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New York Communities for Change Endorses Underdog Pastor Michael Walrond Jr. In Congressional Race

New York Communities for Change Endorses Underdog Pastor Michael Walrond Jr. In Congressional Race

Pastor Michael Walrond of 9,000-member First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem. (Photo: NY Daily News video)

New York Communities for Change, an activist group that endorsed Mayor de Blasio early in the Democratic primary for mayor, is throwing its support behind another longshot candidate in a competitive race.

The group announced Wednesday it is endorsing Rev. Michael Walrond Jr. — a popular…

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CBN Video: From Jesus to Bieber NYC Pastor Carl Lentz Makes Church Trendy Every Sunday thousands flock to Hillsong Church in NYC, but it's not your typical, traditional church. It is complete with strobe lights and an unconventional leader -- Carl Lentz. 

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Grafitti 2 Is New York City's Thriving Church Plant

Grafitti 2 Is New York City’s Thriving Church Plant

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High school student Shamar Smith has been attending Graffiti 2 Community Ministries’ after-school program for years. Raised in the South Bronx neighborhood of Mott Haven, Shamar is no stranger to the lifestyle and perils that mark the lives of many in the neighborhood; his own brother is already serving out a sentence on Rikers Island, New York’s primary jail complex.…

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Homeless Photos Pop Up In Subway, Bus Shelters

Homeless Photos Pop Up In Subway, Bus Shelters

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Best known for his provocative images, photographer Andres Serrano has turned his attention to putting a very public face on New York City’s skyrocketing homeless population.

His stark portraits of individuals who live on the street appear in some of the very locations that his subjects often populate — a subway station, a park, a church. They’re also inside 50…

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Conservative United Methodists Say Split Over Sexuality Is 'Irreconcilable'

Conservative United Methodists Say Split Over Sexuality Is ‘Irreconcilable’

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Will the United Methodist Church soon have to drop the “United” part of its name?

A group of 80 pastors is suggesting that the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination is facing an imminent split because of an inability to resolve long-standing theological disputes about sexuality and church doctrine.

But more than lamenting the current…

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Broke Churches Turning NYC City Into Holy Ghost Town

Broke Churches Turning NYC City Into Holy Ghost Town

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Is nothing sacred?

Preservationists are raising hell to protect the city’s historic churches as parishes in desirable areas close and developers snatch up the holy properties.

Chelsea neighbors are fighting a proposed 11-story tower above the 150-year-old French Evangelical Church, which has struggled to pay for repairs and sold its air rights to survive. Residents say…

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Baylor Alumna Recommended as First Woman to Lead The Riverside Church in New York City

Baylor Alumna Recommended as First Woman to Lead The Riverside Church in New York City

  English: Front (apse) of Riverside Church in New York City (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, a Baylor University alumna, has been recommended by the pulpit committee of The Riverside Church in New York City , New York, to become senior pastor. If elected, she will become the first woman to lead the influential church in its 83-year history.

  The interdenominational church,…

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NYC Churches to Participate in Sacred Sites Open House Weekend

NYC Churches to Participate in Sacred Sites Open House Weekend

The New York Landmarks Conservancy is holding an open house of religious architecture this month, and several NYC churches will participate.

Sacred Sites and the Community: How Immigration and Migration Shape New York

Sacred Sites Open House is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your institution’s art, architecture, and history. It’s also an opportunity to highlight the many social service and…

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Another Pastor Commits Suicide: Robert McKeehan Apparently Hangs Himself

Another Pastor Commits Suicide: Robert McKeehan Apparently Hangs Himself

A North Carolina pastor, Robert McKeehan, was found hanging inside his home in what is the latest tragedy surrounding church leaders.

Currently there are no solid clues as to why this 42-year-old pastor would take his own life. He left a wife, two children and his Community Bible Church family in a state of confusion and grief.

High Point Police Department reported McKeehan was found hanging by…

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Florida Baptist Convention to Send More Than 320 Musicians to NYC for 2014 Worship Project

Florida Baptist Convention to Send More Than 320 Musicians to NYC for 2014 Worship Project

More than 320 musicians and worship leaders — representing 120 Florida Baptist churches — will travel to New York City to partner with and encourage church planters while performing concerts in Central Park, Times Central Park, Times Square, Brooklyn Tabernacle and Carnegie Hall from May 30- June 4.

The NYC Worship Project is a mission experience “designed to make God known in a big way and to…

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Popular Pastor Resigns After 'Moral Failure,' But Followers Still Want His Sermons

Popular Pastor Resigns After ‘Moral Failure,’ But Followers Still Want His Sermons

By Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Bob Coy, host of one of iTunes most-popular podcasts on Christianity and known for his teaching on marriage, has resigned as longtime leader of one of Florida’s largest evangelical churches after confessing to a “moral failing.”

One interesting trend among the widespread reactions: Followers want his past teachings put back online.

Coy, the senior pastor at 18,500-member…

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Beyond Social Work: Reflections on Poverty Alleviation

Beyond Social Work: Reflections on Poverty Alleviation

How should Christians approach poverty alleviation? By following Scriptural commands for helping the poor, and by working with families, churches, businesses, and government to effect lasting change. (more…)

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Movement Day 2014 Promo (Video)

Movement Day 2014 Promo (Video)

Movement Day is catalyzing leadership teams from America’s largest cities to serve their cities more effectively by advancing high-level, city-changing collaborative partnerships.

Movement Day 2014 from NYC Movement Project on Vimeo.

More: http://www.movementday.com/

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NYC Church Leader: Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem

NYC Church Leader: Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem

  The Rev. Calvin O. Butts, III (Photo: Facebook/The Abyssinian Baptist Church in the City of New York, Inc)

  Education and faith are the hallmarks of the ministry of the Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, infusing his life, his work and his teachings. As Pastor of the nationally renowned Abyssinian Baptist Churchin the City of New York, and President of the State University of New York (SUNY)…

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NYC Church Leader: Timothy Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan

NYC Church Leader: Timothy Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan

  Timothy Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.

Timothy Keller is the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, which he started in 1989 with his wife, Kathy, and three young sons. For over twenty years he has led a diverse congregation of young professionals that has grown to a weekly attendance of over 5,000. (more…)

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Real Life Church Pastor Raising $300K to Transform Hunts Point's Last Strip Club Into a Church

Real Life Church Pastor Raising $300K to Transform Hunts Point’s Last Strip Club Into a Church

Revival Coming to NYC?

Pastor Reggie Stutzman of Real Life Church. (Photo: Facebook/Reggie Stutzman)

A New York City pastor who leads a congregation in a notoriously seedy neighborhood is determined to transform a shuttered strip club into their new church, and believes a recent witnessing opportunity outside the facility was a sign that God would be bringing “revival” to the city.

“I had an…

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The Bridge Church, New Brooklyn Plant, Hosts Andy Mineo, April Hernandez and MC Jin in Talk on 'Leverage'

The Bridge Church, New Brooklyn Plant, Hosts Andy Mineo, April Hernandez and MC Jin in Talk on ‘Leverage’

Sex, drugs and rock n’ roll — or in this case, hip-hop. Those were the topics of a recent discussion that saw actress April L. Hernandez and rappers Andy Mineo and MC Jin join a NYC pastor on a church stage to share how they came to faith in Christ, and maintain their faith as Christian celebrities. (more…)

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