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A 237-year-old African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church has made headlines after it elected its first woman to serve in leadership. Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia announced it had elected Rev. Carolyn C. Caveness to replace its former pastor, Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler. Tyler had served as head pastor for 16 years. Caveness had been…

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The Episcopal Church is reporting growing numbers in worship despite the denomination losing 40,000 members last year. As of 2023, the denomination boasts 1.547 million people and accounted for 6,754 congregations. This number is down from 2022, which reported 1.584 million members and 6,789 congregations. However, the 2023 Parochial Report stated that the number of…

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A South Carolina man is seeking legal action after he was forced to obtain a permit to promote his faith on a public sidewalk. Ernest Giardino of Chapin, South Carolina was on a public sidewalk June 20, 2024  holding up a 20 x 24 inch sign that read “Trust Christ He paid the price” on…

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Volunteers with the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB) are celebrating 373 decisions for Christ during the Mississippi State Fair. The group organized an evangelism event at the fair this year, with 195 volunteers having 2,824 Gospel conversations with fairgoers this year. The group set up a tent where volunteers could share the Gospel with those…

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Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer is facing backlash after a video surfaced of her with TikTok content creator Liz Plank allegedly mocking communion. In the video, Plank is kneeling, resembling the pious position Catholics adopt when accepting communion. Whitmer is then seen feeding the chip to Plank in a fashion similar to a Catholic priest. According…

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