Pastor Darrell Gilyard admitted in 2004 that he fathered the child of a woman who had accused him of raping him during a counseling session. Since his trial, Gilyard has been in prison… until about 2 months ago. Not Gilyard is back in the pulpit.  After just 2 months. Why?  Because, he says, he needs the money and feels God is calling him back into the ministry. Gilyard is still on three years probation that restricts him from having any conduct with minors.  But the church, Christ Tabernacle Baptist Church, decided to make some exceptions so that Gilyard could preach: 1.  The church agreed...

Take a look at this story… what would you do if you were Pastor Gordon? A New Jersey televangelist says CBS’ sloppy reporting and editing falsely implied that he is a pedophile. Raymond Gordon, of St. Matthew’s Baptist Church, sued CBS and three reporters with CBS Channel 3, in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. Gordon says the man who was accused of sexually assaulting a minor, Archie Bolger, “briefly volunteered as a ‘preacher’ at St. Matthews, [but] he had not served in that capacity for years prior to his arrest. Many members of St. Matthew’s...

Uh… an important reason to make sure your Facebook and other internet passwords are secure, Pastor… Don’t be this guy.

EVERY pastor should wear this shirt to the office on Monday morning.  

It’s uncomfortable at best.  You get the call.  You’re asked to do a funeral for someone you are pretty stinkin’ certain was not a believer.  Maybe they were even defiant toward God and the church.  Well… Jared Wilson has some great thoughts on how to properly handle conducting a funeral for an unbeliever.  Jared writes: Although I had been in professional ministry (off and on) for 15 years when I moved to rural Vermont in 2009, I had never officiated a funeral. Weddings, yes. Funerals, no. But I was quickly baptized by fire in this small town, and in the last two-plus...