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  Southern Baptists delay decision on Rick Warren's Saddleback Church over female pastors

  Michael Gryboski | Thu 16 Jun 2022 12:29 BST

  The Southern Baptist Convention has delayed a decision on whether to remove Rick Warren's Saddleback Church from the denomination in light of the California megachurch's ordination of three female pastors last year.

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  Bart Barber elected president of Southern Baptist Convention in runoff election

  Adelle M Banks | Thu 16 Jun 2022 9:36 BST

  The election was one of the closely watched aspects of the two-day meeting, during which messengers, or delegates, addressed a sexual abuse investigation.

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  ELCA pastor says 'Jesus screwed up', calls woman seeking help the B-word

  Brandon Showalter | Sun 12 Jun 2022 22:52 BST

  A Lutheran minister claimed in a recent sermon that Jesus, who was holy and never sinned, "screwed up" and called a woman a b---- in her retelling of a biblical story that some have decried as blasphemous.

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  Satanic Temple removed from 'Pride' event featuring 'unbaptisms'

  Brandon Showalter | Sun 12 Jun 2022 22:50 BST

  The Satanic Temple was stripped from the roster of an Idaho pride event on Saturday after sponsors, who were seemingly supportive of an event that also targeted impressionable children, started bowing out amid backlash for including a group that has Satan in its name.

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  Pastor Mark Vance: Murder-suicide at Cornerstone Church 'worst day of our lives'

  Leonardo Blair | Fri 10 Jun 2022 23:27 BST

  Mark Vance, lead pastor of Cornerstone Church in Ames, Iowa, where two Iowa State University students were shot dead by a man who took his own life in the church's parking lot last Thursday, couldn't find a word to describe the heartbreak he's experienced since the worst day of his life.

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  European Court of Human Rights declares Russia's ban on Jehovah's Witnesses unlawful

  Jennifer Lee | Thu 9 Jun 2022 11:49 BST

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has handed down a landmark judgment condemning Russia's treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) .

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  First trans bishop in US Lutheran denomination resigns

  Michael Gryboski | Wed 8 Jun 2022 7:46 BST

  The first trans-identified bishop in the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has resigned amid allegations of racism and other issues.

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  Americans who believe abortion is 'morally acceptable' are a majority for the first time

  Ryan Foley | Tue 7 Jun 2022 16:17 BST

  A new poll from the nonpartisan polling firm Gallup finds that, for the first time, most Americans believe that legal abortion is "morally acceptable", even though an overwhelming majority oppose abortions in the third trimester of pregnancy and most oppose abortion in the second trimester.

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  Pro-abortion protesters crash Joel Osteen's Sunday service

  Jennifer Lee | Tue 7 Jun 2022 14:24 BST

  Pro-abortion protesters stripped down to their underwear and shouted "Overturn Roe? Hell no!" as the megachurch pastor began his sermon.

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  State Department officials report religious freedom woes, wins across the globe

  Adelle M Banks | Mon 6 Jun 2022 10:02 BST

  The secretary of state and religious freedom ambassador also expressed concern about an increase in antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred in many countries, including the United States.

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  Rick Warren announces successor ahead of retirement in September

  Jennifer Lee | Sat 4 Jun 2022 8:35 BST

  Andy Wood will be taking over the reins of Rick Warren's California megachurch when he retires this September.