At least four Immanuel Baptist Church members have resigned from the deacons board since a Sunday night meeting and those remaining have been told to stand behind their preacher or step aside. Citing ...

With some of its members demanding that it grapple with questions surrounding the leadership of Lead Pastor Steven Smith, Immanuel Baptist Church’s board of deacons met Sunday evening and discussed ...

Immanuel Baptist Church Lead Pastor Steven Smith received a vote of confidence from the board of deacons Sunday evening, with 59% supporting him and 41% opposing him, deacon Chairman Greg Crain ...

When Immanuel Baptist Church's board of deacons met Sunday to discuss Lead Pastor Steven Smith's handling of child sex abuse accusations, three deacons with relatives who have reported abuse were ...

SYLVESTER, Ga. (WALB) - WALB is now hearing from the church after one of its deacons was arrested and charged with child sex crimes. Jerry Heflin’ was arrested on Tuesday, May 7. His charges include ...

The Rev. Ben Boswell has resigned as longtime senior minister at Myers Park Baptist Church, Board of Deacons chair Marcy McClanahan said in an email to the church community. “Ousted” is more like it, ...

Newly Ordained Deacons from First Baptist Church. From left: Jean Panzitta, Gail Nossavage, David Miller, Joseph Stemba, Dorothy Miller, and Jane Lussi. Absent from photo Kenneth Jordan. Photo by Sam ...

SYLVESTER, Georgia (Albany Herald) — The reaction of Worth County residents to the Tuesday arrest of a church deacon was that things like that don’t happen in small towns like Sylvester. The Worth ...

On July 12, friends, family and the Emmaus Baptist Church congregation honored Deacon Robert Junious Owens Sr. for his 30 years of service as a deacon. He joined Emmaus at the age of 15 and over the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - As Long Hollow Baptist Church members attended services this past Sunday, a familiar face was missing. Cody Capps, who served as a deacon at the church, passed away last week ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X ALLENTOWN – Three Schuylkill County men were among 15 deacons ordained on Sept. 14 at the ...