Las Vegas campus shooting leaves three dead, one in critical condition
Updated: 12:20pm (AEDT)Reuters A shooting on the main campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Wednesday left at least three people dead before the bloodshed ended with the suspect’s own death, authorities said. The Las Vegas Police Department said in written statement on social media that three people, aside from the shooter, were […]
“He Gets Us”: $US100 million ad campaign wants to fix Jesus’ image. His followers remain a problem
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, that the ‘He Gets Us’ campaign, which hopes to rescue the message of Jesus from the misdeeds of Christians, will expand in the months leading up to the Super Bowl…
The Interview: Vance Pitman, US megachurch pastor, on why he resigned as top leader at his Las Vegas church
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, speaks with Vance Pitman, who has resigned last December as senior pastor of Hope Church in Las Vegas to take on a new role as president of Send Network, the church-planting arm of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board…
US judge upholds Nevada’s cap on size of church gatherings
Reno, Nevada, USAP A US federal judge has ruled against the leaders of two Nevada churches who argued that the state’s coronavirus-related restrictions on religious gatherings are an unconstitutional violation of their First Amendment rights. US District Judge Richard Boulware II on Tuesday denied requests from a church in rural Lyon County and another in […]
From solar cars to fake pork: best new tech for good
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Often cited as a window into the future, the annual Consumer Electronics Show parades countless cutting-edge innovations and crazy gadgets on the larger-than-life strip that is Las Vegas. Among the giant TVs and cute robots that draw huge crowds to the mega conference – now in its 10th year – technology […]
LAS VEGAS: AS BEFORE, SPONTANEOUS ‘SHRINES’ BRING HEALING AFTER HORROR
KIMBERLY WINSTON, of Religion News Service, reports from Las Vegas in the aftermath of the worst mass shooting in modern US history…
ESSAY: AFTER LAS VEGAS, WHO SAYS PRAYER DOESN’T WORK?
In the aftermath of the worst mass shooting in modern US history, BRANDON AMBROSINO, in an article first published on Religion News Service, responds to those who say prayer doesn’t work and says cries of “don’t pray, act” fundamentally misunderstand the relationship between prayer and real-world action…
Las Vegas: How one church is responding in the wake of the massacre
RNS Vance Pitman, founder and senior pastor of Hope Church. PICTURE: Courtesy of Hope Church A mass shooting is a test for any religious institution, and a massacre like the one that left at least 59 dead and hundreds injured in Las Vegas, even more so. Hope Church, a growing multi-ethnic congregation that attracts 3,000 […]
Updated: At least 59 people killed and more than 500 injured in Las Vegas massacre
Updated: 9.30am, 3rd October, 2017 At least 59 people have been killed and more than 500 injured when a gunman opened fire at an outdoor country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night in what is understood to be the worst mass shooting in modern US history. The gunman, named by police as 64-year-old […]