Korean American churches: Female pastors push back against patriarchy
DEEPA BHARATH, of Associated Press, reports on how, at a time when women make up about 20 per cent of Protestant pastors in the US, Korean American female pastors still struggle to gain acceptance in their home churches…
Boy Scouts of America: Bankruptcy creates rift with religious partners
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on the fallout from Boy Scouts of America’s complex bankruptcy case…
As US Senate convenes hearing, more than 300 faith leaders declare support for DC statehood
Washington DC, USRNS More than 300 faith leaders and heads of prominent religious organisations signed a letter sent to Senate leadership on Tuesday backing the call to make Washington, DC, a state, adding religious support to the growing Democratic-led effort. “As clergy and faith leaders from across our nation, we write to express our strong […]
Faith in a crisis: How House chaplain calmed tense hours in besieged US Capitol with prayers for “God’s covering”
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks to Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben, chaplain to the US House of Representatives, about those tumultuous hours in the US Capitol last week…
In the US, controversial Dakota Access pipeline temporarily shut down in legal and ‘spiritual’ battle
RNS The US District Court for the District of Columbia has temporarily shut down the Dakota Access pipeline for the latest twist in what activists and religious leaders have called a “ spiritual battle“. Oil must stop flowing through the Dakota Access pipeline by 5th August, according to a decision on Monday by Judge James E Boasberg, who […]
Marj Carpenter, reporter who became US Presbyterian head, dies
Dallas, USAP Marj Carpenter, who pushed international missionary work while briefly leading the US’ largest Presbyterian denomination in the mid-1990s following a journalism career in West Texas that included covering millionaire swindler Billie Sol Estes, has died. She was 93. Carpenter, who once described herself as “sinfully proud” of being Presbyterian and traveled to more than 120 […]
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE: AS COVID-19 LEADS TO CANCELLED RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS, FAITH LEADERS EMBRACE THE DIGITAL
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on how Christian leaders in the US, along with the leaders of other faiths, are turning the digital technologies to continue reaching their flocks in this age of coronavirus…
US CAMPUS MINISTRY: HOW TO FUND MINISTRY AMID MAINLINE DECLINE? GET CREATIVE, SAY MINISTRY LEADERS
In an article first published on Religion News Service, EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER reports on how Pres Hous – which ministers among students at University of Wisconsin-Madison – has adapted with the times…
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: DENOMINATIONS REPENT FOR NATIVE AMERICAN LAND GRABS
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on how several Protestant denominations, having repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery, the idea laid out in a series of 15th-century papal bulls that justified appropriating native land, are considering how to act on it…