Monthly Archives: July 2000
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 20, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Western United Methodists Protest Church Policy Against Gays (RNS) United Methodist churches in the western United States have approved a statement calling for the full inclusion of gays and lesbians in the church, echoing a declaration by churches in New England that protested the church’s decisions to ban same-sex unions […]
NEWS STORY: Woman Bishop Elected `The Old Fashioned Way’ _ With Politicking
By David Briggs — July 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service CINCINNATI _ In the euphoria last week over the election of the first woman bishop in a mainline black denomination, thousands of men and women at the African Methodist Episcopal General Conference immediately began chanting “Two! Two! Two!” in the hopes a second woman would be elected. What many did […]
NEWS STORY: Woman Bishop Elected `The Old Fashioned Way’ _ With Politicking
By David Briggs — July 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service CINCINNATI _ In the euphoria last week over the election of the first woman bishop in a mainline black denomination, thousands of men and women at the African Methodist Episcopal General Conference immediately began chanting “Two! Two! Two!” in the hopes a second woman would be elected. What many did […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Three African-American Women Named United Methodist Bishops (RNS) The United Methodist Church has 13 new bishops, three of whom are African-American women, following its U.S. jurisdictional conferences. The new women bishops, joining four African-American men and six white men in the episcopate, are the first black women to be named […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Three African-American Women Named United Methodist Bishops (RNS) The United Methodist Church has 13 new bishops, three of whom are African-American women, following its U.S. jurisdictional conferences. The new women bishops, joining four African-American men and six white men in the episcopate, are the first black women to be named […]
COMMENTARY: Let’s Give Teens a Break
By Dale Hanson Bourke — July 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Dale Hanson Bourke is the author of five books and the mother of two sons.) (UNDATED) When Prince William turned 18 years old, his life became an open book. The news and entertainment media examined everything from his taste in vests to his choice of university. But one decision no […]
COMMENTARY: Let’s Give Teens a Break
By Dale Hanson Bourke — July 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Dale Hanson Bourke is the author of five books and the mother of two sons.) (UNDATED) When Prince William turned 18 years old, his life became an open book. The news and entertainment media examined everything from his taste in vests to his choice of university. But one decision no […]
NEWS STORY: Episcopalians Target Need for Generation X Clergy
By Kein Eckstrom — July 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service DENVER _ When Nathan Humphrey was first considering becoming an Episcopal priest, an official in his Maryland diocese laughed at him and told him to come back when he had more experience. “It was (an) out-of-hand dismissal,” said Humphrey, who is now 26 and a 1997 graduate of Yale Divinity […]
NEWS STORY: Episcopalians Target Need for Generation X Clergy
By Kein Eckstrom — July 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service DENVER _ When Nathan Humphrey was first considering becoming an Episcopal priest, an official in his Maryland diocese laughed at him and told him to come back when he had more experience. “It was (an) out-of-hand dismissal,” said Humphrey, who is now 26 and a 1997 graduate of Yale Divinity […]
NEWS FEATURE: Show Biz Career Leads to Ministry With Addicts
By Patrick Johnson — July 18, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ To most, people like Muhammad Ali, Stevie Wonder, Donnie and Marie Osmond, B.B. King, or Archie Bell and the Drells are sports and entertainment icons they can only dream about seeing live, let alone know personally. But to the Rev. Al Lewis, they were fellow performers and […]
NEWS FEATURE: Show Biz Career Leads to Ministry With Addicts
By Patrick Johnson — July 18, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ To most, people like Muhammad Ali, Stevie Wonder, Donnie and Marie Osmond, B.B. King, or Archie Bell and the Drells are sports and entertainment icons they can only dream about seeing live, let alone know personally. But to the Rev. Al Lewis, they were fellow performers and […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 18, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Farrakhan Announces Million Family March (RNS) Five years after the Million Man March brought thousands of African-American men to the nation’s capital in a demonstration of racial unity and pride, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan appeared Friday (July 14) in Washington calling for a multiracial, interfaith Million Family March […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 18, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Farrakhan Announces Million Family March (RNS) Five years after the Million Man March brought thousands of African-American men to the nation’s capital in a demonstration of racial unity and pride, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan appeared Friday (July 14) in Washington calling for a multiracial, interfaith Million Family March […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 15, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service House Forgives Debt in Foreign Aid Package (RNS) In a 239-185 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $13.8 billion foreign aid bill Thursday (July 13) that sets aside $225 million to alleviate or forgive the debts of 40 heavily indebted poor countries. “This is a real shot in […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 15, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service House Forgives Debt in Foreign Aid Package (RNS) In a 239-185 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $13.8 billion foreign aid bill Thursday (July 13) that sets aside $225 million to alleviate or forgive the debts of 40 heavily indebted poor countries. “This is a real shot in […]
