LOUISVILLE – Once again, relations between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and American Jewish leaders have hit a rough spot – with criticism emerging of a not-yet-finished report on the Middle East that’s headed to next summer’s General Assembly.
When it comes to wrestling with hot button issues, Presbyterians also wrestle the theological issues underlying them. Nowhere is that more true than when looking at conflicts in the Middle East. Religion and politics weave intricate and clashing patterns in the homeland of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
LOUISVILLE – Recognizing that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is in a time of real change — and that some of its traditional approaches are not working well — the General Assembly in 2010 will be asked to consider some new ways of doing business.
NAIROBI (ENI) — Church leaders in Kenya have warned that a dispute between the country's president and prime minister, who are in a government of national unity, could destabilize the east African country, and should be resolved urgently.
(ENI) — An Islamic group is recommending that Muslims avoid the new full-body scanners at airports, and opt for body frisk searches instead because the new technology violates religious teachings.
John Knox Presbytery has voted to ordain to the ministry Scott D. Anderson, a gay man who has been in a committed relationship for close to two decades, and who declared a conscientious objection to the requirement in the ordination standards of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that those being ordained practice fidelity if they are married or chastity if they are single.
In a Newsweek issue focusing on the outpouring of post-earthquake support for Haiti, Editor Jon Meacham resisted the pull toward collective self-congratulation.
Sam Dixon, head of the New York-based United Methodist Committee on Relief, and Clint Rabb, a 1974 graduate of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (APTS) and head of volunteer mission efforts for United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, died of injuries sustained in a collapsed hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the January 12 earthquake.
WASHINGTON (RNS) Incidents of alleged religion-based workplace discrimination hit record highs in fiscal year 2009, along with complaints of bias based on disability and national origin, according to the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission.
(ABP) Eight years of President George W. Bush’s faith-based agenda to increase religion’s role in providing social services had little impact on day-to-day ministries of local congregations, according to a scholar at Duke Divinity School.
LONDON (ENI) Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord (George) Carey, is at the center of a religious and political debate after writing a newspaper article in which he urged limits on immigration to Britain, and said migrants needed to recognize the country’s Christian heritage.
GENEVA (ENI-RNS) The global ecumenical movement must bring the hope of peace and justice to a suffering and divided world, says the new general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Olav Fykse Tveit of Norway.
When I was called to my first pastorate as an associate for family nurture at Westminster Church in New Port Richey, Fla., the presbytery examined me for ministry at their newly opened Camp and Conference Center, Cedarkirk in Lithia, Fla.
Trying to find the ideal location for your next church retreat or family event? Check out the new Web site. This searchable directory lists all the Presbyterian camps and conference centers in the United States and Canada.
TheThoughtfulChristian.com, an online resource center of downloadable Bible studies, has just launched a new set of resources for retreat planners.
Retreat centers provide great settings for quiet contemplation, prayer, and worship. But they don’t stop there. Major training for folks preparing to engage in world mission takes place at camps and conference centers.
LOUISVILLE — A special committee is recommending that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) add to The Book of Confessions the Belhar Confession from South Africa, which speaks strongly about justice, racial reconciliation, and repentance.
Since President Barack Obama gave his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in December, I’ve been thinking about its many and profound implications.
If life did allow for do-overs and mainline congregations could start over, they probably wouldn’t build the facilities they have inherited.
(ENI/RNS) — Oregon is poised to become the 48th U.S. state to permit teachers to wear headscarves and other religious dress in school, ending an 87-year ban that was originally intended to keep Roman Catholic nuns out of public schools.
(ENI) — European human rights judges have condemned Turkey for requiring citizens to specify their religious status on its national identity cards.
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Former Whitewater special prosecutor and current Pepperdine University Law School Dean Kenneth Starr has been named the 14th president of Baylor University.
TOKYO (ENI) — Japan's largest Protestant denomination has dismissed one of its pastors for continuing to allow unbaptized people to receive Holy Communion at his local church.
GENEVA (ENI) — The Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomeos I, a key leader for the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians, has written a Lenten encyclical that stresses the need for greater unity for churches, and counters accusations from some of his bishops that ecumenism is heresy.
“Shutter Island” is one of those psychological thrillers that will send chills down your spine.
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