Essay: Chakwera has his work cut out restoring democratic rule that delivers for Malawians
In an article first published on The Conversation, ADEM K ABEBE, of the University of Pretoria, looks at the challenges ahead of new Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera…
This LA megachurch has served 350,000 free meals during pandemic
Los Angeles, USRNS Just over a month after the Dream Center began offering free meals to Los Angeles residents in the midst of the pandemic, the faith-based nonprofit reached a major milestone. On Tuesday, the centre passed the 350,000 mark of free meals it has provided since mid-March. People carry free meals away from the […]
Amid coronavirus concerns, sales up for prepackaged Communion cups and wafers in the US
RNS Every week at University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, congregants come forward for Communion. But in light of concerns about the new coronavirus, the church has ordered boxes filled with hundreds of prepackaged Communion cups and wafers. A family takes communion together at home using Celebration Communion Cups. PICTURE: Courtesy of […]
In the US, La Luz del Mundo minister says abuse allegations are false
Pomona, CaliforniaRNS A minister for La Luz Del Mundo, a Mexico-based Pentecostal movement that claims five million members, said new allegations of abuse against more than a dozen of its leaders are false and meant to disrespect their sacred celebration last week. “We find these accusations to be absolutely untrue and ridiculous,” said Jack Freeman, […]
In the US, La Luz Del Mundo ex-member sues, alleging decades of trafficking, sexual abuse
Los Angeles, USRNS A former member of La Luz Del Mundo, a Mexico-based Pentecostal movement that claims five million members, is suing the church and more than a dozen of its leaders, alleging decades of abuse at the hands of the group’s leaders. In the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in US District Court in California, Sochil […]
One pastor killed, another kidnapped in separate attacks in north-central Nigeria
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a Pentecostal pastor and abducted a Baptist pastor in a spate of kidnappings this month in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. “The herdsmen, about 20 of them, shot into our house and broke the doors of the house,” said Emmanuel Noma, who along with his father, 60-year-old pastor […]
Anti-abortion billboards come down in Kenya, but the debate over legalisation continues
Nairobi, KenyaRNS Thirteen billboards with provocative anti-abortion messages have been pulled down, ending a three-month campaign by a local church that divided and scandalized the Kenyan capital. “They have brought down all of them. I am very concerned,” said Apostle Kathy Kageni-Oganga, the pastor of the Sozo Church of God, a Pentecostal church that sponsored the […]
LIFESTORY: HOW ROBERTO MIRANDA HAS SHAPED BOSTON’S LION OF JUDAH CHURCH
G JEFFREY MACDONALD, of Religion News Service, reports on how Roberto Miranda came to serve at one of Boston’s most influential and enigmatic churches…
ESSAY: SCOTT MORRISON’S FAITH IS NOT THE MAIN ISSUE
Sight columnist NILS VON KALM says while it’s admirable that Australia’s new Prime Minister Scott Morrison has spoken out about his Christian faith, it’s how his policies affect the disenfranchised and vulnerable that should drive a Christian’s voting preferences…
US Assemblies of God elects first woman executive in more than a century
RNS The top US board of the Assemblies of God has unanimously elected its first woman general secretary in the Pentecostal denomination’s more than 100 year history. Rev Donna L Barrett, the lead pastor of an Independence, Ohio, church, will fill the unexpired term of James T Bradford, the denomination announced Monday. Bradford resigned earlier […]