”Churches” News

Jakes counsels patience in economic 'sorrows'

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – As the economy continues to grind away at jobs, homes and lifetimes' of savings, Bishop Thomas D. Jakes looks back from his position as one of America's most successful preachers and remembers his own hard times. T.D. Jakes — known internationally
08 20 2009 7:38AM (...more)

Armenians, Georgians in unholy row over disputed church

TBILISI (AFP) – Amidst the rambling homes and cobble-stoned streets of the Georgian capital Tbilisi 's old town, two stone churches stand side-by-side, sharing a snow-covered courtyard. One, the 12 31 2008 7:24AM (...more)

Religion today

WAXAHACHIE, Texas – Moments after flying headfirst onto the arena floor dirt, the man gets up and brushes off his protective vest as rodeo clowns rush in to distract the still-bucking bull. The crowd cheers as the announcer
01 9 2009 4:03AM (...more)

Sunday Morning, Staying Home

Washington (The Daily Standard) - By now we know that evangelical Protestants--generally supportive of Republican candidates but eagerly courted by Democrats this year--are a crucial voting bloc in the November election. Thus it was big news when Rick
09 5 2008 9:02PM (...more)

Muslim Gulf makes room for churches as Qatar catches up

DUBAI (AFP) - Just in time for Easter , Christians in Qatar will get their first church on Friday, joining fellow believers in many other Gulf countries who have long been able to worship in their own churches rather than homes or other venues.
03 15 2008 11:57PM (...more)

Church Insecurity.

Jesus may have taught his disciples to turn the other cheek, but these days some churches are hiring armed security teams--just in case that whole forgiveness thing doesn't work out. A flurry of violent crimes in churches has
11 27 2009 4:09AM (...more)

Developing nation Anglicans decline pope's offer

PARIS (Reuters) – Conservative bishops who say they represent almost half the world's Anglicans urged fellow believers on Sunday to reform the Anglican Communion rather
10 29 2009 4:40PM (...more)

Sweden's Lutheran church to celebrate gay weddings

STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Sweden's Lutheran Church decided Thursday to allow gay marriages in its places
10 29 2009 3:02PM (...more)

Canadian churches take up cause of five Guantánamo detainees

Anwar Hassan, in limbo after seven years of imprisonment at Guantánamo, has a glimmer of hope. A group of churches in Toronto has applied to the Canadian government to sponsor him as a refugee. One of 17 Chinese Muslims who
02 26 2009 8:47PM (...more)

Zimbabwe Christian churches reject Mugabe victory

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's Christian community on Tuesday rejected President Robert Mugabe 's re-election last month as marred by violence and intimidation and said it would support a government of national unity.
07 16 2008 3:15AM (...more)