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A Biloxi church has went back to virtual services after several members of the congregation tested positive for coronavirus, including the church’s long-time pastor, who died. Leadership at Biloxi River Baptist Church decided to revert back to online church services after several in the congregation tested positive for COVID-19....
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June Joplin, the Canadian Baptist pastor who came out as transgender in her Sunday sermon June 14, has been dismissed from her pulpit at Lorne Park Baptist Church in suburban Toronto. Member Anne McKye, speaking on behalf of the church’s executive council, wrote a letter to the congregation July 20 reporting...
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A member of a Virginia church went on a rampage Saturday afternoon during a Bible study, stabbing the pastor and then attacking several others, including the local police chief, while they tried to subdue him. The suspect, 32-year-old Chance Harrison, who reportedly belonged to the church, walked into the...
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In her last sermon in early June, Rev. Vickey Gibbs described what she called a fractured nation, and the impact that the coronavirus was having on her community in Houston, Texas.At her church, she spoke about racial tensions in our country and the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd. She also talked about...
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In his first presidential campaign rally, Kanye West ranted and raved for nearly an hour straight about everything from abortion to slavery. The rapper, 43, spoke to a crowd in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday, July 19, two weeks after announcing his bid for the White House. During the rally, which was...
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On Sunday, hundreds of people in Northern California attended church services – indoors – despite an order from Gov. Gavin Newsom banning inside worship. “This is the moment the church must take a stand,” said Greg Farrington, lead pastor from Destiny Christian Church in Rocklin. “We’re just expressing our...
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New Horizons United Methodist Church of Anderson welcomed Jerry Hoss as its new pastor on June 23 via Facebook. Five years ago, Hoss was sentenced to 18 months in the Indiana Department of Correction for a felony charge of official misconduct after he sent inappropriate text messages to two...
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A church in East Lansing and one in Holt have closed temporarily because of COVID-19 concerns. At least 13 COVID-19 cases are tied to the Pentecostals of East Lansing, which suspended in-person church services earlier this month. One of the church’s members contracted the disease while living in a...
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St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Westminster now has two “Black Lives Matter” signs adorning the outside of its building ― a new one, made and delivered in less than 24 hours, and the previous one that was taken down Sunday evening in what one church member described...
A Biloxi church has went back to virtual services after several members of the congregation tested positive for coronavirus, including the church’s long-time pastor, who died. Leadership at Biloxi River Baptist Church decided to revert back to online church services after several in the congregation tested positive for COVID-19....
June Joplin, the Canadian Baptist pastor who came out as transgender in her Sunday sermon June 14, has been dismissed from her pulpit at Lorne Park Baptist Church in suburban Toronto. Member Anne McKye, speaking on behalf of the church’s executive council, wrote a letter to the congregation July 20 reporting...
A member of a Virginia church went on a rampage Saturday afternoon during a Bible study, stabbing the pastor and then attacking several others, including the local police chief, while they tried to subdue him. The suspect, 32-year-old Chance Harrison, who reportedly belonged to the church, walked into the...
In her last sermon in early June, Rev. Vickey Gibbs described what she called a fractured nation, and the impact that the coronavirus was having on her community in Houston, Texas.At her church, she spoke about racial tensions in our country and the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd. She also talked about...
In his first presidential campaign rally, Kanye West ranted and raved for nearly an hour straight about everything from abortion to slavery. The rapper, 43, spoke to a crowd in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday, July 19, two weeks after announcing his bid for the White House. During the rally, which was...
On Sunday, hundreds of people in Northern California attended church services – indoors – despite an order from Gov. Gavin Newsom banning inside worship. “This is the moment the church must take a stand,” said Greg Farrington, lead pastor from Destiny Christian Church in Rocklin. “We’re just expressing our...
New Horizons United Methodist Church of Anderson welcomed Jerry Hoss as its new pastor on June 23 via Facebook. Five years ago, Hoss was sentenced to 18 months in the Indiana Department of Correction for a felony charge of official misconduct after he sent inappropriate text messages to two...
A church in East Lansing and one in Holt have closed temporarily because of COVID-19 concerns. At least 13 COVID-19 cases are tied to the Pentecostals of East Lansing, which suspended in-person church services earlier this month. One of the church’s members contracted the disease while living in a...
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Westminster now has two “Black Lives Matter” signs adorning the outside of its building ― a new one, made and delivered in less than 24 hours, and the previous one that was taken down Sunday evening in what one church member described...