by Robert Parham | Mar 24, 2009 | Opinion
Preacher Keith Thomas received six checks totaling $60,000 from a woman who had written only 10 days earlier a $25,000 personal check to his associate pastor, a man leaving the staff of First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach, Fla., after only a few years of... by Robert Parham | Feb 12, 2009 | Opinion
A confidential settlement last spring placed money in an irrevocable trust controlled by a court-appointed guardian for a mentally-ill woman named Lucinda Bennett. The guardian had sued the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach, Fla., and the church’s pastor,... by Ryon Price | Dec 23, 2008 | Opinion
I let someone go from the church the other day. Not an employee. A parishioner. And a friend. We met in a coffee shop and she began asking about ways that she can get more involved in church. But that wasn’t what she really needed. What she really needed was... by Chuck Warnock | Dec 18, 2008 | Opinion
Browsing in a Barnes & Nobles today, I saw a book titled Lies My Teacher ToldMe. Apparently the author takes issue with some historical stuff he thinks is misrepresented in public education. The title of that book got me to thinking about my seminary experience.... by Jim Royston | Aug 18, 2004 | Opinion
The latest edition of Ministerial Ethics is a welcome revision and expansion of the original 1993 edition. The insertion of a new Chapter 7 on clergy sexual abuse is very timely in light of the Catholic Church sexual-abuse crisis revealed in 2002. Authors Joe E. Trull...
