Geneva (ENI) Different faiths need to do more to promote human solidarity, said Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), in the aftermath of the bomb attack and mass killings in his native Norway.
Trondheim, Norway (ENI) A Norwegian bishop addressing the recent bombing and shooting attacks in his country said Norway has "countered this insane terrorism by demonstrating love and solidarity."
On the afternoon of Sept. 22, 2001, Carolyn wrote “O God, Our Words Cannot Express,”a hymn that was used by many churches on that evening and in the days that followed. It was published in the Presbyterian Outlook at the time, and was mentioned in USA Today and The Wall Street Journal, lots of magazines and was on national PBS-TV twice in the USA and the BBC-TV in the United Kingdom.
Bangalore, India (ENI) Major churches in India are taking part in a hunger strike that began July 25 in New Delhi to demand an end to discrimination against Christian Dalits.
In a time when ministry and outreach to college students is in decline, the Presbyterian Student Center Foundation, known as PresHouse, is thriving on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. However, its tax-exempt status has been revoked, and the ministry could soon be shuttered.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America has directed its Interchurch Relations Committee to study the denomination’s participation in the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) and offer its findings to the 2012 General Assembly.
(rNS) The National Association of Evangelicals is siding with Jews and Muslims in opposing a proposed ban on infant male circumcision in San Francisco.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (ENI) Migrant religious workers in New Zealand are welcoming the opportunity to be permanent residents after the government announced changes to the law on July 19. Starting in November, an updated temporary visa will allow workers to stay in the country for four years before applying for residency.
NAIROBI, Kenya (ENI) The Kenyan government has promised to expand a refugee camp for thousands of desperate Somalis fleeing a drought crisis in the Horn of Africa, and faith groups and humanitarian agencies are praising the move.
WASHNGTON (Special to the Presbyterian News Service) On July 11, more than 150 U.S. citizens from faith-based, environmental and human rights organizations gathered in front of the White House to protest the pending Colombia Free Trade Agreement. A Presbyterian presence was prominent among them.
HONG KONG (ENI) The Vatican has excommunicated the Rev. Joseph Huang Bingzhang, a Catholic bishop in Shantou in the southern Guangdong province in China, for being ordained without a papal mandate.
NAIROBI, Kenya (ENI) Roman Catholic Bishop Caesar Mazzolari of South Sudan's Rumbek diocese died suddenly on July 16 at age 74, one week after the mainly Christian and animist region celebrated its independence from the mainly Arab and Islamic North.
INDIANAPOLIS (PNS) More than 75 Presbyterians in town for the denomination’s Big Tent event demonstrated their support of immigrants at the Indiana Statehouse July 2.
I think people are leaving. I know that there are people in my church who are considering it. What bothers them the most is the departure from viewing Scripture as authoritative and instead viewing Scripture as merely guidelines. We might as well replace Scripture with the Pirates’ Code. Remember the movie, “Pirates of the Caribbean”?
(RNS) Religious leaders are hoping to hit a home run in a campaign to get Major League Baseball players to ban tobacco use on fields and dugouts of the national pastime.
Geneva (ENI) United Nations relief agencies launched global emergency appeals today seeking new aid funds to help 10 million people, including 2 million severely malnourished children, in countries in the
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (PNS) Two months ago, the Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008), invited Presbyterians to record a short video expressing their hopes and dreams for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Warsaw, Poland (ENI) Churches in one of the world's smallest countries could face financial disaster under government plans to withdraw state subsidies under new legislation, according to a Protestant leader.
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) For decades, the Mormon hierarchy has matched its conservative members’ views on such issues as abortion and same-sex marriage. But now comes an issue that puts them at odds: immigration.
NAIROBI, Kenya (ENI) As independence for South Sudan approaches on July 9, churches there are coordinating efforts to bring lasting peace to a region exhausted by a long civil war.
DETROIT – The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People has approved grants totaling $ 150,430 to 9 self-help projects in the United States.
