Assemblies of God Opens 368 Churches in 2011

The Assemblies of God recorded its second-highest ever number of new church openings in the United States, planting just more than one church a day, with 368 new churches opening in 2011. AG Statistician Sherri Doty states that the number of new churches planted comes...

Holiness Leaders form Global Wesleyan Alliance

Leaders of eleven faith communions met recently in Anderson, Indiana, to form the Global Wesleyan Alliance (GWA), a unique partnership to amplify the prophetic voice of Wesleyan-Arminian, holiness ministries and increase their effectiveness in spreading scriptural...

Man in the Mirror Launches Major Growth Initiative

Man in the Mirror, the pioneering ministry to men Dr. Patrick Mahoney started 25 years ago, is beating the expansion drum. The men’s ministry is looking to hire 330 full-time area directors. The goal is to help thousands of churches throughout the country to...

Episcopal Church Drops Below Two Million Members

Once a flagship denomination of American mainline Protestantism, the U.S.-based Episcopal church has for the first time in decades reported membership below 2 million. The Episcopal church in 2009 affirmed that “gays and lesbians that are in lifelong committed...