by Jack Jenkins | Jul 8, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Three church-state activist groups criticized the Army for allowing an evangelical concert at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg but not making similar provisions for a “Rock Beyond Belief” concert for nonbelievers. The three groups—Americans United for...
by Jack Jenkins | Jul 7, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Dalai Lama celebrated his 76th birthday in Washington on Wednesday (July 6) by speaking before throngs of well-wishers and kicking off an 11-day peace event in the U.S. capital. Sporting traditional Tibetan Buddhist robes and a red visor, the...
by Jack Jenkins | Jul 1, 2011 | News
(RNS) For Living Faith Lutheran Church, the name change was as much about the future as the past. On Sunday (June 26) the Rockville, Md., congregation formally bid goodbye to its old name, Crusader Lutheran Church. “We’re not saying (Crusader) was a bad name,” said...
by Jack Jenkins | Jun 23, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) As President Obama prepared plans to bring a limited number of U.S. troops home from Afghanistan, a group of 40 religious leaders called for the president to “bring the war in Afghanistan to an end.” Signers of an open letter, including high-profile...
by Jack Jenkins | Jun 16, 2011 | News
(RNS) Goshen College will no longer play The Star-Spangled Banner at sporting events, school leaders announced, reversing last year’s decision to allow the use of the national anthem for the first time in the Mennonite college’s history. Some Mennonites had criticized...
