Church

• Church of England Appoints First Ever Female Bishop of London The Church of England is making news with its appointment of Sarah Mullally as the first female Bishop of London. Dec 21, 2017

  

  Church of England Appoints First Ever Female Bishop of London
• Female Evangelical Leaders Call on Church to Speak out on Violence against Women More than 140 evangelical Christian women from across the political and theological spectrums have signed onto a statement calling churches to end the silence around violence against women and the church’s participation in it. Dec 21, 2017

  

  Female Evangelical Leaders Call on Church to Speak out on Violence against Women
• Blue Christmas: Churches Acknowledge That the Season of Joy Isn’t Always Joyous The church was festooned with a green wreath above the altar cross and rows of red and white poinsettias. But the lights were dim and the candles were ready, along with small packets of tissues placed strategically in each pew. Dec 19, 2017

  

  Blue Christmas: Churches Acknowledge That the Season of Joy Isn’t Always Joyous
• New Tax Bill Will Not Repeal Johnson Amendment After All Language in the federal tax overhaul bill that would have ended the IRS regulation of barring churches from endorsing political candidates has been removed from the bill. Dec 19, 2017

  New Tax Bill Will Not Repeal Johnson Amendment After All
• Worship before Football: Christian Group Will Hold Service before Buffalo Bills Game A Christian group will be sponsoring “Church at the Game,” a worship service scheduled at the Buffalo Bills’ fieldhouse and training center before the team’s last home game of the season. Dec 15, 2017

  Worship before Football: Christian Group Will Hold Service before Buffalo Bills Game
• Police Officer Suspended for Attending Church While on Duty A Pennsylvania police officer has been suspended for attending church services during his shift, reports The Christian Post. Dec 14, 2017

  Police Officer Suspended for Attending Church While on Duty
• Willow Creek Church is Sending Christmas Gifts to Every Inmate in Illinois Willow Creek Community Church, a megachurch in the Chicago suburbs, will be distributing Christmas gifts to every inmate in the state of Illinois this Christmas season. Dec 07, 2017

  Willow Creek Church is Sending Christmas Gifts to Every Inmate in Illinois
• Texas Pastors Undergo Security Training a Month after Sutherland Springs Massacre The event, titled “Church Security in the 21st Century,” was held at the 42,000-member Prestonwood Baptist Church exactly a month after the worst church shooting in American history. Dec 06, 2017

  Texas Pastors Undergo Security Training a Month after Sutherland Springs Massacre
• Government Officials Break into Jiangxi Church, Assault Elderly, and Vandalize Property International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on the morning of November 21, more than 100 government officers in uniform raided the Beimen (North Gate) Catholic Church in the city of Ji'an in Jiangxi Province. Dec 04, 2017

  Government Officials Break into Jiangxi Church, Assault Elderly, and Vandalize Property
• John Piper Addresses Racial Tensions in U.S. In a live internet broadcast, “Together for Good? My Burden for our Racial Brokenness,”John Piper spoke mainly to white evangelicals about the fury of racial tension our nation has undergone in recent years. Dec 01, 2017

  John Piper Addresses Racial Tensions in U.S.