(RNS) — Two federal courts have issued strong defenses of religious expression in two separate…
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Magazine: Most think sex offenders should be in pews
(RNS) — Nearly eight in 10 respondents to a Christianity Today International survey said convicted…
World Mission launches 'intentional' outreach in cities
By Paula Schlueter Ross Rev. Yohannes Mengsteab believes he has found the world-mission pot of…
Synod membership declines, giving increases
While the Missouri Synod’s 2009 statistical reports show a 1.08 percent loss in baptized membership…
LWML offers new Christmas card
This year’s Christmas card from the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League “celebrates the light of the…
Concordia, Chicago, to host career weekend
High-school sophomores, juniors and seniors who are interested in learning more about church professions are…
Higher Things plans three 2011 youth conferences
Registration opens Nov. 1 for three Higher Things youth conferences next summer — July 5-8…
Zacchaeus' tree now a top tourist destination
JERUSALEM (RNS) — A huge sycamore tree that some believe was climbed by Zacchaeus the…
Author finds faith, fanaticism in 'football god'
AUBURN, Ala. (RNS) — Chad Gibbs has been on a pigskin pilgrimage throughout the South,…
Muslims say free speech must be defended
(RNS) — More than 160 North American Muslims from the U.S. and Canada have issued…
Marie Kienker, LCMS housing director, dies
Luvenia Marie Kienker, executive director of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod’s Lutheran Housing Support Corporation, died…
ACLU files suit over nose ring, prisoners' access to Bible
(RNS) — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed two federal lawsuits in the…
10 minutes with … Joni Eareckson Tada
(RNS) — Disability advocate Joni Eareckson Tada, long known as an evangelical icon and a…
Ban on school Christmas carols upheld
(RNS) — “Silent Night” and other religious songs will remain off the program at holiday…
Miniseries traces 400 years of religion in U.S.
(RNS) — A new six-part PBS series explores how deeply religion has influenced and informed…
Flooding hits Norfolk church for third time
As the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole passed along the Eastern Seaboard in early October,…
