By David Roach NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Americans are split on whether homosexual behavior is a sin, and many do not appreciate if a church teaches it is sinful, according to a recent survey conducted by LifeWay Research. The random-sample survey of more than 2,000 Americans asked, “Do you believe homosexual behavior is a sin?” Forty-four [...]
The Assemblies of God, in reaction to President Barack Obama’s embracing of same-sex marriage, is voicing its dissent and objection. According to Dr. George O. Wood, general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, the Assemblies of God is in complete disagreement with the president’s new position and takes exception to the president’s taking Scripture out [...]
A Nelson Circuit Court jury awarded $2.15 million in damages to the estate of a boy who was killed in 2009 when a youth minister at Big Springs Assembly of God church let him drive his vehicle.
Two items stating Christians have different opinions about homosexuality were not approved by the 2012 General Conference, leaving the original language in the Book of Discipline intact.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina pastor said he was using hyperbole and regrets his choice of words when he told parents during a sermon on marriage to punch any sons who make gestures that might indicate they are gay. Berean Baptist Church pastor Sean Harris preached Sunday about marriage before next week’s vote [...]
CHICAGO (UPI) – Belief in God is declining gradually worldwide, with faith highest among older people, a report released by the University of Chicago Wednesday found. The report, “Belief About God Across Time and Countries,” found 13 percent of people living in the former East Germany expressed belief in God, while at the high end [...]
By R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Christian Post Guest Columnist Over the last 40 years, the megachurch has made its presence known, often dominating the Christian landscape within the nation’s metropolitan regions. The megachurch came into dominance at the same time that massive shopping malls became the landmarks of suburban consumer life. Sociologists can easily trace [...]
By Vicki Brown STANTON, MO. (ABP) – A Southern Baptist church in Missouri is under scrutiny by its local association for replacing a pastor who resigned for health reasons with his daughter. Melody Pryor, pastor of First Baptist Church of Stanton, Mo., said she first had a notion of being a pastor while in the [...]
By Lillian Kwon , Christian Post Reporter A Florida megachurch has axed its traditional and contemporary Sunday worship services, refusing to continue down the wide path of segregated worship. Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale now offers only one service at 10:15 a.m. with, essentially, blended worship – that means no more separation based [...]
By Avis Thomas-Lester and Hamil R. Harris Members of a divided Jericho City of Praise attended services at two locations on Sunday, the first time members of the church worshipped formally since Joel R. Peebles, the acting pastor and son of the church’s founders, was ousted and stripped of his membership last week. About 300 [...]
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