Seven in 10 Americans say religion’s influence on the country is waning, and 61 percent say they belong to a church or synagogue, equaling the lowest number since Gallup began asking the question in the 1930s.
The recent shooting in a Tucson, Arizona supermarket has saturated the media the past few days, sparking accusations of political influence from the Tea Party and a rancorous political climate to explain why the shooter decided to open fire. Middlebury College professor James Calvin Davis, author of In Defense of Civility: How Religion Can Unite America on Seven Moral Issues that Divide Us (Westminster John Knox Press), commented on the tragedy today, urging for civil discourse in our debates.
Another victim with Presbyterian connections has been identified as among those who died at the hands of a lone gunman in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 8.
The youth of Trinity Presbytery are invited to attend an event sponsored by First Presbyterian Church in Hartsville, S.C.
Driving through downtown Port-au-Prince, it can be difficult at first to see much change from a year ago, when a devastating 7.0 earthquake devastated this impoverished island nation.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-IA, has concluded a three-year probe into alleged lavish spending at six major broadcast ministries, and asked a prominent evangelical group to study ways to spur “self-reform” among religious groups.
From an early age, Eliecer Barrantes decided that he would “be something.”
If 2010 was the year of large-scale disasters — including the devastating Haiti earthquake and wide-spread floods in Pakistan — 2011 is likely to be the year when issues of hunger become increasingly significant on the global stage, international humanitarian agency Church World Service (CWS) says in a New Year’s assessment.
A delegation from the World Council of Churches, led by general secretary the Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, on Jan. 8 visited in Cairo Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church and expressed condolences for the New Year’s Day church bombing in Alexandria, Egypt.
Alix Jules is an atheist, but for years he felt uncomfortable at gatherings of nonbelievers. The reason: he’s black.