LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Christ Chosen Church of God has disowned its suspended pastor, one Ngbeken Elvis, who was reportedly arrested over the death of a 38-year-old mother of four in the Egor Local Government Area of Edo state. It was also gathered that Elvis could face additional sanctions as he had yet to fulfil…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A water baptism ceremony held near a lake turned into a horrific tragedy when the pastor was reportedly grabbed by a crocodile Sunday. Pastor Docho Eshete was baptizing at least 80 members of his Protestant congregation at Lake Abaya, in southern Ethiopia, an area known to have a huge crocodile population, when…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pastor at an Illinois church that serves more than 25,000 worshipers at eight locations stepped down more than six months ahead of his scheduled retirement amid allegations of inappropriate behavior with parishioners. The Rev. Bill Hybels, founder of the Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, resigned on Tuesday after an…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ogun Police Command on Tuesday arrested a pastor who allegedly killed his female lover and buried her body inside his church. Parading the suspect at the scene of the crime, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, said the command had received a report of a missing person at the Divisional Headquarters in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pastor died yesterday after he drowned while baptising his church members in the river at Blood River village in Seshego outside Polokwane in South Africa. According to reports, the pastor entered the flooded river and was swept away. The church members who were about to be baptised, were left reeling from…