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  Apr 9, 2018

  Mitzi Bickers, Atlanta Pastor Accused of Taking $2M in Bribes, Tells Church to Turn 'Worry Into Worship'

  The Rev. Mitzi Bickers, an Atlanta pastor, political consultant and businesswoman who was arrested and charged last Thursday with accepting some $2 million in bribes to steer city contracts to certain contractors from 2010 to 2015, urged her congregants to "worship" on Sunday in the wake of her indictment.

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  Apr 9, 2018

  Bishop Harry Jackson Loses Wife Vivian Who Battled Blood Cancer; Funeral Set for Friday

  Bishop Harry Jackson, one of the chief advocates of the reconciled church movement and leader of Hope Christian Church in Maryland, lost his wife Vivian, who died peacefully last Monday.

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  Apr 6, 2018

  Texas Pastor Arrested for Failing to Report Sexual Assault, Church Stands by Him

  Robert A. Ross, the pastor of Open Door Baptist Church in Mesquite, Texas, where two members — a father and son — are already facing sexual abuse charges, was arrested Tuesday for failing to make a child abuse report. His congregation, however, is standing by him.

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  Apr 6, 2018

  Church Elder, Mother of 3, Shot Dead in Home 5 Days Before Birthday

  Erica Farley went to bed last Saturday night tired. Despite her exhaustion, the mother of three and elder at Until Christ Returns Church in Detroit, was looking forward to her worship service the next morning. She never made it. At 4:50 a.m. Sunday, Erica was shot dead inside her home. She would have been 41 Friday.

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  Apr 6, 2018

  After Controversy, Mark Driscoll to Re-Enter Publishing World With 'Spirit Filled Jesus'

  Nearly five years since publishing his last book, "A Call to Resurgence: Will Christianity Have a Funeral or a Future?," controversial Pastor Mark Driscoll will return to the publishing world with a new book 30 years in the making called, "Spirit-Filled Jesus."

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  Apr 5, 2018

  Woman Who Claims Former Mormon Missionary Leader Raped Her Files Lawsuit

  McKenna Denson, a woman who anonymously accused Joseph Bishop, former leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Missionary Training Center, of sexual assault last month has filed a federal lawsuit naming the LDS Church and Bishop as defendants.

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  Apr 5, 2018

  Navy Chaplain Fired for 'Loss of Trust and Confidence' After He's Caught Having Sex Outside Bar

  A Navy chaplain caught on video having sex with a woman outside a bar in New Orleans was fired last month from his post at a Marine Corps command for "loss of trust and confidence."

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  Apr 4, 2018

  Matt Chandler Calls on White Pastors to Help Fight Miseducation of White America on Blacks

  Pointing to the miseducation of whites on black America as one reason behind enduring discrimination, Matt Chandler, pastor of The Village Church in Texas, called on white pastors to help fight against it from their pulpits.

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  Apr 4, 2018

  Pastor's 'Bring Your Ass to Jesus' Palm Sunday Sermon Sparks Propriety Debate

  Jeffrey Allen Johnson II, associate pastor of preaching at the 17,000-member Eastern Star Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, has sparked a firestorm of criticism online for his controversial play on the word "ass" in his Palm Sunday sermon.

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  Apr 4, 2018

  Calling a White Man a Racist Is Like Calling Me a N***er, John Perkins Says

  Reflecting on the civil rights movement 50 years after the death of Martin Luther King Jr., Bible teacher and civil rights activist John Perkins gave the evangelical church low marks on racial reconciliation and said calling a white man a racist is just like calling him the N-word.