Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Seminary pulls investments from 'sin' of fossil fuels
New York City’s venerable Union Theological Seminary plans to pull all investments in fossil fuels from its $108.4 million endowment, casting it as part of a bid to atone for the “sin” of contribut...
Survey: Four in 10 Americans support controversial contraception mandate
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Conservative Methodists see differences in church as 'irreconcilable'
Will the United Methodist Church soon have to drop the “United” part of its name?
...Megachurch pastors leave Reformed evangelical network amid child abuse scandal
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Robinson, first gay Episcopal bishop, divorces his partner
V. Gene Robinson, whose 2003 election as the first openly gay Episcopal bishop rocked the worldwide Anglican Communion, has announced his divorce from his longtime partner.
...Historic Riverside Church to vote on woman as senior minister
Amy Butler is poised to become the seventh senior minister and the first woman to lead the famed Riverside Church in Manhattan....
New study by sociologist Mark Regnerus suggests religion can predict sexual behavior
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Evangelical support for Israel slipping?
American evangelicals have played a significant role in U.S. support for Israel; by some measures they are even more supportive than American Jews.
...World Vision’s Rich Stearns: ‘A bad decision, but we did it with the right motivations’
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...After tumult, World Vision reverses decision to hire staff in same-sex unions
Christian relief organization World Vision has reversed its decision after announcing that it would no longer define marriage only as between a man and a woman in its employee conduct manual.
...Bible society to sell its longtime quarters
The American Bible Society will sell its 12-story building on Broadway, vacating prime real estate in the heart of Manhattan that serves other evangelical ministries.
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