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Found Beneath This Ancient Qur’an Manuscript: the Bible
Faint Coptic letters were found behind the Arabic script in an ancient Qur'an palimpsest. Experts discovered the Coptic text was from the Old Testament’s Book of Deuteronomy—part of the Torah and the Christian Old Testament.
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Artistic Reminder of Our Sacred Duty to the Poor Adds a New Location
The near life-size bronze sculpture titled "Jesus the Homeless" depicts Jesus as a homeless person sleeping on a bench. The statue has been described as a "visual translation" of the Gospel of Matthew passage in which Jesus tells his disciples, "As you did it to one of the least of my brothers, you did it to me"
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California Pastors Are Worried. Here’s Why
Concern is growing among pastors and Christian counselors that California AB 2943, working its way through the state assembly, would put them at odds with the law if they hold to biblical standards of sexuality.
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First Woman to Serve on Executive Leadership Team of AG
The Assemblies of God (AG) has just elected its first woman to serve on the AG Executive Leadership Team. On Monday, April 23, 2018,...
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Housing Allowance Now in the Crosshairs of Atheists
Pastors are fighting back amidst efforts to strip them of their housing allowance tax exemption. More than 5,000 have already signed on to an Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) campaign defending the exemption.
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New Allegations Surface in Bill Hybels Investigation
At a meeting last Friday night at Willow Creek Church, the board of elders told members that a new Bill Hybels investigation was about to begin amid more allegations of misconduct.
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Arizona Pastor Placed on Leave for 40-Year-Old Abuse Allegations
The allegations surfaced after multiple women told the Modesto Bee that Les Hughey—who founded Highlands Church Scottsdale—victimized them while he was working as a youth pastor at First Baptist Church in Modesto, California, in the 1970s.
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Bob Buford: Mega-Force Behind Megachurch Movement Dies at 78
In 1999, Bob Buford helped sell the family business interest in order to create philanthropic initiatives designed to serve churches.