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Roman Catholic missionaries should aim to win souls and not restrict themselves to humanitarian good works, the Vatican said December 14.
Roman Catholic missionaries should aim to win souls and not restrict themselves to humanitarian good works, the Vatican said December 14.
New “nonnegotiable” guidelines for evangelism at Young Life ministries has led to the closing of a North Carolina office of the group and the claim by a national expert on youth and religion that the organization is moving in a fundamentalist and authoritarian direction.
Young Life, based in Colorado Springs, has had significant achievements as an evangelical ministry that took a “big-tent, pragmatic approach,” said sociologist Christian Smith of Notre Dame, who directs the ongoing National Study of Youth and Religion.