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TOP STORY: RELIGION AS A WEAPON OF WAR: In Uganda, rebels fight in name of Jesus, Allah and bad juju
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service GULU, Uganda _ Smoldering under the midday sun are the ashes of the thatch-and-mud huts that once was the village of Apec, home to over 20 families. The whole village, soldiers said, had been set afire just a few hours before.”We heard the rebels coming down the road early this […]
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 […]
TOP STORY: BURUNDI – A SPECIAL REPORT: Divided and off-balance, church in Burundi an impotent peacem
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service BUJUMBURA, Burundi _ In a rural parish here, a Roman Catholic priest stands in the peaceful confines of the church garden and speaks in hushed tones about what he calls”the troubles”that haunt this tiny central African nation torn by civil war.”People come to the church every day seeking shelter either […]
TOP STORY: FALWELL REALIGNS: Long an independent, Jerry Falwell joins Southern Baptist fold
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service UNDATED _ The Rev. Jerry Falwell, a longtime independent Baptist preacher, announced this week he has become a Southern Baptist. Falwell said the decision to align his 22,000-member Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va., with the Southern Baptist Convention was influenced by the recent creation of a second, more […]
BURUNDI – A SPECIAL REPORT: As ranks of refugees grow, aged missionaries face the crisis of their li
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service BUJUMBURA, Burundi _ During nearly a half-century as missionaries in Africa, Carl and Eleanor Johnson have dealt with many crises, but never one as dreadful as what they face now. More than 7,000 refugees are crammed inside the 20-acre mission compound _ called Camp Johnson _ on the outskirts of […]
TOP STORY: AN HISTORIC BLACK CHURCH: An historic `Freedom Church’ marks two centuries of pain
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ There was a time in the Methodist Episcopal Church that black members had to wait until white congregants took Communion before they could approach the altar. Black preachers were given limited opportunities to speak _ occasionally to other blacks, never to whites. Even at baptisms, whites were […]
Burned Churches: Giving and receiving
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Here is a list of the major organizations that have raised money to rebuild burned churches and how the donations are being distributed: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES Cash received: $4.7 million Amount allocated in grants: $2.3 million Pledges not yet received: $1.4 million In-kind contributions: $3.4 million The National […]
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 […]
Now Falwell says he’s not a Southern Baptist
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service UNDATED _ After proclaiming a week ago his solidarity with the Southern Baptist Convention and making a $1,000 contribution to a new Southern Baptist group in Virginia, Jerry Falwell now says he does not consider himself a Southern Baptist. At a Wednesday (Oct. 30) night service, Falwell told members of […]
COMMENTARY: Tidings of discomfort and joy
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 _ I can tell Christmas is near: _ The obituary section in my local newspaper is longer. _ Reporters are tracking retail sales. _ Fund-raising appeals fill […]
`New Thought’ puts emphasis on Jesus and the power of positive thinking
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _ At first glance, the Rev. Della Reese Lett’s congregation seems like a fairly traditional church. There’s a choir, a Bible-based sermon and the passing of a collection basket. But before the 11 a.m. Sunday service, there is a 15-minute time of”guided meditation.”A prayer is offered to”Father-Mother God.”And […]
COMMENTARY: Future holds more reason for fear than for nostalgia
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 _ In the bargain box at Blockbuster Video, my 16-year-old son recently found”Rosemary’s Baby,”the 1968 thriller about the birth of Satan’s heir in a witches’ coven on […]
Through the kindness of strangers, a church rises again
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Last Easter Sunday morning, the 54-member congregation of St. Paul Primitive Baptist Church in Lauderdale, Miss., gathered for Sunday school and headed home, planning to return for an afternoon program. But by the time they came back, a fire of unknown origin burned their church to the ground. In […]
COMMENTARY: Walking the labyrinth, a pathway to God
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.) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. _ The gym at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church here had signs calling for quiet. Inside the front door, two women talked in hushed tones. I came […]
Christian music stars face a dilemma – faith versus fame
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 1996
During Christian music's heyday, the trappings of fame often distracted from the ministry.
