ESSAY: ON THE REFORMATION’S 500TH ANNIVERSARY, REMEMBERING MARTIN LUTHER’S CONTRIBUTION TO LITERACY
US academic RICHARD GUNDERMAN, in an article originally published on The Conversation, looks at Luther’s contribution to literacy…
More tragedy for Central African Republic’s peacekeeping cleric as son and grandson killed in latest violence
World Watch Monitor Rev Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou and his wife Priscilla, in a 2014 photo. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor A new flurry of violence has hit the Central African Republic, a country many hoped had turned a corner following the brutal civil war of 2013 and 2014. Among the victims of the latest violence were […]
Black clergy in the US decry Trump policies as detrimental to African-Americans
RNS Rev Jimmie R Hawkins speaks with other faith leaders at a press conference responding to the US President Donald Trump administration’s policies in Washington, DC, on 15th May, 2017. PICTURE: Ray Chen/Office of Public Witness, PC(USA) Black clergy, standing in the shadow of the US Capitol, declared that US President Donald Trump is […]
Churches in UK and Ireland urged to hold outdoor services this Sunday to stand in solidarity with the persecuted
Churches across the UK and Ireland are being urged to leave the comfort of their church buildings and hold an outdoor service this Sunday as a gesture of solidarity with those Christians around the world who are forced to hold services outside. This year will be the sixth that the Great Outdoors Church Service, promoted […]