Running short on money and members, 75-year-old Florida church holds final service
Running short on money and membership, a 75-year-old Florida congregation that dwindled to just 19 amid the pandemic, gathered for its final service a week ago.
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An interview with Bart Barber | Baptist Press
DALLAS (BP) – Whether it’s from a video posted on social media or a microphone at the SBC Annual Meeting, you don’t have to listen to Bart Barber long before you know he cares about Southern Baptist polity. Barber, senior pastor of FBC Farmersville, Texas, is scheduled to be nominated…
Pastor leaves comfortable California life behind to plant new church 1,300 miles from home
For Pastor James Marini, life in pre-COVID California was pretty sweet, at least for him and his family. But after being called by God to leave his comfortable life behind to plant a new congregation, the Marinis put their lives in God's hands as they moved over 1,300 miles away to plant a Calvary Chapel in North Texas.
Retired bishop leaves UMC for new conservative church over ‘significant disagreement’ on theology
A recently retired bishop of The United Methodist Church has announced that he is leaving the mainline Protestant denomination for a conservative alternative that was launched on Sunday.
Vineyard Anaheim renamed the Dwelling Place after split: 'Not a departure from what has gone before'
Months after announcing Vineyard Anaheim, the “mother church” of the Vineyard movement, would be disassociating from the charismatic denomination, Pastor Alan Scott revealed the church will now be called the Dwelling Place Anaheim.
Church of England extends John Smyth review
The Church of England is giving more time to gathering information relating to abuse by the late John Smyth.
An Interview with Tom Ascol | Baptist Press
CAPE CORAL, Fla. (BP) – For more than 30 years Tom Ascol has been known as a leader with deep theological convictions through his work at Grace Baptist Church and Founders Ministries. While Ascol, 65, has never held an office as a trustee or board member of the Southern Baptist…
'5 Love Languages' author, lifelong friend share how cross-cultural friendship breaks racial divides
Bestselling author Gary Chapman and counselor and diversity trainer Clarence Shuler share how cross-cultural friendships can radically transform race relations in our country.
UMC Bishops president decries schism over LGBT stance: ‘Counterintuitive’ to Body of Christ
The outgoing head of the United Methodist Church Council of Bishops denounced the split of the mainline Protestant denomination over LGBT issues ahead of Sunday's launch of a breakaway denomination.
Church of Scotland's drift towards same-sex marriage is 'very sad'
The Christian Institute has called it a "very sad development" after most presbyteries in the Church of Scotland came out in support of same-sex weddings in its church buildings.
