More and more churches are seeing first responder rooms as an opportunity to show love to their community, and Biltmore Church in western North Carolina is one of them. They will open their second first responder room – this one at their East Asheville campus – on Aug. 9.
The goal is to have 2,000 conversations a year, which is approximately 40 conversations per week for this mid-sized congregation. “That’s not absurd, and that’s not lowballing,” said Rob Tims.
Amid the ongoing battle to defund Planned Parenthood, a federal judge has partially blocked a provision in a recently passed federal budget bill focused on stripping Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funding for one year.
Leading a missions trip to the Mississippi Delta is something that never loses its excitement for Steve Hill and the churches he has pastored for more than three decades.
“The van will continue to bless the work of Tennessee Baptists as we strengthen churches, plant new churches, and share the gospel in this growing community,” said Danny Sinquefield, TBMB Harvest Field Leader.
On any given Sunday, churchgoers settle into pews as a clergy person takes an ancient holy text and figures out what it has to say about our lives today. But how would worshippers feel if they found out that sermon was written by Artificial Intelligence?
According to the National Survey of Religious Leaders report, “Clergy who lead predominantly white mainline Protestant churches are much less likely to hold traditionally orthodox Christian beliefs than clergy in any other group.”
The ribbon cutting and dedication of a building is significant for the ethnic culture that is not only Burmese, but involves 17 different tribal groups.
According to a Lifeway Research study of U.S. Protestant pastors, almost 3 in 4 say their congregation collects physical offerings by passing something around at the worship service.
A Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI jet crashed Monday (July 21) into Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara neighborhood, killing at least 19 people, including the pilot, and injuring over 160 others …
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