Audrey Barrick

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• Nov 16, 2007

  N.C. Baptists Expel Gay-Affirming Church

  North Carolina Baptists concluded their annual meeting Wednesday after addressing division and expelling a church for welcoming and affirming homosexuals into church leadership.

• Nov 16, 2007

  Southern Baptists Spur Revival, Evangelist Impact

  Southern Baptist evangelists celebrate their 50th anniversary next year but the golden year comes as revival meetings have lost momentum and are seen as old-fashioned, in some cases.

• Nov 15, 2007

  Study Reveals State of U.S. Church Planting

  New research suggests the evangelical church in America is not dying. While denominational growth has been on the decline, church planting has become the cutting edge for reaching more people for Christ.

• Nov 14, 2007

  New Survey Refutes Claim that Taking Kids to Church is Harmful

  Most Americans, even those who no longer attend religious services, say their childhood experiences of attending worship has had a positive impact on them, a new study showed.

• Nov 8, 2007

  Southern Baptist Agency Suspends Trustee

  Trustees of a Southern Baptist Convention agency voted in a closed door session to censure a trustee for violating several adopted policies in their code of conduct.

• Nov 7, 2007

  Survey: Many Churches Neglect Screening Youth Workers

  Slightly more than half of all pastors said their churches run "thorough" background or reference checks on the people working with children and youth, a new study showed. The rest weren't as confident in their background checks.

• Nov 7, 2007

  Mission Meets Innovation at Largest Outreach Convention

  Thousands have converged in San Diego for the self-claimed single largest gathering focused solely on outreach and featuring much of today's most innovative and fastest growing churches in the country.

• Nov 5, 2007

  Pastors Worldwide Pledge Not to 'Short Circuit' Sermons

• Nov 2, 2007

  ELCA Head Makes Call to Church Against 'Sin of Racism'

  An apparent increase in noose incidences has religious and community leaders crying out against hate and "the sin of racism."

• Oct 31, 2007

  Church High Council: Transgender Minister Can Stay

  A transgender minister is allowed to remain pastor of a Baltimore congregation, the United Methodist Church's highest council announced Tuesday.