Now we are twelve-ish: the growing Diocese of the Southern Cross
Today, Saturday, the 10th of October, 2026, sees the Diocese of the Southern Cross grow towards 12 churches. In Brisbane, two lay ministers will be ordained as deacons, and their congregations will become Member Churches of the Diocese of the Southern Cross. The Anglican Church o
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‘How Can I Leave the People?’ California Pastor Faces Food Pantry Shutdown
A San Jose pastor who helps struggling families put food on the table now faces a city shutdown order and threatened fines of up to $20,000 a day. Pastor Ralph Olmos’ Lighthouse Food Rescue and Distribution received a Sept. 25 citation requiring it to remove its sidewalk distribu
Leadership Gathering should focus on local church
United Methodist leaders have benignly neglected local congregations for too long, a pastor writes. Any effort to revitalize the denomination must focus on them.
Massive 2,000-Year-Old Discovery Brings the World of Jesus to Life
A massive crane lifted a 25-ton Jewish ritual bath from an excavation site in Israel, preserving a remarkably intact structure that had survived roughly 2,000 years. The bath, unearthed in Kiryat Gat about 35 miles southwest of Jerusalem, dates to the Second Temple period, placin
Pastor Fights Back as City Council Begins Meeting with Prayer to Satan
A former Ottumwa councilman opened Tuesday’s city council meeting with a prayer that ended in the phrase “Hail Satan,” and a local pastor stood up and tried to undo it before the agenda started. Matt Dalbey, a resident and former member of the council, gave the invocation at City
Christian Workers Abducted in South Sudan Are Released
Six Christian workers abducted in South Sudan on Sept. 26 were released on Thursday (Oct. 1), sources said. The Young Life South Sudan workers were traveling from Kajo Keji to Maridi, a town in Western Equatoria state, on Juba-Yambio Road when unidentified gunmen ambushed their v
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Cathedral in Bauchi bombed
At least two people died and over 40 were injured yesterday in a suicide bomb attack on St. John’s Catholic Cathedral, Murtala Mohammed Way, in the Bayan Gari area of Bauchi Town. The suicide bomber is reported to have detonated his explosives at the church gate after being refus
St Peter’s Evangelical Church: Iran Faces UN Scrutiny After Confiscation Threat
The United Nations has released a communication addressed to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning the imminent confiscation of the compound of St Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran, the oldest Protestant church in the country, and the forced eviction of its
Catholic, evangelical leaders condemn public execution plans as promoting ‘a culture of death’
(RNS) — ‘The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people,’ Archbishop Paul S. Coakley said in a statement.
Catholic Iowa bishop steps up in case of immigrant from Ivory Coast facing deportation
(RNS) — Bishop Dennis G. Walsh wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to urge him to stop the deportation of Fatou Traore, which he called a ‘grave violation of her human dignity and the rights that are intrinsic to each one of us.’
Men’s group loses United Methodist affiliation
United Methodist Men has ended its affiliate relationship with the National Association of Conference Presidents, a fellowship that supports conference men’s ministries. Still, both groups hold out hope for reconciliation.
Christian Therapists Sue Nebraska City Over Counseling Ban and Jail Threat
For two Christian counselors in Nebraska, helping a young client find peace with his or her biological sex could carry a price: jail, fines and a threatened livelihood, their attorneys say. Now they are asking a federal court to intervene. Thomas More Society filed suit on Oct. 6