(ENI/RNS) —Do you tweet during church? Isn't it rude?
(ekklesia) The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) is calling on religious leaders and communicators to emphasize the need for urgent and radical action on climate change in the run-up to the international Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, December 6-18, 2009.
PRINCETON, N.J. (ABP) -- A week after releasing a poll for the first time showing a majority of Americans describe themselves as pro-life, the Gallup Organization reported new numbers showing public opinion moving to the right on a number of other social issues as well.
(ENI)--To stem a nationwide shortage of full-time clergy, the Church of Scotland is considering the use of "virtual ministers" who would preach over a live video link to congregations that do not have a permanent minister.
WASHINGTON — (RNS) The Pentagon included Bible verses on the covers of confidential reports at the start of the Iraq war, featuring photos of soldiers and quotes about "the full armor of God" and seeking divine help, GQ magazine reported.
GENEVA — (ENI) Celebrations around the 16th century Reformer, John Calvin, will form part of a meeting starting on May 21 in Geneva that will bring leaders of two global Reformed church organizations together to plan their merger into one worldwide communion.
(ENI) — Sri Lankan church leaders say the end of the country's 26-year civil war announced by the government is a signal to address grievances and to ensure citizens from all ethnic and religious groups can feel proud of their nation.
Episcopal News Service — The 76th General Convention of the Episcopal Church July 8-17 will be asked in various ways to continue the Episcopal Church's mission of living out the baptismal covenant vow to "strive for justice and peace."
(ENI) — Churches and Christian groups in India have hailed as a victory for secular governance and a non-sectarian society the convincing victory of the ruling coalition that did much better than pre-election polls had suggested.
(ENI) — The leader of Africa's largest grouping of churches is urging faith communities and civil society on the continent to unite in a campaign for human rights.
(WCC) Recounting stories such as the alleged forced poisoning of a young couple, speakers at the Global Ecumenical Conference on Justice for Dalits, which opened in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 21, gave a face to the 3,500-year-old system of caste-based discrimination, detailing practices many would consider unthinkable in the 21st century.
LOUISVILLE — Echoing a call issued by President Barack Obama in Prague on Palm Sunday, the Presbyterian Washington Office and the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program are urging Presbyterians to contact their U.S. senators with a simple message: “Work for a world free of nuclear weapons.”
(ENI) — The Roman Catholic bishop in Sudan, Antonio Menegazzo, is warning that the humanitarian situation in the country’s western Darfur region is worsening, nearly a month after President Omar al Bashir ejected 13 relief organizations.
In Germany, as well as in many other parts of God´s world, the 75th anniversary of the “Theological Declaration of Barmen” will be celebrated this year on Pentecost Sunday, May 31.
Editor’s Note: this article is adapted from the original essay by Margit Ernst-Habib that appears in Conversations with the Confessions: Dialogue in the Reformed Confessions edited by Joseph Small. Copyright 2005, Geneva Press.
One of the enduring legacies of the Theological Declaration of Barmen is the way in which it makes explicit what is implicit in all confessions of faith: every Yes entails a No.
There is a tendency within American Christianity to see the Confessing Church, with the Theological Declaration of Barmen as its founding document, as a righteous remnant bravely rejecting the evil Nazi state.1 The story, however, is more complex than a simple binary of good and evil.
Editor’s note: This article was prepared for the magazine before the Central Intelligence Agency documents were released by the U.S. Department of Justice, providing detailed information on the legal opinions related to interrogation/torture practices.
College Hill Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, took “Black History Month” from the February page of the calendar to the pages of its congregation’s hearts and minds. In the process, our members and the larger community re-wrote both history and expectations for the future.
In times of global apartheid and neo-liberalism, an unlikely relationship between two seemingly diverse organizations has come together.
The bishop of Madison, Wis., fired a female church worker with 35 years of service after reading a few paragraphs of her master’s comprehensive exams. She wrote about inclusive language — using female and male metaphors to explain God — and earned a Master of Divinity degree.
I’ve been thinking about the “Susan Boyle” phenomenon: you know, the video seemingly everyone in America has now watched.
Five faith leaders from Postville, Iowa, held a telephone news conference May 11 to commemorate the first anniversary of the traumatic immigration raids in their community May 12, 2008, and to call for greater awareness of the humanitarian and spiritual issue of immigration in the United States.
(ENI) --The 21st century world cannot be understood without understanding religion, says U.S. religion journalist and professor, Gustav Niebuhr.
(ENI) -- In the city where the Bible records Jesus' family living 2000 years ago, Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed the "sacredness" of a marriage between "a man and a woman."
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