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.@RaviZacharias recalled his young colleague #NabeelQureshi as "not only a man of conviction" but "a man of passion" goo.gl/8h8TXG
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Economic discontent is rife as millions justifiably feel the job market is rigged in favor of a 'knowledge' class that can afford expensive college education, leaving a broad swathe of the workforce behind. This is a huge challenge, writes @DiddamsJames juicyecumenism.com/2021/02/0…
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"My 20th week of pregnancy aligned perfectly with this year's March for Life..." @ChelsenVicari #MarchForLife #Faith goo.gl/VNsuaT
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United Methodism’s largest overseas jurisdiction has voted to quit the denomination in response to the church’s divorcing sex from marriage at its governing General Conference earlier this month. #umcgc juicyecumenism.com/2024/05/2…
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How does an #Episcopal diocese as small as New Hampshire shed 20 percent of attendees in a single year? @jeffreyhwalton reports on a particularly difficult year for the Episcopal denomination. juicyecumenism.com/2019/09/0…
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Young Christians at @WheatonCollege are gravitating toward traditional liturgy and established churches with historical continuity, traditional hymnody and church authority, writes Sarah Carter. #anglican
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Several #Church affiliates are hosting #ProLife events in conjunction with the #MarchforLife. Find out the details: goo.gl/f7AzFV
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On May 10, 2018 the Institute on Religion & Democracy (@TheIRD) invites you to join our first-ever summit that aims to inject care for persecuted #Christians overseas into the very DNA of #American #churches: goo.gl/Qh8y9T #Church #America #USA
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I implore Pope Francis, and my fellow Catholics, to avoid turning the birth of our Savior into a political messaging opportunity while alienating our Jewish brothers and sisters in the process. @shannonswalsh juicyecumenism.com/2024/12/2…
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The #Episcopal Church Bishop who garnered widespread praise for his lively sermon during Saturday’s British royal wedding now plans to lead a protest against a “dangerous crisis of moral and political leadership” on May 24 in Washington, D.C. juicyecumenism.com/2018/05/2…
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Panelists at an @indefchristians congressional briefing argue that the Nigerian government should be held accountable for its failure to adequately address religious violence and persecution. juicyecumenism.com/2024/04/1…
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.@drtonyevans: This sinful evil disease of racism, culturalism, & classism is too deep for over-the-counter remedies goo.gl/GDHhNV
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WATCH: Chinese and Russian authoritarian regimes are the chief rivals to the United States, and U.S. Christians must weigh the consequences of the U.S. strategic posture towards those regimes, @RLHeinrichs says @ProvMagazine conference. juicyecumenism.com/2024/12/2…
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Religious freedom is a universal right, knowable by reason alone to people of any faith or no faith, wherever they are in the world, emphasized @McCormickProf at a @ThomisticInst lecture. juicyecumenism.com/2023/10/0…
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As an expecting mother, @ChelsenVicari relates her experiences at #MarchForLife | goo.gl/tZFk4d via @PatheosEvang @March_for_Life
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Emmett Till was a teenage nobody whose brutal murder ultimately helped transform America. In God’s eyes, nobodies are often very important, ultimately superseding many supposed somebodies, writes @markdtooley. juicyecumenism.com/2023/07/2…
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Against Catholic Integralism nitter.app/i/broadcasts/1ynJOaqXn…
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As denominations themselves decline, some denominational distinctives appear to be spreading outward to a larger number of practitioners. @jeffreyhwalton finds nondenominational churches using #Anglican elements, such as the Book of Common Prayer. juicyecumenism.com/2025/01/2…
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It has been heartbreaking to be a United Methodist this week, writes IRD's Sarah Stewart. Self-congratulatory and virtue signaling language has been used to masquerade deeply unchristian actions. #UMC juicyecumenism.com/2024/05/0…
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Anglican congregations in North America are reporting a significant attendance increase of 30 percent following a widespread return to regular worship services post-COVID. juicyecumenism.com/2023/06/2…
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Filipino United Methodist lay leaders declare support for traditional biblical definition of marriage. Every lay leader in the Cavite Annual Conference signs statement, making the conference’s voice strong and clear, @JohnLomperis reports. #umc juicyecumenism.com/2019/06/1…
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As congregations consider pursuing United Methodist disaffiliation, it may be helpful to consider the testimonies of others. Thanks to their brave steps to prioritize faithfulness over all else, these are no longer uncharted waters, writes @JohnLomperis. juicyecumenism.com/2023/04/0…
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Advocacy group International Christian Concern has made available to the public its report on the worst persecutors of the church in the year 2023: not just countries, but also individuals. juicyecumenism.com/2024/02/0…
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“We’ve grown in every category that we track,” @The_ACNA staff report at the denomination's annual provincial council, finding 2024 increases in membership, attendance, baptisms, confirmations and weddings. juicyecumenism.com/2025/06/2…
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In our UM Voices forum, Pastor @revbethanncook is convinced that progressives and centrists do not understand what motivates those who voted for the Traditional Plan at the recent United Methodist General Conference. #UMCGC19 juicyecumenism.com/2019/03/0…
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UMC Votes to Leave Religious Pro-Choice Group Known for Pushing Abortion on Demand Up to 9 Months goo.gl/CorcVj #UMCGC #GC2016
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In a few years, nobody will recall the sparkle creed. In one thousand years, millions still will recite the Nicene and Apostles Creeds. @markdtooley
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Over last decade Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has lost over 1 million members or 25% of membership, now down to 3.5 million, from 4.7 million ten years ago. At this rate denomination won’t exist in 30 years or so. @markdtooley juicyecumenism.com/2018/07/2…
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The #MarchForLife2018 theme is "Love Saves Lives." @March_for_Life's President @jeannemfl explains: "Choosing life is not always easy, but it is the loving, empowering, & self-sacrificial option." goo.gl/U4rQJm #WhyWeMarch #ChooseLife #MarchForLife #SanctityOfLife #Love
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Listen In: The United Methodist Church's finance agency anticipates a nearly 40% drop in income across the next four years, implying an expected equivalent drop in church membership, @markdtooley tells @IssuesEtc radio. #umc issuesetc.org/2023/03/17/076…
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The denomination in the United States is fast aging, shrinking, and running out of money. Buzzwords will not save it. #UMCGC juicyecumenism.com/2024/04/3… via @markdtooley
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A North Carolina bishop ambushes an historic, conservative congregation with announcement that she is abruptly shutting them down, while seizing their property and assets. #umc juicyecumenism.com/2023/04/1…
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Ordinary United Methodists who just want to ignore what’s going on in the leadership “are going to wake up in a couple of years – after the escape hatch has been closed to disaffiliate – and see their denomination’s decline and dysfunction accelerate."
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So far this month, about 900 church congregations disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church. This is just part of a major, slow-motion, increasingly global breakup of America’s second-largest Protestant denomination. juicyecumenism.com/2023/05/2…
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A staggering 52,000 Christians have been killed since 2009, and 18,000 churches set on fire, yet somehow Islamist terror in Nigeria remains under the radar, reports @RickPlasterer. #Nigeria juicyecumenism.com/2025/05/2…
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Watch VIDEO of @TheIRD's panel discussion responding to the #BenedictOption: piped.video/hErUY9CGatc #Christians #Culture #ThursdayThoughts
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#Evangelicals Cheer #ProLife Vote at #Methodist Conference | goo.gl/fYiCwV via @JohnLomperis @kateshellnutt #UMCGC #UMC #GC2016
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“We Africans are not children in need of western enlightenment when it comes to the church’s sexual ethics. We don’t need to hear a progressive U.S. bishop lecture us about our need to ‘grow up’,” Declares Liberian Delegate Jerry Kulah. #UMCGC juicyecumenism.com/2019/02/2…
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"Unlike any official United Methodist conference I have ever attended," @JohnLomperis marvels about a "refreshingly different" Global Methodist gathering in Ohio. #Methodist juicyecumenism.com/2023/10/1…
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“We thank God for the just acquittal of this precious sister in the Lord. Please pray for her and her family, and all religious minorities in Pakistan, that they will be protected from the virulent backlash of the mobs," says @Cuchulain09 as #AsiaBibiFreed juicyecumenism.com/2018/10/3…
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Growing numbers of #Protestants, alongside #Catholics, plan to gather in #DC on Jan 18-20 for several #church-affiliated events occurring in conjunction with the #MarchForLife, the largest #ProLife demonstration in the world. @ChelsenVicari @March_for_Life goo.gl/p9tTAA
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Africa ready to exit United Methodism next year:
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"We will not condone your attempt to compromise the authentic teaching of the Holy Bible on the issue of human sexuality, and thereby betray the trust and earnest labor of your great grand parents whose blood became the 'seal' of the Gospel in Africa." juicyecumenism.com/2019/03/2…
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How is God moving Presbyterians, their communities, and churches, to live as salt and light in the world? Hear opening remarks from @porterharlow at our Presbyterian & Reformed Public Theology Conference convened with @ministrytostate. #presbyterian juicyecumenism.com/2024/03/0…
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Liberal United Methodists claim more than 2/3rds of U.S. church supports redefining marriage. But data shows slight majorities of pastors and involved laypeople support church policies prohibiting same-sex ceremonies, reports @JohnLomperis #umc juicyecumenism.com/2019/04/2…
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Register ASAP to attend @ProvMagazine's groundbreaking 2-day conference on #Christianity & #NationalSecurity: ChristianityNationalSecurity… #Faith
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Al Mohler, Dennis Prager & Ross Douthat talk faith, politics & culture war at Southern Baptist Seminary. fb.me/3b72fK4pt
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IRD Joins #Anglicans, #Methodists & #Evangelicals for #ProLife March Events | goo.gl/bdspLj via @markdtooley #MarchforLife #Faith
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"The United Methodist Church has chosen to follow what pleases man instead of what pleases God," African delegates to General Conference say in a press statement. #umc juicyecumenism.com/2024/05/0…
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DC Episcopal Bishop Budde "outraged" at Trump church photo op. She was unbothered by $20,000 in damage to church in riot. Danger of selective outrage is in exposing one’s self as another partisan instead of acting as senior shepherd, writes @jeffreyhwalton juicyecumenism.com/2020/06/0…
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Tim Keller was known for his winsome, urbane style in conveying orthodox Christianity. To New Yorkers, he was a surprise, undermining crude stereotypes of evangelicals. juicyecumenism.com/2023/02/1…
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What a group from @WheatonCollege! Thanks for your thoughtful questions and contributions to the @ProvMagazine Christianity & Nat’l Security Conference in DC.
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“The overthrow of Roe v. Wade enables Christians and The Church in America to explain why our faith affirms the humanity of unborn persons and why we think they deserve legal protection," says @markdtooley. juicyecumenism.com/2022/06/2…
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Outside DC a dwindling United Methodist church with rainbow signage & 54 members touts inclusion; across street the Baptists have massive building project vastly expanding their space while offering services in Spanish, Arabic, Korean & Vietnamese. juicyecumenism.com/2023/03/2…
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What happens when churches go vague on theology and detailed on politics? juicyecumenism.com/2023/08/0…
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Despite Turkey’s rogue actions and the threat posed to Christians in the region, @indefchristians President Toufic Baaklini hasn't lost hope. “This is where Christianity began, and this is where Christianity is going to stay, with our help and support.” juicyecumenism.com/2020/10/1…
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Too many United Methodists believe misleading propaganda about how if liberalization advocates had their way, they would still lovingly tolerate conservative United Methodists who remained in the denomination, and that such tolerance was even workable. juicyecumenism.com/2023/04/2…
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North Georgia United Methodist officials resemble 3rd World dictatorship that, having called election, realizes results won't be favorable, & cancels voting, faulting factually incorrect & defamatory information spread by the opposition. @markdtooley
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This week IRD welcomes intern Teresa Overholser from Dayton, Ohio, an @Ashland_Univ sophomore majoring in history, philosophy, and religion and minoring in ethics and political science. Teresa hopes to make a career in public policy, media, or education. Welcome, Teresa!
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Thousands Remember "Man of Passion" #NabeelQureshi (1983-2017) | goo.gl/seoYS1 via @JosephFRossell @RaviZacharias @NAQureshi #RIP
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United Methodist agencies are preparing for a 38 percent drop in funding for 2025-2028, implying an expected membership loss of 2.3 million members from the nearly 6.3 million in the U.S. in 2020. That is not a minor exodus, writes @markdtooley. #umc juicyecumenism.com/2022/12/0…
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Join us in welcoming autumn intern Kennedy Lee, an Evangelical United Methodist and student in the Comparative Politics of Eurasia Master’s program at the Russian Higher School of Economics. She holds a BA in Russian and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Liberian United Methodist leader: “Please understand me when I say the vast majority of African United Methodists will never, ever trade Jesus and the truth of the Bible for money.” #UMCGC19 juicyecumenism.com/2019/02/2…
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Virginia congregation punitively singled out and blocked from exit despite vote of 97% of the congregation to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church. #umc juicyecumenism.com/2023/03/3…
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Don't miss our exciting event next Tuesday! Kent Hill will discuss: "Will Christianity Survive in the Middle East?" goo.gl/9Ka8r7
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This January IRD welcomes winter intern Hope Rawlson from Patrick Henry College. Hope comes to IRD from Florida and has a background in Political Science and International Affairs. Welcome, @HRawlson!
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"It's become very clear that this is not your parents' United Methodist Church anymore," @JohnLomperis updates @IssuesEtc. "We have a narrowing opportunity," Lomperis says of window for congregations to depart. issuesetc.org/2022/11/14/318…
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Acceptance of a grant awarded to Baylor University to fund LGBTQ+ advocacy has been rescinded according to an announcement by the Baptist university's president. juicyecumenism.com/2025/07/0…
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Mere Orthodoxy's @jake_meador and @scott_redd of @RTSWashington concluded the afternoon session of our Presbyterian & Reformed Public Theology Conference hosted with @ministrytostate on Capitol Hill. #presbyterian juicyecumenism.com/2024/03/0…
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10 George Washington Quotes Pointing to God’s Providence | goo.gl/3X4Rdl via @ChelsenVicari #PresidentsDay #GeorgeWashington #History #MondayMotivation #Top10
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"In contrast to the United Methodist Church, RCRC dismisses the value of unborn human life" | goo.gl/M92l8X #UMC #UMCGC #GC2016
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White evangelicals condemning fellow white evangelicals for supporting the President is a practice that has exhausted itself, writes @DerryckGreen as a recent @CTmagazine piece disparages assumed motivations. juicyecumenism.com/2020/11/1…
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“We’re valuable based on our intrinsic worth, not our instrumental worth – what we can do for other people,” says @RyanTAnd at @Anglicans4Life summit. “We all have an equal claim to dignity.” juicyecumenism.com/2019/01/2…
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“This was a historic turning point for our denomination, and will hopefully help make the United Methodist Church look refreshingly very different from what we have seen in the last several years,” says @JohnLomperis as #umcgc2019 adopts Traditional Plan juicyecumenism.com/2019/02/2…
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United Methodist congregations in Iowa explicitly have “a limited right” to disaffiliate and keep their properties—but only if their church councils act before the end of June, reports @JohnLomperis. #umc juicyecumenism.com/2023/06/0…
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Enormous scale of deaths caused by abortion compared to guns or death penalty is undeniable, notes @ChelsenVicari So where is the same amount of outrage/advocacy from progressive Christians and social justice activists as devoted to guns and death penalty? juicyecumenism.com/2018/08/3…
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“I just pray for a day when the Methodist movement in America finds its roots again in Wesleyan thought and practice, but also in the discipline of church planting and giving ourselves away to make more new disciples for Jesus.” @EricTheStory juicyecumenism.com/2020/08/2…
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We’re delighted to welcome a delegation from @my_ccu as we think through issues of statecraft and foreign policy drawing upon the Christian tradition. Thanks for joining in at the @ProvMagazine Christianity & Nat’l Security conference!
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In a key United Methodist General Conference vote setting voting priorities for the next three days, delegates preferred the Traditional Plan backed by global evangelicals over the liberalizing One Church Plan backed by most bishops #UMCGC juicyecumenism.com/2019/02/2…
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Can Jews, Christians and Muslims unite in the face of postmodern nihilism? The @RFInstitute hosted an interfaith panel of philosophers and theologians on our shared ethical commitments, writes @DiddamsJames juicyecumenism.com/2021/02/1…
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“We’re seeing a new church being born!” The best of what a Methodist annual conference can be is seen in Texas as a first for the Global Methodist Church, reports UM Action Director @JohnLomperis. juicyecumenism.com/2023/01/2…
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@holland_tom discusses his book Dominion on an episode of @Plough Quarterly's Ploughcast podcast with @suzania @PeterMommsen, writes @DiddamsJames juicyecumenism.com/2021/11/1…
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It is ignorant, at best, to act like Christianity and other religions do not have important, irreconcilable differences in their core beliefs. juicyecumenism.com/2023/05/2…
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7 Things You Need to Know About the #MarchForLife | goo.gl/hPuxcr via @ChelsenVicari @March_for_Life #RoevWade #ProLife #SanctityofLife #CCOT #Faith #ChooseLife #ThursdayThoughts
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#Israel boycott movement 'down in flames' at United Methodist conference goo.gl/rzKuco via @revmarkwoods @JohnLomperis #BDS #UMCGC
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Several liberal United Methodist Church conferences officially begin exploring possible split from the #UMC to form new liberal denomination. "We are in a de facto schism, which is merely awaiting some sort of more formal recognition" @JohnLomperis writes. juicyecumenism.com/2019/07/1…
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What caused a gay organist to vandalize his Episcopal Church with antisemitic imagery? The story is a case study in projection and deciding that the correct course of action following post-election anguish is to make perceived opponents look as bad as possible.
The story of an #Episcopal church spray-painted “Heil Trump” was national news. Later the church organist was revealed as responsible. Washington Post coverage by @PeteJamison investigates personal and familial brokenness in the choices of those involved. juicyecumenism.com/2019/12/1…
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Today IRD welcomes summer intern Kate Cvancara, a graduate of George Fox University with a degree in biology and political science. Kate has a special interest in the Christian responsibility to civic discourse. Welcome, Kate!
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More than 20 countries criminalize leaving one’s religion of birth or changing one’s faith. IRD's @RickPlasterer reports on the stories of Christians from Iran, Mauritania and even several states of India where anti-conversion laws resulted in violence. juicyecumenism.com/2021/07/2…
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Predicting the future of Protestant denominations in the US seems simple when analyzing seminary data, notes @ChelsenVicari. @SBTS has become the largest U.S. seminary, while a Seventh-day Adventist school now ranks among the top 10 largest juicyecumenism.com/2019/09/2…
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As United Methodism moves towards separation, whichever new group rejects biblical teachings on this matter will be less ethnically diverse & less effective in reaching newer immigrant communities in demographically changing America @JohnLomperis
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West Virginia clergy repeatedly told congregants that General Conference changes were unlikely and to wait until after Charlotte to decide about leaving the United Methodist Church. That trust was misplaced and the Discipline's exit window is now closed. juicyecumenism.com/2024/08/3…
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One Million United Methodists Exit in One Day juicyecumenism.com/2024/05/2… via @markdtooley
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Every active United Methodist bishop in America oversees a culture of theological anarchy. Clergy can — and do — publicly discourage belief in core doctrines, with no response from bishops. juicyecumenism.com/2023/07/1…
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Why does Liberation Theology lead to poverty, prisons & police states? @markdtooley
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"As the only church thus far from the Northern Virginia District of the UMC to disaffiliate, I am hopeful that our church growth will be aided by new membership coming from other churches who have not allowed discussion of the issues," writes Nokesville Methodist's Jeff Brown. juicyecumenism.com/2023/06/2…
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Here are details for the #MarchForLife happening TODAY: marchforlife.org/mfl-2016/ra… via @March_for_Life #ProLife
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