A funny thing has happened as a new generation of Christians reject the mega-church model of "doing church." They are trending toward liturgical worship and orthodoxy formerly reserved for Jewish and Catholic traditions. These evangelicals are not changing what they believe, just how they express it in worship. (It's about time.)
Church of England cathedrals are getting ready to welcome more than 140,000 people through their doors for this year’s run of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. Last year, cathedrals were filled close to capacity as 130,000 worshipers flocked to services during the 24-hour Christmas period.
While I think the reasons people quit going to church are a lot more complicated than this article suggests, at least someone is asking the question...
Jeanne Assam, the security guard at New Life Church who shot and killed the gunman in Colorado Springs, said "I give the credit to God. And I say that very humbly. God was with me and the whole time I was behind cover -- this has got to be God, because of the firepower that [the gunman] had vs. what I had."
Friends and family members mourned the loss of loved ones as funeral services and vigils began over the weekend for the victims of the Omaha, Neb., shooting.
WORLD magazine reports that some of America's mega churches have "made mistakes" in the reporting of their attendance figures. Some observers say they do this in order to gain more attention, influence, and money.
A gunman opened fire at a prominent megachurch in Colorado Springs Sunday afternoon, killing one person and wounding four others. The suspect was shot dead by a church security staff member, the city's police chief reported.
A Colorado Springs megachurch instituted security precautions after a shooting at a Denver area mission center earlier Sunday, saving "hundreds of lives" at the New Life Church, senior Pastor Brady Boyd said Monday. A New Life parishioner acting as a security guard shot and killed a gunman who entered the church Sunday afternoon.
A survey of adults who went to Sunday School as kids are glad they did. Does that mean it's good for kids today? Why not...
