(ENI)--Religion has always played a part in South African elections say voters, but this year the voice of churches and their leaders at times has been shrill during campaigning for the April 22 general election. Some voters say the pulpit has been used to great effect, other says it is being misused.
(ENI)--Russian Orthodox Christians must resist the temptation to live exclusively within their own subculture and need to reach out to other groups, especially youth, Moscow Patriarch Kirill I, has said.
(ENI) — Philippine traditional Protestant, evangelical, and Pentecostal churches have agreed with their South Korean counterparts to cooperate "in establishing God's kingdom" in Asia rather than competing to the point of "stealing sheep from one another.”
(ENI) — Analysts of religious life in the United States are asking if the nature of the country's religious identity is fundamentally changing.
(ENI) — Minority church leaders in Muslim-majority Turkey have welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama's defense of religious rights during a visit to the country.
Amid the blur that is his first 100 days, one declaration of President Barack Obama ought to be troubling to all Christians.
(RNS) Over the last decade, mainline Protestant clergy have inched leftward, with more identifying as Democrats, supporting gay rights, and calling on the government to solve social problems, according to a recently released survey.
Imagine having your home blasted by a wall of water – leaving behind muck, filth, damage, destruction.
David Green, the pastor of First Church in Galveston, Texas, never dreamed of living at the beach.
Just a day after the closing ceremony for one volunteer village in Louisiana, another across the state was dedicated.
Razoria County, Texas, just west of Galveston, has 21 miles of beaches along the Gulf Coast.
Princeton Theological Seminary’s Erdman Center of Continuing Education and Hispanic Leadership Program is offering a “Meet the Author” book series featuring authors speaking on the topic “Meeting in the Middle: Faith in the Public Square.”
NEW ORLEANS — The staccato banging of dozens of hammers dispelled the morning quiet as college students, lawyers, and nurses from Massachusetts clambered about four new houses rapidly taking shape at the hands of Habitat for Humanity and St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Driving through the neighborhoods of Galveston, it was easy for members of the Schreiner University (Kerrville, Texas) Work Trip to be misled.
A South Dakota teen high-fived his new friend from Tennessee when she announced it was the best week of her summer.
As a church we have begun to engage in one of those processes that makes us Presbyterian.
Editor’s note: This article responds to an earlier Outlook article, “Will there be football in heaven?” by James Calvin Davis, March 23, 2009, issue.
Editor’s note: This column shows the practical use of listening advice Tom Ehrich has explored in previous columns. For further background, see the Church Wellness Report columns in the September 29 and November 10, 2008, issues.
Mary Jane Patterson, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) elder who served as a social worker and missionary to Africa before enlivening the corridors of power in the nation’s capital as director of the Presbyterian Washington Office for 13 years, died April 8 in Washington, D.C.
TOKYO --(ENI) A Japanese Christian leader is urging churches to "listen to the cries" of temporary migrant workers many of whom are now without jobs as the world's second-biggest economy's unemployment rate soars during the global economic crisis.
Charles Allen “Chick” Ferguson, 79, Chief Executive Officer of Kerygma, Inc., for the past 20 years, died April 2. He resided in Pompano Beach, Fla., and Chautauqua, N.Y.
(PNS) Brian Frick of Parkville, Mo., is the new Associate for Camps and Conference Centers for the General Assembly Council.
(PNS) Laura Bryan, who joined the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s stewardship education team in June 1996 and has most recently served as program assistant for student loans in the Office of Financial Aid for Studies (FAS), has been promoted to the position of associate in that office.
(PNS) Ray Jones, the founding pastor of the 500-member Macland Church in Powder Springs, Ga., has been named coordinator of evangelism for the Evangelism and Church Growth ministry area in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
The Presbyterian Foundation has announced a reduction in staff to reduce payroll expenses and manage budgets during the global financial crisis.
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