Meet Brett Wilson: child of the church, committed Christian and Presbyterian, rising senior at James Madison University, aspiring journalist in training. AND..
JERUSALEM — (ENI) The grand mufti of Jerusalem has protested that the Israeli authorities prevented his meeting with journalists taking place at a hotel in East Jerusalem. The press conference was held in an open field.
During its second broadcast, the new “God Complex” radio show, a brand-new, bicoastal Internet radio venture featuring General Assembly moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow and blogger Carol Howard Merritt, took on the question of whether small churches can continue to afford an educated clergy.
WASHINGTON — Advisers tapped to help guide the White House’s revamped faith-based office say their role is still evolving as the initiative expands its portfolio and tries to find its footing in the young Obama administration.
You’ve just hung up the phone and are shaking your head. Me teach Adult Church School? I don’t know enough to do that. I’m no expert on the Bible or theology. What were they thinking?”
As a Christian educator, the knowledge of human growth and faith developmental theories is imperative for writing appropriate lesson plans, crafting suitable sermons, and for best relating to your congregation.
Although published nearly 20 years ago, Generations by William Strauss and Neil Howe offers church leaders and educators a framework for understanding both those who are in and those who are out of our pews.
Why is the Presbyterian Church losing members? The reason may be right in front of us but unrecognized because it is not theological and has little to do with the Culture Wars or politics.
I’m going to take the risky route and borrow from pop culture. Not too long ago I was “contemplating” life and faith, using a reality show as my “text.”
“The article is for people who are already teaching an adult class,” the editor said when he invited me to contribute an essay for this education issue of The Presbyterian Outlook.
Recently a rare event occurred in Judaism, a holiday that comes around only once in 28 years, Birchat HaChammah, the blessing of the sun, which, as Samuel Freedman of The New York Times said in his weekly religion column, is observed when “the sun moves into the same place in the sky at the same time and on the same day of the week as it did when God made it.”
San Francisco Theological Seminary — hard-hit by the economy — has announced $1.6 million in budget cuts, including a 22-percent reduction in staff and faculty positions.
Three ministers from San Francisco Presbytery are appealing a ruling from the Synod of the Pacific Permanent Judicial Commission in a case involving Lisa Larges, a lesbian who has fought for years to be ordained as minister by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
(ENI) -- Although the Vatican is emphasizing that Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the Holy Land in May is a pilgrimage, Jerusalem Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan said the political aspect of the visit cannot be ignored.
CAPE TOWN — (ENI) A senior South African Roman Catholic cleric has called on the newly-elected African National Congress government, led by Jacob Zuma, to go all out in its efforts to eradicate poverty, and HIV-AIDS.
BANGALORE — (ENI) As the bloody 26-year-long civil war in Sri Lanka reaches a climax, religious leaders in the deeply divided island nation are calling for "peaceful co-existence."
