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Category: The Lead

No more empty prayers for refugees

April 17, 2018 No Comments

Forty people showed up, and formed the kernel of a community group that eventually sponsored a Syrian refugee family for settlement in Connecticut.

Why people go to church

April 16, 2018 15 Comments

Gallup takes a stab at understanding why people go to worship, and why they don’t. What lessons for our evangelism efforts might be learned from the results?

Wrestling with the evangelical conundrum

April 12, 2018 5 Comments

Long time ABC Religion Reporter Peggy Wehmeyer has a piece at today’s DallasNews.com setting out her anxieties over where the relationship between Evangelicals and President Trump might be going and how it has changed her views of her self-identification as an Evangelical.

Thy kingdom Come

April 12, 2018 No Comments

In this video The Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Thabo Makgoba, talks with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and touches on his experiences as a teenager in Apartheid-era South Africa when he was chased by troops and feared for his life as they reflect on the Lord’s prayer.

Thy Kingdom Come: A call to prayer

April 11, 2018 No Comments

Thy Kingdom Come has returned for a second year, and Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has joined the worldwide Anglican Communion in this campaign (May 10-20), initiated by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, calling for prayer by individuals, congregations and families.

Liberty University shuts down a news story, threatens prayer with arrest

April 11, 2018 3 Comments

“I don’t think conservative Christianity has a good relationship with journalism. … I think you’ve got now two generations of evangelical Christians who really don’t know what the role of the press is.”

Legal saga in Fort Worth continues: Iker’s ACNA diocese to appeal

April 10, 2018 2 Comments

The trial court initially ruled in favor of the Episcopal Church. On appeal, the state Supreme Court remanded the case to the trial court which then ruled in favor of Iker’s group. On Friday the Appeals Court remanded to the trial court. Iker’s group, in this press release, has announced it will appeal the Appeals Court decision to the state Supreme Court.