15+ hour, 22+ min ago   (222+ words) protestia.com Former Colorado Megachurch Pastor Who Resigned Over Child Rape Scandal Is Starting New Church A year after disgraced senior pastor Brady Boyd resigned from his church amid allegations he knew about sexual abuse committed by Robert Morris against…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (678+ words) Pastor Brady Boyd, who resigned under pressure from a Colorado Springs megachurch a year ago, is now partnering with a local congregation to launch a new church. Last June, elders at New Life Church asked for Boyd’s resignation, saying they…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (402+ words) After four months away from the spotlight, Indiana megachurch pastor Nathan Peternel is back behind the pulpit-and he's opening up about the darkest chapter his family has ever faced. The Life Church lead pastor returned to preaching this month following…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (197+ words) Nathan Peternel stepped away from the church for what was described, in the statement, as a “restorative season” after the October 2025 arrest of his son. Jonathan Peternel, the pastor’s son, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (617+ words) The lead pastor of Indiana’s embattled Life Church returned from an official Pentecostal rehabilitation process last Sunday, four months after leaving the church amid unanswered questions about sex videos he made which were found on his son’s phone during a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1083+ words) A midsized Texas church voted Sunday evening not to rehire a pastor who covered up his son’s sexual abuse. Members of Heritage Baptist Church, in Haslet, about 15 miles north of Fort Worth, cast paper ballots to decide whether they wanted…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (534+ words) Congregation divided after pastor shielded convicted son's access to school children. Protesters gathered outside a Fort Worth-area church Sunday ahead of a vote to rehire a pastor who allowed his son — a registered sex offender — to serve as a general…...