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  Jan 16, 2018

  Christian Couple Kept Their 13 Children 'Starving' and Shackled in Chains Inside House of Horror, Police Say

  The home of a California couple known in their community as a good Christian family was revealed to be a house of horror Sunday morning when local police rescued their 13 children, some of whom were found "shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks in dark and foul-smelling surroundings."

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  Jan 16, 2018

  Memphis Pastor Andy Savage Says He Offered to Resign Over Sexual Assault but Church Stood by Him

  Teaching Pastor Andy Savage of Highpoint Church in Memphis, Tennessee, says he offered to resign from his post when he publicly confessed a week ago to his congregation that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old while he was her youth pastor in Texas 20 years ago.

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  Jan 15, 2018

  Pastor Who Planned to Retire From Day Job to Work Full-Time for God Killed in Crash With Wife

  A bivocational North Carolina pastor and his wife were killed about 200 yards from their church Sunday when an Amtrak train heading to Savannah, Georgia, crashed into their SUV.

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  Jan 15, 2018

  President Donald Trump's Evangelical Council Divided Over 'S***hole' Comments

  Megachurch pastor Jentezen Franklin who leads the Free Chapel Church and serves as a member of President Donald Trump's evangelical advisory council condemned on Sunday recent comments allegedly made by the president and branded as racist in which he called Haiti, El Salvador and nations in Africa "s***hole countries."

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  Jan 12, 2018

  Tearful Pastor Greg Locke Admits He Is Now Divorced, but Insists 'I Am Not an Adulterer'

  Greg Locke, the popular and outspoken internet preacher and lead pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee admitted Thursday that he is now divorced but said his marriage was not destroyed by adultery and implied that he wasn't the one that initiated the divorce.

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  Jan 12, 2018

  Pop Singer, Worship Pastor Jordan Baird Found Guilty of Indecent Contact With Teen, Gets 5 Months in Prison

  Jordan Baird, pop singer and the son of senior pastors David and Jo Ann Baird of The Life Church in Virginia, was convicted Thursday of five counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor related to the abuse of an underage girl.

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  Jan 12, 2018

  Memphis Pastor Andy Savage Insists Sex With Teen Was 'Consensual' as He Takes Leave of Absence

  Embattled Highpoint Memphis Church Teaching Pastor Andy Savage insisted a woman accusing him of sexually assaulting her as a teenager lied about the nature of their "consensual" encounter as he announced he is taking a leave of absence to allow an independent audit of his ministry Thursday.

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  Jan 11, 2018

  5-Y-O Boy Shot 5 Times in Texas Church Massacre to Be Released From Hospital

  After two months of fighting for his life in the hospital, Ryland Ward, a 5-year-old boy who was shot five times and lost his mother and two of his sisters in the massacre at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas last November, is expected to return home on Thursday.

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  Jan 11, 2018

  Newlywed Church Elder Charged With Premeditated Murder of Minister Wife He Called His 'Favor' From God

  Members of Repairers Kansas City, a charismatic non-denominational church in Missouri, are grieving in shock after learning that a zealous newlywed elder of their church has been arrested and charged with first-degree premeditated murder of his wife, who is also a beloved minister.

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  Jan 11, 2018

  Pastor Andy Savage Won't Face Charges for Sexual Assault; Janet Mefferd Says He Shouldn't Be Pastor

  Teaching Pastor Andy Savage of Highpoint Church in Memphis, Tennessee, won't be charged with a crime after recently confessing to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl while he was her youth pastor 20 years ago, Texas law enforcement officials say.