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A new report based on interviews with 300 Catholic priests, nuns and laypeople concludes that clergy aren’t adequately prepared to wield the power they exercise and need more education on questions of sex and gender.

Frederick Buechner died peacefully in his sleep on Monday (Aug. 15) at age 96, according to his family. Buechner was an ordained evangelist in the Presbyterian Church (USA) who inspired Christians across conservative and progressive divides with his books and sermons.

After pastor Bruxy Cavey stepped down and admitted to a years-long sexual relationship with a church member, some contested that it was sexual abuse. The latest church investigations may put that argument to rest.

A query of the most viewed sermons on YouTube in the past year revealed that only four names are on the list—one of which isn’t even a pastor at a church.

An Aug. 14 sermon that Pastor Ed Young of Fellowship Church in Texas preached on “wokeism” has generated criticism online. In his sermon, Young offered his own definition of “wokeism,” comparing the ideology as he defines it to a cult and calling it “a seductive, satanic strategy.”

After The Village Church, a large Dallas-area congregation led by Acts 29 president Matt Chandler, settled a high-profile abuse case earlier this month, it released a statement emphasizing its innocence. The family of the alleged victim pushed back against the church's content and tone.

A 56-year-old woman was transported to the hospital “for treatment and other evaluations” after crashing her 2007 Dodge Charger into the building of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Millington, Michigan, on Sunday night. 

53-year-old actress Anne Heche has died after suffering injuries from a car crash. Some fans may be unaware of her struggle with substance abuse, childhood sexual abuse, and her fundamentalist Christian upbringing.