Presbyterian
Liam Goligher, influential PCA pastor, resigns after past arrest made public
By Bob Smietana — December 12, 2023
(RNS) — Goligher, the pastor of Philadelphia’s historic Tenth Presbyterian Church, was arrested in 2014 for public misconduct with another church leader but the arrest was not made public for years.
Mister Rogers Lego prototype a tribute to his ‘deep spiritual resonance’
By Kathryn Post — May 30, 2023
(RNS) — Mister Rogers' Neighborhood could again become a household fixture, this time in the form of a Lego set.
Weeping in Nashville
By Scott Sauls — March 28, 2023
(RNS) — A Nashville pastor contemplates the ‘why?’ of this week’s shooting.
Texas faith leaders accompany Uvalde community, decry gun culture after school rampage
By Alejandra Molina — May 25, 2022
(RNS) — ‘What happened yesterday is one more expression of how we leaders have failed,’ San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller said.
Online forum draws hundreds of faith leaders to counter religious opposition to abortion
By Alejandra Molina — January 21, 2022
(RNS) — 'So many of the abortion restrictions we’re seeing come from a particular religious lens that doesn’t represent the majority of the country,' said a Presbyterian pastor.
In Texas, ‘Reproductive Freedom Congregations’ catch on as new abortion law looms
By Alejandra Molina — August 25, 2021
(RNS) — In a gathering at First Unitarian Church of Dallas, faith leaders with Just Texas announced Wednesday (Aug. 25) that 25 churches had achieved the Reproductive Freedom Congregations designation since first launching the effort in 2016. Another 70 are in process.
‘Apostles of Change’ tells how secular Latino activists protested by seizing sacred spaces
By Alejandra Molina — July 6, 2021
(RNS) — ‘We know very little about Latino and Latina religious leaders that were prophets, that were religious radicals — people who stood up to faith and justice,’ said historian Felipe Hinojosa.
House chaplain criticizes lawmakers in prayer for ‘failing’ to unite around pandemic relief
By Jack Jenkins — March 10, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The House did, in fact, vote to approve the pandemic relief bill Wednesday afternoon. But division appeared to remain: The final vote tally fell almost entirely along partisan lines.
Trump, confirmed a Presbyterian, now identifies as ‘non-denominational Christian’
By Jack Jenkins and Maina Mwaura — October 23, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A rare exchange about religion-related matters with a president who, while allying closely with evangelical Christian leaders, has spoken little about his own faith.
Where is the Jewish Mister Rogers?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 23, 2018
All along, Fred Rogers was preaching a special gospel. Or, Torah.
Evangelicals find like-minded Christians in unlikely place: Palestinian West Bank
By Dan Rabb — May 10, 2018
BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank (RNS) — It's an evangelical church that is proudly, defiantly Palestinian.
At Korean-American churches, a struggle to retain language and tradition
By Aziza Kasumov — April 5, 2018
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Will Korean-speaking ethnic churches eventually die out?
At the Olympics, thousands of missionaries compete for souls
By Madeline C. Mulkey — February 22, 2018
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (RNS) — Teams of Christians — Baptists, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and more — aim to save souls at the Winter Games.
Where are mainline Protestants on abortion?
By Jacob Lupfer — January 18, 2018
(RNS) — While abortion is often portrayed as a binary issue, with religious people against it and secular people for it, the truth is much more complicated.
The Rev. Timothy Keller to step down from Redeemer Presbyterian Church
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 27, 2017
(RNS) He will continue working with the Redeemer City to City church planting network, including teaching in its partner program with Reformed Theological Seminary.
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