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…
For evangelicals, Bachmann 'speaks our code'
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour warned several hundred Christian conservatives gathered here June…
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…
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…
Oregon couple convicted in faith-healing trial
OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) — After just an hour of deliberation, jurors on June 7…
Woman charged with taking aid for tornado victims
PALMER, Mass. (RNS) — A Massachusetts woman charged with larceny and fraud denied June 7…
Feds rule against second Catholic college
(RNS) — For the second time this year, a federal regulator has rejected the First…
