Donations to Religious Institutions Fall as Values Change
Source: The New York Times By ALINA TUGEND It used to be that many people gave to their particular house of worship to get a prominent pew or extra blessings. […]
Mass exodus from Mormonism? LDS stats paint a different picture
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By PEGGY FLETCHER STACK The optics tell a stunning story of Mormon decline — or so many observers insist. Photos of Mormons gathering en masse […]
Black Church Burned in Mississippi, With ‘Vote Trump’ Scrawled on Side
Source: The New York Times By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and RICHARD FAUSSET GREENVILLE, Miss. — A predominantly African-American church here was badly burned on Tuesday evening, with the words “Vote Trump” […]
How Christian women are making ‘holy mischief’ in the church
Source: RNS By Emily McFarlan Miller ST. PAUL, Minn. (RNS) The Xcel Energy Center was full of women – young and old, Protestant and Catholic, on fire for Jesus and burned out by church. Some came alone. Some came with the same groups of friends and family that have attended similar […]
Does the Reformation still matter?
Source: RNS By Jacob Lupfer (RNS) On Monday (Oct. 31) in Sweden, Pope Francis will take part in an ecumenical service commemorating the beginning of the Protestant Reformation’s 500th year. […]
At the holiest spot in Christendom, delving for Jesus’s resting place
Source: Times of Israel This Wednesday Oct. 26, 2016 photo shows the moment workers remove the top marble layer of the tomb said to be of Jesus, in the Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. A restoration team has peeled away a marble layer for the first time in centuries […]
The Pope Commemorates The Reformation That Split Western Christianity
Source: NPR By SYLVIA POGGIOLI One of the greatest rifts in Christianity — between Catholics and Lutherans — isn’t what it used to be. As a sign of those much improved […]
Baptisms on the football field: Church-and-state separation advocates see a troubling trend at public schools
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer One sunny afternoon last month, Newton High School football coach Ryan Smith gave his players a different sort of pep talk. “This world’s […]
Vatican Bans Scattering of Ashes From Cremation
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and GAIA PIANIGIANIOCT. 25, 2016 An urn containing the cremated remains of a Roman Catholic priest during a funeral Mass in Mexico last month. The church allows cremation as long as it is done in accordance with Christian doctrine.CreditAlan Ortega/Reuters VATICAN CITY — Ashes to ashes is […]
There is one sure way to save our ailing churches – give them away
Source: The Guardian By Simon Jenkins As desanctified, secularised buildings owned by the community or local trusts, ailing churches may just survive. More Muslims go to mosques than Anglicans go to […]
Mormon videos spur question: Should aging LDS apostles be able to retire?
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By PEGGY FLETCHER STACK The recently leaked videos of Mormon authorities discussing sometimes-thorny issues behind closed doors exposed no stunning secrets or unexpected statistics. But […]
On Communion debate, Pope Francis opts for decentralization
Source: Crux BY John L. Allen Jr. September 25, 2016 EDITOR Towards the end of Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis’s document on the family, the pontiff writes that when priests have to make […]
Converting churches to condos brings logistical, social challenges
Source: The Washington Post By Amanda Abrams It looks ancient, but the formidable stone church at 609 Maryland Ave. NE has, in its own way, kept up with the times. […]
Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Congregation: “Ahmadiyya Muslim’s Abode of Kindness Mosque invited us for 9/11”
Source: http://euuc.org/congregation/ahmadiyya-muslim-community.php Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Abode of Kindness Mosque invited us for 9/11 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Monroe invited the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Congregation to conduct our Sunday morning service within their sacred space on Sept. 11, 2016. Together our two communities have a long relationship of joining efforts for […]
Jewish agencies condemn church groups’ resolution on Israel
Source: RNS By Kirkland An (RNS) Two major Jewish advocacy groups denounced as one-sided and unfair a resolution by the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches urging Israel to withdraw from territories it occupies. The American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League characterized the resolution as […]
A new crop of D.C. churches has discovered the secret to appealing to millennials
Source: The Washington Post By Amanda Abrams Aaron Graham is talking to Washingtonians about power. “How do you live out your identity and have influence, not just in your personal […]
The Day Jesus Threw God Out Of Church
Source: Huffington Post Dr. Steve McSwain Speaker, Author, Counselor to Congregations, Interfaith Ambassador, Spiritual Teacher One day, Jesus went into the temple and began throwing people out. Or, is this […]
Christians: Integral part of the Arab world
Sep 07,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Heads of 22 regional churches met on the Dead Sea shores and agreed on the need for a unified ecclesiastical voice of Middle Eastern churches as an instrument for entrenching peace, tolerance and acceptance, greatly needed in the climate of death and atrocity much of the […]
Food stamp fraud trial postponed amid disputes over polygamists’ religious beliefs
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By NATE CARLISLE A federal judge on Tuesday postponed the trial for 11 members of a polygamous sect who are accused of misusing food stamp benefits. […]
Vicar warns Church of England could split over homosexuality
Source: The Guardian The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, told an audience this weekend that he was ‘consumed with horror’ at the church’s treatment of gay people. Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP […]