North Carolina ‘Pastor’ Charged in Connection With Nine Armed Robberies

A “pastor” in North Carolina has been arrested and charged in connection with nine armed robberies in the Charlotte area. John Thomas Lindsey, 47, who leads True Love Church of Refuge, was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with nine counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, nine counts of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

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Texas Megachurch turns Into Circus

A megachurch in Texas recently turned its annual Christmas production in its worship center into a circus—literally, complete with a ringmaster, tricks and trapezes.

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Ecumenical Congress promoted ‘unity’ between Catholics, Protestants and Evangelicals

Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, several Orthodox Churches, Protestant denominations and free evangelical denominations (including some Baptists and Pentecostals) debated for 3 days about how to walk towards “encounter, reconciliation and hope in a better future.”

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Catholics and Protestants Pledge Healing for 500th anniversary of the Reformation

Germany’s main Protestant and Roman Catholic churches have published a “Common Word” for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 in which they call for a “healing of memories” of past divisions and for the event to be commemorated in ecumenical fellowship.

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Baptist Churches allowing openly gay leaders

The Baptist General Convention of Texas has sent a warning letter to a congregation in Dallas that recently voted to allow open homosexuals as members and leaders. According to reports, Wilshire Baptist Church passed a motion 61 percent to allow those in unrepentant homosexual behavior to serve in the house of worship.

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Pope Francis: Doctrine is not important, let's unite

Pope Francis urged Lutherans to set aside doctrinal differences Thursday and work with Catholics to care for the poor, the sick and refugees as he laid out his vision for greater communion before his visit to Sweden later this month.

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Pope, Anglican leader call for unity in mission and service

Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury together charged 19 pairs of Catholic and Anglican bishops to return to their home countries and work together to promote joint prayer, joint proclamation of the Gospel and, especially, joint works of charity and justice.

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Baptists can be Catholics?

A cadre of Baptist scholars has been writing about emerging catholicity, the holy desire for unity among all ecclesial communions. Taking tradition more seriously as a source for theological construction, these Baptists urge usage of the ancient creeds of the apostolic heritage of the whole church to supplement their reading of Scripture. A leading theologian in the movement, Steven Harmon, contends, “Baptists have their own distinctive ecclesial gifts to offer the church catholic, without which even the churches currently in communion with the bishop of Rome are something less than fully catholic themselves.”

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Evangelical Lutherans Vote to Approve Declaration of Unity With Roman Catholics

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted overwhelmingly last week to approve a declaration of unity with the Roman Catholic Church in an endeavor to “enumerate the many points of agreement between Lutherans and Catholics”—a move that some state is contrary to biblical Christianity.

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Drugged-Up Clubber Suddenly Realizes She’s In Church Worship Service

After a 12-hour, drug-fueled night of club hopping, local party girl Jenny Wilson suddenly came down off her high to realize she was just in the middle of a local church’s worship set Sunday morning.

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Churches opening doors to Pokemon

You won’t find Pokemon mentioned in the Bible, but you can find them at church. When Clovis’ Trinity United Methodist Church Pastor Amy Jordan discovered her church was a “PokeStop” featured in the phenomenon of Pokemon Go, she decided to take full advantage of it.

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World record-breaking gold medalist says her "doping" is Jesus

The Ethiopian runner who obliterated the 23-year-old 10,000m world record by 13 seconds as she won gold has claimed her 'doping is Jesus' as she denied cheating.

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Christian charity World Vision gives millions to terrorist group Hamas

On June 15, 2016, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency nabbed Muhammad Halabi at the Erez Crossing as he was trying to return to the Gaza Strip. The Times of Israel reports that Halabi was Gaza manager of operations for World Vision. One of the largest Christian charities in the world, World Vision operates in about 100 countries and has a budget of $2.6 billion, much of it provided by Western governments and the UN.

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Leading Faith-Based University Embraces Obama's Transgender Mandate

Pepperdine University is a private California school affiliated with the Churches of Christ. In terms of a total number of students, Pepperdine is the largest Church of Christ-affiliated university in the U.S., with a total student body of approximately 7,500.

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Married Lesbian Ordained as Methodist Bishop

The Western Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church consecrated a married lesbian bishop in a move that could split the denomination.  Greater Northwest Episcopal Area Bishop Grant Hagiya claims the Holy Spirit led the move that the church bylaws expressly forbid.

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Evangelicals want Sunday Sports Banned

The Evangelical Protestant Society is deeply saddened by the latest manifestation of contempt for the "Lord’s Day" in our Province as evidenced by the Gran Fondo cycle race held on Sunday 5 June.

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Trump met in secret with 900 Evangelical leaders

One of the largest gatherings of evangelical leaders in a generation will take place Tuesday here under the veil of a media blackout. The guests of honor and the main speakers will be Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson – and it will not only be closed to the press, it will be sealed with tight security.

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Christian school removes cross to avoid offending Muslims

Parents at the newly established Oak CE Primary School in Huddersfield are fuming after they allege school officials removed a Christian cross on the school logo to not offend Muslims.

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Megachurch pastor Joel Hunter: Evangelicals must repent of LGBT oppression

Megachurch pastor Joel Hunter has said that evangelicals, including himself, must repent of where they have been complicit in the oppression of LGBT communities. The senior pastor of Northland Church, a 20,000 member, nondenominational church, admitted that "institutional forms of white Christianity" have been complicit in the denigration of LGBT communities, but expressed hope for "the next generation" of Christians.

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Prosperity Gospel made TBN very rich, $800 million

Janice Crouch, who founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network with her husband Paul and preached a "gospel of prosperity" with him on TBN programs, reaching millions of viewers around the world, has died aged 78. Her death was announced in a family statement on TBN's website. At her death the network and members of her family were fighting in court over multiple lawsuits, including one involving an accusation of a rape and another claiming financial improprieties.

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