Church

The Church of Scotland is preparing an official apology and a statement to acknowledge its involvement with historic chattel slavery.The Faith Impact Forum, on behalf of the church, has published a “Legacies of Slavery Report” examining its role in the transatlantic slave trade. The report looked at a 131-year period from the Act of Union in 1707 […]

According to The christian Post, the report – created for the Church’s General Assembly later this month – said the membership of the Church of Scotland in 2021 was 283,600. In the 1950s, that number was about 1.3 million; in 2000, that number was more than 600,000.Meanwhile, the number of ministers has also dropped to […]

A North Carolina church has helped cancel more than $3 million of medical debt for 3,355 area families, saying it was driven by the words of Christ about love and forgiveness. Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., purchased nearly $3.3 million of outstanding medical debt and then held a debt-burning ceremony using a list representing the […]

SURABAYA, Indonesia, March 24, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A church in West Java Province, Indonesia refused to yield to Muslim intruders’ attempts to stop their worship service on Sunday (March 19), the pastor said.About 60 miles southeast of Jakarta, two Muslims entered the building of the Simalungun Protestant christian Church (GKPS) in Purwakerta, took photos and video […]