EDINBURGH (ENI) -- Being a witness for Christianity requires both evangelism and a prophetic commitment to the will of Jesus for justice, peace, and the care of creation, says World Council of Churches General Secretary Olav Fyske Tveit.
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has issued the following statement in the wake of the Israeli interception of a convoy of ships on its way to Gaza with humanitarian aid:
(ENI) -- The president of the Catholic bishops' conference in Turkey, Italian-born Bishop Luigi Padovese, has been stabbed to death in Iskenderun in southern Turkey.
(ENI) -- Irja Askola has become the first woman to be elected as a bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, a step described as a "milestone" by the general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation.
(ENI) -- Two international church-backed humanitarian organizations that operate in Afghanistan have been stopped from doing their work while officials investigate allegations that they have been engaging in proselytizing, which they strongly deny.
(ENI) -- A member of the German parliament who was on the ferry Mavi Marmara when it was attacked by Israeli special forces has called on the World Council of Churches and other church organizations to get more actively involved in lifting the Gaza blockade.
Maggie Lauterer, (firstburnsville.org/) a journalist-turned-minister, has become the third candidate endorsed to stand as moderator of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Roger Dermody, pastor of Bel Air Church in Los Angeles, Calif., has accepted the post of deputy executive director for mission of the General Assembly Mission Council, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
(ENI) The U.S. National Council of Churches and a Roman Catholic health association agree that a directive by President Barack Obama granting same-sex partners the legal right to visit their loved ones in the hospital is an affirmation of people’s human rights.
PHOENIX (PNS) The April 15-17 “Crossing Borders, Encountering God” conference — co-sponsored by the Synods of the Sun and Southwest of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Presbyteries of Noroeste and Israel of the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico — brought together close to 200 participants to consider border relations between the two countries and churches.
(RNS) The National Collegiate Athletic Association has banned the use of eye black with messages — a practice prominently used by former University of Florida star quarterback Tim Tebow to display Bible verses.
KATMANDU (ENI) Buddhist monks and Christian organizations are working with thousands of official rescue workers in China’s northwestern Qinghai province to rescue people missing still after a series of earthquakes killed almost 800 people.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is being asked to authorize the retranslation of the entire Heidelberg Catechism to try and fix the translation of five specific questions — and more.
The Reverend David W.A. Taylor died on May 23, 2010, in Cary, N. C. He was an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), active in ecumenical and international relationships among churches.
Haiti’s poverty and problems run far deeper than the damage done by the recent earthquake, said General Assembly Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow after his recent visit to the island nation.
TOKYO (ENI) -- Japan's Christian Council has urged U.S. churches to gain awareness, pray, and appeal to their government about the impact of a U.S. military base relocation in Okinawa, an archipelago south of Japan's main islands.
NAIROBI (ENI)--The president and the general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches have condemned political actions in Madagascar that they warn are curtailing freedom of expression and threaten the welfare of Malagasy citizens.
(ENI) -- The urgent need for a settlement to the impasse between Israelis and Palestinian is being highlighted by the World Council of Churches World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel.
EDINBURGH (ENI) -- Scotland should look forward to the world being a better place and the Church united when it celebrates the 500th anniversary of the Scottish Reformation in 50 years time, the new moderator of the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland, John Christie has said.
Sustainable farming and caring for the earth are spiritual practices, said farmer Joel Salatin, a self-described Christian, libertarian, environmentalist, capitalist, and lunatic.
GAMC releases list of positions impacted by budget
The General Assembly Mission Council has released adjusted numbers for the personnel decisions that accompanied last week's approval of the General Assembly Mission Council Ministry Plan and Budget for 2011-2012:
(ENI) — American lawmakers are raising questions about allegations by Kenyan churches that the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is funding the government-backed "yes" campaign for a constitutional referendum in the East African country.
