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06/18/2013Pastor Wilfredo De Jesus Credits Church Growth to Serving the Marginalized
Wilfredo "Choco" De Jesus, pastor of New Life Covenant Church in Chicago, shared Tuesday that he believes the massive growth his Illinois megachurch has experienced during his 13 years of leadership is due to an active and bold outreach to society's outcasts.
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06/18/2013'God Does Not Care if You Smoke Weed,' Says Pastor Against War on Drugs
A Gary, Ind., pastor speaking out against what he believes is the country's unjust war on drugs not only says drugs should be decriminalized, but also believes that "God is not that petty" to care if Christians, or anyone else, smokes marijuana.
- 06/17/2013
UK Woman Who Aborted Baby Days Before Due Date Has Sentence Reduced
A British woman convicted of aborting her baby just two days before her due date has had her prison term reduced after London's Court of Appeal found her original 8-year sentence "manifestly excessive."
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06/17/2013Assemblies of God Reaffirms Partnership With Wycliffe After 'Son of God' Controversy
The Assemblies of God USA, the largest Pentecostal body in the world, has expressed its continued support of Wycliffe Bible Translators USA after the organization promised to act in line with recommendations made by a World Evangelical Alliance panel over its usage of "Son of God" and "God the Father" in Muslim contexts.
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06/15/2013John MacArthur Takes on Charismatic Movement With 'Strange Fire' Conference
John MacArthur, influential author, pastor and seminary president, has organized what has already proven to be a controversial conference, as he and several other evangelical Christian ministers will gather in October at his Sun Valley, Calif., church to take a corrective stance against what he describes as "strange fire" practices in the charismatic movement.
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06/14/2013'Cessationists Are Wrong' About Speaking in Tongues, Says Pastor Mark Driscoll
Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Wash., recently spoke on the gift of tongues as described in the New Testament as part of his "Acts: Empowered for Jesus' Mission" sermon series. The conservative Reformed, or New Calvinist Christian minister laid out his arguments as to why he believes the gift of speaking in tongues did not end with Jesus' apostles in the first century.
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06/13/2013'God' to Make an Appearance on Kanye West's New 'Yeezus' Album?
With the release of his sixth solo album just days away, rapper Kanye West has finally shared the official tracklist for the much-anticipated Yeezus LP, which includes the controversial "I Am A God" song that apparently features an appearance by the Almighty.
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06/13/2013Willow Creek Community Church Unveils Massive $10M Care Center
Willow Creek Community Church, founded nearly 40 years ago by Senior Pastor Bill Hybels as an "Acts 2 church," has opened the doors of its new 60,000 square-foot, $10 million Care Center in South Barrington, Ill., to provide thousands of local families continued access to a grocery store-styled food pantry, car repair and donation services, dental and optometry clinics, legal assistance and a whole lot more.
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06/12/2013Gospel Industry Veteran Donna Creer and Husband Killed in 'Suspicious' Fire
Donna Creer, a major influential figure in the gospel music industry, died in her bed early Wednesday morning along with her husband, Donald Creer, after a suspected arsonist set fire to their home.
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06/12/2013Pat Robertson's Regent University Partners With TD Jakes for Education Initiative
Pat Robertson's Regent University has announced a partnership with Bishop T.D. Jakes of The Potter's House to provide educational tools and resources for leaders from all fields looking to take their careers and skills to the next level.
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06/12/2013YouVersion Bible App Shoots for 100 Million Installs by 5-Year Anniversary
YouVersion is asking the millions of people who already use its leading free Bible app to help it achieve 100 million downloads by July 10 to not only mark its five-year anniversary as a major player in the app market for smartphone and tablet users, but in hopes that achieving such a milestone might allow God to take the groundbreaking app even further.
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06/10/2013Pastor Jim Bolin Restored to Trinity Chapel After 2008 Sex Scandal
Bishop Jim Bolin, founding pastor of Trinity Chapel Church of God in Powder Springs, Ga., was re-installed this past Sunday as senior pastor of the congregation after being forced to step down in 2008 due to confessed "inappropriate sexual behavior" with an adult woman.
- 06/10/2013
Rapper Kanye West Debuts 'I Am a God' Song From Upcoming 'Yeezus' Album
Rapper Kanye West debuted five tracks from his upcoming Yeezus album at the Governors Ball Music Festival on Sunday in New York, with one track titled "I Am a God" and including the lyrics: "I just talked to Jesus, and he said, 'What up, Yeezus?'"
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06/07/2013Greg Laurie Offers Prayer for Paris Jackson Amid Reports of Attempted Suicide
Greg Laurie of Harvest Ministries has offered a prayer for Michael Jackson's daughter after it was reported that 15-year-old Paris Jackson may have attempted suicide by swallowing 20 Motrin pills and cutting her wrist with a kitchen knife.
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06/07/2013'Y'all Are a Temple of God,' According to New Texas Bible Plugin
A Dallas Theological Seminary Web director who likes to "tinker with the Bible," has developed a plugin that allows readers to draw out the plural "you" in Scripture by rendering the pronoun as "y'all," "youse guys" or "you lot."
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