by Adelle Banks | Oct 12, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Six months after advisers turned in 164 pages of recommendations to the White House’s faith-based office, thorny church-state questions remain unanswered and some critics say the office has been used to push the president’s health care reform. Much of...
by Baptist Times Staff | Oct 12, 2010 | News
The director of a media, teaching and relief ministry in the Middle East urged British Baptists to learn more about “neglected, forgotten and rejected” Christians in Palestine. “From my visit, I get the sense that people don’t realize there are...
by Allen Powell II and the Times-Picayune | Oct 11, 2010 | News
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) A Louisiana minister will spend two years in prison for his role in bilking Hurricane Katrina victims of more than $350,000. The Rev. Martin A. Denesse of Homeplace, La., was sentenced Wednesday (Oct. 6) by Judicial District Judge Joy Lobrano to 15...
by Daniel Burke | Oct 11, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The United Methodist Church’s public policy agency can advocate on causes beyond alcoholism and temperance without violating the terms of its endowment, a District of Columbia judge ruled on Wednesday (Oct. 6). Superior Court Judge Rhonda Reid...
by Adelle M. Banks | Oct 11, 2010 | News
(RNS) Albertina Walker, a singer known as the “queen of gospel” because she launched the careers of other gospel artists, died Friday (Oct. 8) at the age of 81. Walker founded The Caravans, a Chicago-based gospel group that included such luminaries as Shirley Caesar...
by Adelle M. Banks | Oct 8, 2010 | News
(RNS) A leading “ex-gay” group, concerned about a recent rash of anti-gay bullying, has ended its role in the annual “Day of Truth” events that encourage students to express their opposition to homosexuality. The annual school observance was meant to counter the “Day...
