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Author: Joshua A Goldberg

Author: Joshua A Goldberg

Writes for: Christian Today

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Number of articles found: 11


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Ecumenical leader tells Pentecostals We need each other

Source: Christian Today - Date: 8:36 AM 26th Aug 2010

The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has spoken of the common call shared by Pentecostals and ecumenists in fulfilling God’s mission. “It is my deep conviction that the member churches of the WCC, some of which are Pentecostal, need the closer bond to the . . . .

US Lutherans to establish new church body

Source: Christian Today - Date: 6:15 AM 23rd Aug 2010

More than 1,000 Lutherans from throughout North America will gather this week in Grove City, Ohio, to form a new church body for confessional Lutherans. At this week’s two-day gathering, members of Lutheran CORE will adopt a constitution that will give birth to the North . . . .

Florida officials ban churchs Quran burning bid

Source: Christian Today - Date: 9:54 AM 21st Aug 2010

City officials in Gainesville, Florida, have denied a burning permit to a local church that wants to burn copies of the Quran on the upcoming anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks. Gainesville officials say book burnings like the one planned by the Dove World Outreach Center . . . .

Jews for Jesus founder dies at age 78

Source: Christian Today - Date: 9:51 AM 21st May 2010

The founder of Jews for Jesus died Wednesday, leaving behind a pre-written message to members of the ministry. In the letter posted on the Jews for Jesus website after his death, Moishe Rosen encouraged members of Jews for Jesus to stay with the ministry, especially as they . . . .

TEC shows no sign of turning back

Source: Christian Today - Date: 2:01 PM 13th Apr 2010

The Episcopal Diocese of Utah has chosen four priests to stand for election as its next bishop, including an openly gay canon from the Episcopal Diocese of California. Announced Friday, the four candidates will vie to succeed current Bishop Carolyn Tanner Irish, who since 1996 . . . .

Decline in US mainline denominations continues

Source: Christian Today - Date: 4:08 PM 15th Feb 2010

The largest Protestant denomination in the US has reported a decline in membership for the second year in a row, according to the National Council of Churches’ 2010 yearbook of churches. The Catholic Church, meanwhile, rebounded from last year’s reported membership loss . . . .

ExKKK leader to minister in black majority church

Source: Christian Today - Date: 12:14 PM 30th Dec 2009

A former national leader of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan plans to conduct evangelism campaigns and engage in the ministry of racial reconciliation as an ordained minister in the largest body of black churchgoers in America. Johnny Lee Clary, 50, was ordained last . . . .

Charismatic leader Oral Roberts dies at 91

Source: Christian Today - Date: 8:38 AM 16th Dec 2009

Charismatic Christian leader Dr Oral Roberts died Tuesday at the age of 91 after slipping and falling in his house over the weekend. After the fall on Saturday, Roberts was transported to a local hospital in Newport Beach, California, where he was treated for broken bones . . . .

Biblica celebrates 200 years of Scripture outreach

Source: Christian Today - Date: 6:29 PM 6th Dec 2009

Scripture outreach ministry Biblica marked its 200th anniversary Friday, celebrating two decades of connecting people to the life-transforming message of the Bible. To date, the group, formerly known as the International Bible Society, has distributed more than 650 million . . . .

Americans more likely to credit Obama for verse on justice than Bible

Source: Christian Today - Date: 5:34 AM 25th Nov 2009

A majority of US adults wrongly believe that a Bible verse on caring for the poor and the oppressed was first coined by celebrities, politicians or other prominent figures including President Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Bono and Angelina Jolie. Only 13 per cent of Americans . . . .

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