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A pro-LGBTQ movement in the United Methodist Church eyes future after conservative exodus
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEdgehill United Methodist Church in Nashville embraced LGBTQ+ people, mobilizing its members to help...
"Perfectly predictable": Dr. John Gartner on why "a malignant narcissist like Trump" sells Bibles
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSupporters of U.S. President Donald Trump pray outside the U.S. Capitol Win McNamee/Getty Images...
Easter is more than just a day on the calendar
The Brunswick News, Ga. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 8—In the Christian faith community, Easter comes with many connotations. Christian denominations of every stripe will celebrate Easter this Sunday, remembering the death and celebrating ...
Inside South Korea’s Harsh Alternative to Military Service
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA South Korean Jehovah Witness and conscientious objector (C) to mandatory military service says...
Hicks: The Amish in Indiana, part of our economy
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMUNCIE, Ind. -- Indiana is home to about 1 in 6 of all Amish Americans, with estimates from 2022 at about 62,000 adherents. The Amish, as most readers...
Megachurch now a mosque as number of Islamic centers grows in Michigan
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor years, Detroit World Outreach in Redford Township drew thousands of Christians to hear a pastor who lived in a $6 million home preach the prosperity gospel. The megachurch was one of the ...
Nazi Germany had admirers among American religious leaders – and white supremacy fueled their...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTwo social scientists analyzed periodicals from US religious leaders in 1935 to determine what...
Religion is shaping Brazil's presidential election – but its evangelicals aren't the same as...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPastor Silas Malafaia, second from left, prays alongside President Jair Bolsonaro, far left, at the...
A dramatic schism over social issues? The United Methodist Church has been here before – but this...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe United Methodist Church will hold its General Conference, delayed several years by the pandemic,...
The pro-Putin preacher the U.S. won't touch
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHe is one of Vladimir Putin’s most prominent supporters — a man of the cloth who offers spiritual cover for the autocrat’s invasion of Ukraine, all while suspected of profiting from that connection ...