Rapture predicted by World Bible Society president to be within 9 years time
World Bible Society President Dr. F. Kenton Beshore has said that based on a lifetime of study, he believes that the \"Rapture\" is likely to occur before the year 2021, while the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will happen between 2018 and 2028..
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CofE seeks to keep Olympics goodwill spirit alive
The Church of England has launched a campaign to harness the goodwill spirit seen during London 2012.
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Ted Haggard now supports gay marriage, though still believes it's against Biblical teaching
Colorado evangelical pastor Ted Haggard, who was involved in a sex and drug scandal six years ago, appears to have changed his earlier position against same-sex marriage. In an online debate, he said while biblical law is against homosexual marriage, the state should allow it.
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Family and worklife balance are challenge to Christian women
Family and the daily struggle to balance work and life are the two biggest challenges for Christian women in Britain today, according to the results of a new survey.
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Pope to send delegation to Syria in supporting Christians caught in crisis
Pope Benedict XVI is sending a delegation to Syria to express solidarity with people caught up in the conflict.
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Rick Warren refute idea that work is a result of The Fall, highlights 6 biblical reasons to work
Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., kicked off a six-week sermon series on the topic of \"Doing Business With God\" over the weekend, and explained that, contrary to popular belief, Adam and Eve worked in the Garden of Eden and people will work in heaven as well.
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Churches meeting growing demand for emergency food
More people in the UK are turning to church-run foodbanks to cope with the rising cost of living.
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Candidates for Coptic papacy announced
The final five candidates for the next Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church have been announced.
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Greg Laurie: I hate the word homophobic, I'm sinophobic!
Pastor Greg Laurie is pushing back against same-sex marriage advocates who call Christians intolerant and \"homophobic.\"
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Church leaders warned by Sexperiment authors of 4 steps that leads to extramarital affair
Ed and Lisa Young, authors of the New York Times bestseller Sexperiment, have seen many churches and marriages devastated by church leaders who think that sexual sin and infidelity can\'t happen to them. As a wake-up call to church leaders, the couple recently gave a lecture warning leaders of pitfalls leading up to an affair and how to overcome those temptations.
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Catholic Church in Victoria backs mandatory reporting for clergy and reporting child abuse to police
The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, today announced that the Catholic Church in Victoria supported extending mandatory reporting under the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 to ministers of religion and other religious personnel, and the reporting of child abuse to police.
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The United Reformed Church turned 40
The United Reformed Church celebrated its 40th anniversary last Friday.