Jubilation after Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s 27-year-old schism is healed
Via World Council of Churches The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Christian Churches, one of Christianity’s oldest and has been in Africa since 330 AD, so there was joy and celebrations when, on 27th July, it declared an end to a 27-year-old schism that had torn it apart. The […]
UNITED METHODISTS: DEBATE, LOBBY AND WORRY IN ADVANCE OF LGBT DECISION
MARY JACOBS reports for Religion News Service on how the United Methodist Church in the US is grappling with the ongoing debate over LGBT clergy and same-sex marriage as it heads for a showdown in February that will determine whether the denomination will split up or go forward together…
ESSAY: RECONCILIATION AMONG CHRISTIANS MIGHT BE CLOSER THAN WE THINK
As the world marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, US Catholic bishop, Rev MITCHELL T ROZANSKI, writes of the growing unity he’s witnessed among Christian denominations…