VATICAN CITY (RNS) Catholic sisters globally would be better-equipped to carry out their work if they could become deacons, the head of..
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) United Methodists, voting at their General Conference, have called on their church’s mission agency to withdraw from a group founded to..
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) The second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States denied rumors that it is seriously considering a proposal to split over..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board approved at its April board meeting the Justice Committee’s recommendation that this summer’s 222nd General Assembly..
(RNS) When Pope Francis suddenly agreed, during an off-the-cuff chat last week with nuns gathered in Rome, to explore the idea of..
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) United Methodists who want their church to sanction Israel are regrouping after a committee at their denomination’s General Conference rejected four..
LOUISVILLE (OGA) Local mission giving in Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations went up by almost $7.7 million in 2015, according to annual statistics of..
(OGA) In my work as hospice chaplain, I often ask my patients and their caregivers to tell me about their circle of support;..
(RNS) Rich Stearns, head of World Vision, the evangelical relief and development group, says Christians should follow a model pioneered by Chaldean..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Presbyterian Youth Triennium registration is still underway, with a May 31, 2016 early-bird registration deadline approaching for the July 19-23 event held..
(RNS) Delegates to the United Methodist Church General Conference shot down a strategy that would have allowed them to discuss contentious legislation in small..
VATICAN CITY (RNS) In an opening with historic import, Pope Francis has said he wants to study the possibility of ordaining women..
(PNS) LOUISVILLE - As executive of the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Elona Street-Stewart is increasingly aware of the changes swirling through..
RNS) Paul Hand may not be as well-known as a Tullian Tchividjian or, back in the day, a Ted Haggard or Jim..
(RNS) The more mixed the Sunday morning pews are, the fewer people are likely to be in them. That’s the primary finding..
PHILADELPHIA – The Broad Street Ministry Board of Directors announced May 9 that Michael J. Dahl, senior vice president of The Philadelphia..
(PNS) LOUISVILLE - The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has been trying for 10 years to convince the Wendy’s company to join the Fair Food..
PARIS (RNS) On a sunny spring morning, an 18-year-old college student wrapped a scarf around her head to feel what it would..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) - Artisans in countries like Peru and Cambodia that have struggled with extreme poverty most of their lives, are celebrating..
(RNS) The United Methodist Church General Conference convenes once every four years to make policy decisions and set the direction for the denomination. Beginning Tuesday..
CHICAGO (RNS) “It’s time,” said the Rev. A. Wendy Witt during Sunday services at First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple...
(PNS) It is estimated that more than 250,000 Syrians have died since civil war broke out in the country five years ago...
LOUISVILLE (Presbyterian Writers Guild) – "Change of Heart: Justice, Mercy and Making Peace with My Sister’s Killer" by Jeanne Bishop has..
A candidate has emerged to challenge the nomination of J. Herbert Nelson to be the next stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church..
(RNS) The nation’s oldest graduate school of theology is planning to relocate from Newton, Mass., to New Haven, Conn., where a small..
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