Monthly Archives: January 2000
NEWS SIDEBAR: Viewpoints on the Definition of Family
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Here are ways in which some religious leaders speak of the family: “Family is where you build a relationship with another person that’s deeper and more committed than friendships.” _ The Rev. Bob Edgar, a United Methodist minister and general secretary of the National Council of Churches “I think […]
NEWS STORY: NCC Leaves Atlanta With Brighter Future, But Financial Troubles Loom
By Kein Eckstrom — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) One year after the National Council of Churches teetered on the brink of extinction because of overwhelming financial troubles, the venerable ecumenical body has left its annual meeting in Atlanta with a brighter future despite ongoing fiscal uncertainty. The 51-year-old council, which added its 36th member church during its […]
NEWS STORY: NCC Leaves Atlanta With Brighter Future, But Financial Troubles Loom
By Kein Eckstrom — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) One year after the National Council of Churches teetered on the brink of extinction because of overwhelming financial troubles, the venerable ecumenical body has left its annual meeting in Atlanta with a brighter future despite ongoing fiscal uncertainty. The 51-year-old council, which added its 36th member church during its […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Survey: Bush Preferred Among Born-again Christians (RNS) Among born-again Christians who are likely to vote in November, Texas Gov. George W. Bush is the preferred presidential candidate, according to a recent poll from the Barna Research Group. The Republican candidate is favored by 71 percent of born-again Christians who have […]
NEWS FEATURE: Faith-Based Sex Education Takes Hold Across U.S.
By James Palmer — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WAYLAND, Mass. _ The seventh graders weave in and out of the polished wooden pews, chasing each other, paper planes flying about. The teachers raise their voices. A sense of order and propriety is quickly restored to the sanctuary of this 200-year-old steepled New England church, and the guessing game […]
NEWS FEATURE: Last Russian Czar, Family, on Way to Orthodox Sainthood
By Christa Brown — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service YEKATERINBURG, Russia _ On a July night 82 years ago in a private home here, a Bolshevik squad escorted Russia’s last czar, his wife and five children into the cellar and shot them to death. The site of the house, now razed, is known locally as “Russia’s Golgotha.” By most […]
NEWS STORY: Texas Baptists Slash Funding for Southern Baptist Convention Seminaries
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas _ Texas Baptists voted overwhelmingly Monday (Oct. 30) to slash state convention funding for the six seminaries of the Southern Baptist Convention. The dramatic move is the latest stage in the moderate-conservative struggle over the soul of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. “There are truths and principles […]
NEWS FEATURE: Family’s Roots Entwine Candidate for Sainthood
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS _ Patty McDuffee tossed her curly blond hair, trying to dash away the tears welling in her light-blue eyes as she recounted the mystery that had bewildered her family for generations. As she sat for the first time in New Orleans, where many of her previously unknown relatives […]
NEWS FEATURE: Catholic Bishops Set to Issue Guidelines on Art and Architecture
By Kein Eckstrom — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ When Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council in 1962 to “throw open the windows of the church,” he not only forever altered Catholic identity but also dramatically reimagined one of the church’s most public features _ its architecture. In the four decades since, architects and priests […]
NEWS FEATURE: Christians Learning to Say They’re Sorry
By By David Gibson — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Even if Jesus’ followers over the centuries have heeded his advice only imperfectly, one of his central teachings on human relations can be boiled down to one word: forgiveness. How many times must we forgive, Jesus was asked? Seventy times seven, he answered, a figure meant to be virtually […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service White House spokesman admits”apology is in order”for Baptist comment (RNS) White House spokesman Joe Lockhart acknowledged Wednesday (Jan. 5) that”an apology is in order”after he made remarks linking the Southern Baptist Convention’s evangelistic efforts to organizations that”perpetuate ancient religious hatred.””I think an apology is in order, and I’ve already made […]
NEWS FEATURE: Catholic Bishops Set to Issue Guidelines on Art and Architecture
By Kein Eckstrom — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ When Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council in 1962 to “throw open the windows of the church,” he not only forever altered Catholic identity but also dramatically reimagined one of the church’s most public features _ its architecture. In the four decades since, architects and priests […]
NEWS STORY: Religious Groups Lead Washington Rally to Forgive Global Debt
By Kein Eckstrom — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Thousands of people rallied in Washington on Sunday (April 9) to urge Congress to erase millions of dollars in foreign debt owed by the world’s poorest countries, saying Washington should look to the Bible for ways to begin the new millennium. The movement, known as Jubilee 2000 USA, […]
NEWS STORY: Teen Challenge Shows the Pitfalls and Promises of Faith-Based Outreach
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WEST BABYLON, N.Y. _ For 20 years, beginning at age 14, Barry Baugh was a drug addict. “Every day of my life I got high,” said Baugh, 49, a former semi-pro basketball player who lives on Long Island. “I started with pot. From there it escalated to pills, to acid, […]
NEWS FEATURE: Runner Turned Preacher Keeps Running
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ Earl Johnson knows what it is to run _ literally and figuratively. As a student, Johnson ran on the track team at Central High School in Phenix City with teammate and future Olympian Harvey Glance, and later at Alabama A&M University, both under the direction of Coach […]
