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Feb 14, 2024 · February 14, 2024. As concerns rise regarding Christian persecution within the United States, many believers and faith leaders are seeking clarity on the situation. The land known for its foundational principle of religious freedom now faces a complex reality where expressions of faith are occasionally met with opposition, legal challenges, or ...
- Suppression via Technology. Under President Xi Jinping, the Chinese government has succeeded in reducing the attractiveness of Christianity in China—effectively isolating and fracturing the church.
- Violent Nationalist Ideologies. In India, the Hindu nationalist government continues to sever the lifeline of the Indian church with the global church.
- The Growth of Islamic Extremism. In the Sahel region of Africa, violence keeps rising as Islamic insurgencies mushroom and take advantage of states becoming more fragile.
- Heightened Propaganda & Disinformation. The explosion of state-controlled media and technology fans persecution by spreading old lies in new ways. According to GCR’s Ronald Boyd-MacMillan, there are four types of common lies told in countries opposed to Christianity.
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The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), one of the nation’s largest African-American churches, has a hierarchical structure with a number of layers. Near the bottom of this hierarchy is the Quarterly Conference, a local administrative body within each AME congregation that meets four times a year and is made up of local church leaders. Quarte...
The Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the U.S., according to Pew Research’s 2007 U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, is a fellowship of churches that gives its roughly 12,500 congregations substantial autonomy.9At the same time, it has a two-tiered hierarchy – consisting of 64 regional District Councils and a national General ...
[has] The basic law or code of ethics embraced by all major Buddhist sects is called the Vinaya. Each sect has its own variant of the Vinaya, usually consisting of more than 200 rules to which all monks and nuns are expected to adhere. The four most important rules are maintaining celibacy, not stealing, not killing and not making false claims to s...
Based on ancient Roman civil law and developed over many centuries, Catholic canon law is complex and extensive, affecting the lives of both ordained and lay Catholics. In the United States, canon law cases are administered primarily by local tribunals, which largely handle marriage-related cases in which no one is on trial. Less frequently, Americ...
Disciplining Church Members and Religious Leaders When a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) seriously violates its teachings or doctrines, local ecclesiastical leaders first attempt to facilitate repentance and reconciliation. “Our first hope is always confession and contrition,” says Richard E. Bennett, a professor...
Disciplining Clergy The governing structure, rules and procedures of the Episcopal Church are set out in its Constitution and Canons, which were first ratified by the church in 1785 and last amended in 2012. One part of the Constitution and Canons concerns the disciplining of deacons, priests and bishops. Clergy can face disciplinary action for a v...
Disciplining Religious Leaders The governing structure and rules of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ECLA) are set out in its Constitution, Bylaws and Continuing Resolutions. These documents lay out disciplinary procedures for cases involving alleged misconduct by ordained ministers and certified lay ministers (known as rostered leaders)...
Hinduism has no governing structure or single body of law. “There are many markers of identity in Hinduism, but there is no centralized authority,” says Vasudha Narayanan, a professor of religion at the University of Florida in Gainesville. “In terms of law, there are many different codes of righteous behavior, as well as local custom and practice....
Islamic law, or sharia, is the code of religious belief and conduct that governs many aspects of Muslim life. It covers a broad range of areas, including crime and punishment; marriage, divorce and inheritance; banking and contractual relations; and diet and attire. Some elements of sharia, especially concerning worship and other religious practice...
Orthodox Judaism For Orthodox Jews in the United States, religious law, or halakhah, is central to everyday life. Jewish law regulates personal and religious conduct, as well as communal conduct, including how to resolve disputes, says Rabbi Yosef Chaim Perlman, administrator of the Badatz Bais Aharon court in Brooklyn, N.Y. Religious law governs m...
Nov 12, 2021 · We have turned the evangelical church in America into a commodity, a consumable product, rather than a community of people under Jesus, on mission together. We are contributors to God’s Kingdom ...
Jul 23, 2011 · Quoting the First Amendment, he wrote that he revered "the act of the American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," and added "thus building a wall of separation between church and state." (William O. Douglas, An Almanac of Liberty)
May 24, 2019 · The church today is compromised, shallow, legalistic, petty and unforgiving. But no more than it’s been in every era. Including the over-idealized church of your childhood and of the first century.
Apr 7, 2016 · 7 April 2016. AP. The sweeping "religious freedom" bill in Mississippi is just one of many passed by American lawmakers. More than a dozen states in the US have passed or considered "religious ...
