The growth of Protestantism in Latin America will stabilize over the next decades, reaching 20-35 percent of the population, and Protestantism will unlikely become a majority in any country of the area, says Brazilian sociologist Paul Charles Freston.
When Prince William and Kate Middleton walk down the aisle at London’s Westminster Abbey on April 29, Britain’s unique and historic ties between church and state will be on full display.
Three years ago, the Associated Press had written Britney Spears’ obituary. Just in case.
“This is a fulfillment of my call.”
The Interfaith Broadcasting Commission (IBC) ― whose partners include the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ― has announced the four television specials that will comprise NBC-Television’s “Horizons of the Spirit” series this year.
Mennonite World Conference member churches are being encouraged to establish an annual day of prayer during May focused on Latin American women.
The beautiful teenage girl floats across the surface of a crystal-blue ocean like a dream, her sun-bleached blonde tresses flowing behind her, unpolluted joy painted across her face.
On Easter Sunday, forty-one-year old Kim Eisert stood in front of the congregation at Covenant Fellowship Presbyterian Church (The Cove) a new church development and 2011 Walton Award winner. As she and twenty other adults were introduced as new members, Eisert found herself reflecting on how her life had changed since she started attending The Cove’s mother church, First Presbyterian in Santa Rosa, Calif. Although Eisert met Christ in a very “profound and real way” as a teenager, she’d never dreamed she’d be standing in front of a congregation, let alone Presbyterian, as a baptized member.
As a restaurant reviewer for several local publications, the Rev. Kevin Finch thought he’d found a recipe that combined his greatest passions.
Jim Hodgson is a journalist with extensive experience in Latin America and the Caribbean. Since 2000, Hodgson has worked with the United Church of Canada’s Caribbean and Latin America desk, most recently as program coordinator for South America and the Caribbean.