Chris Herlinger
World Day of Prayer focuses on women of Chile
New York, March 1 (ENInews)--The potent symbol of bread will take pride of place this week as an annual common day of prayer focuses on the struggle of women in Chile.
...Membership trends for U.S. churches reported to be "stable"
New York, February 14 (ENInews)--Trends in church membership in the United States remain stable, with churches that have grown in recent years showing continued growth and those with declining memb...
Churches call for passage of UN resolution on Israel
New York, February 4 (ENInews)--A coalition of U.S....
King James Bible still exerts influence, literary scholar argues
New York, December 7 (ENInews)--The King James Bible may not be the dominant cultural reference point it once was in the United States, but it still influences contemporary letters in the country, ...
'God Box' in New York more diverse as it turns 50
New York, November 24 (ENInews)--The 19-story granite building on Manhattan's upper west side, often referred to as the "God Box", has been seen as a symbol of "unbridled arrogance" on the part of ...
Global church leaders credits U.S. churches for ecumenical change in last century
New York, November 11 (ENInews)--The head of the World Council of Churches has affirmed its ties with the U.S....
A slow tsunami: Pakistan ravaged by flooding
The summertime floods have devastated Pakistan—inundating one-fifth of the country, displacing millions, destroying and altering landscapes....
UN summit on poverty gets mixed reviews
Leaders of global faith and humanitarian groups have given mixed reactions to a New York summit evaluating the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, which were set forth a decade ago i...
PCUSA cleric to appeal same-sex marriage rebuke
A retired California Presbyterian minister, rebuked by the church after being charged with violating her ordination vows by performing marriages of same-sex couples, plans to appeal ...
Baptists warned of Islamophobia
Christians and Muslims need to recognize that they are "spiritual siblings," said speakers at a recent global Baptist congress in Hawaii, even as they warned fellow Baptists against the signs of Is...
Standstill in Haiti: Six months after the quake
After a five-month absence, parts of Port-au-Prince looked marginally better than when I had last seen the city in February. At least some debris from the January 12 earthquake had been removed. But generally, the city seemed at a standstill.
Humanitarian dilemma
What does it take to be a humanitarian worker? Idealism and commitment, surely, but also a gift for improvisation....
Nation in peril: Dispatch from Kabul
At a center in Kabul for children affected by violence, a mother of one of the children cut through the niceties of the meeting—and the tradition of Afghan women being self-effacing—by declaring bi...
Sealed off: Life in Gaza
When I left the developed world of Israel at the Erez border crossing, I instantly entered the Third World—a crowded, tense and anxious Gaza Strip....
Slow recovery: One year after the tsunami
Tsunami survivor Marzuki Arsyad, 34, was luckier than some in Banda Aceh—his wife was unharmed because she was working outside the city....
Tsunami encourages peace in Aceh: One year after the disaster
The violence of nature in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, appears to have stemmed a 30-year civil conflict that had made the area one of the most militarized places on earth.
Antiochian Orthodox Christians leave NCC: Gay rights at issue
The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America plans to leave the National Council of Churches, saying it is unhappy with policies and statements some member denominations have made...
Stuck in Darfur: Refugees are 'like hens in cages'
On my last night in Nyala, in southern Darfur, convoys of combat-ready security forces circled the streets of the city, which has become part fortress, part camp for the displaced, and part home f...
Insecure in Baghdad: Hazards of nation building
Getting to Iraq requires a flight from neighboring Jordan that ends with a hair-raising flourish: a 60-degree “corkscrew” turn into the former Saddam International Airport....
Fragile condition: Brutalized Liberia rebuilds
In a country where the absurd and surreal routinely intersect with everyday life, it was hardly a surprise to find the staff of the Liberia Council of Churches meeting in a room shorn of everything...