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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Rev. Jared Wellman took the stage Sunday morning at Tate Springs Baptist Church, 7,000 miles west of Jerusalem, to talk to his congregation about Israel. “Neutrality isn’t an option,” Wellman told the crowd, to murmurs of “Amen.” He traced the history of aggression and oppression against the Jewish people through ancient Egypt into the Roman Empire and then from Nazi Germany to the attacks on civilians last weekend by Hamas terrorists from Gaza, which he described as “acts

Conservative Christians’ strong connection to Israel forms the backbone of Republican support, and is tied to beliefs about biblical promises and prophecy.

Pastoralists Rob and Camilla Cropper sell their Bellevue Hill home for $40 million, while Brisbane fundie Jason Orthman buys an $8.7 million Gold Coast shack.

Over the last few decades, church attendance and affiliation have dropped dramatically.  Over those same decades, evangelical congregations have changed dramatically.  It's time to consider whether or not those changes have contributed to the decline. (A free post)

Zondervan has just released what promises to be an important book, "The Great Dechurching." In his review, Daniel Darling discusses a major cohort: believing evangelicals who have just stopped going to church. And their reasons are neither political nor theological.