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Zoning Out ChurchesFriday, March 4, 2011The city council of Burbank, Illinois, passed a new zoning law late last year banning churches from building in commercial areas. The action came after Rios de Agua Viva, a...Schuller family list JonBenet Ramsey home for $2.3 millionWednesday, February 23, 2011The Boulder, Colo. house where child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was brutally murdered is up for sale again. The house, purchased in 2004 by Crystal Cathedral founder Robert H....Half of Brazil's Population to be Evangelical Christian by 2020Monday, February 21, 2011An international missions organization reports that evangelicals are expected to reach 57.4 million in Brazil this year in accordance with the evangelical annual growth rate of...Mainline churches divided about more than homosexualityMonday, February 14, 2011For years, debates over homosexuality have dominated headlines on divisions within mainline Protestantism. First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Redlands began splitting apart...Michelle Obama Speaks at MegachurchThursday, February 10, 2011First Lady Michelle Obama urged partner groups to keep asking “What can I do to help kids in my community lead healthier lives?” in a speech Wednesday celebrating the anniversary...Crystal Cathedral's CFO Resigns ahead of Bankruptcy HearingWednesday, February 9, 2011Crystal Cathedral's chief financial officer Fred Southard has resigned ahead of a bankruptcy court hearing about church employees' salaries, including his $132,000 housing...Where Have All the Presbyterians Gone?Saturday, February 5, 2011Are we witnessing the death of America's Christian denominations? Studies conducted by secular and Christian organizations indicate that we are. Fewer and fewer American...Mega church faces foreclosure over $14M in mortgage, other costsWednesday, February 2, 2011A bank has threatened to take possession of First Family Church in Overland Park if it doesn’t pay more than $14 million in mortgage and other costs. A foreclosure petition filed...Church Foreclosures Surge, Seen as 'Next Wave' in CrisisFriday, January 28, 2011Residential and commercial real-estate owners aren't the only ones losing their properties to foreclosure. The past few years have seen a rapid acceleration in the number of...Megachurches Cancel Sunday Services after ChristmasSunday, December 26, 2010Thou shalt keep the Sabbath Day - except when it falls the day after Christmas? After gearing up for Christmas services throughout this week, several megachurches will wind down...Cathedral Scandal: Did Rev. Schuller fleece his flock?Sunday, December 5, 2010Members of the famed California church The Crystal Cathedral were dealt a double blow by their trusted pastor, Robert H. Schuller. The lavish Christian worship center filed for...Many lie about going to churchFriday, December 3, 2010Did you attend a worship service last weekend? Really? God knows if you're telling the truth -- and so, in a way, does Philip Brenner, University of Michigan research fellow with...Creditors and Feds Object to Crystal Cathedral SalariesSunday, November 21, 2010The U.S. Trustee Program and creditors are objecting to salaries given out by the Crystal Cathedral to several of its employees as the Garden Grove, Calif., megachurch undergoes...Schuller pleads for dollars for Crystal CathedralTuesday, October 26, 2010Crystal Cathedral founder the Rev. Robert H. Schuller on Sunday tearfully asked his parishioners for help in overcoming the megachurch's bankruptcy and tens of millions in debt....Crystal Cathedral megachurch files for bankruptcyTuesday, October 19, 2010Crystal Cathedral Ministries, an Orange County landmark and megachurch founded by television evangelist Robert H. Schuller, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday morning. The...Crystal Cathedral not making good on debtsSunday, October 17, 2010A woman who rents out camels is among creditors who have been stiffed by the Crystal Cathedral, and says the church’s publicly-stated intention to pay the $7.5 million it owes to...Willow Creek Pastor Puts High Price Tag on New VisionTuesday, October 12, 2010Just a few years ago, Willow Creekers dedicated themselves to unleashing unprecedented levels of compassion for the broken world. The well-known megachurch has been active in...No men in the pews? Could be church's faultMonday, September 6, 2010Do men hate going to church? David Murrow says yes. "Christianity's primary delivery system, the local church, is perfectly designed to reach women," says Murrow, author of the...Christians could learn a lot about life from heavy metal, says clericWednesday, September 1, 2010The Rev Rachel Mann claims that the much-maligned form of music demonstrates the “liberative theology of darkness”, allowing its tattooed and pierced fans to be more “relaxed and...Lutheran group reports decline in membershipFriday, August 13, 2010The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America reports that it lost almost 91,000 members and 48 congregations last year. In 2009, the denomination dropped to 4.5 million members and...Solomon's Temple to be rebuilt, in BrazilTuesday, July 27, 2010One of the world's largest and most controversial Pentecostal churches has been given permission to build a $200m (£130m) replica of Solomon's Temple in Brazil's economic capital,...House Church: Skip the sermon, worship at homeThursday, July 22, 2010To get to church on a recent Sunday morning, the Yeldell family walked no farther than their own living room to greet fellow worshippers. The members of this "house church" are...Rev. Schuller Retiring From Lead Pastor RoleMonday, July 12, 2010The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, founder of Southern California's Crystal Cathedral megachurch and host of the "Hour of Power" televangelism broadcast, announced Sunday he will retire...PCA Affirms New Plan to Tackle Internal, External ChallengesSaturday, July 3, 2010Delegates who convened for the PCA's General Assembly in Nashville voted Thursday to approve the "Strategic Plan." The plan consists of: establishing places for civil...Southern Baptists buck trend, post most baptisms in 4 yearsFriday, May 21, 2010Grace Baptist Church in Springfield, Tenn., was in tough straits two years ago. The church had gone 12 months without a pastor. Sunday morning attendance hovered around 120. And,...Total U.S. Churches No Longer in Decline, Researchers SayFriday, May 14, 2010We often hear about churches closing their doors in the U.S. But some may be surprised to hear that the total number of churches is not in decline anymore. An important shift...Adventist publisher ousts executivesThursday, May 13, 2010Four executives employed by the publishing arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church were sacked recently at the organization's Hagerstown, Md., headquarters because of "mounting...GM, church team up to convert salesTuesday, April 20, 2010In what organizers said was the first event of its kind in the area, Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit teamed up Sunday with GM and the GM Minority Dealers Association...Go to Church on Easter, Win Fabulous PrizesSaturday, April 3, 2010A Corpus Christi, Texas, megachurch is offering an unusual approach to bringing people to Christ this Easter. Let's call it Jesus meets Oprah. The Bay Area Fellowship, the...Catholics, Mormons, Assemblies of God growing;Wednesday, February 17, 2010The National Council of Churches' 2010 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches reports membership gains in the Catholic Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...Bible study in a bar? Church planters draw followers, criticismSunday, February 14, 2010One of the first rules for ministers starting a new church: Don't hang out in your office. Go out and meet people.That's an easy one for the Rev. Jeremy Rose to follow. His...Methodists declare 'we're ready to merge' with Church of EnglandFriday, February 12, 2010The Methodist Church is prepared to be absorbed by the Church of England if that is the price of unity, Britain’s most senior Methodist said yesterday. The Rev David Gamble,...General Synod: Church of England suffering from 'testosterone deficit'Thursday, February 11, 2010A question tabled at the Synod by Canon Simon Bessant, of Sheffield, called on the Church to redress the problem where with women seriously outnumbered men in congregations He...'Mystery worshippers' go onlineMonday, February 8, 2010The help-wanted ad going live this week on Craigslist might raise some eyebrows. If not tempers. "Need people who aren't Christians to review church service," it says. It goes...Crystal Cathedral is laying off 50 workers, selling surplus propertySunday, January 31, 2010The Crystal Cathedral, the Garden Grove megachurch, is laying off 50 workers, selling surplus property and may pull its "Hour of Power" television show in up to eight markets...Church Aims to Move Christians from Consumers to MinistersTuesday, December 15, 2009That means no more customers. Everybody is going to reach out, minister, make sacrifices and own the vision, says Redeemer senior pastor Tim Keller. The conservative evangelical...Gone to the dogs: LA church starts pet serviceFriday, November 13, 2009When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start. Most of his worshippers,...Presbyterians(PCA) Launch 'Every Church Plant a Church' ThrustFriday, November 13, 2009The Presbyterian Church in America is pushing its "every church plant a church" campaign to help bring more people to Christ. Launched this year by the denomination's domestic...Cash for Churchgoers? What incentive did Jesus have?Tuesday, November 10, 2009Worshipers at Lighthouse Church of All Nations in Alsip, Ill., have had an added incentive to be in the pews the last few weeks. Their pastor is giving away cold, hard cash. A...Church Growth in China Too Fast to Keep Up WithThursday, October 22, 2009The Rev. Gao Feng, president of the government-approved China Christian Council, told the head of the World Council of Churches, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia, that in his home...‘Bar church’ ministers to any and all comersWednesday, October 21, 2009Price, the daughter of Overflowing Cup pastor the Rev. Dave Fogderud, has been holding services on and off at the bar for a few years. Although some have attacked her for allowing...Young Southern Baptists Urged to Save the DenominationMonday, October 12, 2009Prominent Southern Baptist theologian R. Albert Mohler, Jr., implored young seminary students to save the denomination. "It is very important that your generation redeem what has...Influential Megachurch Willow Creek Celebrates 34 YearsSunday, October 11, 2009Willow Creek Community Church, one of the nation's largest and most influential churches, is celebrating its 34th anniversary this weekend. Attendees from all of Willow Creek's...Religious life won't be the same after recessionThursday, October 1, 2009Organized religion was already in trouble in the U.S. before the fall of 2008. Denominations were stagnating or shrinking, and congregations across faith groups were fretting...Coral Ridge Presbyterian votes to keep controversial new pastorMonday, September 21, 2009Members of the influential Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church voted overwhelmingly Sunday to keep W. Tullian Tchividjian, grandson of the evangelist Billy Graham, as their spiritual...Evangelical megachurch to vote on firing Billy Graham's grandsonSaturday, September 19, 2009The Florida megachurch founded by the late evangelical leader D. James Kennedy will vote Sunday on whether to dismiss his recently chosen successor. The Rev. Tullian...Biggest U.S. churches 'contemporary, evangelical'Thursday, September 17, 2009Two new reports on the size and strength of American congregations present contrasting pictures of church life today. The October issue of Outreach magazine is all about growth....Bono, Tony Blair to lend their voices at church conference on leadershipSaturday, August 8, 2009Although Bono and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair might be considered unconventional choices as featured speakers Friday at Willow Creek's church conference, organizers...Pentecostal Leader Paints Bright Future for Assemblies of GodThursday, August 6, 2009The head of one of the largest Pentecostal denominations in the country encouraged struggling leaders not to be weary in their ministry work even if the harvest may not come in...Church tells worshippers to give special treatment to overweight or bald peopleMonday, July 27, 2009A Church of England book published this week says they should be regarded as worshippers with "special needs" alongside the blind, the deaf, breast-feeding mothers, very short...
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