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In Oct. 2021, Virginia pastor John Blanchard was arrested in a prostitution sting. While charges were tentatively dropped, prosecutors and police have been at odds over whether Blanchard should be brought to trial. 

Diane Langberg, author of "Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church," spoke with Religion News Service about the sex abuse crisis in the Southern Baptist Convention, what lessons she’s learned over the past five decades and why she keeps the faith despite the church’s flaws.

The study reports that 90% of clergy respondents said they would encourage someone with depressive symptoms to see a mental health professional.

‘We wanted to create the resource we wish we would have had,’ conference founder Kara Erickson said.

Three decades later, with a heart still pulsing for the hurting, Colovos heard God calling him from the full-time pastorate to full-time chaplaincy.

On January 5, Tim Tebow stood before a crowded State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, for Passion 2023 and challenged those present to make the cause of Christ their greatest passion in life.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 220 to 210 Wednesday to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which states that doctors are required to protect the life of a child who survives an abortion. All of the votes against the bill came from Democrats.

On Tuesday, detectives in South Memphis discovered the body of 27-year-old Larry Thorn in the parking lot behind a church. He had reportedly suffered a gunshot wound. Per one witness, the body had also been burned.