Monthly Archives: January 2003
NEWS FEATURE: Winter’s Bleak Beauty Can Restore Spirit and Soul
By RNS Blog Editor — January 18, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News CLEVELAND _ Where does one achieve spiritual nirvana in January? Forget about going to the highest mountains in Tibet, or living a hermitlike existence amid the desert sands of North Africa. Nor will spiritual wholeness likely be achieved lounging around the beaches of Florida or Southern California sipping mai tais from […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 16, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service Southern Baptist Execs Oppose City’s Proposed Gay Rights Ordinance (RNS) Southern Baptist Convention executives, opposed to a proposed Nashville, Tenn., ordinance that would increase homosexual rights, say they could change their plans to hold their annual meeting in that city in 2005. Jack Wilkerson, vice president for business and finance […]
NEWS STORY: Church Leaders Step Up Criticism of Looming War with Iraq
By RNS Blog Editor — January 14, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Two major religious leaders _ Pope John Paul II and the head of the U.S. Episcopal Church _ on Monday (Jan. 13) criticized the looming U.S. war against Iraq. The new statements came as the United States beefed up its deployment of troops in the Persian Gulf region and […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 11, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service Heresy Charges Filed Against Chicago United Methodist Bishop (RNS) Official charges have been filed against the liberal United Methodist bishop of Chicago, accusing him of heresy and abandoning the Christian faith. Twenty-eight people say Bishop Joseph Sprague should renounce his views or resign his office for not believing in traditional […]
NEWS DIGEST: Religion in Canada
By Ron Csillag — January 9, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service Mosque Apologizes for Christmas E-mail TORONTO (RNS) A Somali mosque here has apologized for a Christmas Day message that said wishing someone Merry Christmas is comparable to congratulating them for committing murder or engaging in adultery. “The board (of Khalid Bin Al-Walid Mosque) sincerely apologizes for the distress that this […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service Presbyterians: Jesus is True, But Not Necessary for Salvation (RNS) Nearly three-quarters of Presbyterians believe that the “absolute truth for humankind is in Jesus Christ,” but fewer than half say that only Christians will be saved, according to a new church survey. The periodic poll of members of the Presbyterian […]
NEWS STORY: Archbishop Criticizes Official Hired to Assess Church’s Sex Abuse Reforms
By Jeff Diamant — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service NEWARK, N.J. _ Newark Archbishop John J. Myers has delivered a stern rebuke to Kathleen McChesney, the former FBI official hired by U.S. Catholic bishops to assess church reform in the wake of the priest sex-abuse scandal, saying her decisions have perplexed a number of church leaders. Myers’ remarks came […]
NEWS STORY: Dwindling Numbers Force Nuns to Sell Monastery
By Jeff Diamant — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service NEWARK, N.J. _ For 121 years, nuns have prayed for the troubled world outside the stone walls of the Monastery of St. Dominic here, living almost unknown to their neighbors. Although more than 100 nuns have spent their years in cloistered contemplation at the monastery since 1882, it has been […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service Agency Recommends Driver Training for Vans Often Used by Churches WASHINGTON (RNS) The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that states require special training for drivers of 15-passenger vans after investigating accidents involving vans used by churches. The agency also recommended more stringent measures for detecting tire pressure since pressure […]
NEWS STORY: NAE Says Faith-Based Funding Should Not Include Anti-Bias Provisions
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. _ The right of faith-based organizations to hire and fire staff must be retained as the federal government seeks to make more funds for social services available to them, the National Association of Evangelicals said Thursday (March 6). Members of the evangelical umbrella organization adopted a resolution […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service Bush Petitions Supreme Court to Hear Pledge Case WASHINGTON (RNS) The Bush administration has formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a lower court decision and allow the Pledge of Allegiance to include the words “one nation under God.” U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson said last summer’s ruling by […]
NEWS FEATURE: At West Point Graham Grandson Marches To Different Drum
By James Calvin Davis — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Three decades ago, West Point awarded the Rev. Billy Graham its highest civilian honor _ the Sylvanus Thayer Award. Today, the evangelist’s grandson Edward Graham looks forward to his West Point graduation and a military commission for active duty at a time when war seems imminent. In an interview […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service Wheaton College Adds Dancing, Faculty Drinking to Community Covenant (RNS) Wheaton College, an evangelical school in Wheaton, Ill., will allow dancing and permit faculty to drink alcohol and use tobacco products off campus according to its new “community covenant.” “On-campus dances will take place only with official college sponsorship,” according […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service `Best Christian Places to Work’ Survey Results Announced (RNS) Organizations ranging from the Evangelical Christian Credit Union in Brea, Calif., to Colorado-based Group Publishing have been named some of the “Best Christian Places to Work” in a new survey commissioned by Christianity Today magazine. The look at Christian workplaces was […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service ADL: Anti-Jewish Incidents Up 25 Percent on Campuses (RNS) The number of anti-Jewish incidents in the United States increased slightly from 2001 to 2002 but similar incidents reported on campuses rose 25 percent in 2002, the Anti-Defamation League reported in its annual audit. The total of anti-Jewish incidents reported against […]
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