WASHINGTON (RNS) Most Americans who know about the deadly attack on the Paris headquarters of the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine say it’s..
LOUISVILLE (Office of the General Assembly) The Reverend Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), joined a group of Jewish, Christian..
(Reuters) The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland has asked a bishop who is accused of killing a cyclist while driving drunk to resign..
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is facing more unwelcome news – this time involving financial mismanagement of the 2013 Youth Triennium, which was..
(RNS) After almost two centuries in New York City, the nonprofit American Bible Society is moving its headquarters to Philadelphia. “New York has become..
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Top leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called Tuesday (Jan. 27) for passage of..
(RNS) Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, who took the helm of the world’s last absolute monarchy Friday, faces turbulence at home and abroad..
SEATTLE, WA. (PNS) Elizabeth “Betty” Nicholson died peacefully from cancer January 19. Throughout her life, Nicholson served the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and..
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) More than 1,000 people watched as Uganda-born Archbishop of York John Sentamu, laid hands on the Rev. Libby Lane..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Eight new missional ventures in churches and presbyteries have received DREAM Grants from the Presbyterian Mission Agency. The DREAM (Developmental,..
(RNS) Boko Haram, with its chilling brutality, radical Islamic ideology and unstoppable seizure of Nigerian territory is quickly emerging as the Islamic..
How many New Worshipping Communities does the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have? The official number, as of mid-December, was 264 – a number..
(RNS) Marcus J. Borg, a prominent liberal theologian and Bible scholar who for a generation helped popularize the intense debates about the..
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (PNS) - Church partners in Sudan and South Sudan have asked for prayers for two pastors, Rev. Yat Michael and..
WASHINGTON (RNS) A Supreme Court that has extended the reach of religion into public life in recent years ruled Tuesday (Jan. 20)..
NAIROBI, Kenya ( RNS) Cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad are proving costly for Christians in majority-Muslim countries in Africa. At least..
WASHINGTON (RNS) Rabbi Jack Moline, a congregational rabbi who briefly led the nation’s top Jewish Democratic group, is the new head of the Interfaith Alliance,..
Syngman Rhee, a Presbyterian pastor, seminary professor and respected leader in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and wider faith community, died January 14..
(RNS) In a scene in the movie “Selma,” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sits in a jail cell wondering where the..
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) In the end, the Muslim call to prayer was broadcast from a small black speaker perched on the..
OKLAHOMA CITY (RNS) On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, many Oklahoma pastors will preach not in robes, but hooded..
WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday (Jan. 16) to resolve the national debate over same-sex marriage once and for all. The..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) No sooner had West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, New Jersey, celebrated a successful renovation of its chapel and Christian education building than..
(RNS) Officials at Duke University abruptly dropped plans to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer from the iconic bell tower of Duke..
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Thursday (Jan. 15) condemned last week’s terrorist attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo but..
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