WASHINGTON (RNS) — Ever since their mad dash out of Egypt bound for the Promised Land, Jews have been on the move — and they continue to be, far more than any other religious group, according to a new study….
Mass. alumni don’t want Liberty to get free campus
NORTHFIELD, Mass. (RNS) — Rankled at the prospect that “extremist” Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., might soon own the campus where they spent their prep school years, alumni of Northfield Mount Hermon School are petitioning to stop it. In a…
Are mainline splits a new Reformation or old news?
NEW YORK (RNS) — There’s a popular saying in church-planting circles: It’s easier to make babies than to raise the dead. That principle applies to denominations as well, said Paul Detterman, who helped found the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians…
Are mainline splits a new Reformation or old news?
NEW YORK (RNS) — There’s a popular saying in church-planting circles: It’s easier to make babies than to raise the dead. That principle applies to denominations as well, said Paul Detterman, who helped found the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians…
ANALYSIS: Re-branding a religion is hard to do, and not always successful, as SBC discovers
NEW YORK (RNS) — Did leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention hurt their missionary cause by opting not to change the denomination’s name to something a bit more, well, marketable? Maybe, but as the advertising executives of Madison Avenue here…
Repairs slow-going at quake-damaged cathedral
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 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…
Repairs to earthquake-damaged cathedral slow-going
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 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…
Looking for a new campus? This one’s free.
NORTHFIELD, Mass. (RNS) — Jerry Pattengale’s cell phone won’t stop ringing as he leads a secretive group of four wide-eyed college administrators around a majestic campus built in 1879 by legendary evangelist D.L. Moody. Calls and visitors are pouring in…
After C.S. Lewis College fails, a campus for the taking
NORTHFIELD, Mass. (RNS) — Jerry Pattengale’s cell phone won’t stop ringing as he leads a secretive group of four wide-eyed college administrators around a majestic campus built in 1879 by legendary evangelist D.L. Moody. Calls and visitors are pouring in…
Taking to the streets on Ash Wednesday
(RNS) — Five years ago, Teresa K.M. Danieley had an epiphany of sorts. If people can grab breakfast on the go or pay a bill from their cell phone, she thought, why shouldn’t they be able to get their ashes…
On Ash Wednesday, Episcopalians take it to the streets
(RNS) — Five years ago, Teresa K.M. Danieley had an epiphany of sorts. If people can grab breakfast on the go or pay a bill from their cell phone, she thought, why shouldn’t they be able to get their ashes…
Knicks’ Jeremy Lin dubbed the ‘Taiwanese Tebow’
NEW YORK (RNS) — New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin’s underdog story and outspoken evangelical faith have some sportswriters dubbing him the “Taiwanese Tebow.” But while Lin and Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow share similar Christian convictions, Lin’s rise to…