by Sara Ganim | Mar 14, 2011 | News
HARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) Westboro Baptist Church, the controversial group that just won a free speech Supreme Court case, said it plans to protest at a funeral for seven Pennsylvania children who died in a fire Tuesday (March 8) night. “I’m baffled that they would choose...
by Adelle Banks | Mar 14, 2011 | News
(RNS) Bishop Chandler David Owens, a former presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ known as an orator and international leader, died Sunday (March 6) at the age of 79. Owens served as leader of the nation’s largest black Pentecostal denomination from 1995 to...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 14, 2011 | News
A Christian polling firm found that evangelicals favor five possible Republican presidential candidates more than President Barack Obama. Even the twice-divorced, thrice-married Newt Gingrich received a higher favorability rating among evangelicals than Obama, who has...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 14, 2011 | News
American Baptist Churches-USA responded to the crushing tsunami trigged by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake with a $20,000 grant to the Japanese Baptist Union (JBU) while Baptist World Aid Rescue 24 sent a team to the disaster area. On Sunday, the Japanese Meteorological...
by Paul Kopenkoskey | Mar 11, 2011 | News
CALEDONIA, Mich. (RNS) The aroma of freshly popped popcorn and the crack of soda cans opening while the “Gladiator” soundtrack blares through the speakers are a signal that it’s guys night out at Cornerstone Church. Tonight’s feature is “Open Range,” a Western that...
by Chris Herlinger | Mar 11, 2011 | News
(RNS/ENInews) Nearly two dozen Christian leaders are calling on the Obama administration to renew diplomatic efforts to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “With rapid change underway in the Arab world we believe that the time to act is now—before events make the...
