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Houston megachurch holds healing and thanksgiving service a week after deadly shooting
By Juan A. Lozano — February 19, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) — Osteen's Lakewood Church has not had services since the Feb. 11 shooting that sent worshippers scrambling for safety.
Here’s the latest on the investigation into the shooting at Joel Osteen’s megachurch
By Juan A. Lozano and Jim Vertuno — February 15, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) — The shooting is one of many that have involved shooters who legally obtained guns despite criminal history and mental health problems.
Reluctant pastor’s son to most-viewed preacher: Shooting puts new spotlight on Joel Osteen
By Ben Finley — February 13, 2024
(AP) — The 60-year-old regularly preaches to about 45,000 people a week in a former basketball arena and he's known to millions more through his television sermons.
A shooter opened fire in a Houston church. Gunfire has also scarred other Texas places of worship
By Jim Vertuno — February 13, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police identified the shooter as Genesse Ivonne Moreno, 36. Authorities said Moreno's 7-year-old son, who the shooter brought into the church, was shot in the head and critically injured.
What to know about a shooting at Joel Osteen’s megachurch
By Juan A. Lozano — February 12, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) — Osteen said the violence could have been worse if the shooting had happened during the earlier and larger late Sunday morning service.
Wisconsin megachurch pastor Stuart Briscoe, lifelong broadcast evangelist, dies at 91
By Riley Farrell — August 5, 2022
(RNS) — His Wisconsin church remains the largest in the state, and his media ministry, 'Telling the Truth,' continues to broadcast online and on the radio.
Bruxy Cavey investigation widens to include two more alleged victims
By Yonat Shimron — March 21, 2022
(RNS) — The Meeting House has hired a third-party victim advocate to independently receive any concerns or allegations of sexual misconduct.
Bruxy Cavey, pastor of one of Canada’s largest churches, accused of sexual misconduct
By Yonat Shimron — December 8, 2021
(RNS) — Cavey, who grew The Meeting House into a megachurch with some 5,000 people attending 19 campuses in the larger Toronto metropolitan area, was accused of sexual misconduct and placed on leave.
Why the minichurch is the latest trend in American religion
By Bob Smietana — November 16, 2021
(RNS) — While megachurches often make headlines, most of the congregations in the United States are relatively small.
Menlo Church investigation finds no direct evidence or disclosures of sexual abuse
By Bob Smietana — October 13, 2021
(RNS) — A long-expected report found no evidence of abuse at a San Francisco megachurch but did fault leaders for their lack of transparency.
Willow Creek pastor Dave Dummitt tests positive for COVID-19 on heels of Global Leadership Summit
By Bob Smietana — August 8, 2021
(RNS) — The megachurch pastor is isolating at home while the church does contact tracing.
A Mormon walks into a megachurch
By Jana Riess — May 26, 2021
(RNS) — Five things Latter-day Saints can learn from Crossroads, one of the largest and fastest-growing churches in America.
Report: Megachurches continue to grow and diversify, steer clear of politics
By Bob Smietana — October 29, 2020
(RNS) — A look at megachurches over the past five years finds that most have grown larger and more diverse and become less likely to call themselves evangelical.
Jentezen Franklin: ‘We’re unplugging everything. We’re going back to the raw gospel.’
By Adelle M. Banks — March 18, 2020
(RNS) — In a Q&A, the megachurch pastor talked about preaching during a pandemic, making faith leaders ‘first responders’ and criticism of Trump’s handling of the crisis.
Craig Groeschel, Life.Church pastor, quarantined at home after coronavirus exposure
By Bob Smietana — March 4, 2020
(RNS) — Craig Groeschel, pastor at one of the largest churches in the U.S., is in isolation after exposure to the coronavirus while at a conference in Germany.
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