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In New Orleans, Black Churches Face a Long, Slow Return

By UCN on August 30, 2010 8:34 AM | No TrackBacks

His rebuilt home replaced the sanctuary Mr. Duplessis couldn't afford to replace, which had stood on Flood Street.

Five minutes past 9:30 a.m. on a Sunday this month, which is to say five minutes past the time the worship service was supposed to start, Shantell Henley pushed open the front door of her pastor's house in the Lower Ninth Ward.

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'Almost Christian': Author Says More Teens Are Becoming 'Fake' Christians

By UCN on August 27, 2010 2:03 PM | No TrackBacks

Anne Havard of Atlanta, Georgia, may be a rarity. She's an American teenager who is passionate about her Christian faith.

If you're the parent of a Christian teenager, Kenda Creasy Dean has this warning:

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Mark Driscoll's Message from God to Guys - 'Grow up!'

By UCN on August 27, 2010 2:00 PM | No TrackBacks

(image by Patrick Mahoney)

The world is filled with boys who can shave

The New York Times Magazine ran a story this past week called "What is it about 20-Somethings?" looking at the new life stage of emerging adulthood. The article echoed what other recent studies are showing and something we've been saying at Mars Hill Church for awhile: The world today is filled with boys who can shave.

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Some Evangelicals On Defensive Over Partnering With Glenn Beck, a Mormon

By UCN on August 27, 2010 1:18 PM | No TrackBacks

A handful of prominent evangelical activists are defending their decision to attend television host Glenn Beck's conservative rally in Washington this weekend after some Christians complained that evangelicals shouldn't be partnering with Beck because of his Mormon faith.

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WATCH: Faith-Based Fashion Company Helps Women Rescued from Human Trafficking

By UCN on August 26, 2010 6:24 AM | No TrackBacks

Former model Giselle Meza's career allowed her to visit exotic locations and world-renowned sights, but it was witnessing the worst violations of human rights that stuck with her throughout the years.

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We Are One: Why Unity is the Heart of the Gospel

By UCN on August 26, 2010 4:31 AM | No TrackBacks

For many years Coral Ridge had two very distinct worship services-one contemporary and one traditional. The result was the unintentional development of two different churches under one roof. It wasn't healthy. So back at the end of Spring we started talking about what we could do to unify our one large church.

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Activist Targets Evangelicals On Immigration

By UCN on August 23, 2010 9:43 AM | No TrackBacks

Pictured: Matt Soerens, U.S. Church Training specialist for World Relief. Soerens and several other urban missionaries are renting apartments in a complex that caters to low-income families and a huge immigration population in the Chicago suburb.

A handwritten sign on the church door announces the event where Matthew Soerens, fluent in Spanish, the Bible and the nation's immigration laws, will try to win converts.

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Cooler Than Thou: Will Hipsters Wreck Christianity?

By UCN on August 21, 2010 7:15 AM | No TrackBacks

Brett McCracken's new book dissects the phenomenon of the hipster church, frets about the fate of Christianity.

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How Artists and Storytellers Help the World See God

By UCN on August 21, 2010 7:13 AM | No TrackBacks

Can you even remember why you got into church work in the first place?

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How Should Christians Respond to the "Mosque" at the World Trade Center Site?

By UCN on August 17, 2010 5:59 PM | No TrackBacks

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Debate over the proposed "Ground Zero Mosque" construction a few blocks from the fallen World Trade Center (WTC) towers has saturated news headlines for the last few weeks.

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