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T.D. Jakes mentioned briefly in suit against music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs
Jakes, a Dallas-based megachurch pastor, is not among the defendants in the suit, which include several record labels.
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Sandra Crouch, influential musician, minister, sister of Andraé Crouch, dead at 81
You don't get a driver's license to learn how to drive,' she said of her controversial ordination. 'You get a license because you know how to drive.'
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'How Great Thou Art' gets new ending on 75th anniversary of famed English translation
'When we approached all the people to be part of it, we had a lot of green lights very quickly,' singer Matt Redman said of participating recording artists.
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TD Jakes' daughter named on Time100 Next list of up-and-coming leaders
'When your father is T.D. Jakes and you follow his footsteps into the world of ministry, there's a lot of pressure to find your own voice,' said Tyler Perry in tribute.
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Anne Graham Lotz, Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright on End Times, their health, their ministry
The daughter and granddaughter of Billy Graham are out with their second joint book, 'Preparing to Meet Jesus: A 21-Day Challenge to Move from Salvation to Transformation.'
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Southern Baptists start constitutional step naming only men as pastors
The new language would add that a church 'affirms, appoints, or employs only men as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.'
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Rick Warren campaigns for Southern Baptist reinstatement of Saddleback Church
Days before the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting, former megachurch pastor Rick Warren has appealed to his fellow Southern Baptists to overturn a denominational decision to oust his Saddleback Church because it permits women to serve with the title pastor.
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Virtual worshippers often satisfied, but more Americans choose in-person services
'Broadly speaking, the survey finds that most Americans who watch religious services on screens are happy with them,' Pew researchers found.
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Saddleback Church appeals Southern Baptist Convention ouster over woman pastor
It is one of three churches appealing decisions recently made by the denomination's Executive Committee to remove eight congregations from official affiliation.
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More Americans pray in their car than in a place of worship, survey finds
A distinct majority of those who pray (87%) said they believed they'd received an answer to their prayers in the last 12 months.
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Half online, half in person: The state of Black churches now and possibly on Easter
As Easter approaches, leaders of Black denominations use cautious language even as they hope for a resurrection in the numbers of people who return to the pews.
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Southern Baptists oust Rick Warren's Saddleback Church for naming a female pastor
Stacie Wood, wife of Andy Wood, who replaced Warren as lead pastor last summer, has the title of 'teaching pastor.'
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Biden tells dueling prayer breakfasts that 'diversity is one of our greatest strengths'
Speaking to a refashioned National Prayer Breakfast gathered at the Capitol with a new board and in a new location, President Joe Biden encouraged leaders of Congress to find ways to unify despite their political and religious differences.
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Tyre Nichols police beating video prompts faith leaders to react with grief, goals
They expressed grief and prayers for Nichols' family, as well as called for national and state legislation. Some questioned whether the video of the police beating of Nichols should be watched.
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Sunday school looks different since pandemic's start: from monthly to missing
'If you kept it online, you probably don't have a religious education programme now,' expert Scott Thumma said of children's activities.
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