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• Algerian Pastor ‘Amazed’ as Three Churches Reopened Three churches recently closed down by authorities in Algeria’s northern province of Oran were permitted to re-open on Sunday, 10 June. Jun 13, 2018

  

  Algerian Pastor ‘Amazed’ as Three Churches Reopened
• Anthony Bourdain, Suicide, and Us: A Wake-up Call for the Church An epidemic of staggering and tragic proportions is sweeping the country. And Christians are not immune. Jun 13, 2018

  

  Anthony Bourdain, Suicide, and Us: A Wake-up Call for the Church
• ‘Christianity in Syria is under Threat from Forces the West is Supporting’ Two thousand years of Christianity in Syria could be wiped out by the very forces Western governments are supporting, an Anglican vicar has claimed. Jun 11, 2018

  

  ‘Christianity in Syria is under Threat from Forces the West is Supporting’
• We Must Keep Fighting to Outlaw Abortion: A Response to Thomas Reese The Rev. Thomas J. Reese recently suggested that the pro-life movement should accept the sad fact of legalized abortion, and now simply work to reduce the number of pre-born babies whose lives are brutally ended. Jun 11, 2018

  We Must Keep Fighting to Outlaw Abortion: A Response to Thomas Reese
• Patterson Won’t Address Meeting as Southern Baptists Gather amid Scandals With Southern Baptists already comparing the state of their denomination to a natural disaster, another dramatic turn has come in the sexual abuse and misconduct scandal swirling around Paige Patterson, a revered institutional... Jun 11, 2018

  Patterson Won’t Address Meeting as Southern Baptists Gather amid Scandals
• Fewer Couples are Marrying in Churches. Does it Matter? But for all our marriage cliches, one now belongs on the endangered species list: Wedding bells are not ringing. Jun 08, 2018

  Fewer Couples are Marrying in Churches. Does it Matter?
• Town Says Yes to Museums and Libraries, But No to Churches A North Carolina church filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the town of Monroe after it prevented the congregation from meeting in a building that previously was used by another church and that has been zoned for use only by... Jun 07, 2018

  Town Says Yes to Museums and Libraries, But No to Churches
• UMC Minnesota Conference Edited 'Father' Out of the Apostles’ Creed At a recent multi-day conference, the Minnesota Conference of the United Methodist Church used an edited version of the Apostles’ Creed which removed a reference to God as “Father.” Jun 07, 2018

  UMC Minnesota Conference Edited 'Father' Out of the Apostles’ Creed
• Here Are 8 of the Most Controversial Issues in the Church Today What is the Christian view on gay marriage? Are spiritual gifts biblical? Can Christians drink alcohol? These are some of the topics that often cause heated controversy within the church today. Christians take very different... Jun 07, 2018

  Here Are 8 of the Most Controversial Issues in the Church Today
• Church Suspends Sacraments as Deadly Ebola Outbreak Spreads An Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month has led Roman Catholics to stop administering several sacraments temporarily in an attempt to keep the deadly disease from spreading. Jun 06, 2018

  Church Suspends Sacraments as Deadly Ebola Outbreak Spreads