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The United Methodist Church, along with New York’s Warren County, has reached a financial settlement in a sexual abuse case involving former UMC Pastor Richard Reynolds. Troy resident John Smith claimed that Reynolds, who served as Smith's foster parent, abused him as a child.

Taylor Swift released her 11th album this year and has already broken records. But YouTuber Allen Parr warns parents and all Christians about her "explicit" content on "The Tortured Poets Department," calling it "anti-Christian."

Following the revelation of sexual abuse allegations against Gateway Church founder and senior pastor Robert Morris, Church of the Highlands announced that Morris has resigned as one of its overseers.

Bishop Lamor Whitehead has been sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay $85,000 in restitution and forfeit $95,000 as a result of being found guilty of ​​fraud, attempted extortion, and lying to federal agents.

Sunny Mushtaq and Noman Asghar, both Christians, were arrested on June 29, 2019, in Pakistan on blasphemy charges for receiving cartoon drawings of the Prophet Muhammad on the popular messaging app WhatsApp. 

Robert Morris, founder and senior pastor of Gateway Church in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, has been accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old in the 1980s. Morris was 20 at the time of the alleged abuse.

Paul Pressler, a key figure behind the Southern Baptist Convention’s conservative resurgence as well as a symbol of its sexual abuse crisis, died June 7 at age 94. 

A Mexican Riviera cruise with Dr. Tony Evans that was scheduled for November will no longer take place. The news about the cancellation follows an announcement that the pastor has stepped away from his pastoral duties for a time of repentance and healing from sin.