LOUISVILLE, KY. (PNS) After years of downsizings and organizational changes, the office of Collegiate Ministries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is back — and a newly assembled task force is working to discern the state and future of collegiate ministry within the church.
NEW YORK (NCC) As news from earthquake-stricken Japan and Tsunami-devastated coastal areas worsens, U.S. churches and religious groups are pulling out all the stops to assess how they can help.
There is much that I can agree with in what Prof. Arlo Duba says in the two articles posted in the Outlook. There is great emphasis in the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles and the NT as a whole on inclusiveness…
There is much that I can agree with in what Prof. Arlo Duba says in the two articles posted in the Outlook.
TOKYO (ENI) Churches are suffering after an 8.9-magnitude
earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan on 11 March.
What does a preacher or writer do when the well runs dry? For well over a month my
well has been dry as a bone. I have nothing to say.
Philadelphia (BOP) The chairman of a committee studying the issue of benefits for the same-sex partners of PC(USA) employees has said the panel’s deliberations will take more time than expected.
WARSAW, POLAND (ENI) The head of Ethiopia's Lutheran church has welcomed government efforts to curb a spate of attacks on Christians in the country, but warned that political extremists were attempting to incite violence between religious communities.
STERLING, VA. (ENI) They were moved when the first Muslim elected to Congress shed tears for a Muslim who died trying to save others on 9/11. They were irked by accusations from House members and annoyed when fellow Muslims maligned their faith. At times they were an "Amen" corner. At other moments, they jeered and glared at the images beamed live from Capitol Hill.
NEW YORK (ENI) Nearly two dozen U.S. Christian leaders are calling on the Obama administration to renew diplomatic efforts to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In immediate aftermath, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, World Mission checking in with partners, mission workers, presbyteries
Grace runs deep in Scripture, in the Reformed tradition, and in the hearts of Presbyterians.
Grace runs deep in Scripture, in the Reformed tradition, and in the hearts of Presbyterians.
“happythankyoumoreplease” is one of those ensemble pieces, set in New York City, where everyone is single, everyone is looking for romance and nobody can quite figure out what to do with their lives.
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND (ENI) Historian Simon Schama says the sudden spread of “democratic liberation” in the Middle East should prompt discussion of whether secularism has a future in emerging democracies in the region.
It would be tempting, in this visual era where looks are so incredibly important, to get preachy about, say, how un-camera-friendly Abraham Lincoln would be.
Written for the Outlook by Ronald P. Salfen
Former child actor Donnie Dunagan provided the voice for the young fawn in Walt Disney's 1942 cartoon feature “Bambi.”
A group of our greatest pulpiteers has redefined the term “communication gaffe.”
WASHINGTON (RNS) Faith leaders with long-term ties to Cuban organizations are hailing a change in White House policy that reduces limits on religious travel to the island nation.
SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) A Chinese Christian should be given another chance in court after an immigration judge denied his request for asylum in part because he couldn’t answer “basic questions” about Christianity, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
LONDON (RNS) A Florida pastor who sparked fury when he threatened to burn a pile of Qurans on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks has been officially banned from Britain for preaching religious extremism.
LONDON (Ecclesia) The increasingly targeted attacks on gay people in a number of African countries, which are thought to have led to the Jan. 27 murder of Ugandan gay activist David Kato, make it less likely gays will seek treatment for HIV infections, says the U.K.-based churches’ international development agency Christian Aid.
KHARTOUM (ENI) Now that voting has produced an almost unanimous call for secession, the head of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC) has backed a statement by the president of southern Sudan that the southerners should forgive the northerners for the deaths and atrocities of the 21-year civil war.
RICHMOND, VA. As the cold month of January drew to a close, so did the tenure of Martha Skelton, who had announced in mid-December her intention to retire from serving as associate editor of the Presbyterian Outlook. She completed six years of service.
Okay, political realities.
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