When Leeann Holmberg experienced severe health problems, she says Life.Church managers told her to work through them, describing her struggles as spiritual attacks. Now the former employee is suing the megachurch for disability discrimination & wrongful termination. roysreport.com/former-emplo...

A new Pew study found that two-thirds of churchgoers have heard clergy discuss political or social issues in recent months, with abortion, Israel, and homosexuality among the most common topics. Yet nearly half say they don't know their pastor's political leanings. roysreport.com/study-americ...

A Chinese court has sentenced 31 Christians to prison terms of up to four years, using cult-related charges that religious freedom advocates say criminalize ordinary Christian worship. roysreport.com/elderly-chri...

After a six-hour exposé detailed years of alleged abuse and sexual misconduct, charismatic teacher and author Jonathan Welton issued new public apologies while defending his restoration process. roysreport.com/disgraced-ch...

Christian worship music is increasingly finding a home far beyond church walls. From conservative political rallies to protest movements, sacred songs are increasingly shaping public events and sparking debate about where worship ends and politics begins. roysreport.com/how-worship-...

As a deadly Ebola outbreak spreads across the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Samaritan’s Purse is deploying a specialized treatment hospital and dozens of medical professionals to the epicenter of the crisis. roysreport.com/samaritans-p...

A new lawsuit alleges Daniel Meyer, a former Vineyard pastor and founder of the Gospel of Wholeness counseling ministry, used his spiritual authority to groom, manipulate, and sexually exploit two women. roysreport.com/former-ohio-...

A Wheaton alum speaks out about his effort to persuade college leaders to confront the handling of sexual abuse allegations against Dennis Massaro. Instead of accountability, he saw a sham investigation that failed to fully own the cover-up & its consequences. roysreport.com/podcast/alum...

An Australian church is under fire after a volunteer who admitted to sexually abusing a child was never reported to police, despite leaders learning of the crime in 1990. More than four decades later, Richard Jones has pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges. roysreport.com/40-years-aft...

More than 30 years after a painful church split, two Pennsylvania Churches of Christ have reunited in what members describe as a remarkable story of forgiveness and reconciliation. roysreport.com/decades-afte...

Liberty University is being sued by Jerry Falwell Jr.’s son, Trey Falwell, who claims Liberty owes him $1.75 mil under a long-term employment contract signed in 2015. The lawsuit says Liberty stopped paying after his termination following his father’s 2020 resignation. roysreport.com/trey-falwell...

The murder of three Christian church leaders in India’s Manipur State has sparked a wave of retaliatory kidnappings, protests, and a growing hostage crisis between rival tribal groups. roysreport.com/murder-of-th...

Salem Media built a powerful empire around conservative Christian radio, podcasts, publishing, and political commentary. Now the company is being acquired by a Colorado Springs nonprofit tied to donor-advised funds and conservative evangelical activism. roysreport.com/salem-media-...

Al Mohler, prez of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, says women should retain the right to vote in elections but should not interpret sermons on podcasts, which is "acting as a pastor." His proposed amendment is drawing sharp backlash from Baptist leaders. roysreport.com/women-should...

Former Rhema Bible Church pastor Craig Hagin and his wife, Mia Hagin, are divorcing after 20 years of marriage. The split follows the couple’s recent arrests on animal cruelty charges tied to unsafe conditions involving dozens of pets at a home they owned in Oklahoma. roysreport.com/former-rhema...

Joni Lamb’s memorial could have been a moment of healing for a divided family. Instead, Jentezen Franklin used the service to publicly shame Jonathan & Suzy Lamb. In this short podcast, Julie Roys breaks down the message & what it reveals about the culture of Daystar. roysreport.com/podcast/days...

A former Georgia youth pastor has been charged in Pennsylvania with dozens of child sexual abuse offenses after investigators found over 7,000 explicit images involving minors on his devices. roysreport.com/former-georg...

A former teacher at Nathaniel Greene Academy in Georgia has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing a student. The abuse occurred over an extended period while the student attended the now-closed private Christian school. roysreport.com/former-georg...

Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly has accused four Church of God in Christ leaders of orchestrating a $250M fraud scheme involving fake prescriptions tied to a church-affiliated health program. roysreport.com/pentecostal-...

With millions of followers & sold-out events, Gen Z evangelist Bryce Crawford is becoming one of the most influential young Christian voices. Critics & supporters alike are debating whether his platform reflects a real spiritual revival or simply the power of branding. roysreport.com/can-virality...

A new lawsuit says Assemblies of God leaders ignored warnings about former leader Daniel Savala, who recently pleaded guilty to child molestation. The case is the latest in a wave of litigation that could have major financial consequences for the S. Texas district. roysreport.com/south-texas-...

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed Trey’s Law, a bipartisan bill aimed at preventing nondisclosure agreements from silencing child sexual abuse victims. The measure will now go to the House for consideration. roysreport.com/u-s-senate-s...

World leaders, pastors, & Christian broadcasters gathered at Gateway Church this week to honor the legacy of Daystar's Joni Lamb. Tributes from President Trump, Joel Osteen, and Benjamin Netanyahu highlighted Lamb’s decades-long influence in Christian media & ministry. roysreport.com/evangelical-...

A Virginia appeals court revived a lawsuit against McLean Bible Church and Pastor David Platt, allowing limited discovery into claims that members were improperly removed during a contentious 2021 elder election dispute. roysreport.com/mclean-bible...

A former kindergarten teacher at a Christian school in Indianapolis pleaded guilty to felony child seduction after admitting to a sexual relationship with a student. Despite receiving a 4-year sentence, she will serve no jail time after credit for time already served. roysreport.com/christian-sc...

A former Iowa Christian school band teacher accused of inappropriate sexual conduct w/ a student avoided prison under a plea deal. While the criminal case was pending, a judge ruled he was due unemployment benefits because the school had not proven workplace misconduct roysreport.com/former-iowa-...

Alan Chambers, the former president of the ex-gay ministry Exodus International, was arrested in Florida after investigators say he exchanged sexual messages with someone he believed was a 14-year-old boy. roysreport.com/alan-chamber...

A child sex abuse case tied to Tom Keesee Jr., son of Ohio megachurch leaders Gary and Drenda Keesee, took a chaotic turn when a witness who leaked confidential grand jury details on social media nearly ended up in handcuffs during a tense court hearing. roysreport.com/tom-keesees-...

Hundreds of churches around the world are organizing what they describe as the largest synchronized water baptism in history. Tens of thousands of people are expected to participate in the “Baptize the World” events on Pentecost Sunday, roysreport.com/on-pentecost...

New Chapel Christian Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan has filed a defamation lawsuit against a single mother and a local TV station after she publicly raised concerns about a church trustee later arrested for sexually abusing six boys in Maryland. roysreport.com/arc-church-s...

Former Hillsong pastor Brian Houston says someone else accessed his X account after it reposted explicit pornography. The controversy marks the second time in recent years Houston has blamed unauthorized access for unusual activity on his social media account. roysreport.com/hillsong-fou...

Evangelical leaders, Trump allies, and government officials gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to “rededicate” America to God during a high-profile event celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary, drawing criticism over Christian nationalist themes. roysreport.com/trump-allies...

James Robison, the influential evangelist & founder of LIFE Outreach, has died at 81. Robison shaped evangelicalism through years of crusades, television ministry, & humanitarian work, while also facing controversy over past scandals & his ties to pastor Robert Morris. roysreport.com/james-robiso...

EXCLUSIVE: For decades Wheaton College kept the reasons for Dennis Massaro’s firing hidden from the public. Now, Massaro’s ex-wife says that silence didn’t just protect the school — it left her daughters vulnerable & allowed lasting trauma to spread far beyond campus. roysreport.com/how-wheaton-...

Two major child sexual abuse reform bills died in the Oklahoma Senate this week — despite receiving unanimous bipartisan support throughout the legislative process. roysreport.com/clemishire-a...

Three Christian pastors were killed in a deadly ambush in India’s violence-torn Manipur state. The pastors were returning from a church conference when gunmen attacked their vehicles. Community leaders say militant factions coordinated the assault against Christians. roysreport.com/3-pastors-ki...

A Texas jury awarded Southwestern Seminary $7 mil after finding its insurer failed to meet obligations tied to seminary’s defense in a sexual abuse-related lawsuit. The dispute stems from the “Jane Roe” litigation involving former seminary president Paige Patterson. roysreport.com/texas-jury-a...

A Florida church and school are facing renewed scrutiny after a police investigation uncovered allegations that a worship pastor and the son of a longtime senior pastor preyed on teenage girls decades ago. roysreport.com/worship-lead...

Christian college leaders are warning that a proposed Trump administration rule tying federal student aid to graduates’ earnings could devastate programs training pastors, teachers, counselors, and social workers. roysreport.com/christian-co...

A lineup of Trump-aligned evangelical leaders & Christian nationalists will headline Sunday’s “Rededicate 250” rally on the Natl. Mall, promoting the idea that America was founded as a Christian nation. The 8 ½ hr event is scheduled during normal Sunday worship hours. roysreport.com/evangelicals...

More than a decade before Wheaton College publicly admitted why Dennis Massaro was fired, his ex-wife says she begged President Phil Ryken to tell the truth. He refused. In Part 2 of this podcast, Kathy Gallagher describes the devastating fallout of Wheaton’s silence. roysreport.com/podcast/surv...

What does it actually mean to call America a “Christian nation”? As the Trump administration prepares the “Rededicate 250” prayer event on the National Mall, historians, legal scholars, & pastors, are clashing over religion’s role in American identity and government. roysreport.com/a-christian-...

Gateway Church and former pastor Robert Morris have agreed to arbitration over Morris’ multimillion-dollar retirement dispute, ending a public court battle tied to his resignation and later conviction for sexually abusing Cindy Clemishire. roysreport.com/gateway-chur...

Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis said on her podcast produced by American Family Assoc. that religious freedom protections are for Christians only, not Muslims. Her guest, controversial priest Calvin Robinson, also rejects religious pluralism in American civic life. roysreport.com/religious-fr...

The Cindy Clemishire Act, which would eliminate Oklahoma’s statute of limitations for child sexual abuse cases and ban NDAs in abuse settlements, is stalling in the state Senate despite unanimous House approval. roysreport.com/two-state-se...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed SB 542 into law, criminalizing clergy sexual abuse in the state after testimony from Truett McConnell University survivor Hayle Swinson helped drive support for the measure. roysreport.com/kemp-signs-g...

A New York woman has been charged with threatening FBI agents, prosecutors, and a judge involved in the federal case against self-proclaimed apostle David E. Taylor, founder of Kingdom of God Global Church, who faces accusations of forced labor and sexual coercion. roysreport.com/new-york-wom...

Pastor and longtime Trump supporter Mark Burns is defending his prayer over a 22-foot golden statue of Donald Trump at Trump National Doral Miami golf course. He rejects criticism that the display resembles idol worship or the biblical golden calf. roysreport.com/its-not-an-i...

The Southern Baptist Convention reported another year of rising baptisms, worship attendance, & Bible study participation in 2025. At the same time, membership declined for the 19th straight year, falling to its lowest level since 1973 as churches continue to close. roysreport.com/southern-bap...

The death of Daystar co-founder Joni Lamb has left many grieving. In this brief podcast, Julie Roys reflects on grief, family estrangement, and the future of ministries built around powerful personalities. youtu.be/TWtEcBPHyRI