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1. Megachurch Leader Transitions to Pastor Emeritus ...

Dr. Charles Stanley announced his decision to step down as senior pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 13, during a livestream service. With a succession plan in place, the 87-year-old ...

Created on 14 September 2020

2. Texas Megachurch Pastor Takes Leave, Confesses Sin of Pride ...

Todd Wagner is temporarily stepping down from his role as senior pastor of the Dallas, Texas, church he founded more than 20 years ago. The reason for his sabbatical is the sin of pride. "For the first ...

Created on 09 September 2020

3. How This California Megachurch Pastor Beat Stage 4 Kidney Cancer ...

Diego Mesa of Abundant Living Family Church in Rancho Cucamonga, California, was seemingly in the best shape of his life. Not only was he pastoring a 16,000-member congregation, but he was also running ...

Created on 11 August 2020

4. Embattled Megachurch Pastor John Ortberg Resigns From Menlo Church ...

John Ortberg, popular Christian author and speaker, has resigned as pastor of Menlo Church, a megachurch congregation outside of San Francisco. His resignation is effective Sunday (Aug. 2). "I have considere ...

Created on 30 July 2020

5. Megachurch Pastor Ed Young Warns 'Woke' Christians Against 'Cultural Hype Trains' ...

...  a megachurch pastor in Grapevine, Texas, was dragged repeatedly on social media for —in the eyes of his detractors—failing to recognize the difference between the phrase "Black lives matter" and the offi ...

Created on 21 July 2020

6. Suit Alleges Megachurch's Negligence Led to Abuse of Teen ...

... megachurch. The lawsuit claims that a former teenage volunteer in the church's child-care program was groomed and later abused by a church staffer. "In May of 2019, a former part-time employee of Bellev ...

Created on 16 July 2020

7. Atlanta Megachurch Suspends In-Person Worship for Remainder of Year ...

An Atlanta-area megachurch announced this week it will suspend all in-person worship services for the remainder of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. North Point Community Church, which meets in multiple ...

Created on 15 July 2020

8. Mike Evans Sues Jentezen Franklin Over Holocaust Survivor Funds

... Center, a multisite megachurch based in Gainesville, Georgia. Evans says Franklin and Free Chapel have withheld more than $3.3 million in money raised to support charitable projects for Holocaust survivors; ...

Created on 10 July 2020

9. Megachurch Pastor Has Supernatural Encounter With Jesus That Disrupts His Ministry and Changes Everything ...

... Passover lined up with Good Friday. Paul Wilbur was on stage, leading the Seder service. "I was pretty tired and not feeling very spiritual when Paul called me up." The megachurch pastor admits. Paul wa ...

Created on 05 June 2020

10. Pastor Gibson to Preach in Chicago Sunday, Applauds Trump Comments on Church Reopenings

Megachurch Pastor Brian Gibson, founder of the PeaceablyGather.com movement to safely reopen churches across America with 5,000 churches now joining the effort that launched May 17, praises President Trump' ...

Created on 22 May 2020

11. Megachurch Pastor Darrin Patrick Dies of Apparent Suicide ...

Darrin Patrick, a megachurch pastor, author and speaker, has died. Patrick was a teaching pastor at Seacoast Church, a multisite megachurch based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and the founding pastor ...

Created on 10 May 2020

12. Rodney Howard-Browne Closes Church, Addresses 'False Statements' About His Arrest

My name is Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne. My wife, Adonica, and I are the founders of Revival Ministries International, The River at Tampa Bay Church, River Bible Institute, River School of Worship and River ...

Created on 02 April 2020

13. Popular Church Planter Haunted by Claims of Serial Plagiarism

Dale Partridge has made a living for most of the past decade by saying pithily positive things on the internet. Best known for starting Sevenly, a social-good clothing company that claimed to raise millions ...

Created on 08 January 2020

14. James MacDonald Sues Radio Host 'Mancow' for Defamation

... ." MacDonald was fired from the Chicago-area megachurch in February after Muller aired clips of a recording of purported remarks by MacDonald in which he allegedly insulted critics, including freelance journal ...

Created on 17 December 2019

15. John Gray's Relentless Church to Move to New Location in 2020

Relentless Church has made official plans to move to another location in 2020, says Senior Pastor John Gray. Gray tells The Greenville News that his megachurch has chosen a new location in Greenville, ...

Created on 16 December 2019

16. Why Big Churches Get Such a Bad Rap

Big churches get a bad rap. Let's define a big church as a congregation of over 500 in attendance. The thoughts about big churches are all over the map. Some positive. Some negative. Few neutral. A strong ...

Created on 16 December 2019

17. Megachurch Lead Pastor Tragically Killed in Car Crash ...

A megachurch in Richmond, Virginia, is mourning the unexpected death of their pastor. Dr. Dimitri Bradley of City Church passed away on Nov. 20 while driving home from a church service, according to WRIC-TV ...

Created on 26 November 2019

18. Kanye West to Perform at Joel Osteen's Church This Sunday

...  Osteen extended an invitation to West last month to attend one of his church's services on Sunday. The megachurch pastor seemingly didn't ask him to perform so as not to put him on the spot but would ...

Created on 13 November 2019

19. James MacDonald 'Biblically Disqualified' for Ministry, Says Harvest Bible

Former pastor and radio preacher James MacDonald is no longer fit for ministry, said the elders of Harvest Bible Chapel, the megachurch MacDonald founded in the Chicago suburbs in 1988. In a statement ...

Created on 04 November 2019

20. Joel Osteen Invites Kanye West to Lakewood Service

... that Osteen invited West to experience his megachurch but didn't ask him to perform so as not to put him on the spot. But the celebrity pastor would reportedly be thrilled if West sang. West's Jesus Is Ki ...

Created on 25 October 2019