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Written by Jin S. Kim, Pastor, Church of All Nations, Minneapolis
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Friday, 01 July 2011 18:08 |
Minneapolis pastor says claims that Amendment 10-A represents a radical departure from Presbyterian history are overblown. Click here to continue reading
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Written by Jonathan Luxmoore
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 18:13 |
Warsaw, Poland (ENI) Churches in one of the world's smallest countries could face financial disaster under government plans to withdraw state subsidies under new legislation, according to a Protestant leader.
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Written by John Zarocostas
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:55 |
GENEVA (ENI) Three organizations, representing about 90
percent of world Christianity, launched on June 28 a global code of conduct
for proselytizing in a bid to reduce tensions between different religious
convictions.
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Written by Francis X. Rocca
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Monday, 27 June 2011 23:45 |
Beijing (ENI)- In a move likely to aggravate tensions with the Vatican, China's state-run Catholic church announced on June 23 that it may soon ordain more than 40 bishops without the approval of Pope Benedict XVI. According to the official Xinhua news agency, a spokesman for the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA) said the church "faces an urgent task" of choosing bishops for more than 40 dioceses, and planned to do so "without delay."
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Written by Peggy Fletcher Stack
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Monday, 27 June 2011 17:29 |
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) For decades, the Mormon hierarchy has matched its conservative members’ views on such issues as abortion and same-sex marriage. But now comes an issue that puts them at odds: immigration.
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Written by Fredrick Nzwili
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Monday, 27 June 2011 17:27 |
NAIROBI, Kenya (ENI) As independence for South Sudan approaches on July 9, churches there are coordinating efforts to bring lasting peace to a region exhausted by a long civil war.
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Written by Jonathan Luxmoore
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Monday, 27 June 2011 17:26 |
WARSAW, POLAND (ENI) Interfaith initiatives should focus on building grassroots relationships, according to participants at a religious symposium which ended May 15 in Poland.
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Written by Margaret Mwale
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Friday, 24 June 2011 16:18 |
DETROIT – The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People
has approved grants totaling $ 150,430 to 9 self-help projects in the
United States.
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Written by Fredrick Nzwili
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Friday, 24 June 2011 16:14 |
The cleric's comments follow faith groups' interaction with the agency on June 7 and
8 during a preparatory meeting in Nairobi for the 17th Conference of Parties (COP-
17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in
Durban, South Africa in November.
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Written by Sharon Youngs, Communications Coordinator
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Friday, 24 June 2011 16:12 |
LOUISVILLE (Office of the General Assembly) Fulfilling part of its mandate from
the 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Middle
East Monitoring Group (MEMG) has finished its work on a study guide for the Kairos
Palestine document.
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Written by Jacob Bolton
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Friday, 24 June 2011 16:11 |
SKANEATELES, N.Y. More than 30 Christian educators prayed, discerned and
reframed their ministry during an annual meeting of the Northeast Association of
Christian Educators (NEACE), held here April 26-28.
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Written by Trevor Grundy
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Monday, 20 June 2011 01:05 |
CANTERBURY, England (ENI) Leaders of the Church of England and
the Methodist Church have been urged to work more closely in the future in
order to strengthen Christian unity.
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Written by ENI news staff
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Monday, 20 June 2011 01:04 |
GENEVA (ENI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council have approved plans
for three-way talks that will include Lutherans, Roman Catholics, and
Mennonites.
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Written by Anto Akkara
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Friday, 17 June 2011 19:37 |
BANGALORE, India (ENI) Nearly two years after 10 Christians were killed and nearly 100 houses burned in the Punjabi town of Gojra, Pakistan, a
special court has suspended the trial of suspects in the carnage after a key witness fled Pakistan.
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Written by Judith Sudilovsky
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Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:01 |
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JERUSALEM (ENI) The security situation in Egypt has "deteriorated considerably" since former president Hosni Mubarak stepped down Feb. 11, leaving a security vacuum and Christians feeling "threatened more than ever," according to aid workers.
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Written by Judith Sudilovsky
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Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:00 |
JERUSALEM (ENI) Israeli and Palestinian politicians condemned an arson attack on a West Bank mosque, but Palestinians also accused Israel of "turning a blind eye" to the attacks, which they suspected were carried out by Jewish settlers.
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Written by Dave Collins
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Saturday, 11 June 2011 16:32 |
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Blog by Dave Collins …In other words, “church” has never really been a noun for me. Church has always been a verb. Which is why it’s been difficult for me to get too focused on trying to fix this wayward denomination of ours, or spend much time trying to find the perfect, orthodox, evangelical, but-still-values-women-elders, denomination (partly because it doesn’t exist). It feels like trying to perfect church as a noun, when it really works much better as a verb. … click here for full article
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Written by Bob Allen
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Friday, 10 June 2011 21:14 |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – The Southern Baptist Convention reported declines last year in several categories traditionally used as markers of denominational vitality, according to annual statistics released June 9 by LifeWay Christian Resources.
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Written by Rev. Dr. Paige M. McRight
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Thursday, 09 June 2011 18:46 |
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I saw an ad in Sunday's Orlando Sentinel taken by some members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) who raise questions about the direction of our denomination. Recently, a majority of presbyteries, regional governing bodies of elders and ministers, agreed to amend the constitution of our church to remove explicit language about sexual behavior outside of marriage with more inclusive language about appropriate character for those who are ordained as church leaders.
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Written by Beau Weston
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Wednesday, 08 June 2011 20:41 |
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Thirty years ago, his doctoral dissertation was titled, "Presbyterian Pluralism: Competition in a Protestant House." The vote on the nFOG stands in support of the very message he was writing then. The Van Winkle Professor of Sociology at Centre College now reflects on the significance of the vote. Click here to read the full blog
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Written by Anitra Kitts
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Tuesday, 07 June 2011 19:31 |
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Special to PNS) The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of
the 218th General Assembly (2008) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), wonders
what wisdom is possessed by Presbyterians who may not travel in the movers and
shakers crowd at General Assembly or keynote national conferences, or even lead a
regionally influential congregation.
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Written by Fredrick Nzwili
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Friday, 03 June 2011 19:36 |
NAIROBI, Kenya (ENI) A film about Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge, an 84-year-old
man who enrolled in primary school in 2003 so he could learn to read the Bible, has
inspired the creation of an educational charity for unprivileged children around the
world.
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Written by Hisashi Yukimoto
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Friday, 03 June 2011 14:51 |
TOKYO (ENI) Japan's Christian Council has decided to establish an office to
coordinate relief operations in Japan and from abroad in response to the devastating
earthquake that struck in February, causing a tsunami and problems at nuclear power
plants.
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Written by Linda Eastwood and Shannan Vance-Ocampo
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Wednesday, 01 June 2011 15:59 |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Special to the Presbyterian News Service) Colombian and U.S. Presbyterians are calling on people in both countries to join a fast in protest of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
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