http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:54:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25571/tax-exempt-ministries-avoid-new-regulation http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25571/tax-exempt-ministries-avoid-new-regulation#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:58:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25571 A three-year investigation into financial improprieties at six Christian ministries whose television preaching bankrolled leaders’ lavish lifestyles has concluded with the formation of an independent commission to look into the lack of accountability by tax-exempt religious groups.

The investigation report issued this week details the ministries’ luxury homes and cars, trips on private jets and expensive gifts, including two Rolls Royces that a third party reported was given to the Dollars as a gift from the church.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25571/tax-exempt-ministries-avoid-new-regulation/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24712/former-joyce-meyer-bodyguard-christopher-coleman-trial-postponed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24712/former-joyce-meyer-bodyguard-christopher-coleman-trial-postponed#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:03:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24712 Christopher Coleman, accused of strangling his wife and two young sons, has been postponed until next year. The delay came after a flurry of defense motions was filed Friday, most of which concerned the state of Louisiana's death penalty.

Coleman is the 33-year-old former head of security for Joyce Meyer Ministries in Missouri.

Police documents state that Coleman, who is in the Monroe County Jail without bail, wanted to divorce Sheri Coleman and marry his girlfriend, Tara Lintz, a Florida dog track waitress, was a high school friend of Sheri Coleman's.

Christopher Coleman was the personal bodyguard for Meyer.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24712/former-joyce-meyer-bodyguard-christopher-coleman-trial-postponed/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23805/christopher-coleman-joyce-meyer http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23805/christopher-coleman-joyce-meyer#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:00:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23805 The Joyce Meyer Ministries did too little to prevent its security manager, Christopher Coleman, from allegedly murdering his wife and two sons, according to an addition filed Monday to a wrongful-death lawsuit.

Coleman, who traveled throughout the world by Meyer's side, was fired about a week after the killings, when the St. Louis Post-Dispatch disclosed the affair.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23805/christopher-coleman-joyce-meyer/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21768/televangelists-financial-investigation http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21768/televangelists-financial-investigation#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:31:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21768 Media-based televangelists benefiting from tax code exemptions are warned — Sen. Chuck Grassley is a terrier-like congressional inquisitor with time and a big stick on his side.

"I am not threatening them, at this point," the Iowa Republican said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21768/televangelists-financial-investigation/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20280/joyce-myer-ministries http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20280/joyce-myer-ministries#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:16:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20280/joyce-myer-ministries http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20280/joyce-myer-ministries/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20070/just-2-ministries-submit-financial-data http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20070/just-2-ministries-submit-financial-data#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:46:42 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20070/just-2-ministries-submit-financial-data http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20070/just-2-ministries-submit-financial-data/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20069/prosperity-gospel-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20069/prosperity-gospel-3#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:36:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20069/prosperity-gospel-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20069/prosperity-gospel-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20014/joyce-meyer http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20014/joyce-meyer#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:53:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20014/joyce-meyer http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20014/joyce-meyer/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19924/joyce-myer http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19924/joyce-myer#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:07:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19924/joyce-myer http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19924/joyce-myer/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12890/joyce-meyer-ministries-jeff-county-reach-accord http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12890/joyce-meyer-ministries-jeff-county-reach-accord#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:55:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12890/joyce-meyer-ministries-jeff-county-reach-accord/feed 0