Archive for February, 2009

February 23, 2009 / News

Former pastor Giffin faces 6 rape charges

The former Cornersburg clergyman used his authority to take advantage of the woman, a prosecutor alleges. YOUNGSTOWN — Dale Giffin, who resigned as pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Cornersburg l

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February 23, 2009 / News

Lutheran task force recommends changing gay-clergy policy

A task force of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America recommended Thursday that its leaders make changes to allow gay and lesbians in committed relationships to serve as clergy. At the same

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February 23, 2009 / News

Youth Leader Accused of Secretly Filming Boy

BYRON TOWNSHIP -- The church where David Randal Campell served as a youth leader is cooperating with authorities and its pastor stressed that children are safe in his church. Campbell is being inve

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February 23, 2009 / News

Pastor Hides Child Molester In Church Parsonage

Residents called for the Brooklyn Town Council president to resign Thursday night. The call comes following the finding that Brooklyn Town Council President Frank Sams is housing his brother-in-law

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February 23, 2009 / News

Besieged pastor with lewd conduct conviction headed for jail

FULLERTON — The Rev. Willie Holmes, who was mobbed by a group of Hispanic youths Feb. 13 as he and his sons drove up to his Fullerton church, has been ordered to jail to serve a 360-day sentence

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February 23, 2009 / News

A Docudrama Examines The Evangelical Movement

NEW YORK (AP) — Praise the Lord and pass the tape recorder. "This Beautiful City" is a lively docudrama — complete with countrified musical numbers — that examines America's homegrown evangel

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February 20, 2009 / News

T.D. Jakes' Son, Jermaine Jakes, Arrested for and Charged with Indecent Exposure

T.D. Jakes’ Son, Jermaine Jakes, Arrested for and Charged with Indecent Exposure

[caption id="attachment_407" align="alignright" width="181" caption="Jermain Jakes"][/caption] FIRST REPORT According to Dallas police, Jermaine Jakes, 29, the son of the pastor of the Potter'

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February 20, 2009 / News

Willow Creek's Chicago pastor quits over 'sexual impurity'

Willow Creek’s Chicago pastor quits over ‘sexual impurity’

[caption id="attachment_404" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Steve Wu"][/caption] The pastor who headed the Chicago congregation of the evangelical Willow Creek Community Church has resigne

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February 20, 2009 / News

Pastor Sentenced For Oakland Abortion Protest

A pastor at a Berkeley church was sentenced Thursday to three years' probation and fined $1,000 after becoming the first person convicted under an Oakland ordinance barring protesters from coming with

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February 20, 2009 / News

Church Volunteer Charged In Theft From Bank Overnight Drop Box

WESTERLY –– For years, Angelo J. Gaccione was a trusted member in his Stonington, Conn., parish. Gaccione, 77, was one of several volunteers who counted the collections at St. Michael Church in

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