Audrey Barrick

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• Apr 26, 2008

  United Methodists Engage in Transgender Talks

  Hundreds of United Methodists have begun looking over some 1,500 petitions that have been proposed by those seeking change in church policies and structures, among other things, during the church's quadrennial gathering.

• Apr 25, 2008

  Church Planters Keeping U.S. Christianity Alive

  Church planting is hard, many pastors would say. But it's where much of the church growth is happening in America at a time when most churches are dying.

• Apr 23, 2008

  United Methodists Call for Civil Debates at Meeting

  Following past conferences of heated debates and protests, delegates from the largest mainline denomination open their quadrennial meeting today in Fort Worth, Texas, with a commitment to civil and 'holy conferencing.'

• Apr 17, 2008

  Emergent Church Leaders' InterSpirituality Talks Raise Flags

  The participation of emergent church leaders in an interfaith dialogue raised flags for some conservative Christians who have been concerned over a growing cooperation of emergent church leaders with New Spirituality/New Age leaders.

• Apr 14, 2008

  Study: Few Born Agains Tithe to Churches

  Only 9 percent of all born again adults gave 10 percent of their income to churches and charitable groups, a new survey revealed.

• Apr 9, 2008

  American Baptists Not Predominantly White, Leaders Argue

  American Baptists have challenged a widely reported survey for labeling the mainline Protestant group as predominantly white in its ethnic makeup.

• Apr 7, 2008

  Unchurched Prefer Cathedrals Over Contemporary Church Buildings

  Unchurched Americans prefer churches that look more like a medieval cathedral over contemporary church buildings, a new study showed.

• Apr 4, 2008

  Study: Christian Divorce Rate Identical to National Average

  After months of revived debate over divorce and its increasing acceptance among Americans, a new study affirmed born again Christians are just as likely as the average American couple to divorce.

• Mar 21, 2008

  Judge Dismisses Gender Discrimination Suit Against Baptist Seminary

  A federal judge on Thursday dismissed all allegations made by a female professor who sued Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and its president, claiming the school had removed her for gender reasons.

• Mar 13, 2008

  Priest Sentenced to Life for Role in Rwandan Genocide

  A United Nations war crimes court for Rwanda sentenced a Roman Catholic priest to life in prison for his role in Rwanda's 1994 genocide that left 800,000 dead.