by Adelle Banks | Jul 8, 2011 | News
(RNS) The Crystal Cathedral, which has put its iconic campus up for sale to end a bankruptcy crisis, has an interested party that needs a large cathedral: the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, Calif. The diocese—the nation’s 11th largest—does not have its own...
by Adelle Banks | Jul 6, 2011 | News
(RNS) Crystal Cathedral founder Robert H. Schuller has been removed from a voting position on the board of the iconic glass megachurch he started in Southern California five decades ago. “Recently, the board of directors of Crystal Cathedral Ministries voted to change...
by Adelle Banks | Jul 4, 2011 | News
(RNS) Members of Congress and Christian leaders say they are outraged over claims that a Veterans Affairs official in Houston discriminates against clergy and veterans’ families who want to use religious references in memorial ceremonies. The Liberty Institute, a...
by Adelle Banks | Jul 1, 2011 | News
(RNS) Evangelical leader Leith Anderson has announced plans to retire as senior pastor of his Eden Prairie, Minn., megachurch—where GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is a parishioner. Anderson will end his 35-year pastoral leadership of the 5,000-member Wooddale...
by Adelle Banks | Jun 30, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) As the U.S. Supreme Court ends its 2010-2011 term this week, legal scholars say a decision issued two months ago is likely to resonate within church-state debates for years to come. On April 4, the justices rejected a challenge to an Arizona school...
