An Israeli-Canadian journalist believes he may have tracked down two of the iron nails used to crucify Jesus to the cross. Or at least objects that “could be” the long-lost relics.
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London has entitled its 2011 season “The Word is God” and will mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible with a cover-to-cover reading between Palm Sunday, April 17, and Easter Monday, April 25.
The five new church developments named winners of the 2011 Sam and Helen R. Walton Awards continue to receive good news. Each winning recipient will receive an additional $10,000 to engage in diverse ministry of Presbyterian mission in their local communities.
The winning churches in California, North Carolina and Georgia initially received $40,000 each when the awards were announced on April 4. The Walton Awards were established in 1991 as part of a $6-million dollar gift from the late Sam and Helen R. Walton through the Presbyterian Foundation. This gift included an endowment of $3M. The earned interest is to be used by outstanding new church developments for capital acquistions.
The Rev. Michael Kinnamon, general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC), has renewed the ecumenical body’s call for an agreement between Eastern (Orthodox) and Western churches to agree on a mutual date for the celebration of Easter.
Five general secretaries of international ecumenical organizations engaged in lively conversation with leaders of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) on April 8, the final day of the EKD Council’s visit to the Ecumenical Center in Geneva.
Churches in India have joined the growing support for social activist Anna Hazare, who launched a hunger fast on April 5 to call attention to the problem of corruption in government and is urging the passage of a strict anti-corruption law.
This year’s Oscars may have been passed out, but for some churches across the country the major motion picture season is just getting started.
The involvement of churches is critical to the success of social justice movements around the world, a Latin America expert said here April 7, because they have the “staying power” to help produce long term social change.
The humanitarian situation in Ivory Coast, where dictator Laurent Gbagbo was captured on April 11 by French forces and opposition troops, has been worsening, said church leaders.
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