Monthly Archives: July 2013
International Mission Board Earns Accreditation from Nation’s Premier Financial Accountability Organization
By Religion News LLC — July 30, 2013
WINCHESTER, Va. — ECFA announced this week the accreditation of International Mission Board (IMB), the Richmond, Va.-based global mission arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest evangelical denomination. In receiving accreditation from ECFA (www.ecfa.org), International Mission Board has submitted its financial records to the highest level of scrutiny and met all criteria to […]
50th Annual Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Convention
By Religion News LLC — July 30, 2013
ISNA PRESS RELEASE 50th Annual ISNA Convention – August 30 – September 2, 2013 Washington DC PLAINFIELD, INDIANA The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is marking the 50th year of its founding with a Convention being held on Labor Day weekend in the nation’s capital at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. ISNA Conventions […]
Woman charged with paint vandalism at Washington National Cathedral
By Michael Winter — July 30, 2013
(RNS) A 58-year-old woman was arrested after two chapels in the Washington National Cathedral were defaced with green paint Monday (July 29) afternoon.
Camp Quest provides summer fun for atheist kids
By Corrie Mitchell — July 30, 2013
(RNS) For a growing number of people who don’t identify with a faith -- 51 million Americans are religiously unaffiliated -- Camp Quest fills a void.
COMMENTARY: Connecting online and in person
By Tom Ehrich — July 30, 2013
(RNS) We need both: physical presence and online presence. That's what will change the Christian enterprise.
Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup: Pope’s Gay Words * Cathedral Vandalized * Eric Metaxas
By Lauren Markoe — July 30, 2013
What did Pope Francis mean when he refused to judge gay priests? Green paint splattered at Washington's National Cathedral. Is Eric Metaxas the new Chuck Colson?
Full Disclosure
By Mark Silk — July 30, 2013
I have written blog posts on Jesus even though I am not a Christian.
Did Pope Francis change church teaching on homosexuality?
By David Gibson — July 29, 2013
(RNS) Pope Francis said nothing that would indicate that there would be any change in the tenet that homosexuality is, as the Catholic catechism states, “objectively disordered.” But he appeared to push back against a policy that gay men cannot be ordained.
Fate of Jerusalem looms over peace talks
By Oren Dorell — July 29, 2013
(RNS) Competing claims on the land are most intense in the Temple Mount-Haram al Sharif area and the stone-paved 1-square-kilometer area of Jerusalem's Old City. But Jewish neighborhoods and construction in and around East Jerusalem have given rise to various creative solutions for resolving the riddle of how two people, and two faiths, can share the same place.
Walking 1,850 miles to see Pope Francis, pilgrim feels renewed
By Janet Tappin Coelho — July 29, 2013
RIO DE JANEIRO (RNS) On March 15, Fabio Mateus packed a rucksack with a spare pair of sneakers, a raincoat, a hammock and $20 in his pocket, and started walking. Pilgrimages are a Brazilian tradition, built on a belief that to deepen religious experience a person must make sacrifices and suffer a degree of pain.
The “Reform of the Reform” is Over
By Mark Silk — July 29, 2013
The take-away from Pope Francis' trip to Brazil is that the efforts of John Paul II and Benedict XVI to reverse the course of the Second Vatican Council have come to an end. Francis's papacy, it is now clear, will be about the Restoration of the Reform.
It is Official!
By Religion News LLC — July 29, 2013
Pope Francis announces that World Youth Day 2016 will be in Krakow, Poland. For more information, go to: http://wyd.catholicpilgrimoffice.com/
Legacy of the Protestant Mainline Reconsidered
By Martin E. Marty — July 29, 2013
During Sightings’ annual “August Hiatus,” I (figuratively) load up my beach bag with books and other reading materials. I provide some suggestions at the end of this column should you be doing the same.
Quote of the Day: Author and megachurch pastor Rick Warren
By Ron Ribiat — July 29, 2013
“God knows what it’s like to lose a son.” — Author and megachurch pastor Rick Warren, quoted by The Associated Press when he returned to the pulpit for the first time after the April 5 suicide of his son Matthew. He was quoted by The Associated Press.
Monday’s Religion News Roundup: Quotable Pope * Mideast Talks * Rick Returns
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — July 29, 2013
The quotable, retweetable pope delighted the 3 million-strong crowds in Rio de Janeiro, telling the youth, “I want a mess…I want trouble in the dioceses!” On his way home from World Youth Day, Pope Francis gave a spontaneous interview with reporters that is gaining much attention. On gays, he said, “Who am I to judge them if they’re […]
