ATLANTA — The Fund for Theological Education (FTE) has announced that it will provide $1.5 million for the 2010-2011 academic year to theological students across the U.S. and Canada who aspire to be pastoral leaders and professors.
Last night (Nov. 10) San Francisco Presbytery examined Lisa Larges for ordination to the ministry of Word and Sacrament and, pending ordination, enroll her as a member of the Presbytery of San Francisco.
MOSCOW (ENI) — Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has denounced Stalinism's religious persecution in a move seen as an offer of conciliation to the country's faith groups.
(ENI) — Leaders of nine major faiths have presented 60 ideas to lessen carbon emissions to the United Nations after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon singled out the religious community as key in fighting climate change.
CLEVELAND – Sometimes, in trying to figure out what a new thing means in the world, people look to the past for explanations.
CLEVELAND – Mark Achtemeier, an evangelical theology professor from Iowa, is in many ways an unlikely candidate for radical change. He’s a white, middle-aged Presbyterian father and husband who grew up in the church, the son of theologically-inclined people. He’s most often seen wearing – of all things – a button-down shirt, coat and tie.
“A Christmas Carol” is a high-quality animated re-telling of Charles Dickens’ classic novella. But it’s not for kids. Jim Carrey’s prodigious voice talents and the masterful direction of Robert Zemeckis combine to make this version memorable, disquieting, and even scary. But it’s too intense for small children, and the older ones may tire of the lengthy “hellfire and damnation” sermon followed by a very short summation of the repentance and restoration. It’s really preaching to the adults.
Address delivered to the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. November 5, 2009
(ENI) — Italian Protestant leaders have welcomed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights stating that the crucifixes placed in classrooms in Italian state schools violate religious freedom, while the Vatican has denounced the decision.
CHENNAI, India (ENI) — The Church of South India has instigated legal proceedings against its former general secretary alleging fraudulent use of funds meant for rehabilitation of 2004 tsunami victims, particularly stricken fisher folk.
LONDON (ENI) — The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has told leaders from the world's major faiths that they occupy a "unique position" in future discussion on the fate of the planet, and that their communities count on this crucial issue.
(ENI) — More than 250 leaders from the world's major religious faiths are meeting at Windsor Castle, near London, for a three-day conference aimed at alerting the world's politicians of the need to put climate change at the top of the global agenda.
(RNS/ENI) — Science and faith may often clash, but a new survey suggests that most U.S. doctors believe religion and spirituality can help patients.
Those of us who enjoy music of any kind, and have even a basic acquaintance with American pop music over the last couple of generations, cannot help but be familiar with Michael Jackson.
A graveside memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. November 14 in Lexington, Ky., for long-time Presbyterian pastor, Dawes “Buck” Thomson, 65, of Valdosta, Ga. The services are planned at Lexington Cemetery, 833 W. Main St. in Lexington.
A graveside memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. November 14 in Lexington, Ky., for long-time Presbyterian pastor, Dawes “Buck” Thomson, 65, of Valdosta, Ga. The services are planned at Lexington Cemetery, 833 W. Main St. in Lexington.
The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission — the highest court in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — has declined in two new rulings involving controversial cases to take on some of the central questions involving departures of conscience from the denomination’s ordination standards.
In the Gospel of Luke, an expert in religious law stands up to test Jesus, asking what he must do to earn eternal life.
Ulm, Germany (ENI) — The Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) has elected Bishop Margot Kässmann to be its new leader, the first time that a woman has become the highest representative of 24 million German Protestants.
(ENI) — The Roman Catholic Church in India at its first-ever national mission congress has said that neither threats nor harassment will prevent it from pursuing a path of evangelization that also takes heed of the sensitivities of other faiths.
ROME (ENI) — The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has criticized the Swiss-born Roman Catholic theologian Hans Küng after he accused Pope Benedict XVI of an "unecumenical luring away" of discontented Anglicans by setting up a special structure to admit them into the Catholic Church.
In a cynical age, hope is seditious.
Editor’s Note: I recently participated with 19 other western Christian journalists in a seven-day tour of Jordan under the sponsorship of the Royal Jordanian Tourism Board.
“Caught between Iraq and a hard place,” so they say with a grin.
On his recent trip through the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Outlook editor Jack Haberer arranged an exclusive interview in the royal palace in Amman with His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan Bin Talal.
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