Church

• Lecrae: Church Needs to Correct Oppression Not Just Forgive It Christian rapper Lecrae has responded to the devastating shooting of nine people at Emauel AME Church with a call to correct oppression. Jun 24, 2015

  

  Lecrae: Church Needs to Correct Oppression Not Just Forgive It
• Donations Flood in for Emanuel AME and Other Black Churches in Charleston Donations are pouring in from across the country to support the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and other black churches in the Charleston area. Jun 24, 2015

  

  Donations Flood in for Emanuel AME and Other Black Churches in Charleston
• Joel Osteen Says He Sells Many of His Books in Muslim Countries Evangelical pastor and author Joel Osteen said in a recent interview that his books are popular in Muslim countries. Jun 23, 2015

  

  Joel Osteen Says He Sells Many of His Books in Muslim Countries
• Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church Reopens with Prayer, Praise and a Call for Change Hundreds Sunday packed the pews of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church readying themselves to bury nine beloved members and seek justice on their behalf as part of the church’s activist tradition. Jun 23, 2015

  Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church Reopens with Prayer, Praise and a Call for Change
• Emanuel AME Church Members Respond to Shooting with Amazing Forgiveness Some acts are so terrible, it seems masochistic to talk about them. Some acts are so gracious, we marvel at them and must talk about them. Jun 23, 2015

  Emanuel AME Church Members Respond to Shooting with Amazing Forgiveness
• Why So Many Church Scandals? It is not at all uncommon to hear of pastors who lose their way; we have become so accustomed to hearing stories similar to Tchividjian’s that we hardly even blink anymore. This is a problem. Jun 23, 2015

  Why So Many Church Scandals?
• Mennonite Couple Fined for Refusal to Host Gay Weddings Close Business The Christian owners of a Iowa gift shop and bistro say they have to shutter their doors after they were ordered to pay a settlement when they refused to hold a same-sex wedding at the venue. Jun 22, 2015

  Mennonite Couple Fined for Refusal to Host Gay Weddings Close Business
• Emanuel AME Church: The Latest Victim of Violence against Black Churches For many, the massacre at a black church in Charleston, S.C., is simply another mass shooting. But for African-Americans, church violence has historic dimensions. Jun 22, 2015

  Emanuel AME Church: The Latest Victim of Violence against Black Churches
• Pope Francis Challenges Humanity to Fight Global Warming in Historic Encyclical Climate change is a mostly man-made phenomenon worsened by rich countries whose people keep feeding their “self-destructive vices,” Pope Francis said in an unprecedented papal document. Jun 22, 2015

  Pope Francis Challenges Humanity to Fight Global Warming in Historic Encyclical
• Slain S.C. Pastor Clementa Pinckney was ‘a Giant, a Legend’ “He was a giant, a legend, a moral compass.” Those are the words used by fellow state senator Marlon Kimpson to describe Rev. Clementa Pinckney who was killed in the Charleston church shooting. Jun 22, 2015

  Slain S.C. Pastor Clementa Pinckney was ‘a Giant, a Legend’