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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The Village Church Settles Sexual Abuse Lawsuit, Says ‘we committed no wrong’
The Village Church in Texas has reached a settlement with former church members over allegations that a children s minister sexually abused their daughter at a church camp event in 2012
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Soul City Church: ‘We’re going to raise a generation’ | Baptist Press
JACKSON, Miss. (BP) -- After months of work, Soul City Church in the heart of midtown Jackson has reopened an abandoned city swimming pool as a ministry to the neighborhood served by the church – and that’s not all.
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FIRST-PERSON: Gather to evangelize | Baptist Press
“I created the OASIS because I never felt at home in the real world. I didn’t know how to connect with the people there. I was afraid, for all of my life, right up until I knew it was ending.” James Halliday, creator and kingpin of the OASIS in Ernest…
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Tony and Lauren Dungy: On faith and family, football and race, winning and losing | Baptist Press
(RNS) — Retired NFL coach Tony Dungy and his wife Lauren see the key parts of their life — football and family — as forms of ministry.
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Justin Welby Agrees to Meet with BBC Host Who Says Pastors are ‘bigots’ for Opposing Gay Marriage
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says he is willing to meet with lesbian BBC host Sandi Toksvig, who criticized his recent declaration at the Lambeth Conference that the Anglican Communion ...
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Church URL vs. IRL: Digital Worship is on the Rise Among Christian Millennials – RELEVANT
We all had to make a lot of shifts during the pandemic, and many of us have already returned to our pre-pandemic way of life. But a few areas are likely
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Joel Osteen Challenges Thousands to ‘stay faithful in the fire’ at First Stadium Event in 3 Years
Thousands gathered in Yankee Stadium in New York City on Saturday for Joel Osteen s Come Home to Hope Event the first time in over three years the Osteens held a large-scale stadium event due to ...
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Resource can multiply missions effectiveness | Baptist Press
MILLS, Wyo. (BP) – Merry Marcus is among countless Southern Baptists nationwide who carefully watch their money to be sure they are able to participate in their church’s mission projects.
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Joel and Victoria Osteen Talk Evangelism, Repentance and Building the Local Church Post Pandemic
Amid the societal loss, separation and loneliness exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, televangelist couple Joel and Victoria Osteen are on a mission to recharge and renew ...
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Anglicans do not go ‘down the road of expelling other Christians’, says Welby
The Archbishop of Canterbury says Anglicans must "seek with passion the visible unity of the Church".
