SHENYANG, China — Three large classrooms at Dongguan Church here are filled on a Friday afternoon with well over 1,000 church members who are studying Psalm 92. A young female pastor leads the Bible study in one room; her image is projected on large screens in the other two rooms by closed circuit television. Students nibble on the remnants of their lunches as they take copious notes.
(ENI) — The Church of Sweden is celebrating 50 years since the first woman was ordained a priest by the church, the largest denomination in the Lutheran World Federation.
A South Carolina circuit judge has issued a preliminary injunction affirming a status quo situation for Erskine College and Seminary’s Board of Trustees in response to a lawsuit filed in March by three board members and the Erskine Alumni Association against the General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
“When it comes to incriminating videos these days, the one of Bruce K. Waltke might seem pretty tame. It shows the noted evangelical scholar of the Old Testament talking about scholarship, faith and evolution.
A circuit court judge on April 6 extended the temporary restraining order relating to a lawsuit brought against the General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church by members of the Erskine College Board of Trustees and the Erskine Alumni Association.
If you’re looking at movie choices that seem so deadly serious (“The Hurt Locker”) or take themselves so seriously (“Avatar”) or are serious downers (“Precious”), and you’re looking for something lighthearted and mindless, maybe some adult humor without descending into a raunchfest (“The Hot Tub Time Machine”), then “The Bounty Hunter” might be for you.
JERUSALEM (ENI) — In Bethlehem, a municipal spokesperson has given details of the workings of a process aimed at preventing land theft whereby landowners can appeal registration details of their plots.
WACO, Texas (ABP) — More than 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr. lamented that 11 o'clock Sunday morning is the most segregated hour in America, a Baylor University study suggests that religion itself may be a contributing factor in racial prejudice.
ONEIDA, Ky. (ABP) — Michael Spencer, voice behind the popular and sometimes controversial Christian blog Internet Monk, died April 5 after a four-month battle with cancer.
WARSAW (ENI) — Roman Catholic bishops in Slovakia have condemned moves by a U.S. gambling company to set up Europe's largest mega-casino complex on their country's border with Austria, outside the capital Bratislava.
PARIS (ENI/RNS) — It is hard to associate Saadia Boussana's stylish bonnet with the traditional Muslim head covering that has drawn sneers, protests, and injunctions in cities across Europe.
LONDON (ENI) — A call by six (Anglican) Church of England bishops and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, for election debate about "discrimination" against Christians in the workplace before Britain's upcoming national poll has drawn some criticism from the Anglican leader, Archbishop Rowan Williams.
(RNS) One year after a majority of Americans said they hoped the sour economy wouldn’t impact their church giving, three in 10 Americans now say they’re putting less in the offering plate, a Barna Group study shows.
I accepted the call to pastoral ministry with humbled thrill. But when reality set in, I found myself dreading the thought of having to officiate at funerals. For the past four years writing, editing, and publishing have separated me from regular congregational leadership duties, and I find myself missing most the pastoral practice of officiating at funerals.
(ABP) The snow has stopped falling here in Washington. At least for the moment. After almost two weeks, we are still digging out from a few weeks ago when whoever is in charge of weather patterns mistakenly thought we were Alaska and dumped multiple feet of snow on our unsuspecting city.
Just before Christmas I received notice that a childhood friend had written a book. He had gone on to college to major in Religious Studies. He had been very serious, but the book was described as a satire, written to make people laugh. I was intrigued. I couldn’t wait to read it and got it right away.
Have you ever had one of those moments when you knew, you KNEW, God was present? I did recently.
louisville (PNS) In May, when the General Assembly Mission Council meets again, the budget difficulties of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are likely to be top on the agenda. PC(USA) leaders are looking for a way to cut about $15 million in expenses while sticking to the core commitments of the denomination.
Moving toward being a “multichannel church” is a journey of many steps, some of them slight variations, some of them radical departures.
On the positive side, “Leaves of Grass” contains intelligent dialogue, though liberally sprinkled with cursing.
Ronald C. White, an author and scholar who has taught at Presbyterian seminaries, has been awarded a Christopher Award for his nonfiction book A. Lincoln: A Biography.
If you’re a movie fan at all, you gotta love these epic films, especially the ones re-creating those great old stories in Greek mythology.
INDIANAPOLIS — Stewardship is often seen as an obligation rather than an opportunity, but churches can change that view, participants at the Stewardship Kaleidoscope conference learned.
In addition to the recent (March 30) story on the Matanzas Seminary in Cuba (“Resurgence in Cuba …) there are accompanying photographs..
MATANZAS, Cuba — April 2, 1990, is described by Christians in Cuba as "a turning point."
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