May 23, 2013
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/23/13)—Fans of the popular TED Talks can experience this format live at the ABCUSA Mission Summit/Biennial in Overland Park/Kansas City, June 21-23, 2013. Scheduled in the event’s exhibit hall at 2:30 and 4:00 p.m. daily, “JP Talks—About the Living Church” feature authors of Judson Press’ Living Church book series.
Every afternoon, two different speakers will present a 10-minute talk on topics to empower, challenge and motivate 21st...
Fresh approaches to e-vangelism in the digital age
May 23, 2013
—Pew Research Center
[Episcopal Relief & Development -- Press Release] In Puxi Village, a tiny locale in the Hunan Province of south central China, Liqin (Lee-cheen) greeted her visitors warmly and invited them into her home for lunch. She had just been packing up a meal to take to her husband, who was doing farm work in the field down the hill from their home. As she turned on the tap in her...
- B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement in the wake of a hate-filled anti-Semitic speech by Louis Farrakhan at Fellowship Chapel in Detroit:
Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, once again employed his usual litany of anti-Semitic hatred, talking about "Satanic Jews" as well as the "Synagogue of Satan," implying that Jews control government and businesses in the country.
... May 23, 2013
Louisville
All but one of 19...
May 23, 2013
TORONTO
A new national study shows that while Canada remains overwhelmingly Christian, Canadians are turning their...
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu told the Alliance that the Church must be united at all costs, despite its different theologies, belief systems and denominations.
Morris quoted week’s memory verse during swearing-in ceremony
May 23, 2013 Kingston, Jamaica
Nigel Coke
Floyd Morris made history in Jamaica’s Parliament last week when he became the first visually impaired person appointed president of the Jamaican Senate, Parliament’s upper house.
...
Christian presence and witness in the Middle East
Notre-Dame du Mont Monastery, near Beirut, Lebanon
21-25 May 2013The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal ChurchThe ongoing tragedy of conflict throughout the Middle East challenges people of faith throughout the world. As Christians, we share a vision of a healed world where no one lives in fear of death or...