Church

• Ordinance Limiting Oregon Church Meal Services Violates Religious Freedom, Suit Says An Oregon church is suing the coastal city of Brookings, arguing that an ordinance restricting the church’s meal program for the unhoused violates its right to religious freedom. Feb 02, 2022

  

  Ordinance Limiting Oregon Church Meal Services Violates Religious Freedom, Suit Says
• I Am So Sick of Sermons Telling Me to Do More or Do Better The biggest lesson I've learned over the past year is that God’s character is Father, not the arbiter. The constant analysis we seem to do about how we’re “doing spiritually” is something God is much less interested in than... Feb 01, 2022

  

  I Am So Sick of Sermons Telling Me to Do More or Do Better
• Hillsong's Brian Houston Steps Down as Global Senior Pastor Hillsong founder Brian Houston announced that he will be stepping down from his role as the megachurch’s global senior pastor so he can fight charges that he concealed sexual abuse crimes committed by his father. Jan 31, 2022

  

  Hillsong's Brian Houston Steps Down as Global Senior Pastor
• Jim Winkler Departs National Council of Churches after Two Terms as Chief The National Council of Churches announced Wednesday (Jan. 26) that Jim Winkler, its general secretary and president since 2013, is leaving his post. Jan 28, 2022

  Jim Winkler Departs National Council of Churches after Two Terms as Chief
• Former AME Zion Bishop Staccato Powell Charged with Fraud in $14 Million Scheme Staccato Powell, the former president of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church’s board of bishops, has been federally charged with fraud and conspiracy connected to allegations of his mishandling the properties of... Jan 28, 2022

  Former AME Zion Bishop Staccato Powell Charged with Fraud in $14 Million Scheme
• Study Reveals Who Stopped Going to Church during the Pandemic and Has Yet to Return A new study shows that changes made to churches during the pandemic may be long-term. Jan 26, 2022

  Study Reveals Who Stopped Going to Church during the Pandemic and Has Yet to Return
• Only 11 Percent of Evangelicals Want More Politics in Their Church, New Poll Shows American society may be growing more and more politicized each year, but in a new poll, evangelicals say they don’t want their own congregation to follow suit. Jan 26, 2022

  Only 11 Percent of Evangelicals Want More Politics in Their Church, New Poll Shows
• Only 7 Percent of Evangelicals Want Shorter Sermons, New Poll Shows The conventional wisdom says churchgoers prefer shorter sermons, but new research suggests otherwise. Jan 25, 2022

  Only 7 Percent of Evangelicals Want Shorter Sermons, New Poll Shows
• Lecrae Claims He Lost Tour Venue after Tweeting He Was Finished with 'Institutional' Christianity Grammy award-winning artist Lecrae recently lost a tour date scheduled for this spring after he tweeted that he was no longer part of the institutionalized church. Jan 24, 2022

  Lecrae Claims He Lost Tour Venue after Tweeting He Was Finished with 'Institutional' Christianity
• David Jeremiah Warns: 'We're Living in a Post-Truth World' in Media, Schools, Elsewhere Saying Christians are living in a "post-truth world," David Jeremiah on Sunday urged believers to be bold stewards of God's Word even as the culture continually rejects it. Jan 24, 2022

  David Jeremiah Warns: 'We're Living in a Post-Truth World' in Media, Schools, Elsewhere