In African refugee camps, app replaces Bibles left behind
Kampala, UgandaRNS On a recent Sunday morning, dozens of South Sudanese refugees gathered inside a tent at Imvepi Refugee Camp to thank God for enabling them to found a new church. The new Pentecostal church was partly made possible by a new app that links preachers to Bible translations and theological resources from which they […]
FROM RED EARTH
We’re behind schedule this two month period (apologies for that!), but for what’s left of May, we’re reading Denise Uwimana’s new book marking 25 years since the Rwandan genocide, From Red Earth: A Rwandan Story of Healing and Forgiveness. To buy the book, follow this link – From Red Earth: A Rwandan Story of Healing and Forgiveness.
Bible Society Australia CEO Greg Clarke to step down
Bible Society Australia CEO Greg Clarke has resigned after nine years at the helm. In a statement, Anne Robinson, chairperson of the organisation’s board, said Dr Clarke had overseen an “unprecedented period” in the organisation’s history which included the amalgamation of six state bodies into one national body and the acquisitions of Eternity news service, […]
Catholic bishops in Asia express concern over targeting of Muslims in Sri Lanka in wake of Easter Sunday attacks
Catholic bishops in Asia have expressed concern over reports Muslims have been targeted in Sri Lanka in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks. Agenzia Fides reports that Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Bishop of Yangon in Myanmar and president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, said the church was “seriously concerned about news of […]
DOCUMENTARY: ‘HESBURGH’ CAPTURES THE SIMPLE FAITH AND OUTSIZED INFLUENCE OF “FATHER TED”
HEATHER ADAMS reports on a new film about the life of influential US Catholic priest, Rev Theodore Hesburgh…
In the US, Harvest Bible Chapel apologises as it installs new elder board
Chicago, IllinoisRNS Harvest Bible Chapel has apologised both privately and publicly to a freelance journalist and two bloggers whom it sued last fall. The lawsuit, which also included the bloggers’ wives, had claimed the journalist and bloggers defamed the Chicago-area megachurch. The lawsuit later was dropped. Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, on 10th February. PICTURE: […]
ESSAY: CAN YOU HEAR THE VOICES OF THESE WOMEN?
AMANDA JACKSON looks at how churches can better engage with developing women’s gifts and leadership…
THIS LIFE: “A LITTLE TASTE OF HEAVEN”
ELISABETH CARTER looks at why it’s important Christians immerse themselves – from time to time – in large groups of believers…
Australian rugby player Israel Folau rejected $A1 million settlement offer – report
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Wallabies fullback Israel Folau rejected a $A1 million offer from Rugby Australia to walk away from his contract ahead of this weekend’s code of conduct hearing, local media reported on Sunday. Folau, a fundamentalist Christian, on Saturday faced a three-member panel who will decide whether he breached RA’s code of conduct with a […]