SPINDALE, N.C. — From all over the world, they flocked to this tiny town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, lured by promises of inner peace and eternal ...

Word of Faith Fellowship in Spindale, North Carolina, imported young Brazilians who were then forced to work for the church without pay, according to an Associated Press investigation reported in the ...

(AP) – A leader of a secretive evangelical congregation has persuaded a magistrate to issue trespassing charges against a North Carolina state Senate candidate who brought supporters and a TV crew ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A veteran social worker accused of coaching congregants and their children on what to say during a 2015 child abuse investigation of her secretive religious sect has resigned, ...

Former members of an evangelical North Carolina church say their leader coerced congregants into filing false unemployment claims after the faltering economy threatened weekly tithes from ...

In this 2014 photo provided by a former member of the church, Word of Faith Fellowship leader Jane Whaley holds the newborn baby of a congregant of her church in Spindale, N.C. Word of Faith ...

John Cooper was only a toddler — “a little tiny kid” — the first time he remembers hearing Jane Whaley scream at someone else. “I was freaking terrified of her,” Cooper tells PEOPLE of Whaley, the ...

SPINDALE, N.C. — When Randy Fields' construction company faced potential ruin because of the cratering economy, he pleaded with his pastor at Word of Faith Fellowship church to reduce the amount of ...

SPINDALE – As a court-appointed advocate for two foster boys, it was Nancy Burnette’s job to ensure they were in good hands. So as part of her casework, she visited Word of Faith Fellowship, the ...

This story was updated at 9:45 a.m. Monday. Rumors that a secretive and highly controversial Foothills church is harboring an outbreak of COVID-19 has unleashed a series of violent social media ...

SOUTHFIELD (CBS Detroit) Praise the Lord and pass the drill bits because the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has granted a much-protested permit for oil drilling in Southfield. The MDEQ's ...

OCALA -- After nearly 17 years, Ocala Word of Faith, listed as one of Florida's 16 mega churches, is changing its name to Meadowbrook Church. "One of the dynamics of what we teach and believe has been ...