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I appreciate Wehmeyer's moving account regarding her calling to the ministry while one church official after another discouraged her from fulfilling that calling. I'm glad attitudes in some churches are changing and that Wehmeyer's own daughter is now studying to become a minister. |
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At its annual national meeting, Southern Baptist Church leaders will grapple with how to institutionalize respect of women and promote women, after allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct against church leaders have put renewed focus on the issue.
Steve Gaines, the Southern Baptist Convention.... |
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The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday opened its annual meeting, the first of the #MeToo era, amid a slew of recent scandals related to its treatment of women. There's a lot on the agenda. The most contentious item: Delegates, called messengers, will vote on a resolution that acknowledges that.... |
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Wikimedia Commons/Canley The current offices of the British Home Office, located at 2 Marsham Street, London. Photo taken on Nov. 15, 2005. A Pakistani Christian family that has been living in the UK for six years is being forced to return to their home country after the Home Office turned down their application for asylum. |
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June 12, 1993, in The Star: Dr. Oliver Clark, senior pastor at First United Methodist Church in Anniston for six years, has been assigned to return home to Birmingham. He’ll be at Highlands United Methodist Church near downtown. Also making a move to a Birmingham church is Rev. Billy York, a former pastor of FUMC Anniston. |
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DALLAS – Vice President Mike Pence is slated to address the Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday, but not all Southern Baptists are happy with that decision. Virginia Pastor Garrett Kell called for Pence's 11 a.m. speech to be replaced by a time of prayer so as to not give the impression that.... |
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN (CBS Local) An Indiana man and his pastor are claiming that a local restaurant profiled them and threatened to throw the man out for wearing a cross in public. Jerry Bond was with a group of friends and minister David Latimore when they entered Kilroy’s Bar N’ Grill on May 19. |
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Moore talks about “redefining what masculinity means” in the #MeToo era. He has called on the denomination to end its alliances with the Republican Party and the religious right. He spoke out against Paige Patterson, former president of Fort Worth's Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, long before Patterson was fired from the seminary in J. |
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Durban - Former president Jacob Zuma divided the ANC. He divided the country. And now, he has divided the church. This is according to leaders of mainstream churches are now distancing themselves from supporters of Zuma who, under the banner of the Interfaith Council of South Africa, held a vigil.... |
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News reports say the majority white Raleigh White Baptist agreed in 2015 to share its building with the majority black New Seasons Church, which outgrew it in size. Reports say Raleigh White members blocked members of the black church from entering one Sunday in March, prompting action. |
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In South Carolina and Virginia, Republican voters will decide if they want to punish representatives who haven't fully embraced President Donald Trump. Democrats in Nevada and Maine are picking candidates they need to turn the tide on GOP-controlled Washington. Here's what you need to know: Polls close at 7 p. |
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- Miriam Kusuubira lied to her husband Pastor Shadrach Kusuubira she was abducted.
- Her captors demanded KSh 1.3 million from the unsuspecting man of God. - Disturbed by the news, the pastor decided to report the matter to police for help. - Upon investigation, the authorities discovered Kusuubira made up the abduction story. |
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- Miriam Kusuubira lied to her husband Pastor Shadrach Kusuubira she was abducted.
- Her captors demanded for KSh 1.3 million from the unsuspecting man of God. - Disturbed by the news, the pastor decided to report to the matter to police for help. - Upon investigation, the authorities discovered Kusuubira made up the abduction story. |
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Fathers' Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The tradition started roughly around 100 years ago, but its exact origins are disputed. Some historians believe it began as an American movement. But there are two different accounts as to who invented it and the reason behind it. |
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In South Carolina and Virginia, Republican voters will decide if they want to punish representatives who haven't fully embraced President Donald Trump. Democrats in Nevada and Maine are picking candidates they need to turn the tide on GOP-controlled Washington. Here's what you need to know: Polls close at 7 p. |
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DALLAS — The Southern Baptist Convention opens its annual national meeting Tuesday in an anxious mood as the denomination's all-male leadership grapples with the fallout of multiple sexual misconduct cases. One order of business is a draft resolution co-signed by dozens of SBC leaders calling on the largest Protestant denomination in the U. |
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Over the past two months, the Southern Baptist Convention has been rocked by scandal, including the firing of a revered leader in the denomination who was supposed to deliver a key sermon at this very meeting. Instead, the denomination will be meeting without the ousted Paige Patterson - and with a.... |
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In South Carolina and Virginia, Republican voters will decide if they want to punish representatives who haven't fully embraced President Donald Trump. Democrats in Nevada and Maine are picking candidates they need to turn the tide on GOP-controlled Washington. Here's what you need to know: Polls close at 7 p. |
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The Police in Kampala have announced the arrest of Mariam Kusubira, a wife to Pastor Shadrack Kusubira of Noah’s Ark church in Namasuba for allegedly abducting herself and getting her friends and the public to believe she had been kidnapped. According to published reports, Kusubira was kidnapped at.... |
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In South Carolina and Virginia, Republican voters will decide if they want to punish representatives who haven't fully embraced President Donald Trump. Democrats in Nevada and Maine are picking candidates they need to turn the tide on GOP-controlled Washington. Here's what you need to know: Polls close at 7 p. |
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In South Carolina and Virginia, Republican voters will decide if they want to punish representatives who haven't fully embraced President Donald Trump. Democrats in Nevada and Maine are picking candidates they need to turn the tide on GOP-controlled Washington. Here's what you need to know: Polls close at 7 p. |
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(CNN) -- Five states head to the polls on Tuesday in primary elections that will set up some of the most critical contests to determine control of Congress next year. Two of the most closely-watched Senate races -- one in Nevada and one in North Dakota -- will take shape by the end of the night. |
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By John Whitesides. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voters in five states will select candidates on Tuesday for November's midterm elections, with a Democratic battle in Virginia for the right to challenge one of the most endangered Republicans in Congress topping the slate of party primaries. |
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(CNN) -- Five states head to the polls on Tuesday in primary elections that will set up some of the most critical contests to determine control of Congress next year. Two of the most closely-watched Senate races -- one in Nevada and one in North Dakota -- will take shape by the end of the night. |
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Vulnerable Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock seeks re-election in the state's affluent 10th District. The area west of Washington has leaned slightly more Democratic in recent presidential elections than the country as a whole, Six Democrats aim to take down Comstock. |
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