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  LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Rick Warren, author of “The Purpose Driven Life” and pastor of Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, Calif., is utilizing another innovative

  SALT LAKE CITY — More than 200 Mormon missionaries are pulling out of Venezuela due to security concerns. Michael Purdy, a Salt Lake City

  DALLAS — For the second consecutive year, the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) has turned down a request from a Southern Baptist seminary

  ABUJA, Nigeria — An Anglican archbishop from Nigeria is vehemently denying an allegation that African church leaders have been offered money to distance themselves

  Despite the recent record-high temperatures, Christmas Day is less than two months away. Stores are speckled with Christmas lights and holiday bows. Children are

  ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — A survey analysis of religious freedom in Turkmenistan reported an almost complete lack of freedom to practice any faith, including denials

  As Christmas draws near, our thoughts turn to what we can buy for all the people on our gift list. Instead of adding the

  When a pastor leaves, whether due to retirement or to follow God’s call to another ministry position, the local church body experiences not only