Nicola Menzie

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  Jun 21, 2013

  Mark Burnett, Roma Downey Partner With Women of Faith, 'Believe God Can Do Anything' Tour

  Billed as the country's largest gathering of Christian women, the Women of Faith organization has announced an expansion to its lineup of speakers and music artists headlining its 24-city live-events tour this summer. In addition, the ministry has partnered with "The Bible" producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey to incorporate parts of the highly successful History Channel program into its "life-changing" tour.

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  Jun 20, 2013

  Mars Hill Church's New 'Best Sermon Ever' Series to Feature 'World-Class' Preachers

  Mars Hill Church in Washington state is kicking off a new worship service series called "Best Sermon Ever" featuring guest speakers whom Pastor Mark Driscoll said he regards as some of the best Christian thinkers of our time.

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  Jun 20, 2013

  Celebrated Christian Artist Launches 'Before I Formed You' Pro-Life Campaign

  Award-winning artist Ron DiCianni nearly became an abortion statistic, but, as he tells it, God's direct intervention as his mother sat in a doctor's office more than 60 years ago literally saved his life. Now, the prolific Christian artist is using his craft to intervene on behalf of hundreds of thousands of unborn babies facing a similar fate with his "Before I Formed You" campaign.

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  Jun 19, 2013

  Wife Stands by Pastor Accused of Plotting Her Death With 'Girlfriend' During Mission Trip

  The former pastor of Second Baptist Church in Union City, Tenn., and a woman he is accused of having an affair with have been charged with plotting to poison his wife during her mission trip to Honduras. The Christian minister, who served the congregation for 15 years before quitting in February, was supported by his wife as he answered to the charges in court.

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  Jun 18, 2013

  Pastor Wilfredo De Jesus Credits Church Growth to Serving the Marginalized

  Wilfredo "Choco" De Jesus, pastor of New Life Covenant Church in Chicago, shared Tuesday that he believes the massive growth his Illinois megachurch has experienced during his 13 years of leadership is due to an active and bold outreach to society's outcasts.

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  Jun 18, 2013

  'God Does Not Care if You Smoke Weed,' Says Pastor Against War on Drugs

  A Gary, Ind., pastor speaking out against what he believes is the country's unjust war on drugs not only says drugs should be decriminalized, but also believes that "God is not that petty" to care if Christians, or anyone else, smokes marijuana.

• Jun 17, 2013

  UK Woman Who Aborted Baby Days Before Due Date Has Sentence Reduced

  A British woman convicted of aborting her baby just two days before her due date has had her prison term reduced after London's Court of Appeal found her original 8-year sentence "manifestly excessive."

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  Jun 17, 2013

  Assemblies of God Reaffirms Partnership With Wycliffe After 'Son of God' Controversy

  The Assemblies of God USA, the largest Pentecostal body in the world, has expressed its continued support of Wycliffe Bible Translators USA after the organization promised to act in line with recommendations made by a World Evangelical Alliance panel over its usage of "Son of God" and "God the Father" in Muslim contexts.

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  Jun 15, 2013

  John MacArthur Takes on Charismatic Movement With 'Strange Fire' Conference

  John MacArthur, influential author, pastor and seminary president, has organized what has already proven to be a controversial conference, as he and several other evangelical Christian ministers will gather in October at his Sun Valley, Calif., church to take a corrective stance against what he describes as "strange fire" practices in the charismatic movement.

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  Jun 14, 2013

  'Cessationists Are Wrong' About Speaking in Tongues, Says Pastor Mark Driscoll

  Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Wash., recently spoke on the gift of tongues as described in the New Testament as part of his "Acts: Empowered for Jesus' Mission" sermon series. The conservative Reformed, or New Calvinist Christian minister laid out his arguments as to why he believes the gift of speaking in tongues did not end with Jesus' apostles in the first century.