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New Book Sees Marginal Church Members as Vital Mission Field

Category: Discipleship & Evangelism

The new book, “The Other 80 Percent: Turning Your Church’s Spectators into Active Participants,” by Scott Thumma and Warren Bird addresses the question of why there are so few active attenders and so many nominal Christians in the country.

Family Institute of Connecticut Action to Lobby Against ‘Bathroom Bill’

Category: Lifestyle & Culture

The Family Institute of Connecticut Action will hold a Pro-Family Lobby Day today at noon at the state Capitol to stop HB 6599, a transgender special rights measure popularly known as the Bathroom Bill.

Over 1,000 Expected for MIP Commissioning

Category: Church of God News

Cleveland, TN–The Ministerial Internship Program (MIP) Commissioning Celebration will be held this weekend at the North Cleveland Church of God with nearly 1,000 delegates in attendance.

Is There Anything Wrong With Rob Bell’s Gospel?

Category: Opinion & Commentary

The popular author’s controversial book Love Wins celebrates God’s love but drifts dangerously into Universalism.

Organization Strives to Help Fund Ministries

Category: Church and Ministry

The struggling economy has religious institutions and ministries of all sizes reeling from a decline in donations, but one organization is attempting to match ministries with donors looking to give.

Divorces Decline But Cohabitation Rises

Category: Lifestyle & Culture

New census figures show year seven of a marriage continues to be the time when many couples believe they have no other choice but to divorce.

Oklahoma Lutheran Church Changing Denominations

Category: Church and Ministry

EDMOND, OK – An Oklahoma congregation is breaking away from Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and will join another Lutheran denomination.

98 Percent of Bible Readers Do Not Believe Judgment Day is Saturday, May 21, 2011

Category: Latest Trends

In a poll conducted on May 16th, visitors to the King James Bible Online (www.kingjamesbibleonline.org) website and Facebook page were asked, “When do you think Judgment Day is?” The three choices offered were: “May 21, 2011,” “December 21, 2012,” or “No one knows, but God.” Of the 179 respondents, 176, or approximately 98 percent, marked “No one knows, but God.” Three respondents, or approximately 2 percent, chose May 21, 2011 as Judgment Day. No respondents chose December 21, 2012.

ECFA Assembling Panels of Religious Sector, Nonprofit Representatives

Category: Ministry Resources

In accordance with the structural framework announced in January for the Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations, ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) is assembling separate panels – a religious panel and a nonprofit panel – composed of representatives from each sector.


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