The Presbyterian Church (USA) has tapped a 13-member committee to investigate the place same-sex unions should have in Christianity and w
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Digital podcasts and streaming video might bring Christian audiences inspirational messages in the future, but they aren’t bringing
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A Hispanic Christian group plans to hold monthly prayer vigils on Capitol Hill in hopes of pushing the U.S.
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Leaders of a Congregational church in Cleveland, Ohio, say they will not sign marriage licenses until gay and lesbian couples are allowed
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The Christian Reformed Church of Australia (CRCA) has many congregations in the Melbourne area, where wildfires burned out of control the
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Where is God in a world filled with such unspeakable pain?
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Banner pals Carol Smith from Modesto, Calif., and Sandy Santjer from Rapid City, South Dakota, are still handwriting letters to each othe
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Sarah Thomas, a member of New Life CRC in Red Deer, Alberta, and her friend Hannah Muzsik are working hard to put cancer to rest.
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The government of Zimbabwe has declared the ongoing cholera outbreak, which has claimed more than 500 lives, to be a national emergency.
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India's Supreme Court has told the state of Orissa, on India's east coast, that it will not "tolerate persecution of religious minor
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Two top leaders of a fundamentalist polygamous sect in Bountiful, British Columbia, have been arrested and charged with practicing polyga
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Evangelical pastor Rick Warren has offered to open the campus of his California megachurch to conservative Anglicans who have broken with
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The economic recession has not led to an increase in attendance at U.S. houses of worship, according to Gallup pollsters.
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About 80 people from Good News Christian Reformed Church in London, Ontario, marked International Human Rights Day by writing letters to
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When West Forty-Fourth Street Christian Reformed Church in Wyoming, Mich., disbands as a congregation at the end of March, it will contin
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"Every church should do it!" exclaimed Bill Kuyvenhoven about a service project he participated in for the Christian Reformed W
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Gail Selfridge, a member of Horizon Community Christian Reformed Church in Highlands Ranch, Colo., realized a dream when she worked on a
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In a country where most churches are Russian Orthodox, Rev. Glenn Gerdes is talking about Reformed theology.
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Barry Meyer and a Christian Reformed mission team worked hard in Sierra Leone in the 1980s to install a water system for the Kuranko peop
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For Guillermo Godoy, ministry means planting businesses as well as churches.
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From New Hope Community Christian Reformed Church, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., to Candidate Mary L.
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During the holidays, you hear about people reaching out to those in need, but very few people actually do it.
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The latest numbers show that denominational ministry share giving is still down from last year.