Clergy & Congregations
TOP STORY: RELIGION AND CULTURE: A church with ancient roots stays alive in the modern world
By RNS Blog Editor — January 6, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service NEW BRITAIN, Conn (RNS)-Jesus and his fellow Nazarenes would feel right at home at services here at St. Thomas Assyrian Church of the East. The Aramaic used in the liturgy isn’t exactly what Jesus and his apostles spoke but is believed to be close. Being familiar with Aramaic makes one […]
COMMENTARY: Some lessons from the real world are better left unlearned
By James Rudin — January 5, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) (RNS)-A recent survey of Protestant ministers in the United States presents some depressing news: Nearly 25 percent have reported being dismissed or forced to resign from their congregations. While no precise data is available for the Jewish […]
National Religion Report
By RNS Blog Editor — January 3, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Following is a collection of domestic religion stories compiled from RNS staff, wire and denominational reports). Study finds high number of clergy fired or forced to resign during career (RNS)-A national survey of Protestant clergy has found that an unusually high number-22.8 percent-say they have either been fired or forced […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service African-American Muslim leader meets with Pope John Paul II (RNS) Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, leader of the nation’s largest mainstream African-American Muslim organization, and Pope John Paul II met for the first time Wednesday (Oct. 2) following the pontiff’s last regular weekly audience prior to his entering the hospital Sunday […]
COMMENTARY: Taking Exception: Christian churches seek a shared Jerusalem
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
DALE L. BISHOP, MARK B. BROWN AND TERENCE W. MILLER (Dale L. Bishop is the area executive for the Middle East for the United Church of Christ and the Disciples of Christ; Mark B. Brown is assistant director for advocacy governmental affairs of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; and Terence W. Miller is the […]
COMMENTARY: Here comes the father of the bride
By James Rudin — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) UNDATED _ My shoulders tightened up; my breathing became rapid and shallow. The muscles in my neck grew tense; my stomach churned. The roof of my mouth became parched. And my entire body shook as if it […]
COMMENTARY: Chicago Catholics contemplate a new regime
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) UNDATED _ One of the first things likely to change when Chicago gets a […]
NEWS STORY: JESUS SEMINAR SHIFTS FOCUS: Jesus seminar changes focus, taking aim at Paul and Nicene C
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service SANTA ROSA, Calif. _ Having completed an ambitious and controversial decade of work on the sayings and deeds of”the historical Jesus,”the maverick scholars of the Jesus Seminar have changed course, with a plan to write their own version of the New Testament. They also plan to focus on the history […]
COMMENTARY: The legacy of Herod: Piety becomes a cloak for selfishness
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1995 Religion News Service (Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.) UNDATED _ As a minister, I often encounter people who feel it necessary to impress me with their piety. They seem […]
COMMENTARY: Reclaiming the black church’s lost sheep
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister who has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.) (UNDATED) A recent incident in my prison congregation underscores the struggle for relevance currently faced by black churches. Made up largely […]
COMMENTARY: A pastor opens his heart to the Christmas church-goer
By Charles Austin — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles Austin is a journalist and a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, Ridgefield Park, N.J.) UNDATED _ You are welcome; and yes, we know who you are. But be assured, that from where I stand in the pulpit _ as […]
TOP STORY: REBUILDING BURNED CHURCHES: Donors learn a simple act of charity is a complicated thing
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ There was a time when it all seemed so simple. Close to 100 mostly African-American churches have been the victim of arson or suspicious fires over the past two years. And people of faith _ all faiths _ rallied to help them rebuild. The National Council of […]
COMMENTARY: Can churches stop fighting long enough to attend to the young?
By Tom Ehrich — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C, an author and a former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com.) BOISE, Idaho _ Sitting in the home of an actual young American family in this city brimming with young people, learning about a new church focused on the […]
COMMENTARY: To a nation of relentless consumers, even God is trivialized
By Tom Ehrich — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C, an author and a former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com.) (UNDATED) Checking my messages on an Internet news group, I came across the saddest note. Writing to a group concerned about abuse of clergy, a clergyman recounted comments […]
COMMENTARY: A great fast is the harbinger of a great feast
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1995
c. 1995 Religion News Service (Editors’note: Western churches observed Easter on April 12; Orthodox churches observe Easter April 19. This column is intended for use April 14 or thereafter. Frederica Mathewes Green lives and writes in Baltimore, Md.) UNDATED _ Sure, it’s all very well for you. You’ve already had Easter. You’re taking that leisurely […]
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