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GwenPCUSA Approves Ordination Questions on Sexuality and Gender Identity; Pastors Voice Concerns
The Presbyterian Church (USA) has given final approval to Amendment 24-C, an amendment to its Book of Order that will require clergy candidates to be questioned about their...
Fifty years after 1968 meeting, race still divides Churches of Christ
More than 40 prominent black and white ministers met for two days in 1968 at a hotel near the Atlanta airport to discuss ways to improve race relations...
Bishop Sues Fellow Church of God in Christ Bishop Over Alleged Rape Letter, Online Post
A bishop filed a lawsuit on October 1, 2013, in Atlanta against another bishop in the same denomination, the Church of God in Christ. The suit alleges rape...
Baptist World Alliance Meets in Atlanta, Georgia, in July 1939 With Freedom of Religion as Theme
Baptists from around the world gathered in Atlanta in July 1939 for the 6th Baptist World Alliance. The source describes it as the largest gathering of Baptists in...
Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Has Long Record of Community Service Since 1847
Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Georgia, describes itself as the oldest African American church in metropolitan Atlanta. The congregation has long been a religious, social,...
UMCOR Receives Top A+ Rating from CharityWatch
CharityWatch, which describes itself as the only independent charity watchdog in the United States, released a report this spring on the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). The...
Retiring Cooperative Baptist Fellowship head Daniel Vestal to lead new Mercer University Baptist leadership center
Retiring Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal has been named to lead Mercer University’s new Eula Mae and John Baugh Center for Baptist Leadership. Vestal, 67, will...
Megachurch Pastor Eddie Long Dies at 63 After Cancer Battle
Eddie Long, the charismatic lead pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, has died at age 63. According to the church, Long had suffered silently from what it...
Four Men Sue Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Accusing Him of Sexual Coercion
Bishop Eddie Long, pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, faces allegations that he sexually abused four men who received his mentorship as a “spiritual...
