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*Pastor Jamal H. Bryant of Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore, Md., says that Ebony magazine has apologized after he openly rebuked the African-American publication for reporting a rumor that the charismatic minister had impregnated a 17-year-old member of his congregation in 2007, says the Christian Post. Bryant, 41, had taken the magazine to task [...]
*A suburban Chicago pastor is being accused of sexually assaulting a child. Authorities said the Rev. Donald Jung of the Second Baptist Church in La Grange was arrested and charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. He was to appear in bond court Saturday. A colleague at the church tells the Chicago Sun-Times [...]
*An Arizona pastor is under arrest for allegedly dealing drugs. Deputies arrested Mark Derksen of Fountain Hills, and say he was selling heroin, meth and prescription drugs to people of all ages. As a pastor, Derksen, 63, worked with youth groups and senior citizens. Although his Faith Mountain Christian Church in Fountain Hills is closed, Derksen was [...]
*The head of Egyptian security in North Sinai and the kidnapper said two Massachusetts natives and their Egyptian tour guide, abducted four days ago, have been released. Like EURweb on Facebook Gen. Ahmed Bakr, head of security in North Sinai, said the three were now in the protection of Egyptian security officials in Sinai. “The [...]
*A woman is accused of using God’s word as a weapon against her pastor in their Mid-South church. A 63-year-old church member used a Bible to hit the pastor in the head after he told her and other members to leave or he would call the Sheriff. “He’s got the demon in him,” Ina Garrett [...]
*You’ll never believe it. Meagan Good is engaged; but not to any man. She’s getting married to 7th Day Adventist preacher (and movie producer) DeVon Franklin. [Sorry EUR family member TesticAl, but now your chances of fulfilling your fantasies with Meagan have just diminished to to less than zero. If it helps any we [...]
*How do preachers, particularly megachurch pastors, prepare for sermons every week? Where do they get their ideas? Do they ever get nervous? And how do they deal with both criticism and praise? (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) According to The Christian Post, those are some of the [...]
*Four women have accused popular Nashville pastor Bishop Joseph Walker III of Mount Zion Baptist Church and five other church leaders of sexual misconduct and violating their trust over the past 10 years. The women specifically allege contact with Walker led to sexual assault, and in one case, a forced abortion. The women are suing [...]
*Bishop T.D. Jakes is ready to bless readers again with a new book that’s more like a guide to forgiveness and healing. In “Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven,” he explores what he calls “the art of forgiveness,” in which he goes beyond the topical meaning of the word. Rather, he takes it [...]
*In another edition of bizarre news, at least six HIV-positive people have died after evangelical churches in Britain reportedly told them to stop taking their medication because they had been healed by God, says the New York Daily News. Pastors at several churches in England and Scotland told undercover Sky News reporters that they could [...]
*The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a Central California pastor who admitted to molesting a 7-year-old girl from his church is headed to prison for 15 years to life. Roger Rickman pleaded guilty to one count of child sexual abuse as part of a deal with prosecutors, who agreed to drop five other counts. San [...]
*The ClarionLedger.com reports that Sunday church dinners haven’t been the same at Oak Hill Baptist Church in northwest Mississippi. Fried chicken and soda are banned. Collard and mustard greens are seasoned with smoked turkey necks instead of pork. And on other days, the parking lot doubles as a walking track. “It’s not about the major things, [...]
*Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, reality TV star has received her preacher’s license and has begun teaching the word of God at the Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. “Sunday was a very special day for me in terms of my ministry and spiritual growth,” the one-named TV talent told blackvoices’ Jawn Murray. “God is in [...]
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