http://www.conversantlife.com/topics/34/%2A Main topics view controller en http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/roger-oakland-exposes-the-emerging-church-part-three Images of worship? The Secret Message of Jesus? The kingdom is here now? http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/roger-oakland-exposes-the-emerging-church-part-three#comments The Church Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:27:10 -0700 6419 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/episcopal-church-dissidents-aim-for-new-church Conservatives who have abandoned the U.S. Episcopal Church by the thousands in recent years are trying to form a separate-but-equal church, a move that could leave two branches of Anglicanism on American soil. http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/episcopal-church-dissidents-aim-for-new-church#comments The Church Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:45:06 -0800 surferguy 15122 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/catholic-bishops-re-examining-message-after-vote U.S. Roman Catholic bishops, meeting a week after the election, are re-examining how they explain church teaching after President-elect Obama, who supports abortion rights, won a majority of Catholic votes. http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/catholic-bishops-re-examining-message-after-vote#comments The Church Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:42:15 -0800 mosaic 14598 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/how-to-leave-a-church An email came from someone asking for advice on how to leave a church. The details don’t matter except that both the husband and wife have concluded that after years of being in one particular congregation, the time has come for them to find another place of worship. Partly it involves their children and partly it involves a desire to be part of a church with a strong outreach to the community. http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/how-to-leave-a-church#comments The Church Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:55:06 -0800 Angel909 15055 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/national-cathedral-cuts-jobs-programs Washington National Cathedral plans to slash its budget dramatically and lay off 30 percent of its staff to close a widening budget gap, leaders said yesterday. Just six months after its last round of cuts, the century-old institution plans to shut down a historic building on its grounds, cut back on choir performances. http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/national-cathedral-cuts-jobs-programs#comments The Church Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:50:34 -0800 Frieda 15004 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/billy-graham-team-assists-calif-fire-victims A Billy Graham Rapid Response Team of crisis-trained chaplains was deployed this week to Southern California where “mega” blazes of fire have destroyed more than 800 homes and thousands of acres of land in the last few days. http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/billy-graham-team-assists-calif-fire-victims#comments The Church Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:11:24 -0800 john316 14991 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/church-anti-internet-porn-resource-in-high-demand Christian charity CARE’s new resource to help churches in their work to support internet pornography users is already generating huge interest despite not being on sale yet. The social policy charity’s newest publication, Living Free, is already ranked second on the Google search engine for searches using key terms ‘living’ and ‘free’. http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/church-anti-internet-porn-resource-in-high-demand#comments The Church Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:55:54 -0800 navigator 15008 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/colorado-church-takes-county-to-court When the largest church in Boulder County, Colo., wanted to double its size two years ago, county commissioners said no. Rocky Mountain Christian Church already dominated a rural corner of the county northwest of Denver. If it became any larger, commissioners said, it would destroy the area's country atmosphere. http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/colorado-church-takes-county-to-court#comments The Church Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:07:11 -0800 peter 14951 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/was-the-aksa-mosque-built-over-the-remains-of-a-byzantine-church The photo archives of a British archeologist who carried out the only archeological excavation ever undertaken at the Temple Mount's Aksa Mosque show a Byzantine mosaic floor underneath the mosque that was likely the remains of a church or a monastery, an Israeli archeologist said on Sunday. http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/was-the-aksa-mosque-built-over-the-remains-of-a-byzantine-church#comments The Church Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:48:17 -0800 heart 14914 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/diocese-in-texas-leaves-episcopal-church The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth on Saturday became the latest to break with the national church over a dispute that involves the ordination of an openly gay bishop, with clergy members and lay leaders voting overwhelmingly to align itself with a South American province. http://www.conversantlife.com/the-church/diocese-in-texas-leaves-episcopal-church#comments The Church Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:47:14 -0800 heart 14911 at http://www.conversantlife.com