Fort Sumter was fired upon and captured by South Carolina forces the same year (1861) that James Woodrow, uncle to future president Woodrow Wilson, assumed the Perkins Professorship on Natural Science in Connection with Revelation at Columbia Seminary, then in Columbia, S.C.
The news item about scientists believing in God (August 17/24 issue of the Outlook) inspired me to download the Pew Research Center’s whole report (www.people-press.org/report/528).
A group of friends was sitting together at a meal when one of the older men (and I’m 102 years old!) asked me a question: “Now that you have seen how Christians think in the last 100 years, what emphases would you like to see in the 21st century?”
(ENI) — A 79-year old Irish priest, who was released unharmed one month after being kidnapped in the Philippines by a militant Islamic group, says he wants to continue serving as a missionary.
(ENI) — The election of a woman as head of Germany's Protestant churches threatens ties with the Russian Orthodox Church, a high-ranking official of the Russian church has warned.
(ENI) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged the Philippines' faith community to help defend human rights, build peace, and to strengthen democracy in their nation.
ATLANTA — The Fund for Theological Education (FTE) has announced that it will provide $1.5 million for the 2010-2011 academic year to theological students across the U.S. and Canada who aspire to be pastoral leaders and professors.
Last night (Nov. 10) San Francisco Presbytery examined Lisa Larges for ordination to the ministry of Word and Sacrament and, pending ordination, enroll her as a member of the Presbytery of San Francisco.
MOSCOW (ENI) — Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has denounced Stalinism's religious persecution in a move seen as an offer of conciliation to the country's faith groups.
(ENI) — Leaders of nine major faiths have presented 60 ideas to lessen carbon emissions to the United Nations after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon singled out the religious community as key in fighting climate change.
CLEVELAND – Mark Achtemeier, an evangelical theology professor from Iowa, is in many ways an unlikely candidate for radical change. He’s a white, middle-aged Presbyterian father and husband who grew up in the church, the son of theologically-inclined people. He’s most often seen wearing – of all things – a button-down shirt, coat and tie.
(ENI) — Italian Protestant leaders have welcomed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights stating that the crucifixes placed in classrooms in Italian state schools violate religious freedom, while the Vatican has denounced the decision.
CHENNAI, India (ENI) — The Church of South India has instigated legal proceedings against its former general secretary alleging fraudulent use of funds meant for rehabilitation of 2004 tsunami victims, particularly stricken fisher folk.
LONDON (ENI) — The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has told leaders from the world's major faiths that they occupy a "unique position" in future discussion on the fate of the planet, and that their communities count on this crucial issue.
(ENI) — More than 250 leaders from the world's major religious faiths are meeting at Windsor Castle, near London, for a three-day conference aimed at alerting the world's politicians of the need to put climate change at the top of the global agenda.
A graveside memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. November 14 in Lexington, Ky., for long-time Presbyterian pastor, Dawes “Buck” Thomson, 65, of Valdosta, Ga. The services are planned at Lexington Cemetery, 833 W. Main St. in Lexington.
A graveside memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. November 14 in Lexington, Ky., for long-time Presbyterian pastor, Dawes “Buck” Thomson, 65, of Valdosta, Ga. The services are planned at Lexington Cemetery, 833 W. Main St. in Lexington.
Ulm, Germany (ENI) — The Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) has elected Bishop Margot Kässmann to be its new leader, the first time that a woman has become the highest representative of 24 million German Protestants.
