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A Greensboro community is mourning the loss of a church pastor. New Life Ministries of Greensboro’s Pastor Kermit Wilson, Jr., 43, died Friday from COIVD-19, according to his family. Wilson was hospitalized for 41 days in the COVID ICU unit of WakeMed Hospital in Cary. His wife said he...
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An Oklahoma pastor is offering to sign religious exemptions for the coronavirus vaccine in exchange for becoming an online member of his church. Jackson Lahmeyer, the 29-year-old pastor of Sheridan Church, told The Washington Post on Tuesday that in just two days nearly 30,000 people have downloaded his religious exemption form. “It’s beautiful,” he...
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A community in Hamilton County is mourning the loss of a 17-year-old Sequoyah High School student to COVID-19. Senior Pastor Calvin Nunley of Christ Family Church in Soddy Daisy confirms that Justin Leming died in the hospital on Sunday afternoon. “Justin was such a jovial boy,” Pastor Nunley said....
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral on Saturday. The Rev. Megan Rohrer will lead one of the church’s 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 congregations in Northern California and northern Nevada. “My call is …...
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Conservative firebrand Bob Enyart, the pastor of the Denver Bible Church and indelible talk show host, has died from COVID-19, his radio co-host announced Monday on Facebook. “Bob Enyart was one of the smartest, and without question, the wisest person I’ve known,” Fred Williams, Enyart’s co-host on the Real...
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The Rev. Cho Yong-gi, whose founding of South Korea’s biggest church was a symbol of the postwar growth of Christianity in the country before that achievement was tainted by corruption and other scandals, died Tuesday. He was 85. Cho, an emeritus pastor at Seoul’s Yoido Full Gospel Church, died...
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A Charlotte church is telling its members they won’t be following Mecklenburg County’s recently passed mask mandate. Religious institutions were originally exempt from the county’s mask mandate. However this week, the board of county commissioners voted 5-4 to eliminate that exemption for churches, mosques, synagogues, and others places of...
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At evangelical churches across California, Sunday services were no different than those taking place over the past few months when it comes to emphasizing the importance that congregants vote in the state’s recall election this Tuesday. In the case of Tuesday’s special election, that means pastors not only preaching...
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Alabama said it will allow a death row inmate’s pastor to hold his hand during a lethal injection next month, a decision that was made to end litigation over the issue. Lawyers for Alabama wrote in a June court document that inmates can now have a personal spiritual adviser...
A Greensboro community is mourning the loss of a church pastor. New Life Ministries of Greensboro’s Pastor Kermit Wilson, Jr., 43, died Friday from COIVD-19, according to his family. Wilson was hospitalized for 41 days in the COVID ICU unit of WakeMed Hospital in Cary. His wife said he...
An Oklahoma pastor is offering to sign religious exemptions for the coronavirus vaccine in exchange for becoming an online member of his church. Jackson Lahmeyer, the 29-year-old pastor of Sheridan Church, told The Washington Post on Tuesday that in just two days nearly 30,000 people have downloaded his religious exemption form. “It’s beautiful,” he...
A community in Hamilton County is mourning the loss of a 17-year-old Sequoyah High School student to COVID-19. Senior Pastor Calvin Nunley of Christ Family Church in Soddy Daisy confirms that Justin Leming died in the hospital on Sunday afternoon. “Justin was such a jovial boy,” Pastor Nunley said....
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral on Saturday. The Rev. Megan Rohrer will lead one of the church’s 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 congregations in Northern California and northern Nevada. “My call is …...
Conservative firebrand Bob Enyart, the pastor of the Denver Bible Church and indelible talk show host, has died from COVID-19, his radio co-host announced Monday on Facebook. “Bob Enyart was one of the smartest, and without question, the wisest person I’ve known,” Fred Williams, Enyart’s co-host on the Real...
The Rev. Cho Yong-gi, whose founding of South Korea’s biggest church was a symbol of the postwar growth of Christianity in the country before that achievement was tainted by corruption and other scandals, died Tuesday. He was 85. Cho, an emeritus pastor at Seoul’s Yoido Full Gospel Church, died...
A Charlotte church is telling its members they won’t be following Mecklenburg County’s recently passed mask mandate. Religious institutions were originally exempt from the county’s mask mandate. However this week, the board of county commissioners voted 5-4 to eliminate that exemption for churches, mosques, synagogues, and others places of...
At evangelical churches across California, Sunday services were no different than those taking place over the past few months when it comes to emphasizing the importance that congregants vote in the state’s recall election this Tuesday. In the case of Tuesday’s special election, that means pastors not only preaching...
Alabama said it will allow a death row inmate’s pastor to hold his hand during a lethal injection next month, a decision that was made to end litigation over the issue. Lawyers for Alabama wrote in a June court document that inmates can now have a personal spiritual adviser...