Brandon Showalter

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  Jan 2, 2021

  What does the future of the evangelical church look like amid intergenerational tensions? 

  The mission of the evangelical Christian church going forward is fraught with tense, intergenerational challenges but great opportunity is ahead, according to Presbyterian Church in America leader Bryan Chapell. 

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  Jan 1, 2021

  New Mexico church responds to $10K fine for holding services amid COVID-19

  A New Mexico evangelical church is maintaining they took measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 after state authorities levied a substantial fine against them. 

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  Jan 1, 2021

  Belief in God rising among Gen Z amid COVID-19 pandemic, survey finds

  COVID-19 has led to a rise in the number of young people in the U.K. who are seeking and believing in God, according to a survey, challenging trends indicating that Gen Zers are the most irreligious generation.

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  Dec 31, 2020

  Trump calls for end to religious persecution on 850th anniversary of death of Thomas Becket

  President Donald Trump called for an end to religious persecution this week in an official proclamation Monday, coinciding with the 850th anniversary of the death of English archbishop Thomas Becket.

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  Dec 31, 2020

  Parents protest medicalized gender-transitioning of kids at Children's Hospital: 'I was totally in the dark'

  Devastated Los Angeles-area parents of trans-identifying teenagers are raising awareness about the experimental medicalized gender-transitioning of minors by protesting outside a children's hospital where it is happening. 

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  Dec 30, 2020

  Argentina passes abortion bill despite resistance from evangelicals, Catholics

  Despite fervent opposition from the nation's evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics, the national government of Argentina voted to allow elective abortion before 14 weeks gestation. 

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  Dec 30, 2020

  5 global developments in euthanasia, assisted suicide laws in 2020

  The push for right to die laws gained momentum worldwide in 2020 as nations known for permissive euthanasia and assisted suicide laws loosened regulations on who can choose to die and other countries began to embrace similar policies.

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  Dec 29, 2020

  Federal appeals court rules against New York COVID restrictions on religious gatherings

  The federal Appeals Court for the 2nd Circuit has ruled in favor of religious groups, blocking the state of New York's restrictions on gatherings that were enacted to stop the spread of COVID-19. 

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  Dec 27, 2020

  Dinner Churches and how the coronavirus is shaking up the traditional model (part 2)

  What is the future of the post-COVID Christian church? If you ask two men involved with the Fresh Expressions movement, it may be taking place on a different night of the week and not Sunday and it may happen over dinner. And more broadly, many longtime American churchgoers are going to have to reconsider how they do church.

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  Dec 26, 2020

  Microchurches and how the coronavirus is shaking up the traditional model (part 1)

  What is the future of the post-COVID Christian church in the United States? For a pair of millennial pastors, it meant leaving what they loved doing in pursuit of discipleship coupled with the sober recognition that existing church structures, even within those where the Gospel was being faithfully proclaimed, were not only woefully inadequate but hampering the Kingdom of God from advancing.