Maine Church Sues UMC, Claims Denomination is Wrongfully Trying to Take over Property
A small Maine congregation is suing a regional body of The United Methodist Church, claiming that the mainline denomination is trying to take over its property
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Archbishop of Canterbury Apologises for Refusing to Meet Palestinian Christian Leader
The Archbishop of Canterbury has publicly apologised after refusing to meet a pastor from Bethlehem during his visit to the UK.
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N.C. church withdraws from local association amid scrutiny over abuse claims | Baptist Press
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. – A western North Carolina church that was recently deemed not in friendly cooperation with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) over issues related to sexual abuse claims has withdrawn from the Carolina Baptist Association (CBA) just days after the association had called a special meeting to consider its…
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N.C. pastor remembered for broad impact in community | Baptist Press
VILAS, N.C. – Members of Cove Creek Baptist Church and the broader community in and around the Blue Ridge Mountain town of Boone are mourning the death of pastor Kevin Combs, who died in a heavy equipment accident on Monday, Feb. 26.
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IRS Urged to Strip Megachurch’s Tax-Exemption after Pastor Jack Hibbs Endorses Steve Garvey
An atheist group is calling on the Internal Revenue Service to remove the tax-exempt status of a prominent megachurch after video footage surfaced of its pastor endorsing a Republican candidate for ...
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Is Michael Flynn Coming to a Church Near You?
This issue of A Public Witness gives you an inside look at disgraced former Lt. General Michael Flynn’s latest QAnon crusade called “Get in the Fight” being held in sanctuaries around the country.
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FIRST-PERSON: You gotta have friends | Baptist Press
“Friendship seems as necessary an element of a comfortable existence in this world as fire or water, or even air itself,” Charles Spurgeon wrote.
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David Allen to be nominated for SBC president at 2024 SBC Annual Meeting | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Well-known academic leader and preaching coach David Allen will be nominated for SBC president at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting this summer. Texas pastor Danny Forshee says he plans to nominate Allen in Indianapolis.
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S.C. pastor D.J. Horton to be nominated for SBC Pastors’ Conference president | Baptist Press
MOORE, S.C. (BP) – A Spartanburg-area pastor will be nominated to serve as president of the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention’s Pastors Conference.
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Eleven Students and Missionaries Die in Tanzania Crash
Youth with a Mission, a global evangelism ministry, is mourning the loss of 11 of its students and staff who died in a bus crash on Saturday in Arusha, Tanzania. Julie McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for Y...
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UMC’s Proposed Budget Will Be the Smallest in 40 Years Due to Mass Exodus of Churches
The United Methodist Church may soon approve the lowest budget for the mainline Protestant denomination in four decades due to the thousands of congregations that disaffiliated over the past couple ...
