The cleric's comments follow faith groups' interaction with the agency on June 7 and 8 during a preparatory meeting in Nairobi for the 17th Conference of Parties (COP- 17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Durban, South Africa in November.
LOUISVILLE (Office of the General Assembly) Fulfilling part of its mandate from the 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Middle East Monitoring Group (MEMG) has finished its work on a study guide for the Kairos Palestine document.
SKANEATELES, N.Y. More than 30 Christian educators prayed, discerned and reframed their ministry during an annual meeting of the Northeast Association of Christian Educators (NEACE), held here April 26-28.
CANTERBURY, England (ENI) Leaders of the Church of England and the Methodist Church have been urged to work more closely in the future in order to strengthen Christian unity.
GENEVA (ENI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council have approved plans for three-way talks that will include Lutherans, Roman Catholics, and Mennonites.
BANGALORE, India (ENI) Nearly two years after 10 Christians were killed and nearly 100 houses burned in the Punjabi town of Gojra, Pakistan, a special court has suspended the trial of suspects in the carnage after a key witness fled Pakistan.
JERUSALEM (ENI) The security situation in Egypt has "deteriorated considerably" since former president Hosni Mubarak stepped down Feb. 11, leaving a security vacuum and Christians feeling "threatened more than ever," according to aid workers.
JERUSALEM (ENI) Israeli and Palestinian politicians condemned an arson attack on a West Bank mosque, but Palestinians also accused Israel of "turning a blind eye" to the attacks, which they suspected were carried out by Jewish settlers.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – The Southern Baptist Convention reported declines last year in several categories traditionally used as markers of denominational vitality, according to annual statistics released June 9 by LifeWay Christian Resources.
I saw an ad in Sunday's Orlando Sentinel taken by some members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) who raise questions about the direction of our denomination. Recently, a majority of presbyteries, regional governing bodies of elders and ministers, agreed to amend the constitution of our church to remove explicit language about sexual behavior outside of marriage with more inclusive language about appropriate character for those who are ordained as church leaders.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Special to PNS) The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), wonders what wisdom is possessed by Presbyterians who may not travel in the movers and shakers crowd at General Assembly or keynote national conferences, or even lead a regionally influential congregation.
NAIROBI, Kenya (ENI) A film about Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge, an 84-year-old man who enrolled in primary school in 2003 so he could learn to read the Bible, has inspired the creation of an educational charity for unprivileged children around the world.
TOKYO (ENI) Japan's Christian Council has decided to establish an office to coordinate relief operations in Japan and from abroad in response to the devastating earthquake that struck in February, causing a tsunami and problems at nuclear power plants.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Special to the Presbyterian News Service) Colombian and U.S. Presbyterians are calling on people in both countries to join a fast in protest of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
Washington (ENI) A New York minister will fill the Obama administration's long-vacant position to oversee international religious freedom after the Senate voted to confirm the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook for the post.
Contraceptive use by Catholics and evangelicals is the norm, according to a new report by the Guttmacher Institute, which studies reproductive health issues.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (ENI) Hundreds of Zimbabweans from various Christian denominations held prayers on May 25 for peace ahead of possible elections later this year. "We hear threats and rumors of elections, and have seen tell-tale signs of political violence raising its ugly head again,"
BORDEAUX, France (ENI) Leaders of Christian churches and other faiths called on the world's most powerful governments to devise more effective joint solutions to the "interconnected crises confronting humanity" at a May 23-24 summit, organized by the New York-based Religions for Peace.
TOKYO (ENI) The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) has requested its partners worldwide to pray for them and petition the Seoul government to resume its economic support to starving North Koreans.
(Episcopal News Service) As Sudan's wanted President Omar al-Bashir insists he will not remove his troops from the disputed oil-producing Abyei region, church and world leaders are insisting that advocacy for the war-torn south and for a lasting peace must continue.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (ENI) Some 1,000 worldwide faith leaders and peace practitioners are exploring the concept of "just peace" and recent advances in peacemaking practices at a weeklong International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) in Kingston.
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.
WARSAW, Poland (ENI) Interfaith initiatives should focus on the practical, non-political task of building grassroots relationships, according to participants at a religious symposium which ended May 15 in Poland.
