PEORIA — The former lead pastor of a Peoria church resigned in the wake of being charged with distributing harmful materials to a minor. Riverside Community Church announced Tuesday in a Facebook post ...

Prominent Atlanta-area minister Pastor Jamal Bryant has spoken out about criticism of his wife's lace black-and-nude illusion gown she wore at a recent fundraising gala. At a New Birth Missionary ...

A San Luis Obispo pastor recently resigned after old rumors came to light that he was caught taking inappropriate pictures of young women at Trader Joe’s five years ago. The incident was apparently ...

A local Alabama pastor died days after Christmas after being shot in an alleged domestic dispute. A local Alabama pastor died days after Christmas following a shooting tied to an alleged domestic ...

In December 2025, tragedy struck a Montgomery, Ala. church named Elba Zion Missionary Baptist Church. The church was announced on Dec. 27, 2025, that its senior pastor, Pastor Da'Quarius Green, died ...

Donnie McClurkin, a Grammy-winning gospel singer and pastor, sexually abused a young man over several years and wrote an apology email declaring himself a “dirty 'old man,'” according to a new lawsuit ...

Dr. Karri Turner Bryant's dress, which was incorrectly called sheer by some critics, was criticized on social media Paras Griffin/Getty;Prince Williams/WireImage Atlanta pastor Jamal Bryant defended ...

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A judge in the Washington State Court of Appeals last week dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed in 2023 by a former Church of the Highlands staff member against his former assistant who accused him of ...

Pastor Jamal Bryant isn’t here for the internet’s conversation about the dress his wife, Dr. Karri Turner Bryant, wore to the annual UNCF Atlanta Mayor’s Masked Ball on Dec. 20. The internet was in a ...

Over the holidays, the social media streets sounded less like timelines and more like the sanctified hush of a Black church mid-service, where side-eyes preach louder than the sermon and whispers ...

Judah Smith and Justin Bieber at a 2021 concert at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles. Photo: @judahsmith via Instagram Judah Smith and Justin Bieber at a 2021 concert at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles. Photo: ...