After tragedy: A year after deadly Nashville shooting, Christian school relies on faith – and adopted dogs
TRAVIS LOLLER, of Associated Press, reports on the tight bonds that have developed after the shared suffering of a Christian school in Tennessee…
The Interview: Rev Mark Elsdon, editor of ‘Gone for Good’
As BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, speaks with Rev Mark Elsdon, a Presbyterian minister, author, social entrepreneur and editor of ‘Gone for Good’…
Essay: A century after partition, Ireland’s churches are cooperating more closely than ever
In an article first published on The Conversaton, Irish-born academic GER FITZGERALD looks at the “deepening” cooperation between Ireland’s Catholic and Protestant churches…
Essay: Britain’s changing religious vote – why Catholics are leaving Labour and Conservatives are hoovering up Christian support
STUART FOX and EKATERINA KOLPINSKAYA, authors of ‘Religion and Euroscepticism in Brexit Britain‘, write, in an article first published on The Conversation, writes about how the “religious vote” in the UK is being transformed…
Trump, confirmed a Presbyterian, now identifies as “non-denominational Christian”
Washington DC, US RNS In an exclusive interview with Religion News Service, US President Donald Trump said in a written statement that he no longer identifies as a Presbyterian and now sees himself as a non-denominational Christian. “Though I was confirmed at a Presbyterian church as a child, I now consider myself to be a […]
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…
FILM: THE SURPRISING SUCCESS – AND FAITH – OF ‘WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?’
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports that, perhaps more surprising than the success of documentary film ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ – which tells the story of iconic US children’s show, ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood’ – is the quiet presence of the late Fred Rogers’ Christian faith…
ESSAY: A PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR LANGUISHES IN A TURKISH PRISON
SANDRA JOLLEY and KRISTINA ARRIAGA, vice chairwomen of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, write about the plight of imprisoned Prebysterian cleric Andrew Brunson…
Turkey charges US pastor as ‘spy’; conviction would mean life in prison
World Watch Monitor Almost a year after it arrested him, Turkey piled on new charges of spying and insurgency against American pastor, Andrew Brunson, on 24th August, demanding four consecutive life sentences in prison against the 23 year resident of Turkey. Jailed since his surprise detention without charges last October, Rev Brunson was eventually accused of […]
THE INTERVIEW: STUART MCMILLAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA, PART I
The Uniting Church in Australia this year is marking its 40th anniversary. In part one of a two part interview, National President Stuart McMillan, speaks with DAVID ADAMS about what led to the creation of the church, the “rich edge” of the church today and his own journey to the office of president…