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Mainline Churches Face Intensified 'Gay' Debates This Summer |
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 The role of gays in church life promises to be debated hotly this summer in the nation's mainline Protestant denominations. The conflict, which comes as states wage legal fights over same-sex marriage, could well influence whether some of the denominations remain intact or splinter into smaller factions. In some churches, the hard-fought court battles over civil marriage for gay and lesbian couples run parallel to religious struggles that are strikingly similar and often just as heated.
An example of this has been in California, where this week the issue of same-sex marriage influenced separate decisions by the state's Supreme Court and a regional diocese of the Episcopal Church USA. .... Read more
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Idols Everywhere |
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QUOTE: "Most preachers feel like, 'If I'm going to preach about idols, I have to tell people what an idol is.' What they don't have in mind is, idolatry is at the root of all of our psychological problems, moral problems, cultural issues, our political problems. It is such a pervasive category in the Bible. … I think what a minister needs to do is get [the pervasiveness of idolatry] into their bloodstream so they are always preaching with idolatry in mind. I think you have to understand the concept pretty deeply, and then it will influence the way in which you preach and the way in which you pastor... Read more
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Jack Hayford Will Not Seek Second Term as Foursquare President |
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Jack W. Hayford announced Tuesday that he will not seek a second term as president of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel when his five-year term ends Aug. 31.
Hayford, 74, made the announcement during Foursquare's annual convention being held this week in Anaheim, Calif. Hayford, founding pastor of The Church on the Way in Van Nuys, Calif., was elected president of the 8.4 million-member denomination in 2004. He notified church leaders of his decision not to seek a second term on Monday .... Read more
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Women |
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The Walking Wounded
| Sue Edwards
How to avoid destructive conflict in women's ministry
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Church Growth |
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Speaking in Tongues
| By Jim Graff
Meet three pastors who left their churches to hit the books for a higher calling.
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Class Act
| By Ken Walker
Meet three pastors who left their churches to hit the books for a higher calling.
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The Main Event
| By Katie Gerber
How to connect with preteens through special gatherings
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