Updated: California churchgoers detained gunman in deadly attack
Updated: 11am (AEST)Laguna Woods, California, USAP Police say churchgoers detained the gunman who shot multiple people Sunday at a California church, calling their intervention an act of “exceptional heroism and bravery”. Police say the suspect in the shooting is an Asian male in his 60s who investigators do not believe lives in the community. A […]
US House chaplain criticises lawmakers in prayer for “failing” to unite around pandemic relief
Washington DC, USRNS The chaplain to the US House of Representatives chastised lawmakers during a prayer on Wednesday, asking God to “forgive them” for failing to unite around pandemic relief legislation. Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben, an ordained Presbyterian Church (USA) minister who assumed the role of House chaplain in January, included the criticism in her […]
“Part of the solution”: In troubled Cameroon, hard-hit Presbyterian church leads peace efforts
In an article first published on the World Council of Churches’ website, PETER KENNY writes about how Cameroon’s Presbyterian Church is playing an important role in trying to bring peace to the country’s troubled Anglophone regions…
Church of England plans to test aspiring clergy for skills, aptitude — and narcissism
RNS Responding to growing concern about the kinds of priests the Church of England is attracting, Anglican leaders are considering expanding its assessments of clergy candidates to include more rigorous psychological testing. Anxiety about the quality of those who aspire to become clergy is rooted in the series of child sex abuse scandals that have […]