Posts tagged Sheila Stogsdill
Suspected Arson Behind SaddleBack Church Fire

A brushfire that consumed two acres of Saddleback Church’s main campus in Southern California, and prompted retired Pastor Rick Warren to issue a call for prayers, has been fully contained, according to the city of Lake Forest. Investigators determined the fire was intentional and have taken one person into custody.

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Controversial Pastor Mark Driscoll Refuses To Remove ‘Jesus Christ ‘24’ Sign

Controversial pastor Mark Driscoll is citing First Amendment rights in his fight against the city of Scottsdale, Arizona, to display a sign to vote for Jesus in property adjacent to his church. The sign reading, “Jesus Christ ’24,” is posted on the right of way property bordering the street in front of Driscoll’s church, Trinity Church in Scottsdale.

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13 Pastors And Lawyers Released From Nicaraguan Prison

After spending almost nine months in a Nicaraguan prison, 13 pastors and attorneys associated with the Texas-based Mountain Gateway ministry were released on Thursday. They were part of 135 unjustly detained political prisoners released on humanitarian grounds, according to a White House statement.

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5 Weeks After Resigning From Gateway, James And Bridgette Morris Start A New Church

Five weeks after resigning their pastoral positions at Gateway Church, James and Bridgette Morris, the son and daughter-in-law of disgraced megachurch pastor Robert Morris, announced they’re starting a new church and seeking supporters.

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Televangelist I.V. Hilliard’s ‘Parsonage’ Listed For Staggering $15 Million

The 24-acre Texas parsonage of televangelist I.V. Hilliard has been listed for a staggering $15 million. As reported in the Christian Post, the Spring, Texas, property owned by New Light Church in Houston is listed on realtor.com. The estate, with six houses and 22 garage spaces, was used “by Hilliard as a parsonage, meaning that he has not had to pay any property taxes on it,” the listing notes.

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Judge Rules Colorado Town Can’t Prohibit Church From Sheltering The Homeless

A Colorado church will continue to house homeless people in RVs on its church property, thanks to a judge’s preliminary injunction. In an 18-page order, Justice Daniel D. Domenico temporarily blocked the community of Castle Rock, Colorado, from enforcing zoning regulations, prohibiting The Rock Church from housing people on its property.

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Fire Destroys Part Of Historic Sanctuary At First Baptist Dallas

The historic sanctuary of Dallas First Baptist Church was largely destroyed on Friday night after a four-alarm fire engulfed the building. Investigators believe the fire may have started in the church’s basement. The cause and origin of the catastrophic fire will be investigated after the building is considered structurally safe.

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Christian Billionaire Bill Hwang Convicted of Fraud

A Christian billionaire and philanthropist accused of inflating a business portfolio to $36 billion was convicted Wednesday on several counts of financial fraud. Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang, founder and co-CEO of Archegos Capital Management, was convicted by a federal jury on 10 criminal counts,

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