Mica Miller was found dead as a result of a gunshot wound in Lumberton, North Carolina, on April 27. Mica Miller served Pastor John-Paul Miller with divorce papers on April 25 because of reported abuse.
Mica Miller was found dead as a result of a gunshot wound in Lumberton, North Carolina, on April 27. Mica Miller served Pastor John-Paul Miller with divorce papers on April 25 because of reported abuse.
Few voluntary associations in American history have had as deep and wide an influence as the Boy Scouts of America. The training ground of soldiers and senators, pastors and presidents, the organization effectively instilled values like trustworthiness, loyalty, courteousness, thrift, bravery, and reverence in many of the over 100 million young men who joined in its over 100-year history. In fact, for much of the 20th century at least, “Scout’s honor” was among the highest assurances one could give of their honesty and integrity.
However, if the only evidence considered was the Boy Scouts of 2023, it would be hard to imagine that this long and storied history ever took place and that the organization ever helped boys mature into virtuous manhood. Ten years ago, the Boy Scouts of America allowed openly gay members for the first time. Soon thereafter, an avalanche of sexual abuse allegations, many of them decades old, forced the Scouts into bankruptcy and a 2.5-billion-dollar settlement. Since then, the organization has been in membership free fall.
The San Diego, California-based Rock Church and one of its employees have been named as defendants in a civil lawsuit claiming that the church, among others, failed to report and investigate child abuse and neglect by former elder and volunteer Leticia McCormack. McCormack was arrested last November and charged with torturing her 11-year-old adopted daughter, Arabella, who was murdered by McCormack's father.
A Nashville pastor has been indefinitely suspended by the Nashville Presbytery, a regional governing body for the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) due to creating a toxic work culture.
A Kenyan Christian pastor has been arrested for allegedly killing his church members.
The senior pastor at The Vineyard Church in Duluth, Minnesota, has resigned just weeks after his son, the online community and young adult pastor, was suspended over misconduct allegations.
The lead pastor and the executive team of an Association of Related Churches megachurch have resigned.
The International Churches of Christ is facing a lawsuit filed by five California women for allegedly covering up child sexual abuse and pressuring group members to give money.
Australian televangelist John McMartin has been found guilty of indecent assault, according to a letter from his former church.
A Georgia pastor on trial for raping a minor has committed suicide.