POSTCARDS: THE DANCING SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGER OF BROADWAY
MICAH DANNEY, in an article first published on Religion Unplugged, speaks with the Salvation Army’s “secret weapon” in New York City, Lieutenant Chaka Watch…
US church that prayed to resurrect girl from the dead is moving on with memorial service
RNS A Northern California church that had gathered to pray for the resurrection of one of its parishioners announced Friday that it would be moving on with memorial services for the two-year-old child, who died a week ago. “Here is where we are: Olive hasn’t been raised. The breakthrough we have sought hasn’t come,” Bethel […]
Australia prepares for post-Christmas extreme bushfires
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Scorching heat baking Australia eased on Monday bringing relief from extreme bushfires, which destroyed around 180 houses and killed one person over the weekend, allowing firefighters to prepare for worsening conditions post-Christmas. Six people have now died in bushfires which have destroyed more than 3.7 million hectares across five states. Flames engulf a […]
Queen Elizabeth mixes puddings, and sends message of continuity
London, UKReuters At the end of a difficult year, Queen Elizabeth has posed for photographs with her son Prince Charles, grandson Prince William and great-grandson Prince George in an apparent message about the continuity of the British royal family. Buckingham Palace released photographs on Saturday of the Queen and the three immediate members of the […]
ESSAY: CHRISTIANITY TODAY’S ANTI-TRUMP EDITORIAL MISREPRESENTS THE EVANGELICAL MASSES
Rev JOHNNIE MOORE, president of The Congress of Christian Leaders and an informal advisor to the Trump administration, says he was surprised Mark Galli’s editorial calling for Trump’s removal was “given as much credit as it received”…
Fazle Abed, founder of world’s biggest non-government organisation BRAC, dies aged 83
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Fazle Abed, the founder of BRAC, the world’s largest non-governmental development organisation, died on Friday at the age of 83 in his home country of Bangladesh. Abed founded BRAC in 1972 as a small rehabilitation project and over five decades built up the massive operation that worked in 11 countries in […]
ESSAY: ‘CHRISTIANITY TODAY’ ROILS THE EVANGELICAL WATERS
US columnist MARK SILK, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the fallout from ‘Christianity Today’s’ editorial last week in which outgoing editor-in-chief Mark Galli called for the President’s removal…
Australian firefighters access badly burnt towns; PM defends climate policies
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Firefighters battling wildfires in Australia made the most of cooler weather on Sunday to access badly burnt towns and contain blazes before the expected return of hotter conditions at the end of the week. The reprieve came as Prime Minister Scott Morrison defended both his government’s climate change policies and his decision to […]
Rebels in Myanmar who closed more than 100 churches allow 51 to reopen
Morning Star News Ethnic rebels who closed more than 100 churches in eastern Myanmar in 2018 have allowed 51 Baptist churches to reopen, sources said. Ethnic Wa rebels of the United Wa State Army last week announced they had permitted 51 Baptist churches to reopen in northern Shan state after investigating the congregations and their […]
A LIFE OF FAITH AND MUSIC: US NON-PROFIT FOUNDER LUKE PUTNEY TESTIFIES TO THE HEALING POWER OF MUSIC AND HELPING OTHERS
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, speaks with Luke Putney, founder of US music-related non-profit, Instrumental Horizons…