A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Houston pastor Dr. Ronald K. Mouton Sr. of East Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, who was killed in an apparent road rage incident on June 24. On Friday (July 30), 23-year-old Deshawn Longmire of Pearland, Texas, was charged with Mouton’s murder. Police have identified Longmire as allegedly being the man … [Read more...] about Uber Driver Charged With Murder of Beloved Houston Pastor After Road Rage Shooting
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Brooklyn Pastor Uses Homophobic Slur, Fat-Shaming During Instagram Live After Two Church Leaders Mock Him Getting Robbed
Bishop Lamor Whitehead continues to be featured in viral videos, but perhaps not for reasons that the pastor of Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries would want. Whitehead made national headlines a week ago after he and his wife were robbed at gunpoint during their Brooklyn church’s livestream. The thieves got away with approximately $1 … [Read more...] about Brooklyn Pastor Uses Homophobic Slur, Fat-Shaming During Instagram Live After Two Church Leaders Mock Him Getting Robbed
‘Really Special’: Pastors Reflect on Baptizing Their Own Children
By Timothy Cockes NASHVILLE (BP) – It’s always a joyful experience for pastors to baptize a fellow child of God, but it’s an even more joyful experience for them to baptize their own child. For Woody Walls, associate pastor of Beach Road Baptist Church in Southport, N.C., baptizing his 27-year-old son Jarrett was the culmination of a long and sometimes difficult spiritual … [Read more...] about ‘Really Special’: Pastors Reflect on Baptizing Their Own Children
Pastors’ Playful Twitter Exchange Highlights a Love for Books
By Scott Barkley NASHVILLE (BP) – Mac Brunson’s dad had an eighth-grade education. But every night, he’d stop by his son’s room to make sure young Mac had read his Bible that night. It was important to read Scripture, but his father wanted Brunson to be a reader, period. “He said if I could read my King James Bible, I could read anything in the world,” said Brunson, … [Read more...] about Pastors’ Playful Twitter Exchange Highlights a Love for Books
Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Search Team Continues Work
By Scott Barkley NASHVILLE (BP) – The group tasked with recommending the next president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is currently working through the process with an active candidate, its chairman told Baptist Press July 26. Todd Howard, pastor of Watson Chapel Baptist Church in Pine Bluff, Ark., said the search team will present its report at the ERLC … [Read more...] about Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Search Team Continues Work