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  Jun 30, 2017

  Former AC Transit CFO Convicted of Embezzling $590K From Allen Temple Baptist Church

  Three years after he was charged with bilking more than $500,000 from the powerful Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, California, former CFO of Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District Lewis G. Clinton Jr., was convicted by a jury Tuesday on seven charges, including money laundering and tax evasion.

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  Jun 30, 2017

  20-Y-O Jack Young Charged, Jailed for Deadly Church Bus Crash That Killed 13

  Appearing a gaunter version of himself on Wednesday night, Jack Dillon Young, the 20-year-old driver who crashed into a bus, killing 13 members of the First Baptist Church of New Braunfels in Texas in March, was formally charged for their deaths.

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  Jun 29, 2017

  Elevation Church Makes Fortune's 2017 National List of 100 Best Places to Work for Millennials

  Featuring perks such as subsidized on-site child care and 100 percent company-paid health coverage, the multi-campus Steven Furtick-led Elevation Church in North Carolina has made Fortune magazine's list of 100 best places to work for millennials in 2017 and they are hiring.

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  Jun 29, 2017

  Bible Classes Can Now Be Taught in Kentucky Public Schools

  Effective Thursday, Kentucky public schools can now teach a course on the Bible thanks to a bill signed by the state's Republican Gov. Matt Bevin.

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  Jun 29, 2017

  Top Vatican Official Cardinal George Pell Denies Multiple Accusations of 'Historical Sexual Assault'

  Facing "multiple complainants" of "historical sexual assault offenses," Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis' chief financial adviser vowed to "clear my name" after becoming the highest ranking Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church's saga of sex abuse on Thursday.

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  Jun 28, 2017

  Calif. Megachurch Reacts to 'Betrayal' of Pastor Fred Price Jr: We Don't Speculate

  Days after Fred K. Price Jr. announced he was stepping down from the helm of the 28,000-member Crenshaw Christian Center church due to "personal misjudgments" Sunday, members say they still have no idea what he did but remain on the defensive about their former pastor

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  Jun 28, 2017

  Priest Accused of Plotting to Poison 'High Ranking' Member of Georgia's Orthodox Church

  Deacon Giorgi Mamaladze, a priest in Georgia's Orthodox Church accused of plotting to poison a "high ranking" colleague in February, has been temporarily stripped of his rank and right to take communion, the church said.

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  Jun 27, 2017

  Facebook CEO Wants to Build Communities to Give People Meaning and Purpose Like Churches

  Citing a need to help people find purpose and meaning by bringing people closer together, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his company will be shifting its mission to focus on building communities that help to connect people with each other like churches and Little League clubs do.

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  Jun 27, 2017

  Calif. Megachurch Pastor Fred Price Jr. Steps Down Over 'Personal Misjudgments'

  Just over eight years after his father, Dr. Frederick K.C. Price, handed over the reins of the 28,000-member Crenshaw Christian Center to him in 2009, an emotional Fred K. Price Jr. left his congregation in shock on Sunday when he announced that he was stepping down from the pulpit due to "personal misjudgments."

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  Jun 22, 2017

  Former United Pentecostal Church Pastor, Wife Arrested for Being Drunk at Bar With Baby

  Three years after parting ways with the United Pentecostal Church International, Michael Trosclair, a former senior pastor at Turning Point Church in Theodore, Alabama, was arrested at a bar along with his wife and their infant daughter in tow.