TORONTO (RNS) — The mayor of a Quebec town says he will appeal a decision by a human rights tribunal that bans prayer at city council and ordered him to remove a crucifix from the council’s chambers. Saguenay Mayor Jean…

All alumni and staff of California Concordia College / High School are invited to attend a reunion June 24-26 in Sacramento, Calif.  For information, visit www.cui.edu/oakland. Posted Feb. 18, 2011 Return to Top

(RNS) — While mainline Protestant churches in the U.S. continue to experience decades-long decline, the memberships of Pentecostal traditions are on the rise, according to new figures compiled by the National Council of Churches (NCC). The Roman Catholic Church (No.…

(RNS) — Houses of worship and other charities often aren’t in competition for dollars but instead tend to reap donations from similar donors, a new study shows. Slightly more than 50 percent of people who financially supported congregations also gave…

UTRECHT, Netherlands (RNS/ENInews) — If there was ever a country that understands floods, it is the Netherlands, where one-quarter of the land is below sea level, and it is here that a modern Noah is constructing an ark. Dutch building…

(RNS) — The way Rev. Jonathan Wilkins sees it, members of his Baptist church in Thomaston, Ga., should have the right to carry guns into worship services to protect the congregation. Wilkins’ Baptist Tabernacle and a Georgia gun-rights association are…

(RNS) — Domino’s Pizza magnate Tom Monaghan has stepped down from leading the conservative Catholic university he founded near Naples, Fla., and named the former director of the White House faith-based office as president. Monaghan’s Ave Maria University on the…

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A proposed House bill will require the use of “mother” and “father” by all federal agencies and contractors when describing parents, pushing back on a move by the State Department to use “parent” instead. The Parental Title…

“One God, One Call” is the title of the Lutheran Services in America (LSA) disability network’s biennial conferences to be held May 1-3 in Milwaukee and Oct. 4-6 in Philadelphia.  The May conference is just prior to LSA’s annual conference…

Former Concordia Seminary classmates Dr. Bruce M. Hartung and Rev. Leroy B. Joesten are the LCMS recipients of what the Inter-Lutheran Coordinating Committee (ILCC) calls the Lutheran church’s highest honor for service in ministries of chaplaincy, pastoral counseling and clinical…

Clayton Andrews, a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Norfolk, Neb., and co-founder of Orphan Grain Train, was inducted Feb. 3 into the Nebraska Business Hall of Fame for his service to the community and the longevity of his company,…

By Paula Schlueter Ross LCMS World Mission would like to place 130 GEO missionaries and 100 short-term mission teams in overseas mission fields during 2011. The Globally Engaged in Outreach, or GEO, missionaries typically serve a year or two, sharing…

By Karen Sansone Late last year, Congress passed legislation that it hoped would stimulate the United States economy by decreasing the taxes that employers withhold from workers’ paychecks in 2011.  This new tax benefit, billed as a “tax holiday,” replaces…

WASHINGTON (RNS) — President Obama has named top U.S. church leaders to an advisory council on faith-based programs, but the list of appointments is also drawing questions about a lack of diversity from minority faiths. The 15 names released late…

LONDON (RNS) — The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, worried about the growing influence of Harry Potter and his team of young wizards, has published a guide aimed at helping teenagers deal with 21st century witchcraft. The British…

College students who are looking for something to do during their “spring break” might want to consider serving in Haiti. LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) is working with Lutheran Church Charities in Addison, Ill., to offer five weeklong…