Seminary leader Chuck Lawless lists 11 pains of pastoral ministry he didn't expect and how churches can help. Barna reported in January that 24% of Protestant senior pastors seriously considered leaving ministry in the past year.
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The Holy See says Pope Leo XIV will meet survivors of clerical sexual abuse during his Nov. 6-17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. The meetings are meant to express his closeness to people who have suffered abuse by members of the clergy.
More than 150 evangelical church members, pastors and students held a candlelight prayer rally outside an ICE office in Chicago on Oct. 26, asking that asylum seekers get a fair day in court. The Rev. David Swanson led the prayers.
In a video message to the Sant'Egidio peace meeting in Assisi, Pope Leo XIV said war can never be waged in the name of God and that 'only peace is holy.' The three-day meeting's theme was 'Unarmed and Disarming Peace.'
Egyptian security officers arrested Coptic engineer Sherif Wagih Fahmi in Alexandria on Oct. 5 over Facebook posts criticizing forced Islamic education and have held him without charges, according to Coptic Solidarity. Six young Copts detained over a TikTok video have been ordered released.
