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Ryan Foley, a reporter for the Christian Post, writes that many pastors have grown concerned over the view that an increasing number of Christians identify more with their political views than their faith. Most pastors thinking about stepping away cite this focus on politics as a reason for their disillusion with the ministry. Divided congregations
More than 200 churches in North Carolina have opted to exit the United Methodist Church over the Protestant denomination’s debates concerning homosexuality. A total of 249 congregations, which represents around 22 percent of the regional body’s membership and around 32 percent of its churches, voted to exit during a special meeting of the United Methodist
Members of a Missouri church decided to anticipate its final closure and reinvented themselves by investing in a café. Community Covenant Church in Kirkwood had the same problem as most: they had a shoestring budget and small weekly attendance. Then, two years before its final closure, they decided to sell the building and wait for
According to a new law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey, houses of worship in the state are required to have security plans in order to counteract attacks or mass shootings. Apart from place of worship with room for over 500 people, entertainment facilities housing over 5,000 people, and movie theatres with a
Michelle Duppong from North Dakota died of cancer when she was only 31 on 2015’s Christmas Day. Her cause for canonization was started in June 2022 by Bishop David Kagan of Bismarck and on November 16, the bishops at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Fall General Assembly unanimously supported her canonization which
A Canadian pastor has been acquitted of breaching coronavirus worship restrictions after spending 21 days in jail for holding religious services. Pastor Tim Stephens of Fairview Baptist Church, located in Calgary, was acquitted by the Provincial Court of Alberta after going against public health rules imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Christian Post reports: “A
After the Cavalry Cemetery in Rochester Minnesota was vandalized with satanic and vulgar graffiti on Halloween night, the cemetery has been reconsecrated by Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester. The vandals had covered the cemetery’s five memorial walls with brown and blue graffiti and also vandalized a cross, a statue of Christ, and
The Rescate Church is Alaska’s sole Hispanic Southern Baptist Church and it has witnessed spiritual fruit in the past few years. The members of the church are planning to grow their ministry by increasing the number of Hispanic churches throughout Alaska. The church’s pastor, Mario Morales, is the only Spanish-speaking person at his work place,
Catholics who are part of the Archdiocese of Chicago will be required to attend Sunday Mass again after the expiration of an exemption that was granted when the COVID-19 pandemic began. The obligation will be effective on Nov. 26 and Nov. 27, the first Sunday of Advent. An email sent to priests by Bishop Robert
Pastor Andy Wood of the Saddleback Megachurch has named his wife a pastor despite Saddleback’s affiliation with the South Baptist Convention (SBC). The official SBC stance is that only men can be ordained. Milton Quintanilla of Christian Headlines writes that Saddleback also ordained three female pastors in 2021, drawing complaints from the SBC leadership. Wood
The Tatmadaw — the armed forces of Myanmar — reportedly attacked The Kachin Theological College, a Baptist seminary in Northern Myanmar, last week. The Tatmadaw launched a severe onslaught of artillery fire, which injured four students. The International Christian Concern (ICC), a U.S.-based persecution watchdog, reported the incident. The seminary was established in 1932 by
A Christian monastery that was possibly built before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been unearthed on Siniyah Island, which is off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. The monastery, which belongs to the sheikdom of Umm al-Quwain, provides new insights on the early history of Christianity and its proliferation along the Persian
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