OK, it's Manhattan. Very high cost of living. But does a pastor need $600,000 a year? Some members of Riverside Church think so. Some don't. Here's the story from The New York Times....
A former Episcopal pastor in Staten Island, N.Y., is accused of pinching more than $84,000 from his church -- and of using part of the money for plastic surgery and Botox injections. Here's an Associated Press story. I can see...
A pastor in Missouri, reaching out to the young, has settled on what is certainly an odd -- some would say silly -- theme for his Easter service: Jesus as a mixed martial arts fighter. Here's the story from WWMT-TV...
The Rev. Michael Dowd, author of "Thank God for Evolution," will speak at 9 a.m. Tuesday (April 7) at Texas Wesleyan University in Forth Worth. Dowd, who describes himself as an "evolutionary evangelist," is a pastor in the United Church...
A Prius-owning pastor gets into gas savings and ethics in this blog entry....
Tullian Tchividjian, a preacher who is the son of Billy Graham's eldest daughter, has been selected as the new leader of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the famed megachurch founded by D. James Kennedy, who died in...
During one of his two stints as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Dallas, the Rev. John F. Anderson founded the Stewpot, which became a nationally recognized ministry for the homeless. Anderson died over the weekend. Here's the obituary...
National Catholic Reporter says the pastor of the Catholic parish in Gaza City has described Gaza as "drowning in blood," with hospitals overflowed with the wounded. "What you see on television cannot be compared to what is happening," he was...
Since his every speaking engagement has suddenly become newsworthy, it's worth noting that celebrity pastor and Barack Obama buddy Rick Warren addressed a Muslim conference this past weekend. Brad Greenberg over at The God Blog has details -- and a...
Manya Brachear of the Chicago Tribune reports that for the first time since his retirement last spring, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, longtime senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, returned to Trinity's pulpit this weekend. Wright --...
Monsignor Mark Seitz, pastor of St. Rita Catholic Community in North Dallas, has a thought-provoking Thanksgiving commentary in the Nov. 14 issue of Texas Catholic. He notes that it's easy to be thankful for obvious blessings: "Anyone, it seems to...
In a letter distributed at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greenville, S.C., the Rev. Jay Scott Newman says parishioners who supported Barack Obama (or, as the priest put it, "Barack Hussein Obama") are putting their souls at risk if they...
He's the Rev. David Lowrie, he's from Canyon in West Texas, and he's argued in the past that theologically conservative churches deserve more attention from the BGCT. Here's an early version of the story from Sam Hodges, who's covering the...
Sam Hodges reports that a lawsuit alleging child sex abuse by Nicholas Katinas, former pastor of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in North Dallas, is headed for an out-of-court settlement. The amount of the settlement is confidential. Katinas was pastor...
John McCain hasn't been shy about bringing up Barack Obama's associations with a political fixer (Tony Rezko) and a onetime political radical (William Ayres). But, according to this article from The Washington Post, McCain has steadfastly refused to make Obama's...
The Rev. Steve Richardson, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Royse City (east of Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall County), was taken into custody by federal authorities, accused of using his computer for something more than downloading sermons....
Here's the story from this morning's front page. Clark, the longtime pastor of Good Street Baptist Church in Oak Cliff, spent more than 75 years in the pulpit. Think about that. Seventy-five years....
An editorial in Sunday's DMN praised Jack Graham, the pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, for his swift and decisive response to the arrest of one of his ministers....
"In light of the controversy around Dr. Wright and to ensure that the celebratory character of commencement not be affected, the university has withdrawn its invitation to Dr. Wright." --Alan K. Cubbage, Northwestern University's vice president for university relations, announcing...
Over on his Beliefnet blog, our Editorial colleague Rod Dreher says he has a hard time swallowing Barack Obama's claim that the Jeremiah Wright we see these days on TV is "not the person that I met 20 years...
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