Half have trouble sleeping, a third feel depressed and isolated, half are obese, and three-quarters are worried about money, according to a new study.
United Methodist clergy have been through the wringer in recent years, with a worldwide pandemic, a church schism and the ongoing decline of one of the nation’s largest Protestant denominations.
In the latest wave of departures from the United Methodist Church, the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church voted last week to approve the disaffiliation of another 46 churches.
The Houston church was founded on a principle of radical generosity.
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church engages in radical generosity, matching “dollar for dollar” the money spent each year on church operations with money given to those in need — about $6.8 million last year.
The congregation voted overwhelmingly to leave the more conservative ACNA because of differing views about ordaining women and homosexual persons to the ministry.
Resurrection Anglican Church South Austin plans to leave the more conservative Anglican Church of North America to affiliate with the Episcopal Church.
Earlier this year, the seven United Methodist churches in Amarillo, Texas, voted to leave the country’s second-largest Protestant denomination over issues of homosexuality and gender identity.
A Madison, Wisconsin, police investigation recommended that the Rev. Bob Stine of Midvale Baptist Church be charged with sexual assault. Stine has a September court date but has not yet been charged.
The Rev. Bob Stine, former president of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention, will be required to answer questions in court in September after police in Madison, Wisconsin, recommended he be charged with sexual assault.
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A former guidance counselor had sued the school because they didn’t renew her contract after she revealed she was in a same-sex marriage.
A federal court in Chicago unanimously upheld the right of a religious school to make employment decisions that keep in step with its core religious beliefs.
Some churches go to court in attempt to get payments
Wisconsin-based Church Mutual Insurance is a defendant in 26 open cases filed just this year and about 43 cases filed since last July, many due to hurricane activity in Louisiana.