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"I have a confidential request": the fake pastor scam is still working

Scammers are impersonating pastors, rectors and bishops in emails and texts to get church directories and talk members into buying gift cards. Warnings came from congregations and dioceses throughout 2026.

United States and Australia · September 22, 2026 · 2 min read

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Child Safety · Pawleys Island, South Carolina

A registered sex offender worked at a church school for years. Now its leaders face charges.

Police say a convicted sex offender worked as a custodian at Pawleys Island Community Church and its school for years while leaders kept his record from staff and parents. The former pastor, his wife and the academy director were charged.

July 20, 2026 · 2 min read

Facility · Brooklyn, New York

A landmark church from the 1850s, a lighter, and 18 minutes

The historic South Bushwick Reformed Church was destroyed by a three-alarm fire on June 19. Federal prosecutors say a man failed to get inside, bought a lighter at a nearby store, and came back to set the fire.

June 19, 2026 · 2 min read

Medical · Chattanooga, Tennessee

2 minutes, 57 seconds: how a church's emergency plan restarted a heart

When a man collapsed in cardiac arrest during Wednesday night Bible class at Central Church of Christ, members called 911, started CPR and delivered an AED shock in under three minutes. His pulse came back before police arrived.

June 3, 2026 · 2 min read

Medical · Branford, Connecticut

Easter Sunday, a fall at the door, and an AED bought just 15 months earlier

A 90-year-old member went into cardiac arrest while leaving Easter service at First Congregational Church of Branford. Parishioners started CPR, and nurse-midwives in the congregation used the church's new AED to bring him back.

April 5, 2026 · 2 min read

Threats · Hudson, Wisconsin

A written bomb threat, an 800-yard evacuation, and back to normal by noon

Faith Community Church received a written bomb threat on a Tuesday morning. Authorities evacuated everything within 800 yards, searched the building, and had a suspect in custody within about 2.5 hours. No device was found.

March 31, 2026 · 2 min read

Security · Houston, Texas

A security volunteer spotted the gun before it cleared his pocket

At Eden Church in downtown Houston, a security team member recognized a man who had been asked to leave weeks earlier, watched him closely, and tackled him as he reached for a loaded revolver.

March 15, 2026 · 2 min read

Threats · Michigan City, Indiana

A 911 call reached police minutes before a man with explosives sat down in the back row

A woman with a protection order called 911 to warn that a man was heading to Full Gospel Church with explosives and a gun. Officers found him in the back of the sanctuary. Police say he was carrying multiple explosive devices.

March 11, 2026 · 2 min read

Security · Ellensburg, Washington

"Very close to a mass shooting": two officers in the pews made the difference

About 50 people were worshipping at Prophet Elijah Orthodox Church when an armed couple arrived. An off-duty officer and a retired officer in the congregation stepped in. Police later found a fully automatic rifle in the couple's SUV.

March 1, 2026 · 2 min read

Security · Kansas City, Missouri

Shots through the sanctuary wall during a funeral prayer

During a funeral for a homicide victim, gunfire from the street hit the front of New Beginning Apostolic Church. Four people were hurt, including an off-duty officer. A suspect was charged in April.

February 27, 2026 · 2 min read

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