Lately, it has become fashionable that churches and charities should replace government in funding and managing social services. Mike Konczal calls this “the voluntarism fantasy.”
The sculpture “Homeless Jesus” has been installed at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Grand Haven, Michigan.
The Church of England has officially submitted its reason why civil partnership should be retained now that same-sex marriage is legal in the UK.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter Mpho Tutu are launching the Tutu Global Forgiveness Challenge, a free online program starting May 4, 2014, designed to teach the world how to forgive.
Archbishop Justin Welby has suggested in a talk radio interview that African Christians will be killed if the Church of England accepts gay marriage.
Believing that the ways of academic specilization and business-style management is leaving the church bereft, the Dean and faculty of General Seminary are embarking on an experiment to integrate theological education with the daily, lived experience of the church. They are calling this exploration “The Way of Wisdom.”
Forward Movement has entered into an agreement with international fast-good giant McDonald’s to issue special Lenten Happy Meals featuring popular saints in what will be called “Holy Heroes Happy Meal.”
Jay Michaelson says that the kinds of faith depicted in the films “Son of God” and “Noah” are as radically different as the markets they reach out to. One is kitsch and the other complex.
In the what’s-old-is-new-again-department, C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison are evangelicals have ditched the mega-church model and advocate small, community-oriented ministry focused on mission and worship in the context of human-scale relationships.
The Rev. Sue Pinnington is on a five-week mission to compile a job description for a post she’s currently not able to have: bishop.