Tag Archives: megachurches

Columbus’s CBS affiliate reports: The sheriff’s office said 36-year-old Gary Thomas Keesee Jr. was arrested at his home and is charged with two counts of rape.  According to Mount Vernon Municipal Court records, the victim who made the initial report said the abuse happened when they were 5 and 6 years old and took place on over 50 occasions. During …

Michigan radio station WHMI reports: A former pastor has pleaded guilty to numerous felony charges for secretly recording people in a church bathroom. Former 2/42 Community Church Pastor 38-year-old Will Johnson pleaded guilty to all 15 charges against him that included tampering with evidence, child sexually abusive activity, using a commuter to commit a crime, possession of child sexually abusive …

TRUMP: “So once again, let me wish you all a very joyful and blessed Easter. And I would now like to ask Pastor Jentezen Franklin, a supporter right from day one, been right, he’s been here, I think, Paula, from the first moment that we started. And who would have known that it was gonna turn out this way, but the …

The Root reports: Marvin Sapp’s name is trending all over social media, but it’s not for a new gospel hit. In a now-viral clip, the “Never Would’ve Made It” singer can be seen talking to a crowd of at least 1,000 church goers in Baltimore and admonishing them to all “sow a seed” to their church. While that’s standard procedure …

The Christian Post reports: Robert Morris, founding pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, was indicted on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child by a multi-county grand jury in Oklahoma Wednesday stemming from allegations made by Cindy Clemishire last June that he sexually abused her over multiple years in the 1980s beginning when she was 12. …

From the MAGA evangelical site Charisma News: God is still in the business of doing miracles today. At Bethel Church, the supernatural is not only embraced but often experienced in profound and awe-inspiring ways. One of the most fascinating phenomena to capture attention is the appearance of a “glory cloud”—a swirling mist filled with gold dust that has been witnessed …

The Christian Post reports: Gary Thomas “Tom” Keesee, a son of Gary and Drenda Keesee, founders and senior pastors of Faith Life Church, a family-run, multi-campus megachurch in Ohio, is facing allegations of sexual abuse, including one from his sister, Kirsten McKinney. In addition to being a son of the Faith Life Church founders, Tom Keesee is also the former …

Memphis’s NBC affiliate reports: A Bartlett man is behind bars indicted on rape charges. John Miller, a former youth volunteer at Hope Church, is charged with rape of a child—a class-A felony. According to the indictment, the crime allegedly occurred in 2006; the case was presented to a grand jury last month. Hope Church says all its volunteers must undergo repeated …

The Christian Post reports: International House of Prayer Kansas City’s disgraced founder Mike Bickle used predatory tactics and spiritual manipulation to sexually abuse at least 17 females, including minors, according to the findings of an independent investigative report. One victim claims she was so gaslit by Bickle he made her read Psalm 51 after sexual encounters. The 68-page report, Investigation …

The Roys Report reports: Mike Bickle, founder of the International House of Prayer-Kansas City (IHOPKC) groomed and sexually abused 17 women, some of whom were minors, according to an independent investigation released tonight. In some cases, the abuse constituted rape, the investigation found. “Throughout the investigation, we have identified and interviewed seventeen (17) Survivors who were either sexually abused or …

The Christian News reports: A Texas megachurch pastor retired last month following an arrest for solicitation of prostitution at a massage parlor. The Rev. John F. Fiedler led the 15,000-member Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, until his retirement on Dec. 31, 2024, church records show. Police documents allege that Fielder was caught in a prostitution bust carried out …

“She should be thankful that John Adams or Samuel Adams, George Washington or John Hancock, are not in power right now because she would be arrested for dereliction of duty, which cost people their lives, and she would be hung, according to our colonial fathers. “Well, listen, we can hang the Democrat Party and the RINO Republicans in the next …

This is what I believe the Lord is saying. There is a natural death that’s getting ready to hit wicked people in this nation. And God said, ‘I’m getting ready to remove,’ and God help the man who gave a Presidential Medal of Freedom honor to George Soros. I have to defend God’s people today. Hallelujah. “I’m telling you by …

Milwaukee’s CBS affiliate reports: Gabriel Mills, a former Kenosha pastor, was rearrested Wednesday morning following his preliminary hearing on previous charges. The Kenosha Police Department took Mills into custody after a new complainant came forward in response to the initial case. “We had another person come forward on Oct. 5 that indicated that they believe they were also a victim,” …

The Christian Post reports: Controversial Pastor Mark Driscoll says he doesn’t plan to comply with an Arizona city order to take down a campaign-style sign with the name of Jesus Christ on property surrounding his church. Driscoll, the founding pastor of Trinity Church in Scottsdale and the now-defunct Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, said during a church service on …

The Lansing State Journal reports: A pastor director at 2|42 Community Church in Brighton has been arrested after allegedly admitting to placing a camera in a unisex bathroom on campus. A staff member at the church discovered the camera on Friday, according to an email shared with the church community on Saturday. Will Johnson, the organization’s worship pastor director, “confessed …

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports: An arrest warrant affidavit out of Howard County in Indiana alleges that a former Gateway Church employee molested three girls all under the age of 11. A warrant for Scott Gerber’s arrest was obtained on April 26, 2023. The 65-year-old faces two counts of molesting a child under the age of 15, Howard County court …

The Christian Post reports: A lawsuit filed against MorningStar Ministries earlier this month accuses founder Rick Joyner [photo], along with several top officials of the organization and multiple other staff members, of gross negligence for allegedly engaging in the cover-up of multiple incidences of sexual abuse in the ministry. The lawsuit names as defendants: Joyner, MorningStar Fellowship Church, Joyner’s second …

Megachurch Pastor Mario Murillo writes: This is the blog that will cost me friends and close doors to my ministry. If I was not writing this at the urging of the Lord, I would not dare. But write it I must. Because the cost of remaining silent would cost me the anointing. A price too dire for me to even …

“It’s like those flames represented the flames of Hell, and they were destroying the truth that I had banked my life and eternity on. This last Friday night, it looked like the gates of Hell were prevailing, that Satan was going to win. “That was Friday night, but ladies and gentlemen, it is Sunday morning. It is a day of …