it.

While it appears no formal announcement as been made by John MacArthur's Grace Community Church (GCC) or The Master’s Seminary (TMS) regarding the moral failure of Dr. Steven Lawson, Lawson has been scrubbed from both websites. 

James Swanson, formerly of Rome Wesleyan Church in Rome, New York, will undergo 15 years of supervised release after he has completed his prison sentence. 

On his 19th anniversary as senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee, Pastor Steve Gaines told congregants he “will now begin a transition out of the pastorate.”