Giving by members of Protestant churches in the US reached new lows in 2011 and will probably not recover from the recession, according to a new report by Empty Tomb, a Christian research group.
The General Synod of the Church of England will meet in London from November 18th through the 20th. Among the agenda items will be a report on proposals to admit women to the episcopate and a proposal to by-pass some of the usual steps towards a final vote
A coalition of religious, legal and law enforcement leaders are working to repeal New Hampshire’s death penalty.
Pope Francis has said repeatedly that he wants to see greater roles for women in the Roman Catholic Church, and some argue that he could take a giant step in that direction by appointing women to the College of Cardinals.
Bishop Mark Beckwite writes to the people of his diocese on the news that same-sex marriages may proceed in New Jersey starting Monday.
Bill Tammeus, a Presbyterian elder and former award-winning faith columnist for The Kansas City Star, says that the church should be embarrassed at the level of theological ignorance among the laity.
Both Barack Obama and Cory Booker, the new Senator from New Jersey, are African-American Christians who have been deeply influenced by Judaism but in very different ways
When the Super Bowl comes to Giants Stadium in February, The Rt. Rev. Mark M. Beckwith
Bishop of Newark, is calling on Episcopalians to prepare for the influx of human trafficking “which has accompanied each and every previous Super Bowl.”
As online worship becomes more common in some churches, leaders within the United Methodist Church are debating whether the denomination should condone online Communion.
The Church of England is taking an increasingly hands-on role in its investment, for example managing its own property assets worth over 1.1 billion pounds. This has exposed some embarrassing investment decisions while making the Church more intentional about connecting its portfolio to the Church’s witness.