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Woke Presbyterian Denomination Continues to Bleed Membership

10+ hour, 22+ min ago  (300+ words) The Presbyterian Church USA bled nearly 130 congregations and over 26,000 members in 2025, according to estimates released amid their latest General Assembly. The theologically and politically progressive denomination lost 26,845 members between 2024 and 2025, according to a report from The Christian Post. Its membership…...

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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ ON PRAYER ~ 28 June 2026

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (196+ words) ON PRAYER The Sacred Scriptures urge us to pray always. That seems impossible at first sight; you can't spend your life on your knees. But people pray in many ways. Physical positions and movements, the lotus position for Buddhists, kneeling…...

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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET ~ 31 May 2026

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (141+ words) WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET The poet wrote, "Two men looked out through prison bars: one saw mud; the other saw stars." Commenting on this, Father John Powell once wrote: "In the pursuit of the fullness of human…...

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Anabaptists & Baptists

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (288+ words) Anabaptism developed as a radical religious and social movement during the Reformation in 16th century Europe. "Anabaptist" means "re-baptiser" and refers to the movement's central rejection of infant baptism in favour of a conscious act of adult baptism into the Christian…...

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Sarah Fisher installed as first openly lesbian Episcopal bishop in the South

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (754+ words) The Rev. Sarah Fisher has been installed as bishop of an Episcopal Church diocese, reportedly becoming the first woman in a same-sex relationship to be elevated to that position in the southern United States. Fisher, who is in a same-sex…...

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Communism In The Middle Ages? The Story of Münster and Anabaptists

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1218+ words) The story of the Protestant Reformation is a complicated and often confusing series of historical events to approach. With the geopolitical and social movements of the time, getting a clear timeline is a difficult task. Along with this, many of…...

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[Catholic/Anglican Caucus] Msgr. Bux asks the Vatican for clarification on the gestures towards Mullally

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (398+ words) The recent scenes starring during Sarah Mullally’s visit to Rome, Primate of the Anglican Communion, have sparked a critical reaction from the theological sphere. Monsignor Nicola Bux, priest and theologian, has warned of a possible “confusion” among the faithful stemming…...

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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ YOU ARE SPECIAL ~ 26 April 2026

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (552+ words) That conversation took place more than a decade ago, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. That one and a lot of others over the years with the same message: "I'm no good; I'm just another loser....

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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ NEVER ENOUGH TIME ~ 12 April 2026

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (317+ words) CDR Brian Simpson, CHC, USN Has spring finally arrived? Nice weather? Most of our days are now above freezing so a lot of melting is going on. But, they are saying snow tomorrow. Shavua Tov. Wishing all our Jewish troops,…...

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Pope Leo honors new female pro-abortion ‘archbishop’ of Canterbury

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (305+ words) Pope Leo XIV has issued a congratulatory letter to Sarah Mullally – the first woman ever appointed “archbishop of Canterbury” and a vocal supporter of abortion and the LGBT agenda. In the letter, Leo praises Mullally’s “weighty” responsibilities, and explicitly invokes…...

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