Posts tagged Megachurches
Suspected Arson Behind SaddleBack Church Fire

A brushfire that consumed two acres of Saddleback Church’s main campus in Southern California, and prompted retired Pastor Rick Warren to issue a call for prayers, has been fully contained, according to the city of Lake Forest. Investigators determined the fire was intentional and have taken one person into custody.

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5 Weeks After Resigning From Gateway, James And Bridgette Morris Start A New Church

Five weeks after resigning their pastoral positions at Gateway Church, James and Bridgette Morris, the son and daughter-in-law of disgraced megachurch pastor Robert Morris, announced they’re starting a new church and seeking supporters.

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Robert Morris Resigns From Gateway Church Following Details Of Abuse

Just days after allegations surfaced that he molested a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s, Pastor Robert Morris has resigned from his Dallas megachurch, Gateway Church. In a statement released to media today, Gateway claimed it did not know the age of Morris’ victim and the length of her abuse.

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Mark Driscoll Gets ‘Matthew 18ed’ For Slamming ‘Strip’ Act At Men’s Conference

(OPINION) The Stronger Men’s Conference opened with an act by “bad boy” Alex Magala, a daredevil sword-swallower who moonlights as a pole-dancing striptease artist at gay nightclubs. The next day, disgraced bully pastor Mark Driscoll slammed the “strip” act as exhibiting the “Jezebel spirit” — and then got “Matthew 18ed” and booted off the stage by Pastor Lindell.

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Comparing The Rise Of The Religious ‘Nons’ To The Nones, NIPs And Nonverts

(OPINION) A blockbuster in the November U.S. Religion Census report said that, taken together, nondenominational Protestants number 21 million and are unquestionably the largest U.S. Protestant group, exceeding by millions the largest denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, and second only to Catholics.

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‘Honk For Jesus’ Reflects On The Burdens Christian Women Are Forced To Bear

(REVIEW) “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul” is a movie about a lot of the worst parts of church culture: hypocrisy, prosperity gospel, abuse, misplaced loyalty and celebrity church culture. Most importantly, it’s about the expectation placed on Christian women to submit to people who actively hurt them and bear the full weight of the wrongs of others.

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Texas Pastor Kenneth Copeland Pays No Taxes On $7 Million Mansion

Televangelist and prosperity gospel preacher Kenneth Copeland, who is the leader of Eagle Mountain International Church in Tarrant County, Texas, has a reported net worth of $750 million. But because his $7 million mansion is considered a “parsonage” for the church under Texas Tax Code Sec. 11.20, the property is tax-exempt.

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Is there really a truce in the bitter Protestant 'worship wars'?

(OPINION) Tensions over worship styles seem to be easing. Congregations may have settled on contemporary pop rock or traditional hymns, but genres — and attitudes — are evolving as they merge.

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