by John Finley | May 21, 2015 | Opinion
The U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. sponsored an ecumenical worship service on May 7 titled “The Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide: A Prayer for Justice and Peace.” During a horrific...
by David Fitch | May 21, 2015 | Opinion
Church planting in the United States and Canada has been traditionally all about gathering a large crowd, making a big splash in a community and building a building. Success is measured by how big and how fast. Though I recognize there is some legitimacy in gathering...
by Martin Marty (The Martin Marty Center: Sightings) | May 21, 2015 | Opinion
Pope Francis enjoys universal acclaim. Almost. While the pontiff is building bridges to Communists in Cuba, nuns who had been under suspicion, Muslims, Jews, Protestants and even people outside the faith, two dissenting groups stand out: Catholics on the left, in...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 20, 2015 | Opinion
An unseasonably hot day in Jerusalem greeted participants in the 2015 Campbell Divinity School Bible Lands Study Tour as they closed out their experience of pilgrimage, education, and friendship in Israel and the West Bank. We drove first to the Davidson Center at the...
by Jesse Wheeler | May 20, 2015 | Opinion
The Pew Research Center released in early April an in-depth demographic study titled, “The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050: Why Muslims are Rising Fastest and Unaffiliated are Shrinking as a Share of Global Population.”...
by Robert Parham | May 20, 2015 | Opinion
Three EthicsDaily.com documentaries will be shown at the Baptist World Congress in Durban, South Africa, in July. Thousands of Baptists from around the world will gather that week for the congress of the Baptist World Alliance that is held every five years. Under the...