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A look back at the stories that drove religion news in the past 10 years:

The decade’s biggest religion news stories

Dec. 31, 2019 (RNS) — “God surprises us,” Pope Benedict XVI said in 2010, in a Christmas broadcast for the BBC. Assuring the English-speaking world that God always fulfills hisRead More

They also called on Hybels to repent.

Willow Creek plans reconciliation service to move on; Hybels not involved

Willow Creek service
by: Emily McFarlan MillerCHICAGO, July 23, 2019 (RNS) — Willow Creek Community Church plans to hold a service Tuesday (July 23) in hopes of moving on from the troubles involvingRead More

And they didn’t mince words.

Women sex abuse survivors tell Southern Baptists: ‘Our family is sick’

Speaker/author Beth Moore
by: Adelle M. Banks BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 11, 2019 (RNS) — Three women who experienced sexual abuse took center stage on Monday (June 10) to address how the nation’s largestRead More

And a landmark investigation by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News...

Survey: 1 in 3 Protestants think more stories of abuse by pastors yet to come

by: Emily McFarlan Miller May 21, 2019 (RNS) — The past year has been filled with stories of alleged sexual misconduct and abuse by Protestant Christian pastors. Bill Hybels retiredRead More

A GC2 Summit on Responding to Sexual Harassment, Abuse and Violence, a one-day evangelical gathering around the topic on Thursday (Dec. 13)

Ending the year #MeToo went to church, Wheaton summit to discuss evangelical response

by: Emily McFarlan Miller Dec 10, 2018 CHICAGO (RNS) – For years, Nancy Beach had no idea there were women with stories similar to hers. Beach, the first woman to serveRead More