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Church elder killed in pit bull attack is mourned by church, family, friends
Members of the First Baptist Church of South Richmond are grieving the loss of longtime member and elder Evangeline Brooks, who was mauled to death by a pit bull as she walked toward her sister's mailbox in Virginia Monday. She was 88.
Pastor resigns, church in ‘shock’ after rape video allegations
A Southern Baptist pastor in North Carolina has resigned and left his church reeling in “shock” after he was charged with child pornography for copying a video of a young girl being raped by an adult male.
Where Have All the Churches Gone?
For many, if not most, American churches, the changes are more negative than positive. Many churches today are shadows of what they were not too many years ago.
Mormonism as a 'Theological Cult' Is Not News, Says Baptist Minister
Dr. Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, said in an interview with Fox News' Bill Hemmer that he believes that no one "goes to heaven in a group."
NJ Church Burns Credit Card Offers to Protest Predatory Lending
A church in New Jersey held a demonstration during which they took a large number of mailed credit card offers and set them ablaze in the parking lot.
Roy Moore's Pastor Says Sexual Misconduct Allegations 'Untrue;' Defends Him as Man of 'Integrity'
Republican Senate candidate and Southern Baptist Alabama Judge Roy Moore's pastor at Gallant First Baptist Church, where he has worshiped for most of his life, dismissed swirling allegations of sexual misconduct against his parishioner as "untrue" Sunday.
Son of Ala. pastor who killed himself over cross-dressing exposure says ‘dad made me strong’
Carter Copeland, the son of late mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama, and pastor of the First Baptist Church of Phenix City, F.L. "Bubba" Copeland, who fatally shot himself after his secret online alter ego known as the "transgender curvy girl” was outed, remembered his father as a hero who made him strong at a memorial service held in his honor Thursday.
'Evil Did Not Win': Sutherland Springs Church Marks 1 Year Since Massacre of 26
The First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, has marked one year since 26 of its members, including the pastor's daughter, were killed in one of the worst shootings in modern U.S. history.
Dallas Megachurch Makes Way for New Campus
A Dallas megachurch is imploding four buildings Saturday morning to make way for a $115 million campus. The demolition is drawing TV news crews
Charles Stanley Names Successor but Will Remain Sr. Pastor, Says Retirement Is Unbiblical
Charles F. Stanley, the iconic Southern Baptist televangelist who has led the 13,000-member First Baptist Church Atlanta in Georgia for more than 40 years and founded In Touch Ministries, named Dr. Anthony George as his successor Sunday. But he plans to remain at the helm of the church as long as God gives him "health and strength."
Well before killing 26 at Texas church, Devin Kelley threatened Air Force mass shooting
A federal court ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Air Force is 60% responsible for the worst mass shooting in Texas’ history because it failed to report the criminal history of former serviceman Devin Kelley who executed 26 people at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs before killing himself in 2017.
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.
Louisiana pastor, 68, killed in sleep after tree struck his home during Hurricane Laura
Pastor James Cart Jr., leader of First Baptist Church in Iota, Louisiana, was among 18 people killed in the wake of Hurricane Laura last Thursday when a tree fell on his home as he slept through the storm. He was 68.
Jack Schaap Pleads Guilty in Teen Sex Case, Denies Knowing Act Was Crime
Jack Schaap, the former pastor of First Baptist Church in Hammond, Ind., pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday in a case stemming from his sexual involvement with a teen girl, but has denied knowing that taking her across state lines for sex was illegal.
Satan is Leading War on Christmas Through Judges, Pastors and All Sorts of People, Says Megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress
Pastor Robert Jeffress of the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, says Satan is leading the war on Christmas in the United States through judges, pastors and all sorts of other people.