by Daniel Burke | Oct 21, 2010 | News
(RNS) Women have been ordained as priests in all 110 dioceses of the Episcopal Church, after the last holdout, in Quincy, Ill., ordained its first woman on Saturday (Oct. 16). The Rev. Margaret Lee, a grandmother of five and former chemist, is the first woman ordained...
by Adelle M. Banks | Oct 21, 2010 | News
(RNS) As the U.S. has grown more diverse, more Americans believe that being a Christian is a key aspect of being “truly American,” researchers say. Purdue University scholars found that between 1996 and 2004, Americans who saw Christian identity as a “very important”...
by Munyaradzi Makoni | Oct 20, 2010 | News
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (RNS/ENInews) The World Evangelical Alliance expressed disappointment after China prohibited a delegation of some 200 Christians from traveling to a major evangelical conference in South Africa. “The presence and contribution of Chinese...
by Whitney Jones | Oct 20, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Islam is a valid religion that is entitled to constitutional protection, said a U.S. attorney who stepped into a debate about a proposed mosque and Islamic center in Tennessee. “To suggest that Islam is not a religion is quite simply ridiculous,” said...
by Adelle M. Banks | Oct 20, 2010 | News
(RNS) The Crystal Cathedral, the gleaming Southern California megachurch known for its “Hour of Power” television broadcast, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from creditors. Senior Pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman on Monday (Oct. 18) said in a statement...
by Adelle M. Banks | Oct 19, 2010 | News
(RNS) Several of the nation’s largest religious charities reported increases in private support as nonprofits overall saw decreases in donations last year, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported. Feed the Children, which ranked fifth in the annual Philanthropy 400,...
