by Adelle Banks | Apr 15, 2011 | News
Evangelicals named to ministry watchdog panel By Adelle M. Banks RNS-EVANGEL-BRIEF WASHINGTON (RNS) The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability has announced members of a commission to advise a Capitol Hill review of financial reform of religious groups....
by Adelle Banks | Apr 15, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The law calling for an annual National Day of Prayer imposes solely on the duties of the U.S. president, leaving private citizens no legal standing to challenge it, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday (April 14). The unanimous decision overturns a...
by Baptist Times Staff | Apr 14, 2011 | News
The church in Great Britain faces huge challenges over the next few years, but growth is still possible, according to a leading researcher. In “21 Concerns for 21st Century Christians,” Peter Brierley points to the continuing decline in many denominations...
by Daniel Burke | Apr 14, 2011 | News
(RNS) As Christians worldwide prepare to celebrate Easter, they will follow a familiar chronology: Jesus was crucified on Good Friday and rose from the dead on “the third day,” in the words of the ancient Nicene Creed. But if Jesus died at 3 p.m. Friday and vacated...
by Adelle Banks | Apr 14, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) A small band of Christians is planning a rally in Washington, D.C., in a bid to make Good Friday a national holiday. Organizer Sharon Jones, a New York-based missionary, recalled growing up observing the holiday in her native Britain. She has...
by Maurice Malanes | Apr 14, 2011 | News
MANILA, Philippines (RNS/ENInews) Filipino church leaders are divided over a proposal to give the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial. In late March, a resolution was endorsed by 193 lawmakers urging President Benigno Aquino III to allow the burial of...
