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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HLGU’s Accreditation Placed on Two-Year Probation
For the second time in as many years, a university affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention has seen its accreditation placed on a two-year probation amid controversy about mismanagement and poor trustee governance.
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Ohio church hosts festival with 300 Nativity scenes
A church in Ohio is hosting a weeks-long festival that features around 300 different Nativity scenes, as well as other artwork, crafts, food and music
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FIRST-PERSON: 3 ways to help kids with disabilities feel more comfortable in worship | Baptist Press
Lighting that’s too dark or too bright, lots of people coming in at the same time to find seats (many of them shaking hands or hugging), and music and voices from the stage can all be overwhelming to kids with sensory sensitivities and disabilities such as autism.
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Tennessee churches partner to serve neighbors | Baptist Press
LEBANON, Tenn. (BP) – Ten years ago, a dozen ministers and local church members in Lebanon decided to investigate what they had been told – that a small homeless community was growing in their county.
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Advent: 4 Interesting Facts about the Season of Waiting
Here are four interesting facts about Advent, which is considered the season of waiting until the miracle of the Christmas holiday They include its shrouded origins, how it is sometimes observed as a ...
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Operation Christmas Child’s 200 Millionth Shoebox Will Be Delivered to Child in Ukraine
Samaritan s Purse s Operation Christmas Child will deliver its 200 millionth shoebox filled with toys this season to a child in Ukraine after nearly three decades of partnering with churches to ...
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Pastor warns that Christians often fall into 2 camps when talking about the End Times
A Texas pastor says when it comes to studying the End Times, many Christian fall into one of two camps either they obsess over Revelation and try to predict when the rapture might happen, or they ...
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UMC Conference Rejects 3 Arkansas Churches’ Disaffiliation Requests: ‘Uncharted territory’
A regional body of The United Methodist Church has voted down the disaffiliation requests of three congregations in Arkansas that want to leave the mainline Protestant denomination due to its ...
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Gospel generosity gives rural Kentucky church far-reaching impact | Baptist Press
MORGANTOWN, Kentucky (BP) – It was early in his pastoral ministry, Randy Burns said, that he realized, “I was blessed to recognize there was an undercurrent of generosity here,” at Monticello Baptist Church, which never has averaged more than 75 in Sunday morning worship except in 1991, when it reached…
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249 North Carolina Churches Leave UMC amid Homosexuality Schism
At a special session held last weekend, The United Methodist Church s North Carolina Conference approved the disaffiliation votes of 249 congregations, representing 32 of the regional body s member ...
