Christianity
Middle Collegiate Church nears time for demolition of its historic facade
By Adelle M. Banks — November 1, 2023
(RNS) — ‘We tried to save a couple of ornamental pieces that we hope we can repurpose in the new building,’ said the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, its senior minister.
Truth & Liberty Coalition expands culture war to 30 Colorado school boards
By Steve Rabey — November 1, 2023
(RNS) — Health and wealth preacher Andrew Wommack teaches that Christians should ‘reform nations’ and rule over the godless. His Truth & Liberty Coalition has started by pushing its candidates in some 30 school districts across Colorado.
This All Souls’ Day, experience moments of connection with those who have gone before us
By Christine Paintner — November 1, 2023
(RNS) — This is an intentional act of cultivating relationship with our ancestors.
Pope presses theologians to be in tune with challenges of daily life and talk with non-believers
By Frances D'emilio — November 1, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Francis said that theologians must “confront themselves with profound cultural transformations.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson was once the dean of a Christian law school. It never opened its doors
By Brian Slodysko — November 1, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chapter is just the latest to surface since the four-term congressman's improbable election as speaker last week.
Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception
By Collin Binkley — November 1, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — Grand Canyon University faces the largest fine of its kind ever issued by the U.S. Education Department.
250 years later, ‘Amazing Grace’ has filled churches, concerts, even commercials
By Adelle M. Banks — October 31, 2023
(RNS) — Says author James Walvin: ‘its words speak to a human condition of suffering, and people coming out of suffering, and its music has a kind of haunting refrain that soothes.’
A good pastor is hard to find
By Karen Swallow Prior — October 31, 2023
(RNS) — In art at least, the odds of a man of the cloth turning out to be a good guy are slim.
Why Black women like Yolanda Pierce are rising to lead top theology schools
By Rebekah Barber — October 31, 2023
(RNS) — The academy is raising up the voices it once blocked.
The evangelical Christian activist who is now speaker of the House
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2023
(RNS) — Does Mike Johnson’s Bible-based worldview stop at the border?
In Vatican summit’s closing document, agreement that synodality is church’s future
By Claire Giangravé — October 30, 2023
(RNS) — Pope Francis’ synod on synodality never sought to answer the church’s hot-button questions, but it achieved its goal of promoting dialogue.
Synod on Synodality report is disappointing but not surprising
By Thomas Reese — October 30, 2023
(RNS) — For Francis it was never about the hot-button topics.
Siding with peace in the Middle East
By Bridget Moix — October 30, 2023
(RNS) — The future for Palestinians and Israelis is being erased each passing day.
Palestinian Christians and Muslims have lived together in the region for centuries − and several were killed recently while sheltering in the historic Church of Saint Porphyrius
By Christine Shepardson — October 30, 2023
(The Conversation) — Many Christian and Muslim families in Gaza today were displaced following the creation of new Arab and Jewish states. Today, Palestinian Christians occupy a complicated place in this region.
Anchorage’s oldest building, a Russian Orthodox church, gets new life in restoration project
By Mark Thiessen — October 30, 2023
EKLUTNA, Alaska (AP) — The Russian Orthodox church was established in Alaska on Kodiak Island in 1794 and missionaries spread the faith, baptizing an estimated 18,000 Alaska Natives.
