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Association Responds to Disney & Nature Conservancy Research That Says Parents Are Concerned Kids Are Nature Deprived
By Religion News LLC — April 15, 2014
April 15, 2016 (Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Christian Camp & Conference Association (CCCA) is offering summer camp as a solution in response to the recent survey conducted by the Nature Conservancy and funded by Disney. The global research captures how much time kids spend outside – and parents’ perspective on the importance of time spent in nature. According […]
Easter and State Academic Standards
By Religion News LLC — April 14, 2014
Lake Forest, CA – While two billion Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Easter, millions of public school children in America won’t be learning about the religious aspects of this holiday. A new report released this week documents that state academic standards not only allow, but in some cases, expect public schools to teach […]
The Benedictines of Mary continue to touch hearts with Lent at Ephesus going into Holy Week
By Religion News LLC — April 14, 2014
ATLANTA, April 14, 2014 – As Holy Week approaches during the height of the Lenten season, the Benedictines of Mary continue to emotionally connect with music lovers across the country with their latest recording, LENT AT EPHESUS. The reflective and stirring album has spent seven consecutive weeks at No.1 on Billboard’s Classical Traditional Album Chart. Both of the Sisters’ previous recordings debuted at […]
New Book Provides ‘Kingdom Path’ Map to Help Churches and Ministries Achieve Godly Outcomes
By Religion News LLC — April 14, 2014
WINCHESTER, Va. – “The Choice: The Christ-centered Pursuit of Kingdom Outcomes,” a new book from ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability), examines the most important yet least examined issue in ministry today: how we determine success. Defining success is one of the most challenging decisions churches and ministries make. Improper views of success can severely […]
A Voice in the Church and the World
By Religion News LLC — April 11, 2014
Maryknoll, New York – American Catholics discovered the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in April of 2012, when the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) announced that, after a 4-year assessment, the organization—whose members represent 80% of the Catholic sisters in the United States—and its pastoral and doctrinal situation presented “a […]
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly listings – April 11
By Religion News LLC — April 9, 2014
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1732 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on April 11 (check local listings). Severely Impaired Premature Babies – Technology has allowed premature and critically ill newborn babies to survive, but sometimes with major problems. Dr. John Lantos, […]
CBS News, Religion News Service Combine for 7 Wilbur Awards
By Religion News LLC — April 9, 2014
By Jeff Huett, APR* NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 5, 2014) — At its annual award program to recognize secular media’s coverage of religious issues, values and themes, the Religion Communicators Council handed out 25 Wilbur Awards Saturday, four which were won by CBS News and three by Religion News Service. CBS earned awards for a March […]
America Is Still Generally Pro-Bible, But Bible Skeptics* Now Balance Out the Bible Engaged
By Religion News LLC — April 9, 2014
NEW YORK, April 9, 2014—After four years of research, American Bible Society has found the Bible landscape in the U.S. is shifting. A new report released today finds the percentage of Americans who are considered “Bible engaged”i is now equal to the percentage who do not believe the Bible to be sacredii—both at 19 percent. The […]
National Interfaith Group Condemns Killing of Dutch Priest in Homs, Syria
By Religion News LLC — April 9, 2014
WASHINGTON – A national coalition of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian clergy strongly condemns the murder of Fr. Frans van der Lugt, a well-known man of peace. An unidentified man entered his home on April 7, took him outside and shot him twice in the head, leaving him in the street, according to news sources. Fr. […]
Priest. Messenger of the Truth. Died for Religious Freedom. Future Saint. Do you know him?
By Religion News LLC — April 8, 2014
ATLANTA, April 8, 2014 – Blessed Father Jerzy Popieluszko was the courageous chaplain of the Solidarity movement in Poland in the early 1980’s, and it was his strong faith, conviction and courage that mobilized a nation to stand against the communist regime there. The remarkable story of Father Jerzy, a 21st century hero of human […]
¡Vive Tu Fe! Empowers Contemporary Catholic Prayer Groups to “Live Their Faith”
By Religion News LLC — April 7, 2014
PORTLAND, Ore.—After much anticipation, Spirit & Song, the world’s most trusted publisher of contemporary Catholic music has released their newest Spanish-language collection: ¡Vive Tu Fe! 50 Cantos de Evangelización, Oración y Alabanza (50 Songs for evangelization, prayer and worship). Serving both the greater Catholic Church, youth ministry, apostolic movements, as well as renewalist groups, ¡Vive […]
Christians For Fair Witness on the Middle East Prays That Israeli/Palestinian Peace Talks Continue
By Religion News LLC — April 7, 2014
(New York, NY April 7, 2014) Israeli/Palestinian peace talks appeared to reach a crisis last week after both sides took unilateral steps which ran counter to their commitment to the negotiations. Israel refused to release Palestinian prisoners unless the Palestinians agreed to continue talks beyond the initial April deadline. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed 15 […]
Lutheran Leaders Sign Letter to Obama and Visit White House, Capitol Hill for Immigration Reform
By Religion News LLC — April 4, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC April. 4, 2014 – 42 Lutheran leaders visited lawmakers Wednesday on Capitol Hill and at the White House, calling for virtuous and compassionate immigration reform. From the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Lutheran ministry organizations, they emphasized that as people of faith, they […]
Desmond and Mpho Tutu Challenge the World to Forgive
By Religion News LLC — April 4, 2014
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, April 3, 2014 – Desmond Tutu and his daughter Mpho Tutu today announced the Tutu Global Forgiveness Challenge, a free online program starting May 4, 2014, designed to teach the world how to forgive. In early registration people from over 100 countries have already signed up to participate. Archbishop Desmond Tutu […]
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly listings – April 4
By Religion News LLC — April 2, 2014
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1731 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on April 4 (check local listings). New Calvinism – In many Southern Baptist churches there is a revival of interest in Calvinism, the strict theology of the 16th century […]
