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  Jul 4, 2018

  Megachurch Co-Founder Mark Darling Resigns After Investigation of 'Inappropriate Conduct' With Female Members

  Pastor Mark Darling, one of the founding members of the multi-campus Evergreen Church in Minnesota and lead pastor of The Rock in South Minneapolis, has resigned from the church after an independent investigation concluded he was involved in "inappropriate conduct" with female members.

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  Jul 4, 2018

  Episcopal Church Debates Whether to Make God Gender-Neutral in Book of Common Prayer

  As the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church kicks off in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, church officials are set to consider competing resolutions on whether their Book of Common Prayer, last revised in 1979, needs to be revised to send a strong message that God does not have a gender.

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  Jul 3, 2018

  Grace Church of the Islands Pastor Deposed for Abusing Men and Boys With Foot Fetish

  Brad Waller, a married father and senior pastor of the Grace Church of the Islands, PCA, in Savannah, Georgia, has left his church and several others in his congregation in shock after confessing to abusing multiple men and boys under his spiritual care with sexual foot massages, which prompted his swift removal from ministry by the denomination's leaders.

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  Jul 3, 2018

  Priest Sorry for Canceling Funeral, Telling Mourners to 'Get the Hell Out' of Church Over Broken Chalice

  Fr. Michael Briese, a Maryland priest who allegedly told a mourning family to "get the hell out" of his church and canceled a funeral after someone accidentally knocked over a sacred chalice near the altar, is now asking for forgiveness from the family after a video of the incident made international headlines.

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  Jul 3, 2018

  Assemblies of God Church Says Pastor Dean Curry Fired for Misconduct on Testimony of '2 or More Witnesses'

  Leaders at the Assemblies of God's Northwest District Council said late Monday that they unanimously decided to fire Pastor Dean Curry of the multicampus Life Center Assembly of God church based on the "testimony of two or more witnesses" about alleged misconduct with a former church employee. Curry says the accusations are untrue.

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  Jul 2, 2018

  Megachurch Pastor Dean Curry Removed as Life Center Leader After He Is Accused of Sexual Misconduct

  After 14 years at the helm of the multi-campus Life Center Assembly of God church in Tacoma, Washington, Pastor Dean Curry has been removed from his position due allegations of physical misconduct with a former church employee, church officials announced on Sunday.

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  Jul 2, 2018

  Black Church Group: Ben Jealous Hates Christian Church, Unfit to Be Maryland's Governor

  The National Black Church Coalition, a group of 34,000 churches representing nearly 16 million black Americans across 15 denominations has ripped the gubernatorial campaign of former NAACP president, Ben Jealous in Maryland and urged Christians not to support him because he attacked black Christians for opposing same-sex marriage and used the NAACP to forward a gay rights agenda at the expense of the black community.

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  Jul 2, 2018

  Pastor Fred Price Jr. Returns to Pulpit, Says He Is 'No Longer Sleeping in the Valley of the Shadow of Death'

  More than a year after he left his pulpit due to "serious personal misjudgments," Pastor Fred Price Jr. of the Crenshaw Christian Center in Los Angeles returned to his teaching duties Sunday, declaring that he is no longer "sleeping in the valley of the shadow of death" and thanking his church for not "needing to know all of the details."

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  Jul 1, 2018

  Ohio House Passes Bill Protecting Pastors From Penalty for Refusing Marriages Against Their Beliefs

  The Republican controlled House in Ohio took one step closer to protect ministers from penalty if they refuse to perform a marriage that goes against their religious beliefs Wednesday when they passed a controversial Pastor Protection Act that some critics insist could lead to discrimination.

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  Jul 1, 2018

  Creative Worship Services Drawing the Young, but Some Worry It's Going Too Far

  While current worship research shows that innovative worship services rich with technology like artificial fog and concert lights can be used to help grow churches, some worship experts and longtime Christians are concerned about what they see as a danger to sound worship.