In the fall of 1988, Lesli and Mark Hopwood were just two years into their marriage and already headed for divorce. They were new to the Chicago suburbs, and Lesli asked her boss if he knew any ...

CHICAGO (RNS) — Harvest Bible Chapel has announced it will drop a defamation lawsuit against two bloggers, their wives and a freelance reporter after a court ruled that documents subpoenaed in the ...

The ousted founding pastor of the suburban megachurch Harvest Bible Chapel is selling his Elgin-area estate. James MacDonald has listed the six-bedroom house on the 14N300 block of Highland Avenue ...

The Vertical Church Band never intended to release its music outside of its own church. The worship band of the Chicago-founded Harvest Bible Chapel has written and recorded original music since 2001, ...

James MacDonald, the senior pastor and founding member of Harvest Bible Chapel, has been fired, the church announced early Wednesday morning. The announcement comes nearly one month after church ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --They're devout believers who donated more than $72,000 to a suburban megachurch, but years later they are disgusted and demanding a refund because of what they have learned. Their ...

A two-month donation tally on Harvest Bible Chapel’s website hints at the turmoil the popular evangelical Christian church has been experiencing since the beginning of the year. Needed, year to date: ...

The controversial founder and former pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel is barred from serving as pastor or elder of the popular evangelical Christian church ever again after an investigation concluded he ...

Last Sunday, three days before Christmas, more than 100 people came out to a Myerstown church for its morning worship service. And that evening, another 120 - more than half of them first-time ...