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ST. LOUIS — Southern Baptists, as a rule, do not drink. But once a month, young congregants of the Journey, a Baptist church here, and their friends get together in the back room of a sprawling brew pub called the Schlafly Bottleworks to talk about the big questions: President Bush, faith and war, the meaning of life, and “what’s wrong with religion.”“That’s where people are having their conversations about things that matter,” the Rev. Darrin Patrick, senior pastor and founder of the Journey, said about the talks in the bar. “We go where people are because we feel like Jesus…
Church goers on Madison’s east side were giving. Not just from their hearts, but also from their feet.Jeff Hubrecht and his son Cameron are worshiping in socks -giving their shoes to those who really need them.Read more of this story.
Madison-area Christians will join Christian communities around the country again this fall to partake in a 40-day, around-the-clock prayer vigil outside Planned Parenthood. Madison’s 40 Days for Life is seeking volunteers and participants interested in helping bring an end to abortion. Participants sign up for shifts of one to four hours. They can sign up for a single time or on a weekly basis, fasting and peacefully praying outside Planned Parenthood. The 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week prayer vigil begins September 24th and runs through November 2nd.
East Troy – Good things have happened since Chad James got the Hell out of his name.He was making his first professionally recorded CD in Nashville last summer when the producer suggested that using his family name – Hell – might not be the best marketing move for a Christian musician.Read more of this story.
Wisconsin’s gay marriage ban does not violate the state’s constitution, Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess ruled Friday.In his decision, Niess said the two questions contained in the constitutional amendment "are two sides of the same coin. They clearly relate to the same subject matter" — the preservation of marriage. Niess rejected the argument by plaintiff William McConkey that the amendment violated a constitutional prohibition against a referendum posing more than one question to voters.Read more of this story.News Release from Wisconsin Family Council (PDF)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–More than two years after National Geographic released a book and aired a documentary about the gospel of Judas asserting that the biblical traitor really was a hero, an increasing number of scholars are now casting doubts on the controversial claim.Read more of this story.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — More and more health pros and enthusiasts are taking the biblical principle, "your body is a temple" and running with it, offering believers church-hosted group exercise classes and diet support groups as well as community gyms that offer faith-based wellness and training programs.Read more of this story.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Charles Grassley, who is investigating six televangelists for alleged lavish spending, is facing growing criticism from prominent conservatives and evangelicals.Read more of this story.
Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan, a man at the epicenter of forces shaking the world Anglican Communion and its affiliated U.S. Episcopal Church, got a standing ovation from about 75 people in Waukesha County this week as he said that a new North American church was arising for traditionalists opposed to same-sex blessings and gay, partnered bishops.Read more of this story.
COMMENTARYATLANTA (BP)–In every generation wars are neither desired nor welcomed. We are devastatingly reminded again and again that pain, death and destruction are always left in their wake. And yet, throughout our nation’s history from the very beginning of its birth wars have been necessary to fight for, secure and maintain the precious freedoms endowed by God that all of us share. And it is not for our freedoms alone that we continue to fight, but for the freedom of those around the world as well.Read more of this commentary.