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A statue in the Mexican city of Morelia, in the state of Michoacan will be investigated by Catholic officials after it allegedly began crying out red tears of blood. The statue is of the Virgin Mary in her traditional Mexican guise as Our Lady of Guadelupe. Images of the statue reveal dark streaks running down…

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Pastor Tony Evans, who is well-known for his sermon broadcasts and books, rocked the Christian world last week when he announced during a Sunday service that he would be stepping away from his pastoral duties and submitting to discipline for “restoration.” Evans has pastored the 11,000-member Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Church in Dallas, Texas for…

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It all began with a sore calf. Randy Kay assumed it was a strained muscle and ignored it, until it swelled during a bike ride and he went to see his doctor. What had seemed like a strained muscle turned out to be a blood clot, which then led to contracting Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)…

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While the news is filled with stories of a declining Christian church, one Maryland pastor is seeing extensive growth in his AME church. Reverend Matthew L. Watley is the senior pastor of the Kingdom Fellowship AME Church, which is part of the Black African Methodist Episcopal denomination, and is seeing massive growth in his church,…

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The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) met earlier this week in Indianapolis for its annual meeting, with one of its most controversial amendments going forth. The amendment sought to change the SBC’s constitution to make its ban against women pastors permanent. The measure, however, failed to receive its required 66 percent majority vote, earning 61 percent…

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