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‘Take and Eat’—Burger King Apologizes for Easter Ad Campaign Using the Words of Jesus

A Burger King campaign using the words of Jesus and released during Holy Week has backfired—thousands are calling, not for juicy burgers, but for a boycott.

SBC Pastor Tom Buck Says Wife’s Abuse Story Was Leaked in Retaliation

A statement released by FBC Lindale has revealed that Tom Buck was the “pastor in another state” who contacted Willy Rice about a deacon who had “committed a sexual sin that could also be described as abusive.”

Guidepost Investigation Costs Exceed $1.7 Million As of February

The cost of the Guidepost investigation into alleged mishandling of sexual abuse by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has reached $1.7 million since the investigation was commissioned last fall.

World Council of Churches Urges Patriarch Kirill to Lobby for Easter Cease-Fire

The head of the World Council of Churches is urging Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, to call for a cease-fire in Ukraine as Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter this weekend.

Former Drug Addict Finds Redemption in Church Rehab Featured in New Film

“Would God put somebody on this earth to be nothing but a drug addict and to die in that sin?” That was John Draxinger’s first question when he heard the Gospel in a jail cell around July 4, 2013.

Why Vance Pitman, Megachurch Pastor, Resigned as Top Leader at His Las Vegas Church

During the summer of 2021, Vance Pitman and his wife began to think about the future.

Dede Robertson, Wife of Religious Broadcaster, Dies at 94

Dede Robertson, the wife of religious broadcaster Pat Robertson and a founding board member of the Christian Broadcasting Network, died Tuesday at her home in Virginia Beach.

NJ Diocese Agrees to $87.5M Deal to Settle Sex Abuse Suits

A New Jersey Catholic diocese has agreed to pay $87.5 million to settle claims involving clergy sex abuse with some 300 alleged victims in one of the largest cash settlements involving the Catholic church in the U.S.