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4 days ago · The United Methodist Church [UMC] has repealed its 50-year ban on LGBTQ clergy, and approved new language opening the door for same-sex marriages.. Several delegates from Bloomington-Normal attended this year’s two-week General Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, convening church leaders and lay parishioners representing the United States, Europe, Africa and the Philippines.
3 days ago · In classic antiquity, religiō broadly meant conscientiousness, sense of right, moral obligation, or duty to anything. [20] In the ancient and medieval world, the etymological Latin root religiō was understood as an individual virtue of worship in mundane contexts; never as doctrine, practice, or actual source of knowledge.
3 days ago · Statues of William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and John Knox, influential theologians in developing the Reformed faith, at the Reformation Wall in Geneva. Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.
3 days ago · The Bible says that Baptism works forgiveness of sins, rescues from death and the devil, and gives eternal salvation to all who believe. Scripture promises things in Baptism, which only God can give. Jesus said, “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” Mark 16:16
2 days ago · God spoke to mankind “at various times and in various ways” (Hebrews 1:1). Sometimes these ways included the use of visions – strange and fantastic scenes given by the Lord that were somehow distinct enough to avoid being identified as a mere dream or figment of the imagination.
1 day ago · "O People of the Book! Do not go to extremes regarding your faith; say nothing about Allah except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was no more than a messenger of Allah and the fulfilment of His Word through Mary and a spirit ˹created by a command˺ from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers and do not say, "Trinity."
2 days ago · According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, or ultimate concerns. [2] The word religion is sometimes used interchangeably with the words " faith " or "belief system", but religion differs from private belief in that it has a public aspect.
