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Upstate Church in South Carolina, which has six sites and 7,000 members in the Simpsonville area, is celebrating a momentous day after baptizing 141 people in a single day on December 3rd. The baptism service was planned in advance, with 86 originally signing up to be baptized. By the end of the service, 55 other…

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For over a decade, Ellie Hidalgo has been campaigning to expand the role of women in the Catholic Church. The Miami woman is co-director of a nonprofit, Discerning Deacons, which invites other Catholics to consider ordaining women as deacons, a clergy role that has always been opened to married men. That would allow women, for…

Author and pastor John Burke is detailing his examinations of over 1,000 near-death experiences in his new book, Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted. Burke was formerly an agnostic who was intrigued by stories of near-death experiences. “So, hearing these experiences as an engineer got me…

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Los Angeles-based actor Jonathan Roumie recently discussed his prayer life, Christian faith and his hope that others may find serenity and peace during this Advent season because, according to Roumie, “any opportunity to connect to Jesus is a welcome one.” Perhaps best known for his role as Jesus in “The Chosen,” Roumie has paired up…

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John Burke, an author and pastor who’s studied and examined over 1,000 accounts of near-death experiences, believes these reports provide faith-building evidence of God and the Bible. Burke, author of Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted, told CBN Digital why he believes these experiences corroborate the…

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