On Friday February 26, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Santa Clara County churches in California, and rejected the county’s ban on indoor worship services due to their COVID-19 restrictions. Santa Clara County ignored the February 6, 2021 Supreme Court’s order that granted churches in California the right to worship indoors at 25% of a building’s capacity. The … [Read more...] about SCOTUS Tells Santa Clara They Cannot Enforce COVID-19 Indoor Church Ban
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear $100 Million Property Dispute between The Episcopal Church, Diocese of Fort Worth
(Christian Headlines) On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the combined property dispute cases between The Episcopal Church and a breakaway Anglican diocese, the Diocese of Fort Worth and All Saints' Episcopal Church and The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. According to the lawsuit and its ruling, after a denominational schism in 2008 over the increased … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Declines to Hear $100 Million Property Dispute between The Episcopal Church, Diocese of Fort Worth
SBC’s NAMB Questioned for Funding Church Plants With Female Pastors
Last month, SBC Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida and President of Founders Ministries, Tom Ascol questioned the Southern Baptist Convention's church planting network North American Missions Board (NAMB) about funding Florida church plant 1Name Church that has a woman pastor on staff. Using Twitter to call on NAMB's President Kevin Ezell to explain why … [Read more...] about SBC’s NAMB Questioned for Funding Church Plants With Female Pastors
United Methodists Reschedule Meeting — and Decision on Splitting — Again
by Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) The United Methodist Church has once again postponed its quadrennial meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, delaying further a widely anticipated vote by delegates from across the globe on a proposal to split the denomination over the inclusion of LGBTQ members. The United Methodist Church General Conference now is scheduled for Aug. 29 to … [Read more...] about United Methodists Reschedule Meeting — and Decision on Splitting — Again
Two More Leave Church Sanctuary as Immigration Policies Ease
by Yonat Shimron (RNS) An Ohio woman and a Missouri man who took sanctuary in churches to avoid deportation have been allowed to leave. Miriam Vargas, who along with her two children has been living at First English Lutheran Church in Columbus, Ohio, was granted an “order of supervision” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday (Feb. 23), meaning she will not be … [Read more...] about Two More Leave Church Sanctuary as Immigration Policies Ease