The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), a church-related organization working for communication rights, has published a document that outlines ethical guidelines for digital media platforms, according to a news release.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has apologized for a Mormon who baptized the late parents of famed Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal.

But despite calls this week from Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel and others to rethink the controversial rite, the church is unlikely to drop it entirely.

Same-gender domestic partners of members enrolled for coverage in the Benefits Plan of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be eligible for spousal and child benefits, beginning January 1, 2013. To qualify, the member must verify that he or she has a civil license or certificate evidencing a civil marriage, civil union, or domestic partnership, The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) announced today (March 3).

What began as a coincidental nonviolence training session has blossomed into a vocational passion for one pastor in the Presbyterian Church of Colombia.

“The problem with the PC(USA) is this: Our ‘Everything Decently and in Order’ sign is choking off the ‘Reformed and Always Reforming’ sign,” Stacy Johnson told 600 participants gathered here at the second annual NEXT conference Feb. 27-28.

Almost 80 percent of Israeli Jews say they believe in God according to a recent survey, up from 76 percent in 1999. The survey results reflect a marked move away from the socialist-secular ideals of the Eastern European Jews who were the driving force behind the founding of modern Israel.

Lauren Winner is a jumble of contradictions: A Jew who found Christianity in a dream starring Daniel Day Lewis as Jesus, an accomplished historian who rides an oversized tricycle to work, and a memoir writer who wants to keep details of her private life private.

Congregational Ministries Publishing—publisher of We Believe: God’s Word for God’s People, the denominational curriculum of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)—is expanding its We Believe family to include two new age-levels.

A Presbyterian-supported documentary about faith-based responses to domestic violence has been nominated for two Emmy awards.

In a recent meeting, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee denounced the “Doctrine of Discovery,” which has been used to subjugate and colonize indigenous peoples. The Executive Committee issued a statement calling the nature of the doctrine “completely opposed to the gospel of Jesus.”