Monthly Archives: September 2000
NEWS FEATURE: Bible Study in a Tattoo Shop? Minister Asks Why Not
By RNS Blog Editor — September 15, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service ST. LOUIS _ The cigarette smoke was thick and two electric tattoo needles buzzed in the background as Randy Windham read from the biblical book of Acts to a group of about 12. The needles were surprisingly loud and the soft-spoken Windham had to make an effort to be heard […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 14, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service U.S. House Sides With Boy Scouts Over Federal Charter (RNS) The Boy Scouts of America received a major show of support in the U.S. House of Representatives when members voted 362-12 Wednesday (Sept. 13) to oppose revoking the organization’s federal charter because of its policy to not allow gays as […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 14, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service U.S. House Sides With Boy Scouts Over Federal Charter (RNS) The Boy Scouts of America received a major show of support in the U.S. House of Representatives when members voted 362-12 Wednesday (Sept. 13) to oppose revoking the organization’s federal charter because of its policy to not allow gays as […]
NEWS STORY: Church Leaders Urge Students to Gather for Legal School Prayer
By Adelle M. Banks — September 14, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) As students prepare to gather around school flagpoles for an annual prayer event, leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention and a prominent law firm have reminded pastors and school officials that “See You at the Pole” remains legal. In the wake of a Supreme Court decision finding a Texas […]
NEWS STORY: Church Leaders Urge Students to Gather for Legal School Prayer
By Adelle M. Banks — September 14, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) As students prepare to gather around school flagpoles for an annual prayer event, leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention and a prominent law firm have reminded pastors and school officials that “See You at the Pole” remains legal. In the wake of a Supreme Court decision finding a Texas […]
NEWS STORY: Jewish Leaders Affirm Common Roots With Christians in Historic Statement
By Kein Eckstrom — September 8, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Just days after the Vatican released a declaration saying the salvation of non-Catholics is “gravely deficient,” a group of Jewish scholars released a landmark statement Thursday (Sept. 7) calling on Jews to affirm their shared roots with Christians while acknowledging a “humanly irreconcilable difference” between the two religions. More […]
NEWS STORY: Jewish Leaders Affirm Common Roots With Christians in Historic Statement
By Kein Eckstrom — September 8, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Just days after the Vatican released a declaration saying the salvation of non-Catholics is “gravely deficient,” a group of Jewish scholars released a landmark statement Thursday (Sept. 7) calling on Jews to affirm their shared roots with Christians while acknowledging a “humanly irreconcilable difference” between the two religions. More […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 7, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Appeals Court Rejects Request to Halt Minute of Silence (RNS) On the same day when many Virginia students paused for a minute of silence for the first time, a federal appeals court refused to stop the new law from being observed. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond decided […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 7, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Appeals Court Rejects Request to Halt Minute of Silence (RNS) On the same day when many Virginia students paused for a minute of silence for the first time, a federal appeals court refused to stop the new law from being observed. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond decided […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 6, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Survey: Presbyterian Ministers, Members Differ on Morality of Gambling (RNS) Presbyterian ministers and members have sharp disagreements on the morality of gambling, a Presbyterian Church (USA) survey shows. And whether they consider it moral or not, many Presbyterians take part in legal gambling, the Presbyterian Panel survey found. Of ministers […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 6, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Survey: Presbyterian Ministers, Members Differ on Morality of Gambling (RNS) Presbyterian ministers and members have sharp disagreements on the morality of gambling, a Presbyterian Church (USA) survey shows. And whether they consider it moral or not, many Presbyterians take part in legal gambling, the Presbyterian Panel survey found. Of ministers […]
NEWS STORY: Prayer Protests Planned at High School Football Games
By Adelle M. Banks — September 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service UNDATED _ As the high school football season kicks off, some fans plan to pray in the stands in protest of the Supreme Court’s decision in June that declared a Texas policy permitting student-led prayer before games unconstitutional. From “No Pray! No Play!,” an effort at the Santa Fe, Texas, […]
NEWS STORY: Prayer Protests Planned at High School Football Games
By Adelle M. Banks — September 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service UNDATED _ As the high school football season kicks off, some fans plan to pray in the stands in protest of the Supreme Court’s decision in June that declared a Texas policy permitting student-led prayer before games unconstitutional. From “No Pray! No Play!,” an effort at the Santa Fe, Texas, […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service German Catholics to Pay $4.6 Million to Nazi-Forced Slave Laborers (RNS) The Roman Catholic Church in Germany has agreed to set up a $4.6 million fund to compensate for the church’s use of Nazi-forced slave labor during World War II, but Jewish groups and the German government criticized the church […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service German Catholics to Pay $4.6 Million to Nazi-Forced Slave Laborers (RNS) The Roman Catholic Church in Germany has agreed to set up a $4.6 million fund to compensate for the church’s use of Nazi-forced slave labor during World War II, but Jewish groups and the German government criticized the church […]
