(RNS) — Bestselling author and former pastor Rick Warren made an impassioned plea for reinstatement of Saddleback Church’s affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention, after the megachurch he ...

A lay preacher at Sure Foundation Baptist Church in Indianapolis encouraged the congregation to pray for the deaths of LGBTQ+ individuals during a sermon. LGBTQ+ advocates and other religious leaders ...

The VR project is part of Saddleback Church's ongoing efforts to reach and support its community. Jay Kranda, the church's online pastor, commented on the experience, “It felt like church, actually, ...

From its towering white steeple and red-brick facade to its Sunday services filled with rousing gospel hymns and evangelistic sermons, First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Va., bears many of the ...

A former Saddleback Church youth pastor who is awaiting retrial for allegedly molesting teenage boys is now accused of abusing a fourth boy he allegedly met through the church. Ruven Meulenberg, a ...

A former Orange County youth pastor who worked at a popular megachurch was charged with allegedly molesting four teenage boys. Ruven Meulenberg, 39, mentored junior-high-aged children at Saddleback ...

Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday night to remember the victims of the deadly Cook’s Corner shooting, acknowledging the pain the community has felt in the days since and taking time to grieve. The ...

A woman pastor preaching to a church congregation. The decision by Saddleback Chuch, the California-based megachurch to allow a woman to fill the position of Teaching Pastor has raised debate on ...

Less than a month after finalizing the ouster of one of its largest churches for having women pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention has lost another of its biggest congregations. Elevation Church — ...

Southern Baptists lost one of their biggest congregations last week amid tensions in the largest U.S. Protestant denomination over women at the pulpit. The Matthews, North Carolina-based Elevation ...