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‘Credible’ Charges Against His Pastor Surprise, Sadden Scot McKnight
The Rev. Canon Scot McKnight, a professor who has written extensively about Christian living and toxic church culture, has apologized to abuse survivors at the Chicago-area congregation he and his family attend.
Christian News
Send Relief Offers $4 Million to Fund EC Sexual Abuse Response, Survivor Care Fund
Send Relief announced its intent June 8 to give $3 million to fund the proposed SATF recommendations for sexual abuse reform, and an additional $1 million to establish a survivor care fund.
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Vatican Bank Displays Financial Decline, Moral Gains After Papal Reforms
Pope Francis has been clear about his vision for Catholicism as a “poor church for the poor” and the 2021 annual report of the Vatican bank shows that the pope’s wish is closer than ever to becoming a reality.
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Calls for SBC To Cut Ties With Guidepost Solutions Greet Firm’s Pride Month Tweet
Guidepost Solutions' Pride Month tweet, which included a rainbow flag, led to an outcry on social media, especially from SBC figures who claim the denomination has become too liberal. Now some leaders in the SBC are calling for the denomination to break ties with the investigative firm.
Christian News
Mexican Megachurch Leader Gets More Than 16 Years for Abuse
The leader of the Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo was sentenced Wednesday to more than 16 years in a California prison for sexually abusing young female followers who said he made them his sex slaves.
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Is It Wrong To Raise Your Hands in Worship? One Theology Professor Thinks It Can Be
A tweet from Dr. Scott Aniol regarding raising hands in worship has Christian Twitter all aflutter. Aniol said when emotion moves us lift our hands in worship, we are being influenced by “20th century Pentecostalism.”
Articles for Outreach & Missions
Antisemitism in the West Is Out in the Open, Not Hiding in Plain Sight
For several years, Christians United for Israel (CUFI) has been deeply concerned that antisemitism was hiding in plain sight in the US and Europe. But today, anti-Israel sentiment has largely shed this pretense.
International
Opinion: How Biden Should Handle Israel, Hamas, and Iran
The Biden administration must learn from what recent history by fundamentally changing its perspective on engagement with Israel, Iran, and the Palestinian leadership.