Tag: church

We want to know, are you planning to go to church on Easter morning?

(RNS) Florida megachurch pastor Bob Coy has resigned from his 20,000-member Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale over a "moral failing."

I am writing this article under the influence of mild depression. I think the lack of sun these past couple weeks combined with a long litany of sad events is the cause.

Steve Allen remembers the first time he heard of Family Promise.

SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) “We can go through an entire Sunday Assembly meeting without mentioning atheism, without mentioning religion,” organizer Sanderson Jones said. “We have enough values that define us without having to do that.”

Bishop James E. Waggoner said clergy discussed how their activities during worship translate into daily action. “What we do when we come together and what we say when we worship, how is that carried forward into our lives and the way we function in the world?,” he said.

I saw something recently that got me thinking about how the church should be more like a tribe rather than a temple. The church is not a building, a business venture, or a 501c3 non-profit organization — it’s supposed to be a community of faith — a tribe if you will. In fact, there are some very strong similarities to church and a Native American tribe.