WASHINGTON (RNS) — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour warned several hundred Christian conservatives gathered here June…
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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…
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…
Egyptians want advice, not rule, of clerics
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Four months after the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a new…
Muslim cabbie fights ticket over religious cap
ST. LOUIS (RNS) — Taxi driver Nabeel Langrial was chatting with another cabbie last summer…
Judge hears monks' suit over right to build caskets
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) — Wearing a monk’s robe, Abbot Justin Brown climbed into the witness…
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…
Canadian Lutherans give Bugbee second term as president
Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) opened its ninth triennial convention June 3-6 in Hamilton, Ontario, with a…
Congregations to receive 'Witness, Mercy, Life Together' Bible study
Each LCMS congregation will receive this summer a free copy of a new Bible study…
Thrivent campaign calls on Americans to improve finances
A new campaign sponsored by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans seeks to raise Americans’ awareness of…
