May 23, 2013
- United Methodists who serve churches in rural settings have a great opportunity to transform their corner of the world.
- Taiwan Church News
3195 Edition
May 20-26, 2013
Headline NewsAnti-nuclear groups stage anti-nuclear and anti-"birdcage" referendum rally in Taipei
Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong
Written by Lydia Ma...
May 22, 2013
- CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Michael W. Rinehart and the Rev. David H. Brauer-Rieke were re-elected to serve second six-year terms as synod bishops in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Rinehart, bishop of the ELCA Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod, was re-elected on the first ballot during the synod assembly May 16-18 in Navasota, Texas. He was first elected in 2007. Prior to becoming bishop he served as pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Conroe, Texas, from 1997 ...
- CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Brian Kirby Unti, Renton, Wash., was elected May 18 to a six-year term as bishop of the Northwest Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Unti was elected on the fourth ballot during the synod assembly May 16-18 in Lynnwood, Wash. “I am overwhelmed and humbled, and I look forward to the future with great anticipation,” said Unti, who serves as pastor of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Renton. Unti was elected on the...
- Church of the Brethren ecumenical partners continue to request prayer for two Orthodox archbishops who were kidnapped one month ago in Aleppo, Syria. Following is a message received May 22 by Church of the Brethren general secretary Stan Noffsinger from the Syriac Orthodox and Greek Orthodox dioceses of Aleppo, as forwarded by Larry Miller, secretary of the Global Christian Forum:
Accompaniment programs, unified voice of churches critical to peace process, church leaders tell CLAI
May 22, 2013
Pastor will be acquisitions editor for biblical studies
May 22, 2013
LOUISVILLE
Filmmaker and Episcopal priest Noel Julnes-Dehner, left, and the Rev. Canon Joanna Leiserson of Christ Church Cathedral in Cincinnati teamed...
The EF-5 tornado that hit Joplin destroyed close to 7,000 homes and damaged nearly 900 others. Photo:Ozarks Red Cross
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May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON
Evangelist Franklin Graham blasted the Internal Revenue Service probe of conservative nonprofit...
