First Baptist Church Atlanta’s former Pastor Dr. Charles Stanley has become part of an Internet hoax that he is selling CBD oil (cannabidiol) in a new business venture. The scam ad uses a picture of the notable pastor in an attempt to gain personal information from those tricked into clicking. According to the Harvard Medical School, CBD oil is the … [Read more...] about Is Dr. Charles Stanley Selling CBD Oil? In Touch Ministries Warns of ‘SCAM’
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Friends Mourn Steve Austin, Former Pastor and Author Who Wrote About Suicide and Mental Health
Bob Smietana (RNS) Steve Austin, a former pastor who wrote candidly about his struggles with mental health, has died. Police in Hoover, Alabama, confirmed that the body of Austin, whose full name was Glenn Stephen Austin, was found in that city on Monday (June 7). The death is being investigated as a suicide. Several friends and his publisher also confirmed Austin’s … [Read more...] about Friends Mourn Steve Austin, Former Pastor and Author Who Wrote About Suicide and Mental Health
Anne Graham Lotz: ‘I Just Have To Follow the Lord and What He’s Called Me to Do’
by Adelle M. Banks (RNS) After speaking at Houston’s Second Baptist Church on Mother's Day, Bible teacher Anne Graham Lotz got an email from one of the congregation's 83,000 members. “He said that morning, during the message, he was revived and brought back to the Lord, in confession of sin and repentance and just a recommitment to love and serve the Lord,” recalled Lotz, … [Read more...] about Anne Graham Lotz: ‘I Just Have To Follow the Lord and What He’s Called Me to Do’
George Barna: Latest Findings Show America Is Now a Major Mission Field
(ChurchLeaders) A new report from George Barna’s Cultural Research Center (CRC) reveals what Barna describes as the most radical religious and cultural shifts of American beliefs of the past 40 years. Those “upheavals,” says Barna, are “causing monumental changes within our nation’s historically stable religious alignments.” The “American Worldview Inventory 2021” report, … [Read more...] about George Barna: Latest Findings Show America Is Now a Major Mission Field
Los Angeles Nun To Plead Guilty to $835,000 School Theft
LOS ANGELES (AP) A Los Angeles nun who took a vow of poverty has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges for stealing more than $800,000 to pay for a gambling habit, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, of Los Angeles was charged Tuesday with one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering, the U.S. attorney's office said. Prosecutors said … [Read more...] about Los Angeles Nun To Plead Guilty to $835,000 School Theft