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Apr 24 2023
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Hundreds of Methodist Churches in Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Depart the Denomination Over 'Human Sexuality' and Other Matters - The Georgia Star News
On Saturday, 264 congregations part of the United Methodists of the Holston Conference had their requests processed to leave the denomination, citing “issues around human sexuality and other matters.” A special session of the Holston Annual Conference was held at Central United Methodist Church in downtown Knoxville to worship and process requests for churches to exit the denomination. The
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Mar 18 2024
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‘This is what love your neighbor is all about’: Volunteers work to clean up debris in Winchester
WINCHESTER, Ind. — The community is working to clean up the city of Winchester after a confirmed EF-3 tornado touched down Thursday evening. Randolph County’s Emergency Operation Center estimates nearly 200 structures throughout the area have been impacted by the storm. “The building is gone, but the church is still here,” said Bob Moorman, minister for the Winchester Church of Christ. With so
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Mar 22 2024
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Fairfield U. & Prep Mourn the Passing of Rev. James M. Bowler, S.J.
FAIRFIELD, CT — Fairfield University and Fairfield College Preparatory School (Fairfield Prep) mourn the loss of Rev. James M. Bowler, S.J., who passed away on March 20 at the Campion Center in Weston, Mass. He was 84. Fr. Bowler served our University and Fairfield Prep community for many years, most recently as the founder and former director of our Murphy Center for Ignatian Spirituality and
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Mar 03 2022
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Church openings approach pre-pandemic levels, but attendance levels stall, survey says
America’s Protestant churches are gathering in person at a rate far greater than the beginning of 2021, a new survey from Lifeway Research reports.
But it’s unclear how many worshippers are filling the pews.
“Despite a new variant wave of COVID-19, 97% of U.S. Protestant churches met in person during January 2022, while 3% say they did not gather for in-person services,”
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Mar 30 2024
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Slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller posthumously promoted to detective
The hero NYPD cop who was gunned down during a traffic stop has been posthumously promoted to detective, police brass said Saturday. Officer Jonathan Diller, 31, who was killed Monday during a routine traffic stop in Queens, received the promotion at his funeral service at Saint Rose of Lima Church in Massapequa, where NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban honored the fallen cop. Diller’s new badge
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Feb 06 2024
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13 Snohomish County parishes face mergers in Seattle Archdiocese plan
Parishes in Everett, Tulalip, Lake Stevens and elsewhere in Snohomish County will combine with their nearest neighbors over three years. EVERETT — Rev. Jay DeFolco of Holy Cross, in the Lochsloy area between Lake Stevens and Granite Falls, is no stranger to bringing communities together. Holy Cross was designated as its own Catholic parish in 2004. It had previously been a mission church and a
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Mar 29 2024
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Arkansas, local officials mark anniversary of tornadoes that killed four and destroyed homes
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas and local officials hailed the response from emergency workers, community groups and individuals on Friday as they marked the one-year anniversary of tornadoes that tore through the state and killed four people. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders visited a title company in Little Rock and a church in Jacksonville that were damaged by a tornado tore through the area.
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Mar 21 2024
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Podcaster Father Mike Schmitz speaking at Downtown Phoenix Sheraton Thursday
PHOENIX — A popular podcaster is speaking at an event in downtown Phoenix Thursday night as part of a fundraiser for a Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix outreach program. The John Paul II Center for Theology of the Body, a privately funded pastoral outreach, is hosting its annual Witnesses to Hope Celebration and Fundraiser on March 21. The event at Sheraton Downtown Phoenix will feature
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Mar 18 2024
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The Humble Young Leader: Four Qualities of Godly Men
Erik Thoennes is professor and chair of theology at Talbot School of Theology/Biola University, pastor of Grace Evangelical Free Church in La Mirada, California, and author of Godly Jealousy: A Theology of Intolerant Love . He and his wife, Donna, have four children, Caroline, Paige, Samuel, and Isaac. Erik Thoennes is professor and chair of theology at Talbot School of Theology/Biola
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May 06 2020
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Mike Pence: Couldn't be more proud of DOJ for standing with Virginia church
Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday said he “couldn’t be more proud” that the Justice Department stood up for a Virginia church that had been sanctioned for violating social distancing rules when it held a Palm Sunday service last month.
“I couldn’t be more proud of the Justice Department for standing up with that Virginia church that’s challenging Governor [Ralph] Northam’s ban on
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