Sunday, 12 May 2024

Church & Ministries

Church announces review of how George Bell sex abuse case was handled

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An independent review of the processes used in the case of Bishop George Bell, accused after his death of abusing a child, was today announced by his former diocese.

The Diocese of Chichester, where Bell served as bishop from 1929 until his death in 1958, said in a statement:”The House of Bishops practice guidance states that once all matters relating to any serious safeguarding situation have been completed, the Core Group should meet again to review the process and to c..

Post-Brexit upsurge in racism ‘simply not acceptable’ – Vincent Nichols

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The head of the Catholic Church in the UK expressed his concern at a surge in racism after Britain voted to leave the European Union as he called for a common purpose.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols highlighted a Polish centre in Hammersmith, London, which was attacked with “allegedly racially motivated” graffiti and protesters in Newcastle who displayed a sign that read: “stop immigration, start repatriation”.

Cardinal Nichols attacked a rise in racist attacks in the wake o..

3 Critical Facts about Sexual Temptation

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Critical fact #1: We are targeted for sexual immorality.
Some years ago there were weighty rumors about an international “hit list,” a calculated plan for paid assassins to murder strategic world leaders. A terrifying thought, isn’t it? Yet I’m convinced that the enemy, Satan, has maintained such a hit list throughout the millennia. And there’s every reason to believe that mature Christians are at the very top of his list.

If you have a ministry of any sort—public or private—as a teacher, preac..

4 Reasons Pastors Hate Sin

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Should we hate sin? Absolutely! Psalm 97:10 makes this plain: “O you who love the Lord, hate evil!” That’s simple enough. Right? But why should we hate sin?

God’s Glory is Supreme

This first reason to hate sin takes supreme precedence. God’s salvation narrative more than anything is about his glory. He is a glory hound who does not share with anyone or anything. His collective attributes give us confidence that His glory is for our good. He’s righteous, so seeking glory is His righteous pursui..

3 Reasons Pastors Need to Be Vulnerable (and 3 Cautions)

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Many pastors, this one included, have a hard time opening up and being vulnerable with those around them. The lethal cocktail of pride and insecurity, combined with the belief that people need us to be an ever-stable, always-faithful, never-failing rock, causes some pastors to suffer in silence, struggle in secret, and suffocate in isolation. This sad tendency is destructive for the church, but deadly for the pastor.

I hear a lot about growing our churches, preaching, and leadership, but little..

5 Dangers of Tribalism

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Since the beginning of human history people have lived in tribes. Tribes have provided us with the protection, provision, and personal relationships we need as people created for community. While the make-up of tribes has changed over time, the essence has remained the same.

Seth Godin insightfully defines a tribe as “a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea.” Each of us participates in a number of “tribes.” This may be especially true for thos..

Holy Spirit works wonders in W. Virginia as thousands experience spiritual awakening

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Young Christians attend a revival service in Mingo County, West Virginia.

In John 20: 16-23, Jesus Christ gave His Apostles the Holy Spirit by breathing on them. He told his followers: “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”

More than two millennia after Jesus defeated sin and death through His resurrection, the Holy Spirit is still very much at work. In southern West Virginia, for instance, th..

Lost Caravaggio masterpiece found in leaky attic depicts bloody apocryphal scene

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'Judith Beheading Holofernes', thought to be by Caravaggio (1571-1610), was discovered in an attic in Toulouse and could be worth more than 100 million euros.

A painting found after more than 150 years of lying forgotten in an attic has been attributed to the Italian baroque master Caravaggio.

'Judith Beheading Holofernes' could be worth nearly £100 million, according to French experts.

The painting shows Judith, a widow who is heroine of the apocryphal Book of Judi..

Kidnapped former missionary priest found alive

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Rolando del Torchio, 53, was taken at gunpoint after four men entered his pizzeria in Dipolog City.

A former missionary who was abducted from his restaurant in the Philippines has been found.

Rolando del Torchio, an Italian man who was formerly a missionary priest with the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, was found on Sulu Island in southern Philippines.

The island is a stronghold of the Islamist group Abu Sayyaf.

Top Muslim human rights lawyer receives death threats for speaking out against extremism

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A photograph from 2010 of human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar addressing the press outside the High Court of Scotland after his client Mohammed Atif Siddique, on his right, who was jailed in 2007 on a charge of possessing terrorism-related materials, was freed.

A leading Muslim human rights lawyer has received death threats after he called for unity among members of his own faith.

Police are now investigating after Aamer Anwar, from Glasgow, received death threats from fanatics.

The threat..

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