Thou Shalt Not … Amend the State Constitution?
This issue of A Public Witness takes you inside a hyperpartisan church for a taste of how the gospel of Jesus is being supplanted by an imperial lust for political power.
Church & Ministries
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Enthusiasm, hopes for ‘fertile soil’ highlight annual meeting planning in New Orleans | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The enthusiasm was as thick as the late summer air as hundreds of pastors and church leaders gathered at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) to prepare to welcome thousands of messengers to the Crescent City in 2023.
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Another Reformed Resurgence?: Inside Costi Hinn’s Growing Arizona Church Plant
Underneath all the headlines spotlighting Costi Hinn s righteous indignation is a pastor of a local church that desires to live the simple life of feeding the sheep
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South Carolina Supreme Court Says 6 Church Properties Don’t Have to Be Returned to Episcopal Church
The South Carolina Supreme Court has lowered the number of church properties that a breakaway diocese must return to The Episcopal Church from 14 to eight
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Over 30 North Carolina Churches Demand UMC Allow Them to Leave Denomination
More than 30 congregations based in North Carolina have threatened legal action so they can leave the United Methodist Church, claiming that the disaffiliation process is unfair to them
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Hillsong Church Making Changes amid Financial Abuse Lawsuit, Phil Dooley Says
Hillsong Church s Interim Global Senior Pastor Phil Dooley says changes to the organizational structure of the denomination are currently underway after a suspended employee alleged in a recent ...
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Meet Imran Siddiqui, the First Asian American Vice President of the ELCA
Siddiqui lives in Atlanta and attends St. John’s Lutheran Church, but he grew up in New Jersey and was raised Muslim — like a “Christmas and Easter Muslim,” he joked. By the time he graduated college, he considered himself an atheist. Siddiqui said he doesn’t always get all the ELCA’s “in” jokes about hot dishes and Garrison Keillor but he hopes he’ll bring a different perspective that will be good to have at the table.
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Community ‘more important’ Than Content? Author Ken Braddy Aims to Help Ministry Leaders Rethink Success
What does success look like when it comes to discipleship For most of those serving in ministry, the answer often is found in raw numbers, such as how many attendees showed up or the amount of ...
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College football player turned pastor urges clergy to speak out against critical race theory, BLM
Pastor John Amanchukwu urged Christians to speak out against critical race theory and Black Lives Matter, and encouraged pastors to be more courageous in denouncing unbiblical ideas
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FIRST-PERSON: Wisdom in the digital age | Baptist Press
digital age is that we often know certain truths about God, who we are as His creatures, and other theological truths, but then fail to live out those beliefs, especially in light of the technological challenges we face today.
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Papacy candidate among clergy named in lawsuit
A Montreal law firm representing over 100 alleged victims said Cardinal Marc Ouellet was among the priests accused in a class-action lawsuit against the archdiocese of Quebec. A woman going by “F”...
