by Piet Levy | May 17, 2006 | News
Differing faith communities are coming together with more frequency to pray together and serve together than before the Sept. 11 2001 terrorist attacks, a new survey reports. The survey, sponsored by the Cooperative Congregational Studies Partnership, shows that...
by Bob Allen | May 17, 2006 | News
African-American clergy on Monday boarded a Chicago Transit Authority bus for a symbolic ride calling for stricter gun laws and more community presence on local buses and streets. Later, hundreds of students walked out of a south side high school to honor a classmate...
by Bob Allen | May 16, 2006 | News
Sen. John McCain called for greater respect amid political differences in a symbolic commencement address Saturday at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University. Six years ago, while running for president against George W. Bush, McCain called Falwell and evangelist Pat...
by Bob Allen | May 16, 2006 | News
A Chicago-area Baptist pastor faces misdemeanor charges of battery for allegedly spanking a 12-year-old girl with a piece of wood. Police arrested Daryl Bujak, 30-year-old pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church in Elgin, Ill., last Wednesday. Police said the...
by Bob Allen | May 15, 2006 | News
Nearly half of new public school teachers leave the profession within five years, most often because of poor working conditions or low pay, according to a recent study by the National Education Association. Release of the study coincided with May 9, this year’s...
by Bob Allen | May 15, 2006 | News
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean misstated the party’s platform on gay marriage in an interview with CBN News, prompting backlash from a gay-rights group. Trying to dispel the notion that Democrats are “godless and don’t have any values,”...
