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Florida church hosting 'naked paint parties' investigated as nightclub

Law enforcement officials investigating The Life Center -- an entity that identifies itself as a church but has a $20 cover charge and sells obscene T-shirts -- see more similarities in the facility to a nightclub than to a church. The Life Center, open until 5 a.m. each day, has been running ...

Only 8 percent of millenials say church 'out of date'

A Barna survey released last week claims 39 percent of millennials who say worship is not important look to find God outside of church. Surprisingly, however, only 8 percent of millennials said church is \"out of date.\" Overall, a dichotomy of exists among the demographic which swings widely.

Cyber church

More pastors are seeing the internet as an essential tool according to a new Barna Group study. The data is unsurprising, but demonstrates a dramatic shift in perception from 2000 when the technology served mostly to enhance ministry.

Will Graham tells Chinese of 'Jesus' sacrificial love'

Will Graham added to his family\'s heritage of sharing Christ\'s love in China, preaching Feb. 24-25 in two churches of the Jiangsu Province.Graham is in China at the invitation of the Jiangsu Province Christian Council with the approval of the government.

'Nones' are largest religious group in 23 states, maybe

\"There are now 23 states where the largest religious group is \'unaffiliated,\'\" according to an article in the Huffington Post reporting on data released by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), and another 15 states where \"unaffiliated\" is the second-highest group.\"The U.S. ...

'Cover up' hides signs of past sins

When he gave up his former life, he meant it, said Chris Baker. He told God he would do whatever God asked of him, and when he was obedient, God blessed him, Baker said, \"beyond all measure.\" Now Chris ministers to former gang members and rescued victims from sex trafficking, covering up tattooed ...

God's love indelibly inked

Baker is a tattoo artist with a ministry: Ink 180. He covers up the no-longer-wanted tattoos of former gang members and rescued victims of human traffickers.\"It almost feels like you\'re a repo man for Jesus,\" says Chris Baker, who became a Christian and a year later found his spiritual calling ...

Missionary freed in Colombia

Russell Martin Stendal is free again to minister in some of the most dangerous and remote areas of Colombia.He was arrested last Wednesday, Feb. 18, on charges of aiding leftist guerrillas and released Friday for lack of sufficient evidence. He had turned himself in when he had heard there was a ...

Alabama Baptist church faces disfellowship after gay wedding

After a Weatherly Heights Baptist Church minister participated in the first same-sex marriage in Madison County, Alabama, a conversation between the church and Madison Baptist Association leaders indicates the congregation will be disfellowshipped by the 87-member local body of Southern Baptist ...

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