Catholicism Declining in Latin America, Pew Research Finds
Loading the Audio Player... The number of Catholics in Latin America is shrinking, while a growing percentage of Latinos are religiously unaffiliated, new research found. Despite ...
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Pastor Stovall Weems Claims Celebration Church Backed Out of Deal to Pay $48M to His Nonprofit
Celebration Church founder Stovall Weems alleged in a local news interview this week that his former church reneged on a deal to pay his nonprofit 48 million over 15 years and then cut him out of the ...
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More than Mere Words
This issue of A Public Witness explores three examples of impactful denominational resolutions to show why it matters when Christians decide to speak with one voice. The model resolutions include two statements decrying the historic mistreatment of Indigenous peoples and a resolution about the war in Ukraine.
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FIRST-PERSON: What the church started during the pandemic that it needs to continue | Baptist Press
TYRONE, Ga. (BP) – More than we’d like to admit, life changes and it never goes back to the way it was. Yet, if life were a coin, there would be two sides. There would be the side of “I don’t mind losing these things” and then there’s the other…
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In Sermon after Plane Crash That Killed 5 Members, Pastor Reflects on ‘God of comfort amidst chaos’
On the first Sunday since four Harvest Church members died in a plane crash, congregants gathered at the Germantown, Tennessee, church to hear a message reminding them of God s promises and ...
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Pope Francis Says ‘being homosexual is not a crime’ But Still a Sin
Pope Francis said in an interview this week that while homosexuality is sinful, countries should not criminalize homosexual practices
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Church Staff Need ‘theological unity,’ Not Diverse Theological Views: John Piper
John Piper recently addressed his limits on what he considers an acceptable ministry partner, noting that he has degrees of acceptance of theological differences depending on the circumstances
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Middle Collegiate Church Expects Historic Façade To Be Demolished by Spring
Middle Collegiate, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is one of four Collegiate Churches of New York that sprung from a Reformed Church congregation in New Amsterdam founded in 1628, and they are considered the oldest continuous Protestant congregations in the Americas.
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What Does It Mean to Be Anointed? Tony Evans Answers
Pastor Tony Evans recently explained what it means to be anointed, saying the key for Christians is knowing what it is and how to use it
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Maryland church’s food ministry opens doors, hearts | Baptist Press
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (BP) – One Saturday a month, North Glen Community Church’s parking lot comes alive with hundreds of cars, four lanes wide, packing the lot. Police reserve officers direct traffic, and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members handle traffic management support. Cars begin lining up over an hour…
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Legal Disputes between Celebration Church and Founders Move to Circuit Court
A hearing set for Monday regarding a lawsuit by leaders of Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida, to evict the church s founders from a Black Hammock Island home purchased as a parsonage was ...
