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4 NJ Ministers Accused Of Sex Abuse On Lengthy Southern Baptist List 4 NJ Ministers Accused Of Sex Abuse On Lengthy Southern Baptist List
4 NJ Ministers Accused Of Sex Abuse On Lengthy Southern Baptist List Four ministers with ties to New Jersey were among hundreds of people with ties to Southern Baptist churches accused of sexual assault. "This table was created as a research tool to discover the scope of sexual abuse of children within the Sothern[sic] Baptist Convention," the 205-page report released last week reads. The New Jersey ministers on the list include: John Janney Sr: In 1985, the pastor of the Calvary Bible Baptist Church in  Bridgeton pleaded guilty of abusing three male foster children. Chavalis T. Williams: In 2003, Williams was fired from the Shiloh Bapt…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Devastating, But Not Dead': Snow Collapses Roof Of 95-Year-Old New Jersey Church 'Devastating, But Not Dead': Snow Collapses Roof Of 95-Year-Old New Jersey Church
'Devastating, But Not Dead': Snow Collapses Roof Of 95-Year-Old New Jersey Church A historic New Jersey church was forced to temporarily relocate the congregation after snow from this week's storm collapsed its roof. The roof and side wall of the 95-year-old Shiloh Baptist Church in Newark came down around noon on Tuesday, shattering the Tiffany stained-glass windows. No one was inside the Davenport Avenue building at the time of the collapse, and no one was injured, city officials said. The church's pastor Malachia Brantley, Jr. is relocating his 300-person congregation down the road to the church's youth center. "Pray for Shiloh," he wrote on Facebook. "It's devasta…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Historic Elizabeth Church Destroyed By Fire 'But Believers Go Forth' Historic Elizabeth Church Destroyed By Fire 'But Believers Go Forth'
Historic Elizabeth Church Destroyed By Fire 'But Believers Go Forth' A historic Elizabeth church was destroyed by an early-morning fire just hours before Sunday services. The blaze had burned through the roof of the Shiloh Baptist Church at 95 Murray St., within minutes of erupting around 3:10 a.m. The fire reached four alarms and was under control around 6 a.m. Shiloh Baptist Church was founded in 1879, its Facebook page says.  Clark Fire Department at the scene.Clark FD Parishioners and community members sent encouraging words to Pastor William Ingram on Facebook. "Please keep the Shiloh Baptist Church , Elizabeth, New Jersey in prayer and Pastor Wi…

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by Cecilia Levine