Church

• Study: Attendance Hemorrhaging at Small and Midsize US Congregations According to a new study, congregational life is shirking across the United States. Oct 15, 2021

  

  Study: Attendance Hemorrhaging at Small and Midsize US Congregations
• Happy Birthday Chuck Tomorrow, October 16, would have been Chuck Colson’s 90th birthday. His legacy continues, not only in the ongoing work of the Colson Center, but also the continuation of Prison Fellowship, especially the Angel Tree ministry. Oct 15, 2021

  

  Happy Birthday Chuck
• Lakewood Church Says It Did Not Seek Forgiveness for $4.4 Million PPP Loan Lakewood church leaders confirmed in a recent statement that the church did not attempt to have its Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiven. Oct 13, 2021

  

  Lakewood Church Says It Did Not Seek Forgiveness for $4.4 Million PPP Loan
• SBC General Counsel to Split with Denomination after Vote to Waive Privilege The longtime general counsel for the Southern Baptist Convention is separating from the SBC and will no longer represent the group. Oct 13, 2021

  SBC General Counsel to Split with Denomination after Vote to Waive Privilege
• Episcopal Church Lost over 61,000 Members Before COVID-19 Struck in 2020 According to several new reports, the Episcopal Church lost over 61,000 members in 2020, all before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Oct 13, 2021

  Episcopal Church Lost over 61,000 Members Before COVID-19 Struck in 2020
• Church of the Highlands Pastor Accused of Failing to Act after a Former Intern Reported Being Sexually Harassed A former intern at a church in Mississippi is suing Dino Rizzo, a member of the Church of the Highlands' senior leadership team in Alabama. Oct 13, 2021

  Church of the Highlands Pastor Accused of Failing to Act after a Former Intern Reported Being Sexually Harassed
• Scandal-Plagued Catholic Order Denies Hiding Millions in Offshore Accounts An embattled Catholic religious order accused of hiding almost $300 million in offshore accounts denied any wrongdoing in an online statement, declaring that it did not evade taxes and complied with international accounting... Oct 13, 2021

  Scandal-Plagued Catholic Order Denies Hiding Millions in Offshore Accounts
• Woke Culture Is at 'War' against Christianity, Skillet's John Cooper Warns Skillet frontman John Cooper recently asserted that woke culture is at "war" with Christianity and that believers need the courage of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to stand up against it. Oct 12, 2021

  Woke Culture Is at 'War' against Christianity, Skillet's John Cooper Warns
• Virginia Church Hosts 10-Hour Consecration Service for 'Transformational Revival' A church in Virginia Beach held a 10-hour consecration service on Sunday, during which attendees prayed for "a transformational revival" across the world. Oct 11, 2021

  Virginia Church Hosts 10-Hour Consecration Service for 'Transformational Revival'
• Archaeologists Uncover Possible Remnants of America’s Oldest Black Church First Baptist Church, in Williamsburg Va., is set to celebrate its 245th anniversary this weekend. “The early history of our congregation, beginning with enslaved and free Blacks gathering outdoors in secret in 1776, has always... Oct 08, 2021

  Archaeologists Uncover Possible Remnants of America’s Oldest Black Church