Bert Boes hadn’t preached a sermon in about three years, but when he stepped back into the pulpit this past Sunday morning, he didn’t miss a beat. The longtime pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church ...

Known for his controversial sermons and significant following ... Outside the church, Mary Anoya, a 17-year-old whose family attends Emmanuel's church, defended the bishop's character and intent ...

So eloquent and absorbing were his sermons that at the end of one ... colleges were beginning to show perceptible High Church tinge. But Emmanuel, due to the influence mainly of Chaderton, who ...

Joshua Schneider, senior pastor at Emmanuel Lutheran Church (from left); Matthew Harrison, president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod; and Paul Roschke, associate pastor at Emmanuel Lutheran ...