Nobody asked who was Jewish and who was not. Nobody asked where you were from. Nobody asked who your father was or if you could pay. They just accepted each of us, taking us in with warmth, sheltering children, often without their parents — children who cried in the night from nightmares. — Elizabeth Koenig-Kaufman,... Continue Reading

The Assemblies’ rate is 50 percent more than what is found in the SBC. They have opened the first part of 2011 with 177 new churches, tracking at a 3 percent pace, or almost twice the SBC rate. At the North American Mission Board luncheon prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Phoenix,... Continue Reading

The Crystal Cathedral, Orange County’s landmark megachurch, now faces an online petition launched by senior members alleging nepotism and a doctrinal shift by founder Robert H. Schuller’s daughters. “It is time to rise up and take our church back!” says the petition, soliciting signatures of Crystal Cathedral members, former members, friends and viewers of Schuller’s... Continue Reading

There’s no secret that Covenant wants to attract a new generation of churchgoers. Yet (Pastor Bob) Petterson emphasizes it also welcomes the time, talent and donations more mature members can provide. “These baby boomers were raised in the ’60s and ’70s with a social conscience,” says Petterson. “They’re not just going to play golf all... Continue Reading

Joel Hathaway serves as Director of Alumni & Career Services at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis and is regularly involved in placement consultation for churches and students. When open positions are publicly posted, Hathaway sees an average of fifty and as many as 70 applicants per position. Next year marks the one hundredth anniversary of... Continue Reading

Federal law imposes penalties upon anyone who “by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship.” An anarchist group... Continue Reading

9th U. S. Circuit in San Francisco says City of Yuma violated federal law against treating churches unequally in zoning matters A Yuma, Ariz., church left paying the mortgage on a building the city would not allow it to occupy has won its legal battle on appeal and can now seek damages, including payment for... Continue Reading

The church was begun as an offshoot of the Christ the Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Portland. Both churches belong to the Presbyterian Church in America. Working from Portland, Almquist formed Bible study groups in 2007 with a few Lewiston-area Presbyterians. Per Almquist knew he would be a minister even before he knew where he fit... Continue Reading

“We believe in the singularity of Jesus as the only way to salvation for everyone. Sadly, a majority of PCUSA pastors no longer believe that He is the only way. That fact is fundamentally different from what the church has traditionally believed.” Local First Presbyterian Church members voted Sunday to disassociate from the Presbyterian Church... Continue Reading

The Archbishop of Canterbury has publicly rebuked hundreds of senior Anglicans in an row in which he accused the Church of England’s national assembly of failing to “trust” its bishops. Dr Rowan Williams said the Church’s General Synod had “embarrassed” itself by an alleged whispering campaign against the appointment of the Bishop of Dover to... Continue Reading