(ENI) — Roman Catholic Bishop Antonio Menegazzo, the apostolic administrator of El-Obeid diocese in Sudan, has expressed shock at a United Nations' military commander's pronouncement that Darfur's war is over, despite the lack of a peace agreement and the ongoing threat of Janjaweed militia.
We now interrupt the Presbyterians’ celebration of John Calvin’s 500th birthday to listen into our Baptist neighbors’ celebration of their 400th birthday.
UTRECHT, Netherlands (RNS/ENI) — Four hundred years after the first Baptist congregation was established, followers have been challenged to continue championing religious liberty.
NEW YORK — When Brad Braxton was tapped last year as the next senior pastor of Riverside Church, he was billed as an energetic and dynamic preacher with the power to reinvigorate the flagship pulpit of progressive Protestantism.
Beaver-Butler Presbytery, convinced that the 2008 General Assembly had committed a series of “objectionable actions,” has issued a “Theological Declaration” to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), outlining what it sees as the assembly’s failings and inviting other presbyteries and congregations to join in the declaration.
Editor’s note: A memorial service was held July 7 in Westfield, N.J., for Bill Forbes, a much-loved church leader who died June 30 after battling pancreatic cancer for several years.
Among the new “gospels” being discovered in damp and dusty caves, there is one in which Jesus is approached by a person in need of the restoration of sight, or the healing of a hemorrhage.
… Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” (Genesis 17:17 NRSV)
I’ve recently reconnected with someone who played a critical role in my spiritual formation. For many years, I considered that role to..
God speaks in such unexpected ways, and yet the ordinary is always there.
I don’t know a perfect formula for managing a church’s finances during a deep recession. Every situation is unique. But here are some tips for taking hold
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GENEVA (ENI) -- The World Council of Churches offers a unique network that the Norwegian theologian who will take over the helm of the Christian grouping in 2010 says he will use to forge better relations with the Roman Catholic Church, other Christian groups and Muslims.
GENEVA (ENI) -- The newly elected general secretary of the World Council of Churches has said he is concerned about the situation of "First peoples" around the world and has suggested practices from his home country of Norway may be a model for other nations in dealing with their indigenous populations.
(ENI) — The American Jewish Committee has denounced the World Council of Churches' General Secretary Samuel Kobia, for his declaration that Israel's "occupation" of Palestinian territories is "a sin against God."
GENEVA (ENI) — Organizers of an international churches' peace convocation planned for Jamaica in 2011 say they hope the event will rouse people to commit themselves to finding ways of preventing violence by exploring four areas of life that often trigger conflict.
GENEVA (ENI) — The newly-elected general secretary of the World Council of Churches has said that relations with the Roman Catholic Church and with Islam are two key issues for the Geneva-based church grouping.
GENEVA (ENI) — Olav Fykse Tveit, an ordained pastor in the Church of Norway, has been elected general secretary of the World Council of Churches today (August 27.)
There is nothing unexpected in “Post Grad.” It’s a predictable, cute, reserved, little romantic comedy that breaks no new ground. But what’s wrong with that?
BANGALORE (ENI) — Indian Christian leaders and activists have expressed disappointment over the Indian government's response to the United States placing the country on a "watch list" over the state of religious freedom in some parts of the nation.
How commendable was Kenneth MacAskill’s freeing of the terminally ill Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pam-Am Flight 203! The..
GENEVA — (ENI) The general secretary of the World Council of Churches has said that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories should be declared a "sin against God."
MINNEAPOLIS (ABP) — Delegates to the national assembly of America's largest Lutheran denomination voted by a wide margin Aug. 21 to open the door to allowing clergy in committed same-sex relationships to serve openly.
GENEVA — The main governing body of the World Council of Churches (WCC), its central committee, starts an eight-day meeting tomorrow (Aug. 26) during which it will elect a new general secretary to succeed the Rev. Samuel Kobia, a Methodist from Kenya.
(ENI) — Christians and Muslims in Kenya's coastal region are embroiled in a row over the control of schools, stirring tensions that both groups warn could destabilize peaceful co-existence between the two faiths.
These American women — free, safe, blessed by a wealth of educational and career opportunities — were hearing stories hard to understand and absorb. But they crowded into a living room in Louisville, eager to learn what life is like for women in Pakistan, a country halfway around the world.
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