HUDSON, OH (WOIO) – A Hudson pastor freed last week from a Philippines jail was back at his northeast Ohio church Sunday. Rev. Tom Randall spoke to the congregation at Christ Community Chapel, sharing his experience in the Philippines; including 22 days imprisoned. Rev. Randall was accused in a human trafficking case when a […]
HUDSON, Ohio – From a jail cell on the other side of the world, the Rev. Tom Randall sent a text to the Rev. Joe Coffey, the lead pastor at Christ Community Chapel in Hudson. It reads, “Sleep will not come, so I sing and pray for as many as I care and love.” On […]
COGIC pastor Michael Bryant, 48, who had been a fugitive from justice, was arrested Wednesday morning on charges of sexual battery by an authority figure, reports Fox News. Bryant was arrested by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office on an outstanding warrant, said SCSO spokesman Chip Washington. Bryant is accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old […]
The wife of Woodrow Karey, who shot and killed Ronald Harris Sr., was also reported to have filled a report saying she was raped. CNN) — A sheriff says he’s closer to finding the motive behind the fatal shooting of a Louisiana pastor who witnesses say was killed by a former deacon as […]
Jorge Juan Castro, 54, of Norwalk was arrested last week and charged with rape, oral copulation and penetration by a foreign object, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department statement Thursday. Castro was associate pastor of Las Buenas Nuevas Church in the Los Angeles suburb, but he was removed from the post after church […]
His wife has since come out condemning his actions toward the minors. 31 year old Brent Girouex was arrested on 60 counts of suspicion of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist. The former youth counselor told police he did it to “help with homosexual urges by praying while he had sexual contact […]
North Carolina pastor Makeda Pennycooke sent out a mass email asking that “only white people” greet visitors at the 9:00 a.m. service at Freedom House Church and her congregation has raised holy hell. “I was floored,” recalled church member Carmen Thomas. ”Like it was a jaw dropper. You can put a white face all over the front door. But when […]
Pastor A.J. Aamir of Resurrecting Faith in Waco, Texas believes if it didn’t grow from your scalp, it doesn’t belong there. Aamir told American Preachers that he instructed his female staff to stop wearing weave because “our black women are getting weaves trying to be something and someone they are not. Be real with […]
A pastor was just fired from a church for attending a Rick Ross concert. Here’s how our radio affiliate Praise DC is reporting the…
Pastor Michael R. Jordan is outraged about the Trayvon Martin case and “not guilty” verdict for George Zimmerman, and he’s pointing the finger at the jury with two bold signs that accuse them of “white racism.” Reactions to the sign have been mixed, with the church’s predominantly black neighborhood largely supportive despite the barrage of […]
Pranksters made a fake website pretending Texas megachurch pastor Joel Osteen had abandoned his Christian faith. ABC News reports the online hoax was equipped with phony news sites to spread the made-up story. Each Sunday, Joel Osteen proclaims his faith in front of 45,000 people, plus millions watching at home and online. So, imagine the […]
*Remember that incident last June when Atlanta mega-church pastor Creflo Dollar Jr. was arrested after he allegedly assaulted his teenage daughter? They got into a tussle when he objected to her going out late at night to a party. Well, it’s been dismissed according to Fayette County State Court Solicitor Jamie K. Inagawa Dollar, one […]