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THE REV. R.M. GREEN RESIGNS; Pastor Says Church Fund Has Fallen Away Since Banker J.G. Jenkins Died.

Because of the failure of the congregation to sustain the work of the church financially since the death about a year ago of John ... resignation as pastor of the Sumner Avenue Baptist Church ... read more

Catholic priest accused of sex abuse served in 9 church jurisdictions, including Chicago. So why is he on just one abuser list?

Somewhere along that wide swath of assignments and cities, he allegedly sexually abused ... Catholic Church on the Near North Side as seen a century ago. The Rev. Mark Santo was pastor there ... read more

Dallas Rev. Frederick Haynes resigns from role in Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition

CHICAGO — A Dallas pastor ... s longtime civil rights organization resigned Tuesday after less than three months on the job. The Rev. Frederick Haynes III told The Associated Press that he ... read more

Longtime Temple Baptist Church pastor, prominent Republican Clarence Sexton dies at 75

The Rev. Clarence Sexton, longtime Temple Baptist Church pastor and president of Crown College, has died, his family announced. He was 75. Sexton, who battled health issues over the past few ... read more

Abyssinian, viewed as Black America’s church by some, pushes male pastor candidate after gender discrimination suit

If hired, Johnson would fill the top job left vacant after longtime senior pastor ... He founded Dare to Imagine after a contentious resignation and split with the historic Bright Hope Baptist ... read more

Man fights to sue Catholic Church decades after he says priest sexually abused him

dismissed a year ago by the by the Michigan Court of Appeals. Brian McLain sued Lobert and the church for negligence in 2021 saying Lobert sexually assaulted him in 1999 when he was 16 at Maxey ... read more

Pastor's Son Disappears After Going Into Woods Behind Church

The son of a pastor ... after he disappeared by venturing into the dense woods behind his father's church. Gunner Blair, 13, disappeared after wandering into the woods behind the Langston Baptist ... read more

Woman sues North Olmsted church, former youth pastor who sexually abused her as teen

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A woman is suing a North Olmsted church where the former youth pastor groomed and sexually abused her nearly a decade ago ... in her life after her own father died. read more

Church news

55 Chicago St. — The Women’s Ministry at BridgePoint Church will have a Worship and Prayer event beginning at 9 a.m. April 20. For more information, call 219-477-4207. Valparaiso Baptist ... read more

Cecil Murray, Longtime Pastor of First AME Church, Dies at 94

“Chip” Murray, who served as pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles for 27 years, has died. He was 94 ... and seeking his counsel. My heart is with the First ... read more

Dallas pastor Frederick Haynes resigns from Rainbow PUSH Coalition 3 months after being sworn in

DALLAS - Dallas pastor ... he is stepping down from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition after less than three months on the job. Rev. Haynes has been the senior pastor since 1983 at Friendship-West Baptist ... read more