On the Sunday After Renee Good’s Killing, Minnesotans Grieve Through Worship and Song
Worshippers took a moment to pause, mourn, and sing, even as they continued to organize resistance efforts against ICE's escalated presence in Minneapolis.
Church & Ministries
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First African American Named to Key SBC Post — as Interim
Tennessee pastor Willie McLaurin has been named interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, becoming the first African American to lead one of the denomination’s ministry entities in its more than 175-year history.
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SBC Executive Committee names interim president amid fallout from attorney-client privilege vote
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee has named Tennessee Pastor Willie McLaurin its interim president amid an investigation into how leaders handled allegations of sexual abuse at churches.
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Indian-born pastor among youngest bishops in CofE as denomination aims to hit BAME targets
The Church of England has ordained a 42-year-old India-born priest as a bishop as part of its plans to increase the number of clergy from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
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Faith in the Metaverse: A VR Quest for Community, Fellowship
Many Americans — some traditionally religious, some religiously unaffiliated — are increasingly communing spiritually through virtual reality, one of the many evolving spaces in the metaverse that have grown in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Matt Chandler-led Acts 29 launches bold funding initiative for church plants in 2022
To further its mission of planting Gospel-centered churches across the United States and around the world, the Matt Chandler-led Acts 29 has announced a bold new initiative, giving up to $50,000 to new churches started through its sponsorship in 2022.
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UMC megachurch touts benefits of online worship, says it makes ‘Gospel more available’
A United Methodist megachurch based in the Kansas City metropolitan area has promoted the benefits of online worship, calling it “one of the biggest opportunities to make the Gospel more available.”
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McLaurin named SBC Executive Committee interim president/CEO | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Willie McLaurin will be the interim president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. The EC officers made the announcement Tuesday (Feb. 1). Since 2020, McLaurin has served the vice president for Great Commission relations and mobilization at the EC.
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Brian Houston’s stepping down from helm of Hillsong rings hollow for some
As Hillsong Church’s global senior pastor, Brian Houston, announced Sunday that he is stepping down from his role for all of 2022 to face charges of allegedly concealing sex abuse committed by his father decades earlier, the significance of the move, rings hollow for some who have legally tangled with the church over abuse.
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A Church Says the City’s Crackdown on Feeding the Homeless Violates Its Religious Rights – RELEVANT
Back in October, we wrote about the city of Brookings, Oregon, where the city council was determined to crack down on feeding the homeless. The city
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Brian Houston Will Step Away as Hillsong’s Global Senior Pastor For the Rest of the Year – RELEVANT
Hillsong's founder and global senior pastor Brian Houston has stepped away from his position to focus on the legal fight over charges that he was aware of
