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Not many Methodists seem to be taking their Bibles to church. I suppose that with the availability of pew Bibles and PowerPoint, many might ask, "What's the point?" Perhaps it's a control issue, but I like seeing the verses for myself and being able to refer to the passages whenever I want. I also like to flip to other parts of Scripture. My church uses the Lectionary readings, and sometimes I'm still thinking about the previous reading by the time they move to the next one. By taking my own Bible, I'm not at the mercy of PowerPoint. (Pew Bibles are like the rental shoes at the bowling alley. They get the job done, but they're not as comfortable as having your own pair.)

Lately I've been pulling out my Blackberry in the middle of the service and reading Scripture on YouVersion. The problem is, people think I'm texting during the worship service! What do you think? Will electronic Bibles become more accepted in the future or should I just get used to the dirty looks?

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AP – Eight Texas churches barely 150 miles apart have caught fire since New Year’s Day, putting pastors and congregations on edge and on guard wondering whether theirs is next.

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For years we’ve heard grim diagnoses on the future of the United Methodist Church, but in the coming year, says Mary Brooke Casad, the Connectional Table is drawing up blueprints for a brighter future.

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AFP – For thousands of Zimbabweans who flee their troubled country, the Methodist church in downtown Johannesburg is the only home they know.

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At New Venture, glass windows were shattered and all the Bibles were thrown into a pile and set on fire. Police suspect the burglaries at St. Andrew United Methodist, Westside Baptist and the Way of Life Church are related, but not the fire at New Venture on Christmas Day.

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At New Venture, glass windows were shattered and all the Bibles were thrown into a pile and set on fire. Police suspect the burglaries at St. Andrew United Methodist, Westside Baptist and the Way of Life Church are related, but not the fire at New Venture on Christmas Day.

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Johannesburg – Suspended Johannesburg Central Methodist Church Bishop Paul Verryn will enter into arbitration over a dispute with the SA Methodist Church, his lawyer said on Saturday. “The disciplinary hearing in respect of our client, Rev Paul Verryn,

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The head of the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg, Paul Verryn, is fighting back against his suspension, as support for the controversial cleric continues to grow.

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Members of Grace United Methodist Church have voluntarily decided to close their doors and allow a neighboring high school to purchase its facilities. Jenna De Marco profiles their decision to end on a high note.

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Baptist Methodist and United Reformed churches are being encouraged to make poverty and simple living a focus during Poverty and Homelessness Action Week

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LAWYERS for the suspended head of the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg, Paul Verryn, said on Friday that Verryn disputed the charges laid against him by his church, the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.

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Johannesburg A group of supporters have rallied behind suspended Central Methodist Church Bishop Paul Verryn. The Friends of Paul Verryn met in Johannesburg yesterday to plan their support for the embattled bishop. Hes one of the top church people of

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After becoming a Christian in the 1970s, something unexpected happened to Fred Hoffman. His appetite changed. He stopped eating meat. By the time he became a United Methodist minister in the 1980s, he’d given up dairy products, too. He felt bolstered in

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By SAPA After months of his church being in the media over controversial claims, Bishop Paul Verryn has been suspended. The Johannesburg’s Central Methodist Church’s Bishop Paul Verryn has been suspended from the Methodist Church of SA, a lawyer said on

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The impact of the prolonged economic downturn is leading some in the United Methodist Church to call for an examination of how its U.S. clergy pensions are funded. Linda Bloom and Kathy Gilbert report.

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Gilbert C. Hanke, the first layman who served as president of the General Commission on United Methodist Men, will become the top staff executive of the Nashville-based agency on Feb. 1. Rich Peck reports.

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Church Ministers were paid by the Fiji Police Force Special Branch in 2006 to inform then Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase of the military’s activities, then they will be disciplined. Methodist Church Acting General Secretary, Rev Tevita Nawadra said they

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AP – A second New Jersey church delegation has arrived home from Haiti, where they were caught in Tuesday’s devastating earthquake.

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Haiti is facing a spiritual as well as a physical crisis with the collapse of many of its most potent religious symbols in the earthquake, according to a leading Labour peer and Methodist minister. Even those who have retained their faith in the face of the overwhelming crisis will struggle to find somewhere to worship on Sunday, with so many churches including both the Catholic and Anglican cathedrals destroyed, and many others severely damaged. Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach, superintendent minister of Wesley’s chapel in the City of London, who was ordained in Haiti and wrote a biography of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the country’s first democratically-elected President, said he feared the…

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Clinton Rabb was dropped off at the Hotel Montana shortly before 5pm on Tuesday for a meeting with his fellow Methodist missionaries. Moments later, the ground began to shake and the building collapsed. Mr Rabb’s driver was one of the lucky ones: he had got away and was able to confirm the 60-year-old missionary’s movements to his friends at the United Methodist Relief Committee (Umcor). But that was the last anyone heard, until a team of French firefighters systematically picking through…

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