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Since being elected to lead the World Council of Churches earlier this month, Rev. Jerry Pillay has been rebuffing critics who accuse him of making antisemitic remarks.

New Zealand’s government has declared that American far-right groups the Proud Boys and The Base are terrorist organizations.

Matthew Meinecke, known on social media as The Seattle Preacher, was arrested last weekend for preaching and reading his Bible, once during a Roe v. Wade rally and the next day at a Pride parade.

While the American church has much to be thankful for with the reversal of Roe v. Wade, says Karen Swallow Prior, it is important that pro-life advocates move forward in their work with caution, nuance and compassion.

Jared Pozarnsky, pastor of Hold Fast Baptist Church in Fresno, California, says wives need to be prepared to change up their meal plans at short notice. In a June 24 video clip, the California preacher explains passages from Ephesians and Acts, spending some time on his view of submission in marriage.

A controversial billboard is making waves in the Los Angeles area, as it welcomes drivers to California, “where abortion is safe and still legal.” 

While legislation to enact the Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation still likely will be considered at the next General Conference meeting, wavering support for it leaves United Methodists either imagining a new way forward or plunging into chaos, depending on whom you ask.

Alaska church revitalization is the result of letting God work, Pastor Cody Schwegel says, “We go into ministry events not expecting anything except to just be obedient and let God work."