Church

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  Hillsong Church Operated Honorarium Scheme that Earmarked $1 Million for Celebrity Pastors A new report says that Hillsong Church operated an honorarium scheme that earmarked about $1 million in additional income annually for its celebrity preachers. Amanda Casanova Mar 17, 2023
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  52 Percent of Pastors Are ‘Very Satisfied’ with Their Jobs, Barna Survey Shows The recent study by the Barna Group also found a decrease in pastoral confidence in their calling, including their sense of well-being.   Milton Quintanilla Mar 16, 2023
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  Saddleback Lead Pastor Andy Wood Explains Why Church Leaders Believe Women Can Be Pastors Saddleback Church lead pastor Andy Wood has released a promised video explaining why the church believes women can hold pastoral roles. Amanda Casanova Mar 15, 2023
• Does the Church Still Matter Today? Why That's the Wrong Question for Us to Ask One of the primary ways that the early church proved its value and worth was by being a blessing to the people they met. However, blessing others was never their focus. Rather, it was a natural byproduct of... Ryan Denison Mar 15, 2023
• Muslims Block Christians' Construction in Indonesia Muslims in a village in northeastern Indonesia’s portion of Borneo Island prohibited a church from constructing a worship building, sources said. Morning Star News Indonesia Correspondent Mar 14, 2023
• Calif. County Tracked Church Members during COVID with Cell Phone Data: Court Documents A California county government used the location data on church members’ cell phones in 2020 and 2021 in order to determine if a high-profile congregation, Calvary Chapel, was violating pandemic health... Michael Foust Mar 14, 2023
• Small Group Attendance Is Declining in Protestant Churches: Lifeway Poll Small groups are a key component to relationship growth in the modern church, yet they have seen their popularity slide in recent years, according to a new Lifeway Research survey. The poll found that... Michael Foust Mar 10, 2023
• Alabama Megachurch Votes to Leave the UMC A 2,600-member Alabama megachurch has voted to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church over the mainline denomination’s theological direction. Milton Quintanilla Mar 10, 2023
• Historic Black Church in TX Is Set on Fire Fire Department officials have launched an investigation into a fire that caused approximately $200,000 worth of damage at a historic black church in Austin, Texas. Milton Quintanilla Mar 09, 2023
• The Church's Lane Is the Whole Cosmos A denominational leader asserted that the best thing the Church could do to handle the challenges of this cultural moment would be to "stay in its lane." That the so-called "culture wars" have been grueling,... John Stonestreet and Kasey Leander Mar 09, 2023
• Sex as Sacred: What a Twitter Maelstrom Reveals About Us On Wednesday, the recently announced Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics at The Gospel Coalition published a book excerpt authored by Pastor Josh Butler. The article described a sacred vision of the... John Stonestreet and Heather Peterson Mar 08, 2023
• Saddleback Church Stands by Female Pastors amid Disfellowship from SBC Stacie Wood, a teaching pastor at Saddleback Church and the wife of lead pastor Andy Wood, says she will continue to serve in her role despite the Southern Baptist Convention’s recent decision to remove... Amanda Casanova Mar 06, 2023