When volunteers at Venue Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, arrived at their pastor’s house last November, they were hoping to raise his spirits with a surprise visit. Instead they got a shock: Pastor ...

Venue Church pastor Tavner Smith returned to the pulpit Sunday with a tear-filled message of apology after a month-long sabbatical during which his actions and the culture created in his church were ...

Venue Church in Chattanooga has filed for bankruptcy protection after most of the staff quit and attendance dropped following publicized reports last year of a relationship between the church's senior ...

Feb. 4—Venue Church Lead Pastor Tavner Smith denied having an affair or being "sexually involved" with a married church employee but acknowledged the two had kissed and planned to pursue a ...

A hipster megachurch minister who was deserted by his flock amid allegations he was having an affair with a married employee admitted to volunteers that he had kissed the woman and planned to be with ...