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2 days ago · The baptismal vow and Fundamental Belief required one to profess racial equality to be Seventh-day Adventist. The 1990s saw more advances. At the 1990 General Conference session, Adventists nominated for world church president George W. Brown, a Black man from the Dominican Republic. Brown declined the nomination.
4 days ago · Now this pastor wants to help Black churches become as welcoming as his own. DARREN SANDS Associated Press. May 19, 2024 Updated May 20, 2024. Loaded 0%. -. The United Methodist Church (UMC) has ...
22 hours ago · Religious groups led by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops have sued to block a US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission final rule aimed at protecting pregnant workers, arguing it unlawfully included an “abortion-accommodation mandate.”. The EEOC has “shoehorned a mandate that employers across the country knowingly support abortion ...
2 days ago · Equality PAC, one of several identity-based political action committees that fund Congressional campaigns, has been pivotal in supporting LGBTQ + candidates nationwide. Initially focused on ...
1 day ago · This deaconess participates in liturgical service, reads petitions, and administers the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ to the faithful. It should be noted that deaconesses in the early Church were akin to the Myrrh-Bearing Women, and their service was limited to assisting bishops in the Baptism of women and anointing them with holy ...
4 days ago · After the results were certified and same-sex marriages ceased, supporters of the initiative were targeted by opponents with actions ranging from some opponents disclosing supporter donations and boycotting proponents' businesses, to others threatening supporters with death and vandalizing churches.
1 day ago · Racial and gender equality; Political civility; Cultural engagement; Each of these is in crisis today: Biblical truth and authority is rejected by postmodern relativism and our “post-truth” culture. The necessity of faith in Christ is rejected by universalism and religious pluralism.
