Adelle M. Banks
White House releases faith-based guidelines
A new White House report that offers guidance on public-private partnerships between the government and faith-based groups leaves critical questions unanswered and does not resolve the issue of rel...
Opposition to gay marriage lower in 2012 campaign
Opposition to gay marriage is significantly lower in 2012 compared to the previous two presidential campaigns, a survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press shows.
...Repentant ‘hatchet man,’ Colson was evangelical icon
Charles W. Colson, the Watergate felon who became an evangelical icon and born-again advocate for prisoners, died April 21 after a brief illness. He was 80.
...SBC to probe Land’s remarks on Trayvon Martin
Southern Baptist leaders will investigate whether their top ethicist and public policy director plagiarized racially charged remarks about the Trayvon Martin case that many say set back the denomin...
After Trayvon Martin case, churches say 'stereotypes cost lives'
c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) An umbrella group of Christian denominations committed to combating
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Study offers view of religious life behind prison walls
c. 2012 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS) Behind high prison walls and rolls of barbed wire, Muslim
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Son says sibling rivalry fueled cathedral troubles
As the Crystal Cathedral tries to find its footing without any
members of founder Robert H. Schuller's family at the helm, the only son
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Crystal Cathedral downfall offers cautionary tale
c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) Last Sunday (March 11), Pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman appeared for
apparently the last time before some 800 people at the morning service of...
Hopes for an ‘ecumenical spring’
For years, advocates for greater unity among Christian churches have wrung their hands and talked of an "ecumenical winter." But now, ten years after leaders took the first steps toward forming the...
Harold Camping says May 21 prediction was 'incorrect and sinful'
c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) Radio evangelist Harold Camping has called his erroneous prediction
that the world would end last May 21 an "incorrect and sinful statement"...
Franklin Graham apologizes for doubting Obama’s faith
Evangelist Franklin Graham has apologized to President Obama for
questioning his Christian faith and said religion has "nothing to do"
...
Southern Baptists: Name change too costly
When Southern Baptists gather for their annual meeting this June,
they will not be asked to create a new official name. Top leaders
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Southern Baptists to stick (mostly) with same name
c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) A task force is recommending that the Southern Baptist Convention
maintain its official name but give members of the nation's largest
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Egyptians say Christian party is not the answer
c. 2012 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS) Despite continuous attacks on Coptic Christians, a
delegation of Egyptian Christian leaders said Wednesday (Feb. 8) they do not
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