Church: Church Polity
The governance of the Christian churches has assumed a variety of forms based on historical factors as well as on theological positions regarding the origin or root of ministeria...
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Church Socials
A gathering of church members for celebratory, social, or charitable purposes, church socials in America have remained popular—while becoming more varied and elaborate—t...
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Church leaders on Sunday told more than 3,000 residents, volunteers and disaster workers gathered in this tornado-ravaged community they should not fear the future because God was with them.The non...
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With hugs and cheers Sunday, members of Atlanta's oldest Lutheran church celebrated the pastor at the center of a battle over the treatment of gay clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ameri...
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The Rev. Hamilton Coe Throckmorton shivered with anticipation as he gazed at the loot — wads of $50 bills piled high beside boxes of crayons in a Sunday school classroom.Cautiously, he locked...
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CINCINNATI (Reuters) - He doesn't speak Spanish and
has no idea what America should do about illegal immigration, but
Rev. Larry Kreps knows he's now on a list somewhere of people
willing to help ...
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It was a shocking moment for members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester, N.H.: One of their congregants was accused of sexually abusing an underage relative.Church leaders gave the ...
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The Episcopal Church isn't the only mainline Protestant group shaken by open conflict between theological liberals and conservatives.The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is facing similar trials, with ...
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A Lutheran church in Chicago has ordained a lesbian who refuses to take a vow of celibacy, becoming the first to test a new resolution that gives bishops leeway in disciplining such violations.The ...
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The Archdiocese of St. Louis and a Jewish Reform congregation are on the same side when it comes to advocating for immigrants and the poor, often finding common ground in a zeal for social justice....
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Prague (dpa) - Scattered across synagogues worldwide are the
sacred scrolls of eastern European Jews whose communities were
ravaged by the Holocaust and communist regimes du...
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A rabbi who has overseen South America's largest Jewish congregation for more than three decades has temporarily resigned after being arrested on shoplifting charges, police and his congregation sa...
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Church Polity
Church Socials
Congregations meet in tornado-torn town
