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Presbyterian church in India to “discipline” homosexuals
(ENI) — The Presbyterian church in the northeast Indian state of Mizoram has said it will "discipline" homosexuals by preventing them from taking part in important church rituals because their lifestyle choice is incompatible with Christianity.
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(ENI/RNS) — For some 400 years, the small Reformed Church in America has relied on only three confessional statements of belief, all of them forged in the crucible of the Reformation.
Leading Methodist seminary to train rabbis, imams, too.
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Edinburgh Missions Conference 2010: Quest for Christian unity not new, Edinburgh conference hears
EDINBURGH (ENI) -- Since Christianity began, there has never been a time when mission has not been taking place, and the same is true for ecumenism or the quest for unity, a key Vatican figure has said at a conference to mark the centenary of the first world mission conference in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Missions Conference 2010: Wealthy North only wants “drums, dance” from South missionaries
EDINBURGH (ENI) -- Christian missionaries from the global South find it hard to break into the "closed societies" of the North, Fidon R. Mwombeki told delegates attending the 2010 World Missionary Conference.
US church head lashes out at Anglican “colonial” uniformity
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Faith leaders in Jerusalem say religion must have “prophetic” role
JERUSALEM (ENI) -- Religion must take on a more positive role in peacemaking efforts in the Middle East, especially in light of the deteriorating situation there, faith leaders have said.
Pope in Cyprus says he wants to support Middle East Christians
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Stoning to death of couple in Indian ‘inter-caste’ marriage reviled
HONG KONG (ENI) -- Asian human rights advocacy groups say the recent stoning to death of an Indian couple after one of them was deemed to have
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UPDATED: Louisville Seminary calls Michael Jinkins as its ninth President
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Michael Jinkins will begin serving as the ninth president of Louisville Seminary, September 1, 2010. Dr. Jinkins said the future of the Seminary will require everyone's participation at the table. Photo by Michael Whitman[/caption]LOUISVILLE -- The Board of Trustees of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary has called Michael Jinkins as its ninth President.
He will succeed Dean K. Thompson, who has served as president since 2004. Jinkins will begin his duties on September 1.
“Of the many diverse and qualified candidates we considered and engaged in prayerful conversation and discernment, Dr. Jinkins most envisioned our mission to educate men and women to participate in the redemptive ministry of Jesus Christ in the world,” said Trustee Conrad Sharps, of Birmingham, Ala., who served as the search committee chair. The committee was comprised of representatives from the Board of Trustees, faculty, administration, staff, alumni association, and student body.
Jinkins said he felt overwhelmed with emotion and thanked the Trustees and members of the campus community for entrusting him with the leadership of Louisville Seminary, adding that the future of the Seminary “will require everyone’s participation at the table.”
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Film in review: “Marmaduke”
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Edinburgh Missions Conference 2010: 1989 marked turning point for Christianity, global meeting told
EDINBURGH (ENI) -- The events of 1989, when people in Eastern Europe took their faith on to the streets and challenged communist regimes, marked a turning point in seeing the Church as a global community of believers, a world mission conference in Edinburgh has heard.
Edinburgh Missions Conference 2010: Criticism of missionaries valid, but hope is key says WCC head
EDINBURGH (ENI) -- Being a witness for Christianity requires both evangelism and a prophetic commitment to the will of Jesus for justice, peace, and the care of creation, says World Council of Churches General Secretary Olav Fyske Tveit.
Stated Clerk issues statement on Gaza blockade incident
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Leader of Catholic Church in Turkey stabbed dead
(ENI) -- The president of the Catholic bishops' conference in Turkey, Italian-born Bishop Luigi Padovese, has been stabbed to death in Iskenderun in southern Turkey.
First female bishop for Finnish Lutheran church
(ENI) -- Irja Askola has become the first woman to be elected as a bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, a step described as a "milestone" by the general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation.
Afghanistan investigates two church aid groups for ‘proselytizing’
(ENI) -- Two international church-backed humanitarian organizations that operate in Afghanistan have been stopped from doing their work while officials investigate allegations that they have been engaging in proselytizing, which they strongly deny.