c. 2007 Religion News Service Texas Court Strikes Down State Rules on Seminaries (RNS) A Texas court has struck down a state requirement that religious higher education institutions must meet specific standards before they can call themselves a “seminary” or use certain terminology to describe their degrees. The Texas Supreme Court ruled Aug. 31 in […]

c. 2007 Religion News Service Texas Court Strikes Down State Rules on Seminaries (RNS) A Texas court has struck down a state requirement that religious higher education institutions must meet specific standards before they can call themselves a “seminary” or use certain terminology to describe their degrees. The Texas Supreme Court ruled Aug. 31 in […]

c. 2003 Religion News Service Nigerian Archbishop Says Western Churches are Spiritually Bankrupt (RNS) The Episcopal Church may be financially wealthy but the recent election of an openly gay bishop has left it spiritually bankrupt, the leader of the world’s largest Anglican church said. Archbishop Peter Akinola, primate of the 18 million-member Anglican Church in […]

c. 2000 Religion News Service Study: Lay Leaders Committed But Take Nonorthodox Biblical Views (RNS) A study of church lay leaders finds they are more committed to religious activities than other churchgoers but are often at odds with orthodox biblical understandings. The Barna Research Group study found that church leaders were more than twice as […]

c. 2000 Religion News Service Study: Lay Leaders Committed But Take Nonorthodox Biblical Views (RNS) A study of church lay leaders finds they are more committed to religious activities than other churchgoers but are often at odds with orthodox biblical understandings. The Barna Research Group study found that church leaders were more than twice as […]

c. 2000 Religion News Service Vermont House Approves `Civil Unions’ for Gays (RNS) The Vermont House, in a historic vote Thursday (March 16), agreed to permit gay couples to form “civil unions” giving them the same rights and benefits afforded married heterosexual couples. The bill, which passed by a vote of 76-69, is expected to […]

c. 2000 Religion News Service Vermont House Approves `Civil Unions’ for Gays (RNS) The Vermont House, in a historic vote Thursday (March 16), agreed to permit gay couples to form “civil unions” giving them the same rights and benefits afforded married heterosexual couples. The bill, which passed by a vote of 76-69, is expected to […]

c. 2000 Religion News Service Catholic Bishops Want Vatican to Name King a Martyr (RNS) American Catholic bishops have asked the Vatican to name slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. a 20th century martyr for Christianity, according to the Boston Globe. King, along with four church women murdered in El Salvador in 1980, […]

c. 2000 Religion News Service Catholic Bishops Want Vatican to Name King a Martyr (RNS) American Catholic bishops have asked the Vatican to name slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. a 20th century martyr for Christianity, according to the Boston Globe. King, along with four church women murdered in El Salvador in 1980, […]

c. 1999 Religion News Service Report: China seeks Vatican ties but will crack down on Roman Catholics (RNS) China wants to re-establish diplomatic relations with the Vatican as a means of improving its international image, but at the same time hopes to crush the underground Chinese Roman Catholic Church, a missionary news agency has reported. […]

c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Last week, I received an advertisement in the mail inviting me to participate in a program sponsored by a Christian travel agency. For $3,000, I could”feast my eyes and feed my soul,”vacationing with other true believers on”wholesome”gospel-oriented cruises. NOTE: These tours are only open to those who want to avoid […]