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Sotheby’s has announced it will be auctioning off the oldest-known stone carving of the Ten Commandments. The carving is 115-pounds, two-foot tall and made from marble. It is approximately 1,500 years old and inscribed in Paleo-Hebrew. In was discovered in 1913 along the southern coast of Israel. For the next thirty years, it was used…

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A 237-year-old African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church has made headlines after it elected its first woman to serve in leadership. Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia announced it had elected Rev. Carolyn C. Caveness to replace its former pastor, Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler. Tyler had served as head pastor for 16 years. Caveness had been…

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Event organizers are celebrating an “historic” turnout of the first-ever “March for Jesus” held in Dublin, Ireland. Event organizers estimated that around 12,000 people attended the event, which brought marchers from the Garden of Remembrance to Dáil Éireann. Participants in the event sang worship songs and held up signs such as “Jesus can change your…

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The Episcopal Church is reporting growing numbers in worship despite the denomination losing 40,000 members last year. As of 2023, the denomination boasts 1.547 million people and accounted for 6,754 congregations. This number is down from 2022, which reported 1.584 million members and 6,789 congregations. However, the 2023 Parochial Report stated that the number of…

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A 1,500-year-old stone tablet inscribed with the oldest known rendition of the Ten Commandments is set to make history as it heads to auction at Sotheby’s in New York next month. This 115-pound relic dates back to the Late Roman-Byzantine period and stands as a rare and powerful testament to Judeo-Christian beliefs. The tablet is…
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