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The conversation about Advent imagery of dark and light — and how readily it can be associated with skin color — is one many Christians are having years into a racial reckoning for both the church and the country, sparked by the murders of George Floyd and other Black people in 2020.
Rob Munro has been announced today by Downing Street as the next Bishop of Ebbsfleet, a role that gives him oversight of complementarian evangelical parishes within the Church of England.
EL CAJON, Calif. (BP) – I read about the pastor of a prairie church who one year directed the children’s program on the Sunday night before Christmas. The pastor was especially excited about the final scene of the production in which four children would give recitations using letters they held…
Across the country, United Methodist churches are voting to leave the denomination by following an exit plan approved by its leaders more than three years ago. But in Florida and North Carolina, some churches have decided to sue United Methodist regional bodies. The denomination is undergoing a wholesale splinter after decades of rancorous debate over the ordination and marriage of LGBTQ members.
Robin Vick said he came late to “The Chosen” phenomenon. Vick, an evangelist for the Roosevelt Drive Church of Christ in Jacksonville, N.C., had heard of the streaming TV show […]
A clergyman who was elected to a bishop position within the Episcopal Diocese of Florida is having his election challenged for the second time this year
Does it take a big pageant to put the melody of the greatest story in our hearts? We won’t explore this question with three spirits, but we will try three acts. In this issue of A Public Witness, we’ll take you on a visit to big megachurch shows of Christmases past. Then we ponder in the present what it means to give our best to Jesus before offering a vision of what future celebrations could look like.
Prominent evangelical, Rev Dr Stephen Sizer, engaged in antisemitic activity and "conduct unbecoming" of an ordained minister, a Church of England tribunal has ruled.
Church of England churches saw a significant rise in weekly attendance in 2021 but figures remain far lower than before the pandemic, according to new statistics released on Tuesday.
When new students arrive at the University of Florida each fall, Eddie Gilley and student leaders from Baptist Collegiate Ministries are eager to help them get plugged into a local church as soon as possible.
