In early April, dozens of maskless churchgoers in northwest Oregon stood onstage singing and clapping inside a packed indoor venue for Easter Sunday service. The Peoples Church, which previously sued the state over coronavirus restrictions, hosted three similar indoor services that day, each lasting a
There are filters that blur “imperfections” in photos and filters that turn lawyers into cats on Zoom. Now there’s a filter to help Christians safely display the very visible Ash Wednesday mark on social media.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – A Baptist ethicist accused Newsweek magazine of feeding fear with a cover story headlined “The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World.”
(ABP) -- In worship this summer we’ve spent our time revisiting some of the basics of faith and practice in our life as a church. Each week we’ve included a ritual of some sort in worship, intended to help us respond to the topic under
Why be reminded of the painful history of slavery and the Civil War 150 years later? Because at its root, the problem of racial reconciliation and appreciation has not been fully resolved.
Aunt Ida has loved the King James Version of the Bible since she was old enough to hear it read by her Granny, but she knows there comes a time to turn loose of the past.
Now there is an "app" for Catholics aimed at helping them prepare for confession, and it is aptly titled "Confession: A Roman Catholic App."
Here are some ideas (some better than others) for some Christian apps that may or may not
If you need a lesson in motherhood, you might try searching the Bible. The scriptures have a rather high expectation for motherhood. Mothers are loyal, fierce, gentle, brave, meek, patient, loving, stern, self-sacrificing — you get the idea.
It is instructive for Americans to look at the impact African-American people of faith have on society and on religious life. We can learn something about congregational life, and we can appreciate faith lived out by these fellow believers. Like many of our readers,