Tim Keller, retired New York megachurch pastor and bestselling author, dies at 72
United StatesRNS Tim Keller, an influential Presbyterian Church in America minister who founded a network of evangelical Christian churches in New York City, has died. He was 72. Timothy Keller in 2011. PICTURE: Nathan Troester Known for his brainy and winsome approach to evangelism, Keller founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan in 1989 and grew […]
Frederick Buechner, Christian “writer’s writer” and “minister’s minister”, dies at 96
United StatesRNS Frederick Buechner was asked on numerous occasions how he would sum up everything he had preached and written in both his fiction and non-fiction. The answer, he said, was simply this: “Listen to your life”. Frederick Buechner in an undated image. PICTURE: Courtesy photo That theme was constant across more than six decades […]
Lifestory: At 92, John Perkins still mobilises Christian communities
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, profiles John Perkins, Christian minister, activist and community developer and author of the influentiual book, ‘Let Justice Roll Down’…
The Interview: US preacher Will Willimon on what makes a good sermon
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, interviews Will Willimon, described in a Baylor University survey as one of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world and the subject of a new documentary, about his approach to preaching and what makes a good sermon…
Robert Lesslie, doctor killed in South Carolina shooting, saw ‘Angels in the ER’ and wrote hopeful stories of faith in tragedy
RNS Robert Lesslie always tried to see God in everyone he met, even in the midst of tragedy and crisis. “We are all God’s children,” Lesslie, a longtime emergency room doctor and Christian author told the Rock Hill Herald in 2008. “If you lose that belief in the ER, you can become cynical, disenchanted and mean-spirited. For […]
VOICE FOR CHANGE: US PASTOR AND ACTIVIST JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE WANTS WHITE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS TO RECKON WITH THE BIBLE
YONAT SHIMRON, in an article first published on Religion News Service, profiles US pastor, activist and writer Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove…