Church

• The Pandemic of Loneliness: The Church Has the Answer Do you feel lonely? Join the crowd. Loneliness has reached pandemic levels—but there is hope. May 24, 2018

  

  The Pandemic of Loneliness: The Church Has the Answer
• Who Needs God When You’ve Got Government? Umm . . . We Do We need a surgeon general’s warning: “This government program may be hazardous to your spiritual health.” May 22, 2018

  

  Who Needs God When You’ve Got Government? Umm . . . We Do
• Jesus Rode A Dinosaur: Conference Looks at What Churches Tell Teens about Science Getting comfortable with questions was a theme shared by many speakers at “Jesus Rode a Dinosaur and Other Silly Tales,” a youth ministry conference aimed at talking to teenagers about science held earlier this month at... May 21, 2018

  

  Jesus Rode A Dinosaur: Conference Looks at What Churches Tell Teens about Science
• Indonesia: Death Toll ‘Unimaginable’ if Bomb Had Exploded Inside Church The leader of one of the Indonesian church most badly damaged by the suicide bombing attacks last Sunday, 13 May, has said he “can’t imagine” how much greater the damage could have been had the attacker detonated the bomb... May 18, 2018

  Indonesia: Death Toll ‘Unimaginable’ if Bomb Had Exploded Inside Church
• Ohio Church Blesses Community by Paying for Gas of over 100 Families An Ohio megachurch gave back to the community to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The Christian Post reports that the Victory Christian Center in Liberty Township, Ohio paid for the gas for the first 100 cars that came to the... May 17, 2018

  Ohio Church Blesses Community by Paying for Gas of over 100 Families
• Can Young People Help Safeguard the Future of the Church in Syria? As the war in Syria enters its eighth year, clergy who have watched their congregations dwindle fear that those who have left the country may not return. May 17, 2018

  Can Young People Help Safeguard the Future of the Church in Syria?
• What Are Pentecost and Shavuot? 10 Things Christians Should Know This weekend marks the observance of Pentecost and Shavuot, holy days to Christians and Jews respectively. And both involve certain “gifts” that don’t come with wrapping and bows. Both of these holidays have deep biblical... May 17, 2018

  What Are Pentecost and Shavuot? 10 Things Christians Should Know
• Study: 64 Percent of Christians Today Believe Evangelizing is Optional A new study from the Barna Group has found that Christians are not evangelizing as often as they used to. May 16, 2018

  Study: 64 Percent of Christians Today Believe Evangelizing is Optional
• Rhode Island Council of Churches Director Takes Leave for Gender Transition The Rev. Donald Anderson, 70, executive minister of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches, will take a three-month leave beginning June 1 to complete the transition to becoming a woman. May 16, 2018

  Rhode Island Council of Churches Director Takes Leave for Gender Transition
• US State Department Criticizes China for Shutting down Church Service The US State Department has criticized the Chinese government for reportedly shutting down a Christian church service held in memory of the nearly 70,000 people who died in a 2008 earthquake. May 16, 2018

  US State Department Criticizes China for Shutting down Church Service