Church
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Christian churches face summer activity shutdown in Egypt after new terror threat
Dr Andrea Zaki, president of the Protestant Churches of Egypt, told World Watch Monitor: 'I asked all our churches and conference centres to cancel their trips and events for the next three weeks. There is news they could be targeted by radicals.' Services will continue, however.
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Check your shibboleth: Why we can't just kick out people we disagree with
The word 'shibboleth' has passed into contemporary English usage as a test thatis applied to work out who is 'in' and who is 'out'.
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'No Whining': The warning sign on the Pope's door
The sign is adorned with the international symbol for 'no' â a backslash in a circle.
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Leading evangelical condemns CofE General Synod: 'God's word was mocked openly'
A leading evangelical is the latest to speak out in condemnation of the Church of England's latest move towards affirming LGBT equality.
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Which part is which in the 'body' of Christ?
Do you ever wonder what Paul was getting at with that whole 'body of Christ' metaphor for the Church?
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One of the most influential Church leaders of Victorian England: Why John Keble matters today
Keble's legacy could be thought now just to consist in the few hymns of his that are still used such as 'Sun of my soul, and Saviour dear'. Instead, its better to understand Keble as an influential figure who may well be yet to have his greatest influence.
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Bishop of Liverpool becomes patron of his local gay pride event
A Church of England Bishop is set to become a patron of his local gay pride event. The Rt Rev Paul Bayes is the Bishop of Liverpool and has been an increasingly vocal supporter of gay rights and the inclusion of LGBT people in the Church.
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Eugene Peterson retracts statement affirming gay marriage: He said 'yes' but now he says 'no'
Top evangelical Bible scholar Eugene Peterson has retracted his controversial statement that he would conduct a same-sex wedding if asked.
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Farewell, Eugene Peterson? Why evangelicals can do better than start a heresy hunt over gay marriage
Many have taken Eugene Peterson's 'change of mind' of gay marriage as a tragic apostasy, but should division really mean despair?
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'The Message' author Eugene Peterson backs same-sex marriage â Christian retailer plans to stop selling his books
Influential evangelical scholar Eugene Peterson, the author of The Message translation of the Bible, has said that he would officiate a gay wedding ceremony, appearing to now affirm same-sex marriage. The comments have divided progressive and traditionalist Christians, with the conservative retailer LifeWay now preparing to stop selling Peterson's books in response.
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Do short sermons fail to do justice to the Bible?
Some preachers can enthral you for an hour; others bore you rigid after five minutes.
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The Church of England is in 'grave spiritual danger', warns Archbishop
The leader of the Anglican church in Nigeria has slammed the General Synod of the Church of England for 'false teaching' and is warning that it is in 'grave spiritual danger'.
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The growth of UK pioneer missionaries for Jesus - and the gift of not fitting into social norms
The Church of England is seeing a consistent growth in numbers opting to be pioneer missionaries â and they have the special gift of 'not fitting in'.
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Dress-down Sundays for clergy: Is it the shape of things to come?
The Church of England voted at its General Synod meeting to allow 'dress down Sundays'.
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The 'death spiral' of decline looms for Southern Baptist churches â can it be stopped?
Southern Baptist Churches in America are facing a crisis of growth: 65 per cent of them are plateauing or diminishing in numbers, and many risk entering a 'death spiral' of decline. Can the trend be stopped?