Study: Most churchgoers say they can walk with God alone

The majority of Protestant churchgoers believe they can walk with God without other believers — yet also say they need other believers to help them in that walk, a new study has found, highlighting the lack of discipleship in today’s churches.

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Celebrating New Religious Freedom Law, Bolivian Evangelicals Push for More

After 183 years as a Roman Catholic nation, Bolivia officially became a secular country in 2009, when a new constitution, promulgated by the administration of its first indigenous leader, President Evo Morales, dropped any mention of the historic faith of its Spanish colonial rulers, bolstering the position of its pre-colonial religions.

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5 More Chinese House Churches Shut Down in Campaign ‘Unprecedented Since the End of the Cultural Revolution’

A handful of new house churches have become casualties of the Chinese government’s ‘sinicization’ campaign since April, as the communist regime seeks to stamp out all remnants of unofficial Christianity.

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Ethiopian Evangelical Church Faces Closure Due To Inexplicable Noise Pollution Complaint

An evangelical Protestant Church in Ethiopia received an eviction letter on May 15th citing noise complaints from local residents after operating peaceably for 10 years, according to World Watch Monitor.

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Southern Baptists Down to Lowest in 30 Years

A boost in giving–up to $11.8 billion total–and major church growth in Texas was not enough to fend off more than a decade of declines among the Southern Baptist Convention last year.

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India’s evangelicals fear more persecution if Modi is re-elected

Hundreds of millions of Indians are casting their votes in the world’s biggest democratic elections, but the country’s evangelicals fear that another term under Narendra Modi will not be good news for Christians.

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