A circuit court judge on April 6 extended the temporary restraining order relating to a lawsuit brought against the General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church by members of the Erskine College Board of Trustees and the Erskine Alumni Association.
JERUSALEM (ENI) — In Bethlehem, a municipal spokesperson has given details of the workings of a process aimed at preventing land theft whereby landowners can appeal registration details of their plots.
WACO, Texas (ABP) — More than 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr. lamented that 11 o'clock Sunday morning is the most segregated hour in America, a Baylor University study suggests that religion itself may be a contributing factor in racial prejudice.
ONEIDA, Ky. (ABP) — Michael Spencer, voice behind the popular and sometimes controversial Christian blog Internet Monk, died April 5 after a four-month battle with cancer.
WARSAW (ENI) — Roman Catholic bishops in Slovakia have condemned moves by a U.S. gambling company to set up Europe's largest mega-casino complex on their country's border with Austria, outside the capital Bratislava.
PARIS (ENI/RNS) — It is hard to associate Saadia Boussana's stylish bonnet with the traditional Muslim head covering that has drawn sneers, protests, and injunctions in cities across Europe.
LONDON (ENI) — A call by six (Anglican) Church of England bishops and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, for election debate about "discrimination" against Christians in the workplace before Britain's upcoming national poll has drawn some criticism from the Anglican leader, Archbishop Rowan Williams.
(RNS) One year after a majority of Americans said they hoped the sour economy wouldn’t impact their church giving, three in 10 Americans now say they’re putting less in the offering plate, a Barna Group study shows.
louisville (PNS) In May, when the General Assembly Mission Council meets again, the budget difficulties of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are likely to be top on the agenda. PC(USA) leaders are looking for a way to cut about $15 million in expenses while sticking to the core commitments of the denomination.
Ronald C. White, an author and scholar who has taught at Presbyterian seminaries, has been awarded a Christopher Award for his nonfiction book A. Lincoln: A Biography.
INDIANAPOLIS — Stewardship is often seen as an obligation rather than an opportunity, but churches can change that view, participants at the Stewardship Kaleidoscope conference learned.
Phil Tom, who has been the associate for small church and community ministry for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is taking a position with President Barack Obama’s administration in Washington, D.C.
ARLINGTON, Va. — After about two years without a director, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)'s Washington Office is bringing on board Memphis pastor J. Herbert Nelson as director of public witness May 3.
LOUISVILLE — Bob Bronkema, a Presbyterian missionary who is pastor of Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy (MPC), reports that his family and parishioners are all safe after the Russian capital was rocked by two subway bombings yesterday (March 29).
A South Carolina judge has given lawyers on both sides of the Erskine College lawsuit until tomorrow, March 30, to file all their briefs before he makes a ruling. Circuit Judge Eugene Griffith Jr. said at a hearing March 25 that he would rule on the case within 10 days.
EDINBURGH (ENI) — A senior member of the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland, backed by a Roman Catholic counterpart, has raised strong concerns around the practice of "auctioning" and selling human eggs for in vitro fertilization treatments.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ENI/RNS) -- A lesbian priest has been confirmed as an assistant bishop in Los Angeles, making her the Episcopal Church U.S.A.'s second openly homosexual bishop and potentially widening its breach with Anglicans overseas.
HONG KONG (ENI) — A Hong Kong Roman Catholic diocesan official has praised Google's decision to stop filtering the contents in its search engine as it faces a backlash in the Chinese mainland.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABP) — A national progressive interfaith organization has written leading publishers around the country to urge them to reject changes made to standards for teaching about social studies, history, and economics in Texas.
Not surprisingly, responses have begun to roll in to the report of the General Assembly Study Committee on the Middle East – with some critics contending that the report is biased and predicting it will ignite anew tensions between Presbyterians and Jews.
LOUISVILLE. A General Assembly Middle East study group approved in January recommendations that include asking that the two years from 2010 to 2012 be “a time of Presbyterian prayer and action for the Middle East.”
