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• Pro-Life Church Group Ordered to Pay $960,000 for Holding Worship Services Outside Planned Parenthood Clinic A Christian pro-life organization has agreed to pay $960,00 in legal fees and damages for hosting worship services outside a Spokane, Washington, Planned Parenthood clinic. Feb 07, 2023

  

  Pro-Life Church Group Ordered to Pay $960,000 for Holding Worship Services Outside Planned Parenthood Clinic
• Phil and Lucinda Dooley Appointed as Hillsong's New Global Senior Pastors Pastors Phil and Lucinda Dooley have been appointed as the new global senior pastors of Hillsong Church after serving as interims following Hillsong founder Brian Houston's resignation last year. Feb 07, 2023

  

  Phil and Lucinda Dooley Appointed as Hillsong's New Global Senior Pastors
• North Carolina Church Loses $793,000 for New Building in Email Scam Elkin Valley Baptist Church in North Carolina halted the construction of its new worship site after scammers impersonated builders and stole $793,000 from the church. Feb 02, 2023

  

  North Carolina Church Loses $793,000 for New Building in Email Scam
• 16 Million Women Have Left the Church in the Past 10 Years, Author Says Throughout the past decade, millions of women have left the church despite considering themselves Christians. Feb 01, 2023

  16 Million Women Have Left the Church in the Past 10 Years, Author Says
• Pastor Andy Stanley to Host Conference for Parents of LGBT Children Megachurch Pastor Andy Stanley is planning to host a conference for parents of children in the LGBTQ+ community later this year. Feb 01, 2023

  Pastor Andy Stanley to Host Conference for Parents of LGBT Children
• U.S. Hispanic Protestant Churches See Growth in Membership, Outreach Efforts According to a new Lifeway Research survey, Hispanic congregations in the United States have seen significant growth amongst their members and in outreach efforts. Jan 26, 2023

  U.S. Hispanic Protestant Churches See Growth in Membership, Outreach Efforts
• 1,831 United Methodist Churches Have Left Denomination over LGBT Issue: Report More than 1,800 United Methodist churches in the United States have left the denomination since 2019 over disagreements about the body’s stance on LGBT issues, according to new data. Jan 26, 2023

  1,831 United Methodist Churches Have Left Denomination over LGBT Issue: Report
• SBC President Insists Financial Cost of New Abuse Hotline Is ‘Worth It” Bart Barber, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said the financial cost of a new abuse hotline for the SBC is “worth it.”“The cost of doing nothing” outweighs “the cost of doing something,” he asserted. Jan 25, 2023

  SBC President Insists Financial Cost of New Abuse Hotline Is ‘Worth It”
• Bear Grylls: 'Jesus Would Really Struggle with 99 Percent of Churches' Today Survivalist and television host Bear Grylls says in a new interview that he has grown frustrated with the direction of the Christian church in recent years. Jan 20, 2023

  Bear Grylls: 'Jesus Would Really Struggle with 99 Percent of Churches' Today
• 4 Tennessee Church Members Killed, Pastor Injured in Small Plane Crash Harvest Church in Germantown, Tennessee, is mourning the loss of several church members who died in a tragic plane crash this week. Jan 20, 2023

  4 Tennessee Church Members Killed, Pastor Injured in Small Plane Crash