“I think there’s over 100 students invested in personally by church members just to get there. They wouldn’t have been able to come without a scholarship.” Ken Burnett became Northeast Alabama director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes six years ago. As soon as he learned of the Grace Fellowship Sports Camp, he knew he... Continue Reading

Delegates to the Uniting General Council of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) have elected four regional vice-presidents, a general treasurer and 16 members to its Executive Committee. The vote followed immediately on the election of the organization’s new president, Jerry Pillay of the Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa. Over 300 delegates from 108... Continue Reading

The Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori, says the Anglican Communion is like a bunch of teenagers growing up and finding their adult identity. “I don’t have a better image for it than that,” she said in an interview with David Crabtree of WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC. “Like teenagers, we see the... Continue Reading

The congregation will have to raise $175,000 within the next two months and take out a new mortgage to pay the $550,000 settlement. A Lancaster, NY congregation will pay $550,000 to the denomination it was formerly affiliated with, settling a contentious legal battle that wound up in State Appellate Court. (Lancaster is an older, middle-class... Continue Reading

The following email was sent out by Tim Keller and the Redeemer Session announcing the major change in ministry design. From: Tim Keller & Redeemer Session To: Redeemer Members Re: Redeemer Names New Lead Pastors Dear Friends, Since the launch of the RENEW campaign last fall our church has taken several major steps towards realizing... Continue Reading

“He has endured arrest on arbitrary charges, threat of exile, and temporary denial of the right to meet with his lawyers,” Chinese church leader Wang Dao, was free on bail Friday, June 18, but awaited a new trial, following weeks of imprisonment on trumped up charges, his supporters told BosNewsLife. “He has endured arrest on... Continue Reading

What we are seeing is the global mission of TEC expanding, in successive weeks, from Canada, Scotland, England, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Australia. The Presiding Bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori is traveling the globe shoring up her base of support among liberal Anglican provinces for what many believe is a back-up... Continue Reading

Assemblies of God laid claim to the church property under a clause in a 30-year-old document from when the congregation borrowed money to build the church. Bronx Crossway Christian Center members have seen much tumult after losing their spiritual leader of the past 34 years amid allegations of wrongdoing. Now they have been locked out... Continue Reading

Each month Christianity Today magazine summarizes some important and frequently surprising statistics concerning the church. Here is June’s summary: Giving 1,238,201: Nonprofit charities and foundations in the U.S., as of 2009. 654,186: Nonprofit charities and foundations in 1996. Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy/Internal Revenue Service Evangelism 28%: Protestant churches that participated in some way in... Continue Reading

“Many of these are Gothic structures that are expensive to maintain,” he says. “It’s not just your standard cinderblock.” When immigrants flowed into Connecticut’s cities in the 19th century, their homes might have been modest, their jobs working-class. But they brought with them visions of the grand Gothic cathedrals of their childhoods. Collecting pennies and... Continue Reading