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Hillsong Founder Brian Houston's Daughter, Son-in-Law to Plant New Church

Hillsong Founder Brian Houston's Daughter, Son-in-Law to Plant New Church

Hillsong founder Brian Houston's daughter and son-in-law have announced plans to launch a new church in Sydney, Australia.

Illinois Church Ordered to Pay Nearly $800,000 in Fraudulent Donations

Illinois Church Ordered to Pay Nearly $800,000 in Fraudulent Donations

A church in Joliet, Illinois, was ordered to return nearly $800,000 of donations following an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into a donor for fraudulent practices.

Church Giving Is Up, But Clergy Dissatisfaction Continues to Grow: Report

Church Giving Is Up, But Clergy Dissatisfaction Continues to Grow: Report

A new report from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research has found that giving is up at churches, but clergy dissatisfaction is still rising. The report came from a five-year study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. churches.

WI Pastor Pleads Guilty to Attempted Sexual Exploitation of Minor He Met on a Mission Trip

WI Pastor Pleads Guilty to Attempted Sexual Exploitation of Minor He Met on a Mission Trip

A pastor from Green Bay, Wisconsin, has pleaded guilty to the attempted sexual exploitation of a minor he met on a mission trip in South America.

Author, Ministry Founder Natalie Runion Talks Staying in Church after Being Hurt

Author, Ministry Founder Natalie Runion Talks Staying in Church after Being Hurt

While walking her dog one morning in 2019, author and Raised to Stay ministry founder Natalie Runion felt God calling her to write a book. At the time, Runion was disillusioned with the church and questioning if she should stay.

Report Finds No Florida Baptist Convention Employees Were Complicit in $700,000 Cyber Attack

Report Finds No Florida Baptist Convention Employees Were Complicit in $700,000 Cyber Attack

A subcommittee for the Florida Baptist Convention has concluded that none of its employees were responsible for a cyberattack resulting in the theft of $700,000 from the convention.

The Church, Singles, and Calling

The Church, Singles, and Calling

Though unusual as a long-term vocation, singleness is a biblical, God-ordained calling within which individuals show God’s image and serve Him and His Church with single-minded, self-sacrificial devotion. Scripture presents single people as whole persons who bear the image of God. Unlike other creation stories (like Plato’s Timaeus), Genesis 2 does not present Adam and Eve as half persons made whole by joining in marriage. Rather, Adam was created a complete person who, in his singleness, reveals God’s image. When God declares that Adam’s aloneness is “not good,” He does not thereby imply that Adam was half of a person. Marriage unites the man and the woman as “one flesh” precisely because both are full persons who bear the image of God. Because singles bear God’s image, they are capable of revealing His image in their singleness.

Signing On: Why Finding and Committing to a Community Is an Important Spiritual Step

Signing On: Why Finding and Committing to a Community Is an Important Spiritual Step
You cannot develop yourself spiritually to the degree God intends apart from others. This is why finding a community – and committing to it – is one of the most important spiritual steps you can take. Apart from life in community with other believers, you can’t practice the “one anothers” that lie at the heart of not only community, but spiritual growth.