Penny Nance and Chelsen Vicari

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  Feb 23, 2015

  Evangelical Church Plant in Washington DC: Influencing the City that Influences the World

  Last Friday, the Institute on Religion and Democracy's (IRD) Chelsen Vicari met with Deamon Scapin, the pastor of a new Capitol Hill church plant called Triumph D.C. According to the new church plant's website, Triumph seeks to be "a network of life-giving churches and a movement of leaders to influence a city that influences the world."

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  Feb 12, 2015

  Book Review: Andy Stanley's Troubling Rules on Love, Sex, and Dating

  Geared towards the young, unwed, and culturally savvy, Stanley explains in the introduction that his purpose for writing The New Rules for Love, Sex, and Dating (Zondervan, January 2015) is to "increase your relational satisfaction quota." What does that mean? Red flags started to rise

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  Feb 5, 2015

  Polyamory Activist Hijacks 'Third Way' Pastor's Sexuality Logic

  Just when you thought Rev. Danny Cortez would be busy avoiding controversy after he and his congregation were dismissed by the Southern Baptist Convention in 2014 for adopting a "third way" affirming same-sex unions, he has landed himself in hot water again.

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  Jan 27, 2015

  Millennial Female Discovers Natural Family Planning's Surprise Comeback

  In preparation for my upcoming marriage, I have set out researching deeper into Fertility Awareness Methods or more commonly called Natural Family Planning, a birth control method based on the natural observation of signs and symptoms of a woman's ovulation cycle. No chemicals. No treatments. No devices.

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  Jan 19, 2015

  'Gay Christian' Conference Features 'Third Way' Pastor

  "What if I'm wrong?" recalled Rev. Danny Cortez to over 1700 people gathered in Portland, Oregon for the annual Gay Christian Network Conference (GCN), January 9th

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  Jan 6, 2015

  Tim and Kathy Keller's Advice to an Evangelical Couple for a 'Practical' and 'Biblical' Church Wedding

  Never ever would I have believed I could be a "bridezilla." Not me! I'm older, independent, and an introvert. "Just give me a practical church wedding," I'd say.

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  Dec 3, 2014

  Atheists Launch 'Skip Church' Christmas Billboards In Bible Belt

  This Christmas season atheists are taking the Left's "War on Christmas" to new heights.

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  Nov 21, 2014

  Thinking the 'Emergent Church' Was Ineffective? Think Again

  Brian McLaren is right. The "emergent church" movement is growing. Not as a collective group, but as a savvy, scattered chain ever-present in the fiber of the Church.

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  Nov 13, 2014

  Looking Towards 2016: Prosperity, Protection and Protestants

  It's no surprise now that 62 percent of Americans believe America is on the wrong track, especially when it comes to economic prosperity. But what is surprising is that when asked if they believe the economy is still in a recession today, 72 percent of "Americans answered, "yes."

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  Nov 12, 2014

  Evangelical Non-Profits Are Not Sexist

  A couple weeks ago, the Washington Post sent a shudder up the spines of its female readers by running a story featuring a new study that found women hold fewer leadership positions within evangelical non-profits than they do in the general marketplace.