Church

• Thousands Leave Norway’s Lutheran Church Following New Digital Membership Over 15,000 people have left the Lutheran Church in Norway after the Church introduced a new digital membership program. Aug 22, 2016

  

  Thousands Leave Norway’s Lutheran Church Following New Digital Membership
• Churches Offer Comfort, Aid to Flood-Ravaged Louisiana Record-breaking floodwaters are beginning to recede in southeast Louisiana, revealing thousands of devastated homes and businesses. Aug 19, 2016

  

  Churches Offer Comfort, Aid to Flood-Ravaged Louisiana
• Egypt: Christians Eagerly Await Vote on Church-Building Law Egypt could vote next month on a law that would change the country’s ordinances on church construction. Aug 19, 2016

  

  Egypt: Christians Eagerly Await Vote on Church-Building Law
• Why Worship Leaders are the Worst (and the Best) I’ve seen beautiful, God-honoring moments unfold during services and out of services. There have also been moments that made me cringe internally. Aug 19, 2016

  Why Worship Leaders are the Worst (and the Best)
• Pastors Rarely Asked to Wed Same-Sex Couples After the long debate before gay marriage was made legal in 2015, a survey shows that since then Protestant pastors have rarely been asked to officiate them. Aug 19, 2016

  Pastors Rarely Asked to Wed Same-Sex Couples
• South African Anglican Churches Consider Blessing Gay Marriages Anglican churches in South Africa are considering blessing same-sex marriages. The issue will be discussed in the church's upcoming synod next month. Aug 18, 2016

  South African Anglican Churches Consider Blessing Gay Marriages
• African Anglicans Will Never Accept Gay Marriage, Says Church Leader An African leader of the Anglican Church has accused the western part of the church of becoming too progressive, and has affirmed the African Anglican Church’s commitment to a biblical view of sexuality. Aug 17, 2016

  African Anglicans Will Never Accept Gay Marriage, Says Church Leader
• What the Church Can Do to Combat Domestic Abuse While the government may be taking steps to counter this epidemic, what is the church doing? Aug 16, 2016

  What the Church Can Do to Combat Domestic Abuse
• Kenya: Churches, Mosques and Temples Being Painted Yellow in Show of Solidarity Churches, mosques, and temples are being painted yellow in Nairobi, Kenya in an effort to create unity among the country’s people of faith. Aug 16, 2016

  Kenya: Churches, Mosques and Temples Being Painted Yellow in Show of Solidarity
• Churchgoer Stabbed while Attending Sunday Service at Kentucky Church A man was stabbed by his son in an incident that occurred while the two men were attending a church service in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Aug 15, 2016

  Churchgoer Stabbed while Attending Sunday Service at Kentucky Church