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Wales: Church to have service to bless same-sex couples
On Monday, September 6, the Church of Wales, UK, unanimously approved a new service in which same-sex couples can receive the blessing of their civil union or marriage in churches. The service for same-sex couples is an 'alternative' ceremony to marriage as same-sex couples are not allowed to marry in Anglican ...
Indiana governor signs bill ensuring churches stay open during future emergency situations
In Indiana, the governor signed a bill to ensure that churches are not subjected to the same discrimination in the future, Life News reported. SB 263, endorsed by Sens. Eric Koch, Liz Brown, and Aaron Freeman, guaranteed that churches and other religious institutions would stay open during a state of emergency ...
Pastor from California says he is voting for the president who ‘loves prayer’ more than any other president he has seen
One pastor at an influential church in California has stated he is casting his vote for Donald Trump with "confidence." Bill Johnson is a a fifth-generation pastor and senior leader of Bethel Church in Redding, and he believes mainstream media has wrongly cast the president as a "racist, misogynist, and ...
Church pays off $5.3 million in medical debt for 5,555 struggling families this Christmas
A Southern California church is wiping out over $5.3 million in medical debt for thousands of low-income families as a Christmas gift. "Because of the generosity of the people at Christian Assembly Church, we are able to give a Christmas gift to the people of Los Angeles, no strings attached,'' Tom ...
President Trump’s pastor reveals his “dream” to build a special church
The president's longtime personal pastor recalled how President Trump had the ambition to build a church in 2006, but it was to be no ordinary place of worship, rather an extraordinary structure. It was to be a crystal cathedral. Various religious leaders met with President Trump in the White House on ...
Wooden cross still standing after tornado rips through Texas church
A church in Northwest Dallas, Texas, was one of the buildings destroyed after a tornado tore through the area on Sunday, Oct. 20. However, one thing was left standing giving the community hope, the cross of Jesus. While Northway Church had its roof torn off and much of the building was ...
Virginian Church pastor supports Trump with sign ‘America: Love or leave it’
One pastor in Virginia is supporting President Trump in his own unique way, by making a statement using the sign outside the Friendship Baptist Church in Appomattox to express his thoughts. The church is in the vicinity of the ground where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General ...
Pastor explains why he prayed for President Trump during unannounced visit
Commentary Over 250 Christian pastors planned a special day of prayer for the president of the United States, for June 2. But two days before on May 31, the nation suffered, yet another senseless and tragic mass killing. This time in Virginia Beach, Virginia. A longtime city employee had opened fire in ...
San Diego congregation tackle woman who threatened to explode church
Worshippers in a church in San Diego tackled an armed woman who entered the building with a baby on Sunday and threatened to blow up it, according to CNN. San Diego Police said they arrived within two minutes of a 911 call at Mt. Everest Academy. According to police, the unidentified ...
Suspect in custody in US church burnings
Fires hit three historically African American churches in state of Louisiana
Church perseveres after tornado blows its building apart
When it came time for Sunday services at First Pentecostal Church in Columbus, Mississippi, the congregation was ready but the church building had been blown apart by a tornado. So they picked up whatever furnishings they could salvage and held a prayer service outdoors — complete with a baptism in a ...
Woman accused of vandalizing California church during spree
A woman has been arrested after surveillance video caught her toppling a crucifix statue and destroying other religious artwork in a Northern California church. Watsonville Police said 23-year-old Jackeline Chavira caused at least $15,000 in damages at St. Patrick's Church. Police said Chavira went on a rampage Wednesday in which she went ...
Minnesota pastor restores old Twin Cities churches
Neither heights nor tight spaces nor buckets of bat guano can stand between the Rev. Paul Marzahn and his vision to transform derelict churches into beautiful places of worship."They've nicknamed me the church flipper," he said with a chuckle. "I have an eye for properties that have value. I fix ...
Places of worship are increasingly a target. Here are some security tips.
Attending religious services is both a family tradition and a religious necessity for us. All our lives, we sat in the same seats—usually the front row on the left—no matter what church the family was attending. Our family has been involved in various ministries and events that made our church family ...

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