There’s a pervasive narrative today of conservative Christian demographic decline. This narrative is partly based on reality and partly based on wishful thinking by some. But this narrative typically ignores the far more dramatic…
On December 3, the National Association of Deaconesses and Home Missioners, a voluntary, national association within the United Methodist Church, formally affiliated itself with Reconciling Ministries Network, the main unofficial caucus of United Methodists seeking church blessing of homosexual practice.
Paul Alexander, a former Assemblies of God minister has announced his transition to a female identity.
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