Monthly Archives: August 2007
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 1, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service Evangelicals Try to Correct `Misperception’ on Middle East WASHINGTON (RNS) A broad coalition of evangelical leaders is attempting to “correct a serious misperception” that all evangelicals oppose creating a Palestinian state. Led by Ron Sider, a professor at the American Baptist-affiliated Palmer Theological Seminary and head of Evangelicals for Social […]
Book Debunks the Myths About Megachurches
By Adelle M. Banks — August 1, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) They’re big, nondenominational, homogenous churches that are all show with little spiritual depth. While that’s what some might assume about the nation’s megachurches, scholar Scott Thumma is out to bash the stereotypes and explain the churches’ appeal. “Everybody takes those general characteristics and applies them to all megachurches,” he […]
New Orleans Churches Rebuild, Though Pace Is Painfully Slow
By Bruce Nolan — August 1, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS _ Nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina, members of 132-year-old Rayne United Methodist Church have finally moved back into their storm-damaged sanctuary, even as masons continue substantial repairs to the church’s toppled brick steeple. Meanwhile, in Algiers, contractors are just starting what promises to be at least nine […]
COMMENTARY: To Open Doors, Churches Must Turn Off Noise
By Tom Ehrich — August 1, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ As I walked to Midtown Manhattan, two auto accidents occurred near me on Fifth Avenue. In the first, two taxicabs collided, the drivers stopped to shout at each other, and an abandoned passenger walked across the street and hailed another cab. In the second, a cab suddenly […]
RNS Religion Calendar
By RNS Blog Editor — August 1, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service Note: Holidays that begin at sundown continue through sundown of the next day, unless otherwise noted. (UNDATED) Here is the RNS calendar of major religious holidays, denominational meetings and other events for August and September. It will be updated monthly. Aug. 1-3 Baptist History Celebration, gathering of Baptist historians to […]
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