Tag: Other churches

Still no claim of responsibility for Cairo church bombing

Anger continues to grow over what is seen as inaction on the part of the Egyptian government after a bombing yesterday morning at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo. This is the second major attack to have occurred in Cairo in three days, after an explosion at a security checkpoint killed six police officers on Friday.

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St. John Coltrane Church faces eviction

Sunday Masses are built on a live performance of “A Love Supreme,” a 33-minute opus that saxophonist Coltrane wrote to express the awesomeness of God. The Rev. Franzo W. King, the church’s founder, archbishop and sax player, and his wife, Mother Marina King, started the church after attending a Coltrane show in 1965. They had what they call a sound baptism.

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Presbyterians (USA) approve marriage equality

The new definition was endorsed last year by the church General Assembly but required approval from a majority of the denomination’s presbyteries. The critical “yes” vote came Tuesday night from the Palisades Presbytery.

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Religious response to Torture Report

One explanation for the [National Association of Evangelicals] NAE’s inability to influence the millions who belong to the 40 denominations it represents is the strong pushback within the evangelical community itself.

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Southern Baptists and identity crisis

According to Sharon Groves, Director of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Religion and Faith Program, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission in

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