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While the news is filled with stories of a declining Christian church, one Maryland pastor is seeing extensive growth in his AME church. Reverend Matthew L. Watley is the senior pastor of the Kingdom Fellowship AME Church, which is part of the Black African Methodist Episcopal denomination, and is seeing massive growth in his church,…

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The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) met earlier this week in Indianapolis for its annual meeting, with one of its most controversial amendments going forth. The amendment sought to change the SBC’s constitution to make its ban against women pastors permanent. The measure, however, failed to receive its required 66 percent majority vote, earning 61 percent…

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Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship church in Dallas, Texas recently announced that their pastor of 48 years, Tony Evans, would be stepping away from his pastoral duties for a season of restoration “due to sin.” The 11,000 member church released a statement on their website sharing the news. “On Sunday, June 9, at both services, Dr.…

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A Byzantine -period church discovered by archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) bears wall art that may give clues about the pilgrimages of Christians through Gaza 1,500 years ago. The settlement is a site in the northern Negev Desert, dating from the end of the Byzantine period and the beginning of the Islamic period.…

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The Pope recently approved decrees regarding the canonization of several men and women, the most interesting being that of Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Catholic who died in 2006 of leukemia. Acutis was born in London, England but spent most of his time in Italy. The Pope beatified him in 2020 in Assisi, where Acutis’s remains…
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