Pastor quits Down super-church after affair with congregation member
Belfast Telegraph
Gareth Mills, who founded and led Thriving Life Church in Newtownards, left the organisation on Friday after his shameful activity was revealed.
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Tears from the pulpit and in pews as preacher’s cheating ways finally revealed
Belfast Telegraph –
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Dad of man whose wife left him for pastor hits out at church over scandal
Belfast Telegraph – The father of a man whose wife was caught having an affair with her pastor 18 months after he married the couple has criticised a Co Down church for its “shameful” response to the scandal.
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State criticised over €10m spent on chaplains for schools
Irish Times
The Department of Education has confirmed that it allocates Catholic or Church of Ireland chaplain posts to Education and Training Boards (ETB) …
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Study published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion showing that church goers are less likely to be cat owners.
The Times
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He was sent to us’: at church rally, evangelicals worship God and Trump
The Guardian
[[] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/03/trump-florida-evangelical-rally-king-jesus ]
Faith in the church and its ability to survive
The Guardian
The Church of England’s rural mission is doomed to failure, as forecast by Dr … Like Simon Jenkins, I am a church-lover but not a church-goer. … who came to bring good news to the poor, release for the prisoners, healing for the sick … Readers respond
[[] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/03/faith-in-the-church-and-its-ability-to-survive ]
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