African Methodists worry about the church that brought them Christianity
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) The Rev. Jerry Kulah has nothing but gratitude for the United Methodist Church. In 1833, American Methodists sent their..
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) The Rev. Jerry Kulah has nothing but gratitude for the United Methodist Church. In 1833, American Methodists sent their..
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Bishop Jackson Nasoore Ole Sapit, a traditionalist who nonetheless steered clear of gay issues, has been elected the new..
Guest commentary by Wayne Sankarlal Much of the work that I do relates to small- and medium-sized churches. You know, the ones..
Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 Trinity Sunday is back and I know you have been counting the Sundays until it came around again..
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has blasted employers who do not provide health care as bloodsucking leeches and he also took aim..
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Church of Scotland will launch a two-year investigation into the possibility of introducing online baptisms, Communion and other..
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Amid protest, song and fears of a denominational breakup, United Methodists at their quadrennial General Conference decided yet again..
by Alan J. Roxburgh Morehouse Publishing, New York. 128 pages REVIEWED BY ALLEN D. TIMM An amazing new partnership began in a..
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) In an effort to stave off a schism in one of the nation’s largest Protestant denominations, United Methodist Church..
(RNS) The Archdiocese of Chicago has announced that it will begin offering 12 weeks of paid parental leave to its employees, a..
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Catholic sisters globally would be better-equipped to carry out their work if they could become deacons, the head of..
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) United Methodists, voting at their General Conference, have called on their church’s mission agency to withdraw from a group founded to..
There are times when new directions emerge from meticulous planning and long-range processes, and there are times when new directions completely take..
I was riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a very rutted, dusty dirt road between Anse a Galets, a..
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) The second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States denied rumors that it is seriously considering a proposal to split over..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board approved at its April board meeting the Justice Committee’s recommendation that this summer’s 222nd General Assembly..
(RNS) When Pope Francis suddenly agreed, during an off-the-cuff chat last week with nuns gathered in Rome, to explore the idea of..
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) United Methodists who want their church to sanction Israel are regrouping after a committee at their denomination’s General Conference rejected four..
The year before men landed on the moon, I learned about the Holy Spirit in a small white church, sandwiched between a..
LOUISVILLE (OGA) Local mission giving in Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations went up by almost $7.7 million in 2015, according to annual statistics of..
(OGA) In my work as hospice chaplain, I often ask my patients and their caregivers to tell me about their circle of support;..
(RNS) Rich Stearns, head of World Vision, the evangelical relief and development group, says Christians should follow a model pioneered by Chaldean..
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 182 pages The author asks a pertinent question: “Why, as a society, do people tend..
Her name was Grace. She was homebound when I started at my church. Actually she hadn’t been out of her house..
What will they hear? Who will tell them? Give your church members a fast, accurate and fair account of what happened at..