Turkish authorities capture gunmen who killed one person in Istanbul church
Ankara, Turkey Reuters Turkish authorities have captured two gunmen who shot one person dead on Sunday during a service at a church in Istanbul and who are believed to be tied to Islamic State, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. Yerlikaya had earlier said that the attack, which Ankara condemned, took place around 0840 GMT at […]
A pastor and a small Ohio city tussle over the legality of his 24/7 homeless ministry
Columbus, Ohio, US AP A Christian church in the US state of Ohio filed a federal lawsuit this week after its pastor was charged with violating city ordinances when he opened up the sanctuary around the clock for homeless people and others to find shelter. Police this month filed 18 criminal charges against Dad’s Place […]
Aerial strike on Ethiopia church grounds kills eight – witnesses
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters An aerial strike on the grounds of a church in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region killed eight people and injured five as they collected corn, two witnesses and an opposition political party said. Government spokesperson Legesse Tulu dismissed the accounts of the air strike as “an absolute lie”. Peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and […]
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Are we losing the ability to live in community? PICTURE: Kylie Lugo/Unsplash Once we were forced to live together. Small houses, large families. You had to make it work, there was no-where else to go. Now we don’t join communities. We look for people who are the same as us online, and hang out with them. […]
Sight-Seeing: Don’t go into a relationship – or institution – thinking you can change them
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says she thought for a long time I could help the church change, a view she now sees as foolish and prideful…
Two dead after Russian attack on Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia – minister
Zaporizhzhia, UkraineReuters Two people were killed and seven injured in an apparent missile attack by Russia on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday, Ukrainian officials said. A Reuters reporter at the scene saw emergency workers lifting a body, putting it on a stretcher and wrapping it into a black body bag. Rescuers work at […]
Four Nigerians, rescued in Brazil, survived 14 days on a ship’s rudder
Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters On their tenth day at sea, the four Nigerian stowaways crossing the Atlantic in a tiny space above the rudder of a cargo ship ran out of food and drink. They survived another four days, according to their account, by drinking the sea water crashing just meters below them, before being rescued […]
Police charge 23-year-old with hate crime at historically Black US church
United StatesRNS A 23-year-old man has been charged with trespassing and burglary after an investigation of vandalism estimated at more than $US100,000 at a church in the US state of Maryland. Jarren Alexander was taken into custody on Wednesday after an incident earlier in the month at Fowler United Methodist Church in Annapolis, police said. […]
Sound tech: For church worship teams, Auto-Tune covers a multitude of sins. Especially online.
The boom in livestreaming and the ubiquity of Auto-Tune and other technologies have led churches to up their game when it come to sound technology. But has it gone too far? BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports…
Future church?: Can a chatbot preach a good sermon? Hundreds attend church service generated by ChatGPT to find out
KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, of Associated Press, reports from Germany…