May 22, 2013
This week, the Senate considers a five-year Farm Bill that will have profound implications for hungry and malnourished people in the United States and around the world.
Despite promising improvements in the Millennium Development Goals, an estimated one billion people still live on less than $1.25 each day, 870 million people are chronically undernourished, and 2.6 million young children die each year from malnutrition. Meanwhile, extreme poverty is growing in the United...
[National Council of Churches -- Press Release] The Governing Board of the National Council of Churches has issued the following statement:
There are no words to express the agony and grief that lie in the wake of killer tornadoes this week in Oklahoma.
As we gather today as representatives of the 37 member communions of the National Council of Churches, we and the millions of members in our congregations weep for those who have lost loved ones and property. Our...
[Church of England -- Press Release] On May 21 2013 the House of Bishops released the following statement on Women in the Episcopate.
“At its meeting in York the House of Bishops of the Church of England has committed itself to publishing new ways forward to enable women to become bishops.
“In its discussion on the issue of women in the episcopate, the House received and approved for publication the report from the Working Group on...
- Taiwan Church News
3195 Edition
May 20-26, 2013
EditorialEditorial: Enough with the tantrums!
Translated by Lydia Ma
As the dispute between the Philippines and Taiwan concerning the fatal shooting...
- Individuals concerned after storms in U.S. asked to pray but not self-deploy to disaster areas. Find out the best ways to help.
- D.A. Bennett, who got news of his son’s safety but must perform funeral for another child, describes “how desperately we need prayers.”
- D.A. Bennett, who got news of his son’s safety but must perform funeral for another child, describes “how desperately we need prayers.”
May 21, 2013
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- CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has made worship resources available May 21 in response to recent severe storms across the Midwest. Through Lutheran Disaster Response, ELCA members and congregations are supporting tornado survivors in partnership with local Lutheran affiliates and ELCA synods. In a letter to congregations the Rev. Michael K. Girlinghouse, bishop of the ELCA Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod, asked members to pray for affected communit...
