As Philippine president Benigno Aquino led recent celebrations of the 26th anniversary of the “People Power Revolution” against former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, church leaders raised concerns over what they see as threats to religious freedom and human rights.
On Friday, March 2, Henryville Community Presbyterian Church was badly damaged by a tornado that blew out windows and tore the roof off the building. It was one of a number of storms that struck the Midwest during that week, wreaking much havoc and destruction.
It took 83 years to build the iconic Washington National Cathedral, but a rare East Coast earthquake last summer took just seconds to send carved stone finials tumbling from the heavens to the ground below. Now, six months after the 5.8-magnitude quake, the cathedral is facing repair costs of at least $20 million, and a reconstruction timeline that could stretch out a decade or more.
Vladimir Putin’s election to a third term as Russian president has spurred debates about civil society and church-state relations within the Russian Orthodox Church since charges of vote fraud set off mass protests following last December's parliamentary elections.
The General Assembly Mission Council is pleased to announce that Rob Fohr will assume the newly formed role of young adult catalyst. This position will be housed within the Deputy Executive Director of Mission office.
The technological age has brought us many pocket-sized wonders: telephones, cameras, computers, music-players.
Now, for Presbyterians, there’s a new mini-wonder: a pocket-sized “2011 Special Edition” of the denomination’s new Form of Government.
The Rev. Sanghyuan James Lee of Columbia, S.C., in Trinity Presbytery will stand for election as vice-moderator of the upcoming 220th General Assembly as moderatorial candidate Sue Krummel’s running mate. Krummel has been endorsed as a candidate by Great Rivers Presbytery.
Lee, who holds an M.Div from Yale Divinity School and a D.Min. from Union Presbyterian Seminary, has served as pastor of the Korean Community Presbyterian Church in Columbia since January, 2005. Under his leadership, KCPC has expanded not only its membership and programs, but also its local and overseas missions. Today, the church partners with over 15 missionaries …
As the only Southern state without a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage, North Carolina is the next battleground, with religious groups on both sides bracing for a high-stakes fight on May 8.
Sudanese Christians who have barely a month to leave the north or risk being treated as foreigners are starting to move, but Christian leaders are concerned that the April 8 deadline set by Islamic-majority Sudan is unrealistic.
Eight religious leaders have written to both houses of the U.S. Congress, urging opposition to companion resolutions ― SR 380 and HR 568 ― they say are “dangerous” and “increase the risk of war.”