Yonat Shimron – Author – MinistryWatch
33 Christian Reformed ministers took oath to a rival denomination as church split deepens
(RNS) — At a church just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Tuesday (Feb. 18), 33 ministers from the Christian Reformed Church in North America stood up to read aloud a declaration, officially accepting ordination in ...
Churches leaving after denomination holds firm to biblical convictions on sexuality
At least two dozen churches in the Christian Reformed Church of North America are in the process of severing their ties with the denomination over their disagreements with its stance on biblical sexuality.
New denomination meeting to adopt constitution and iron out governance structure.
Sexuality won’t be on the agenda as members of the nascent Global Methodist Church convene for the first time Sept. 20-26 in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Many churches use summer for international missions work. These Southern Baptists envisioned something closer to home.
A total of 1,169 mostly Southern Baptist churches in North Carolina participated in NC Cares, fielding volunteers for a week of service helping vulnerable populations including homeless people, orphans, prisoners, refugees and the elderly.
Clint Pressley does not have a national following or big social media presence. As SBC president, his goal is to tone down the acrimony.
Clint Pressley, the newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has built a multiracial, multigenerational megachurch that draws some 3,000 people each Sunday.
A Church of the Nazarene court has found one of its most prominent theologians guilty of affirming and advocating for the approval and inclusion of members who openly identify as LGBTQ, contrary to the church’s ...
The United Methodist Church has elected a third openly gay and married bishop with the denomination’s support.
Denomination also passed resolution denouncing Christian Zionism
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted Monday (July 1) to divest from Israel bonds and begin the process of encouraging two companies it believes are contributing to human rights abuses against Palestinians ...
General Conference also voted to eliminate pathway for churches to disaffiliate
United Methodists meeting for their top legislative assembly Wednesday (May 1) overwhelmingly overturned a measure that barred clergy who identify as LGBTQ from ordination in the denomination, a historic step for the nation’s second-largest Protestant ...
The top legislative body of the United Methodist Church passed a series of measures Thursday to restructure the denomination to give each region greater equity in tailoring church life to its own customs and ...
