by Bruce T. Gourley | Mar 4, 2019 | Editor's Picks
Fractured After Vote Against LGBT Clergy, Weddings, United Methodists Face Possible Split (CNN) ‘We are Not Going Anywhere’: Progressive Methodists Vow to Fight Ban on Gay Clergy (New York Times) Southern Baptists Torn Between Bold Abuse Reforms and Caution...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Mar 1, 2019 | Editor's Picks
Supreme Court Seems Inclined to Retain Cross on Public Land (Religion News Service) Oklahoma Southern Baptists and GOP Leaders Criticize Bill to Abolish Abortion (Tulsa Beacon) Independent Report Finds New Allegations Against Willow Creek Founder Bill Hybels Credible...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Feb 28, 2019 | Editor's Picks
Methodist Church Votes to Ban Gay Clergy and Same Sex Marriage, Evoking Debate Among Members (CBS) United Methodist Church Divided Over Stronger LGBTQ Policy (HOIABC) Southern Baptist Leaders Quickly Clear 7 Churches, Sparking Outrage Among Victims (Houston Chronicle)...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Feb 27, 2019 | Editor's Picks
Methodists Reject Proposal to Allow Openly Gay Clergy and Same-Sex Marriage (CNN) Supreme Court to Decide Fate of WWI Memorial Cross in Church and State Dispute (CNN) This Denver Evangelical Lutheran Pastor is Calling for a Sexual Revolution (Colorado Public Radio)...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Feb 26, 2019 | Editor's Picks
United Methodist on Edge of Breakup Over LGBT Stand (Sentinel-Tribune) Vatican Treasurer Cardinal George Pell Found Guilty of Child Sex Charges (CNN) In Fight Over Protestant-Only Foster Agency, Lawsuit Asks: ‘Who is a Christian?’ (RNS) Ex-White House Aide ‘Haunted’...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Feb 25, 2019 | Editor's Picks
Southern Baptist Convention Grapples with Sexual Abuse Report (The Guardian) US Prosecutors Say Roman Catholic Church Can’t Be Trusted to Police Itself (CNN) Cardinal Says Catholic Church ‘Destroyed’ Documentation of Sex Abuse (NBC News) A Nun Read the Riot Act to...