Randy and Paula White announce divorce
Megachurch pastors Randy and Paula White stood before their congregation Thursday night and made the announcement that many in their flock feared had been coming for months. They are divorcing.
Research resources on religious movements, cults, sects, world religions and related issues
Month: August 2007
Stigmata
Stigmata, wounds or marks resembling the five wounds received by Jesus at the crucifixion.
Juanita Bynum intends to file charges against husband
Juanita Bynum, a preacher whose fiery and frank sermons about women's empowerment have won her a national following, told police that she intends to file charges against her estranged husband who allegedly attacked her in a parking lot early Wednesday.
Mormon Missionaries
The majority of missionaries in the Mormon Church are young men between the ages of nineteen and twenty-one, who serve on a voluntary basis for about two years.
Mormon Missionaries – Rigid Rules
Latter-Day Saints missionaries are expected to abide by a long list of rules during their two years in the field.
Mormon Missionaries – Research Resources
Research material dealing with missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
Scientology – Research Resources: News
Current news regarding Scientology, the Church of Scientology, and related entities and issues.
Scientology
What is Scientology? Apologetics Index provides a collection of research resources that discuss, explains and investigate Scientology from a variety of perspectives.
Territorial Spirits
The belief in so-called Territorial Spirits is a pagan concept that holds certain demonic spirits rule over specific geographic areas.
Spiritual Mapping
Some Christians believe they can determine which demonic spirits hold sway over certain geographic areas.
Strategic Level Spiritual Warfare
Some Christians believe they are engaging in so-called Strategic Level Spiritual Warfare in order to free certain geographic from what they consider to be Territorial Spirits.
Research Resources on Spiritual Mapping, Territorial Spirits and Strategic Level Spiritual Warfare
Research resources on Territorial Spirits, Spiritual Mapping, and Strategic Level Spiritual Warfare
Third Wave
The term Third Wave was coined by C. Peter Wagner to describe what he saw as a third great move of the Holy Spirit.
Third Wave – Research Resources
Research resources on the so-called Third Wave of the Holy Spirit.
What to tell one of Jehovah’s Witnesses concerning the Trinity
In an article based on a correspondence with one of Jehovah's Witnesses, David Kowalski demonstrates how to share the concept of the Trinity with those who reject this essential doctrine of Christianity.