CORONAVIRUS AND THE CHURCH: AS PARISHIONERS REMAIN HOUSEBOUND, AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CLERGY DEBATE ONLINE COMMUNION
JACK JENKINS, writing for Religion News Service, reports…
POSTCARDS: UGANDAN GOVERNMENT CLOSES ALMOST 12,000 CHURCHES AND FAITH-BASED NGOs
JOHN SEMAKULA reports for Religion Unplugged from Uganda…
Religious Americans are overly pessimistic about the family, study finds
RNS Divorce has declined in America. Teen pregnancies are down. The rate of out-of-wedlock births is likely stagnant. But you might never guess that from the views of the most religious people in the United States, because they’re more likely than other Americans to believe that social ills are on the rise. Research findings from the […]
Italian churches call for new response to Europe’s migrant crisis
Protestant and Catholic churches in Italy have joined in releasing a statement calling for changes in the response to Europe’s migration crisis including the extension of “humanitarian corridors” and the opening of new legal pathways for entry. The declaration, titled Let’s Remain Human, was released this week by the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy, the […]
Eco-friendly locomotive will be “rolling ambassador” for German Protestant festival
A special locomotive bearing the motto of the 2019 Kirchentag, Germany’s biggest regular Protestant festival, will travel the length and breadth of the country as a “rolling ambassador” for the event that takes place this year in June in the western German city of Dortmund. Painted in the red livery of Germany’s national rail company, […]
SIGHT-SEEING: WHERE HAVE ALL THE SAD SONGS GONE?
US writer, pastor, and runner MARTY DUREN, in an article first published on Religion News Service, wonders where all the songs of lament have gone…
Eritrea frees jailed evangelical pastor after 11 years
BosNewsLife Eritrean Pastor Oqbamichel Haimanot, who was jailed for participating in a Christian wedding and leading “outlawed” evangelical churches, has been released after 11 years behind bars, his supporters have told BosNewsLife. The frail evangelical pastor was first jailed in 2003 for several weeks, according to Christians with close knowledge about the situation. Haimanot was […]
Ethiopian pastor dies after he was attacked by crocodile
An Ethiopian pastor has been killed in a crocodile attack during a baptism, according to reports. The BBC reports that the Protestant pastor, identified as Docho Eshete, was conducting a mass baptism of 80 people at the southern end of Lake Abaya near the town of Arba Minch on Sunday when a crocodile leapt from the […]
ALGERIA: PROTESTANT CHURCHES CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO TREAT THEM FAIRLY
World Watch Monitor reports on calls from Protestant churches to give them equal treatment…
US says there is ‘no evidence’ Pastor Brunson guilty of any crime
Just days before jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson is to stand trial accused of espionage and terrorism against Turkey, a senior US official in Ankara declared last week that months of strained relations between Ankara and Washington have “started going to a positive direction…amid accelerated cooperation.” The optimistic comments on 12th April follow months of steadily worsening […]