Mitkos named LMI campaign director

Martha J. Mitkos has joined The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod as campaign director for the Lutheran…

Sem's Lay Bible Institute to discuss 'crusades'

“Are We Still Fighting the Crusades?” is the topic of the Aug. 20 Lay Bible…

Catholic University ends mixed-gender housing

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Catholic University of America will phase out co-ed dormitories later this…

Vatican to brief bishops, religious orders on abuse

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican will use online education and other methods to help…

Bishops open meeting to review sex abuse rules

BELLEVUE, Wash. (RNS) — The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops (USCCB) began a review of church…

Crisis pregnancy group reflects Jewish divide on abortion

SILVER SPRING, Md. (RNS) — Saraleah was 19 and a part-time student when she discovered…

Evangelicals wade into circumcision debate

(RNS) — The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) is siding with Jews and Muslims in…

Southern Baptists look to minorities for growth

(RNS) — Southern Baptists (SBC) meeting in Phoenix adopted a plan June 14 to try…

Baptists affirm belief in 'eternal' hell

(RNS) — Southern Baptists (SBC) on June 15 called hell an “eternal, conscious punishment” for…

Wanted: volunteers for Mercy Medical Teams

More than medicine. That’s what Sharon Thomas says she shares each time she takes part…

Harrison preaches in South Korea before Japan visit

LCMS President Dr. Matthew C. Harrison celebrated Pentecost Sunday, June 12, by preaching in Seoul,…

Open Arms offers free child care webinar

The Open Arms Institute is offering a free “Pastor’s Webinar” June 16 at 12:30 p.m.…

Thrivent expands disaster program to more states

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is expanding a national disaster-response funding program it announced in May…

For evangelicals, Bachmann 'speaks our code'

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour warned several hundred Christian conservatives gathered here June…

Gallup: 9 in 10 Americans believe in God

(RNS) — A new Gallup poll finds 92 percent of Americans say they believe in…

U.S. woman is world's longest-serving church organist

MOSS POINT, Miss. (RNS) — For the past 69 years, Ida Mae Cumbest has been…