The pastor of the nation’s largest Methodist church is running for the US Senate in Kansas

LENEXA, Kan. — The pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. launched a campaign Thursday for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas, upending the race in a normally Republican state as the GOP’s small majority seems less secure than it was a year ago. The Rev. Adam Hamilton … Read more

Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris is free after 6 months in an Oklahoma jail for child sex abuse

OKLAHOMA CITY — The founder of a Texas megachurch who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child in the 1980s was released Tuesday after serving six months in an Oklahoma jail. Robert Preston Morris, 64, was released just after midnight, said Osage County Sheriff’s Capt. Matt Clark. Morris pleaded guilty last year to five counts … Read more