… Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” (Genesis 17:17 NRSV)
GENEVA (ENI) -- The World Council of Churches offers a unique network that the Norwegian theologian who will take over the helm of the Christian grouping in 2010 says he will use to forge better relations with the Roman Catholic Church, other Christian groups and Muslims.
GENEVA (ENI) -- The newly elected general secretary of the World Council of Churches has said he is concerned about the situation of "First peoples" around the world and has suggested practices from his home country of Norway may be a model for other nations in dealing with their indigenous populations.
(ENI) — The American Jewish Committee has denounced the World Council of Churches' General Secretary Samuel Kobia, for his declaration that Israel's "occupation" of Palestinian territories is "a sin against God."
GENEVA (ENI) — Organizers of an international churches' peace convocation planned for Jamaica in 2011 say they hope the event will rouse people to commit themselves to finding ways of preventing violence by exploring four areas of life that often trigger conflict.
GENEVA (ENI) — The newly-elected general secretary of the World Council of Churches has said that relations with the Roman Catholic Church and with Islam are two key issues for the Geneva-based church grouping.
GENEVA (ENI) — Olav Fykse Tveit, an ordained pastor in the Church of Norway, has been elected general secretary of the World Council of Churches today (August 27.)
BANGALORE (ENI) — Indian Christian leaders and activists have expressed disappointment over the Indian government's response to the United States placing the country on a "watch list" over the state of religious freedom in some parts of the nation.
GENEVA — (ENI) The general secretary of the World Council of Churches has said that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories should be declared a "sin against God."
MINNEAPOLIS (ABP) — Delegates to the national assembly of America's largest Lutheran denomination voted by a wide margin Aug. 21 to open the door to allowing clergy in committed same-sex relationships to serve openly.
GENEVA — The main governing body of the World Council of Churches (WCC), its central committee, starts an eight-day meeting tomorrow (Aug. 26) during which it will elect a new general secretary to succeed the Rev. Samuel Kobia, a Methodist from Kenya.
(ENI) — Christians and Muslims in Kenya's coastal region are embroiled in a row over the control of schools, stirring tensions that both groups warn could destabilize peaceful co-existence between the two faiths.
These American women — free, safe, blessed by a wealth of educational and career opportunities — were hearing stories hard to understand and absorb. But they crowded into a living room in Louisville, eager to learn what life is like for women in Pakistan, a country halfway around the world.
It wasn’t necessarily that anything was “broken.” In fact, things in the Los Ranchos Presbytery in southern California were going along quite nicely, according to most anyone you’d ask.
Daniel Aleshire, executive director of the Association of Theological Schools, remarked during a recent interview with The Christian Century that the current financial crisis “is bringing some seminaries together and pushing other seminaries further apart.”
When someone introduced me recently as “the president of the world’s largest non-denominational seminary,” I cringed a little. There is nothing “non” about my own attitude toward denominations.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)-related seminaries and other affiliated theological schools report new campus faculty and staff changes, and new programs as the 2009-2010 academic year begins:
“How do you engage the administrative work of your congregation so it feeds the care of members and makes your church attractive for prospective members?” This was my question as I interviewed pastors, staff members of churches, and lay leaders.
