Religious leaders, White House strategize on immigration reform
WASHINGTON (RNS) On the heels of their March 21 rally on the National Mall, immigration reform advocates, including religious leaders, met at the White House to plot strategy.
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Science, religion: two windows on world, says Templeton winner
NEW YORK (ENI) A geneticist and molecular biologist, who has argued that science and religion should be kept separate, has won the Templeton Prize – an award associated with honoring those who advocate dialogue between the two disciplines.
Architect of secular Nepal, who eased life for Christians, dies
KATHMANDU (ENI) Girija Prasad Koirala, a former prime minister of Nepal and the architect of a secular republic in what was once the world’s only Hindu State, died after a protracted illness in Kathmandu on March 20.
Pre-GA: OVERTURES TO THE 219TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Ovt 048 » Presbytery of Upper Ohio Valley: Amend G-5.0101 Regarding Covenantal Membership.
Ovt 049 » Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy: Expand the Scope of the Review of Biennial Assemblies.
Colleges and seminaries: commencing the lives of leaders
What will the next generation’s leaders of church and country look like? If the presidents have anything to do with it, they will look a lot like this year’s graduating class of PC(USA)-related colleges and seminaries.
10 minutes with … Lee Hinson-Hasty
JHH: What was the impetus that generated this report?
Presbyterian-related seminary, college commencements listed
Presbyterian seminaries
Austin, May 30, 2:30 p.m.
Columbia, May 15, 10 a.m.
Dubuque, May 8, 9:30 a.m.
Pre- GA: (Un)fair or (un)balanced? Committee’s Middle East peace report criticized
Not surprisingly, responses have begun to roll in to the report of the General Assembly Study Committee on the Middle East – with some critics contending that the report is biased and predicting it will ignite anew tensions between Presbyterians and Jews.
Do less AND more
This summer, in addition to doing less of the main thing, I suggest you do more of smaller things.
Iona and the community spirit
The year is 1948. The place, the holy island of Iona. The Rev. Dr. George MacLeod is sitting with a young man, John, who has spent time in a borstal for young offenders. Sensing that the young man is troubled, MacLeod invites him to write down any burden he has on a piece of paper and seal it in an envelope, before receiving the laying on of hands.
Thai church leaders say justice needed to bring peace to crisis
(ENI) Two church leaders in Thailand say they can see no obvious way out of current political turmoil gripping the southeast Asian nation, as they offered prayers for justice and peace.
German churches condemn right-wing party wanting minaret ban
(ENI) — Protestant and Roman Catholic churches in Germany have condemned a far-right party campaigning for a ban on minarets in forthcoming elections in the country's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Hindu governor praises Christians at India Presbyterian gathering
(ENI) — The Hindu governor of India's Meghalaya state has at a mass gathering of Presbyterians hailed the role of Christian missionaries in spreading a message of "love, trust, and peace in the turbulent tribal societies" of the country's northeast.
Obama meets Billy Graham at evangelist’s home
(ENI/RNS) — U.S. President Barack Obama and ailing evangelist Billy Graham have exchanged prayers during their first meeting at Graham's home in western North Carolina.
Lauterer is third moderator candidate
Maggie Lauterer, (firstburnsville.org/our-staff.html) a journalist-turned-minister, has become the third candidate endorsed to stand as moderator of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
“The Back-up Plan”
This is one of those cute romantic comedies that is refreshingly simple.
219th General Assembly committee leadership named
LOUISVILLE — The moderators and vice-moderators of the 18 committees for the 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have been named. The leadership was chosen from among the 712 commissioners to this year's assembly, to be held July 3-10 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Scotland’s “high” suicide rate to face scrutiny at church assembly
EDINBURGH (ENI) — The (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland says that a growing problem of suicide among young people is to be discussed at the yearly general assembly of the church in May.
Erskine lawsuit injunction appealed by ARP church
DUE WEST, S.C. — The General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church has appealed the order of a Circuit Court Judge filed earlier this month that granted a preliminary injunction in the case brought against the General Synod by three members of the Board of Trustees and the Erskine Alumni Association.
Steve Hayner inaugurated as ninth president of Columbia Seminary
DECATUR, Ga. — Columbia Presbyterian Church here was filled as the Columbia Theological Seminary (CTS) community gathered April 12 to celebrate the inauguration of Stephen A. Hayner as the ninth president in the school’s 182-year history.
Parsons, other leaders praise Obama hospital directive
LOUISVILLE — Gradye Parsons, General Assembly stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has joined religious leaders from across the political and theological spectrum in praising President Barack Obama's April 15 memorandum on hospital visitation ensuring the rights of all patients to designate and receive visitors when admitted to a hospital.
Hong Kong Christian group berates pastor advising “blank vote”
HONG KONG (ENI) — Christian and social activists in Hong Kong have protested outside an evangelical church accusing its pastor of seeking to placate Chinese authorities by asking his parishioners to cast "blank votes" in an upcoming election, viewed as a referendum on political reform in the territory.
Ten minutes with … Paul Roberts
Editor's note: Paul Timothy Roberts Sr., assumed full responsibility as administrative dean of Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Ga., effective April 19.
Survey finds Africa is most religious part of world
(ENI/RNS) — Researchers say they've found the most religious place on Earth — between the southern border of the Sahara Desert and the tip of South Africa.
ARP pastor seeks way out of Erskine lawsuit “minefield”
A North Carolina pastor in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church has written a widely-circulated statement critical of the denomination's handling of governance issues at ARP-affiliated Erskine College and Seminary in Due West, S.C.