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Ancient “Last Supper” Papyrus Gives Glimpse into Early Christianity (FOX News) Violence Tests Lebanon’s Religious Communities (AINA) What We Wear to Church: Does it Matter? (The Christian Post) 10 Celebrities Who Got Their Start in Church (Deseret News) Cardinal Meets with Gay Church Employee Who Was Fired (Chicago Tribune) Megachurch with a Beat Lures Young …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Wednesday, September 10 Read More »

Is The Catholic Church Evolving on Gay “Marriage”? (TIME) Boy Scouts Alternative Created after Gay Flap Picks up 14,000 Members in First Year (The Washington Times) Theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg Dies (Baptist Press) Chick-Fil-A Founder, S. Truett Cathey, Dies at 93 (Winston-Salem Journal) A Tribute to Truett Cathy, America’s Greatest Entrepreneur (The Federalist) Mars Hill Church …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Tuesday, September 9 Read More »

Paul David Tripp on “Grumbling and Disputing” (SBTS) Lebanese Christians Arm Themselves in Face of ISIS Threat (Stars & Stripes) More Trouble for Mars Hill: Cutting Jobs, Merging Churches (Seattle Times) Prophet or Judas? Son of China’s Church Founder Tackles Thorny Legacy (The Washington Post) Suspended Calvary Pastor John Munro to Return After Complaint “Not Supported” (Charlotte …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Monday, September 8 Read More »

Iran House Church Raided by Officials; Two Christian Converts Arrested (Christian Today) Spinning the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The World Council of Churches Does Its Work (Kairos Journal) When the Government Spoke of Pure, Sacred, and Noble Sexuality (BibleMesh) Schoolteacher ‘Fired for Seeking IVF Treatment’ to Have Her Day in Court (The Guardian) Celebrating Grandparents as Caregivers …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Saturday, September 6 Read More »

Hipster Christianity, Revisited (Converge) Al Jazeera Reports on “Great Evangelical Recession” (Al Jazeera) Church Patriarch in Iraq Blames U.S. for Christians’ Misery (The Washington Post) Prince of Wales Heartbroken for Christians in Iraq (The Telegraph) Some Christians Arm as Mideast Perils Mount (Seattle PI) Swedish Firm Allows Employees to Pick Which Religious Holiday They’ll Use …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Friday, September 5 Read More »

Creating a Hospice Ministry for Churches (Christianity Today) Racial Unity in Church Is Encouraged (The Jackson Sun) Tiny Lake Wales Church Stops Medical Pot Facility (WTSP) Football Player Said He Was Being Forced to Choose between Church and Football (Christian Today) Louisiana Judge Rules Traditional Marriage Law Constitutional (The Guardian) Interview: Gregory Thornbury on the …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Thursday, September 4 Read More »