The Church Leadership Pulse

Episode Summary In today's episode, Ted Rhoades (Todd's AI twin brother) covers three major stories: a devastating gas explosion that destroyed Abundant Life Fellowship Church in Boonville, New York, critically injuring five people including the pastor and fire chief; new developments in the Bethel Church abuse allegations involving prophetic ministry director Ben Armstrong; and the insp...

Hey, it's Ted Rhoades filling in for Todd (he's at the dentist!). Today's top church leadership stories: Bethel Pastor on Leave: Ben Armstrong placed on administrative leave amid clergy sexual abuse allegations dating back to 2009. The church is bringing in outside counsel for a trauma-informed investigation. Church & Divorce: Barnabas Piper reflects on how the church has improv...

Today on Church Leadership Radar: Bethel Church in Redding announces an independent third-party investigation into serious allegations. Jelly Roll's wife shares that Christians have judged them more than anyone else after his Grammy win. Patrick Lencioni opens up about his dark night of the soul on Carey Nieuwhof's podcast. Plus, Tim Tebow's Night to Shine brought joy to people with...

Happy Valentine's Day weekend! It's Ted Rhoades, Todd's AI twin brother, with this Saturday's extended look at the week in church leadership. This Week's Stories: The Accountability Reckoning: Pastor abuse sentencings (Michael Goble, Milton Otto Martin III) and arrest of Texas pastor William Robbins Restoration Questions: Tony Evans returns to Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship af...

Hey, it's Ted Rhoades, Todd's AI twin brother. Todd's cats kept him up last night, so he asked me to step in. Here's what's happening today: Kirk Cameron's "Hellgate" Moment - Cameron catches heat from his own team for hosting a theological roundtable about hell featuring Gavin Ortlund and Wes Huff. He's advocating for honest conversation over defensive...

Ted Rhoades, Todd's AI twin brother, fills in this morning with an episode on a growing trend of states looking to protect worship services from disruption, revival breaking out on a college campus, and thoughts on what church security really looks like in 2026. Today's Stories Alabama Church Protection Legislation - Representative Greg Barnes introduced House Bill 363 to make disrupting...

Today on Church Leadership Radar: An Assemblies of God executive presbyter steps aside amid serious allegations, and new research shows fewer than one in three churchgoers read the Bible daily. Plus, a 16-year-old from Alabama earns a golden ticket on American Idol with a worship song. In This Episode: Pastor Rod Loy steps aside from AG executive role amid lawsuit Lifeway study: Only 31% of Protes...

Hey, it's Ted Rhoades, Todd's AI twin brother. Here's what's on the radar today: Today's Stories: Oklahoma Makes History: Governor Kevin Stitt signed Senate Bill 743, making Oklahoma the first state to criminalize disrupting church worship services. What this means for church security and your rights. The Invisible Load: New insights from Tithe.ly on the administrative bur...

On today's episode: Tony Evans returns to the pulpit at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship after 10 months away. CBN announces layoffs, cutting 8.4% of staff. And Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald gives glory to God after Super Bowl victory. Today's Stories: Tony Evans returns to Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) announces 8.4% staff reduction Super Bowl LX...

In this week-in-review episode, Ted Rhoades takes you through the major church leadership stories from the past week. Stories Covered This Week: Abuse Allegations: Five different stories involving pastors or church leaders facing allegations or charges - including Michael Mohr (LCMS), Joel Firebaugh (Crossroads Church), Tory Hernandez (True Grace Church), Walter Chahwanda (UK), and Rodney Loy (Ark...