http://www.disciplesworld.com/rss/news.html DisciplesWorld News Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:37:00 GMT en-us http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15487 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15487 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:12:32 PDT (7/2/09) - Seminary president Serene Jones, a Disciple, will talk theology with journalist Bill Moyers and two fellow academics on Moyers' public television program this weekend. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15486 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15486 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:20:43 PDT CANE RIDGE, Ky. (7/2/09) - Musicians from several Central Kentucky congregations came together on Saturday, June 27, to fill Cane Ridge Meeting House with joyous sounds of old time hymns and gospel music. For the more than 100 attendees at the annual Cane Ridge Day, it was easy to visualize a warm summer worship service in the 1800's in the two centuries old log church. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15485 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15485 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:13:09 PDT COLUMBIA, S.C. (7/2/09) - In one especially soul-baring e-mail to his Argentine mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford quoted from 1 Corinthians 13 about the nature of love. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15484 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15484 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:10:49 PDT WEBSTER, Texas (7/2/09) - Police in Texas said they used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray on his congregants after the man interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. Police said the traffic stop Wednesday morning involved a member of the Iglesia Profetica Peniel church in its parking lot in Webster, southeast of Houston. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15483 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15483 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:10:06 PDT CANTERBURY, England (ENI, 7/2/09) - Richard Dawkins, the British academic, who is said by his critics to try to convert people to believe there is no God in a manner akin to proselytizing, is backing Britain's first atheist camp for children. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15482 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15482 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:08:17 PDT LAKEMOOR, Ill. (7/2/09) - The planters in her front yard brought Tina Asmus national publicity last month. This week, they brought her a $25 fine. Asmus said Tuesday she will go to court to fight to keep her lawn ornaments, which are made from two old toilets and a bathroom sink. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15481 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15481 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:06:59 PDT QUITO, Ecuador (ENI/ALC, 7/2/09) - Democracy should be restored in Honduras, says the head of the Latin American Council of Churches, which has expressed deep concern about violence occurring in the Central American country. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15480 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15480 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:24:35 PDT GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (6/30/09) - Since returning from Honduras after 18 months as a mission intern, Kevin Howe has been speaking to churches about the work of Global Ministries' partners there. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15479 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15479 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:46:52 PDT NEW YORK (ENI, 6/30/09) - A new North American group claiming to embrace "traditional Anglican values" will not last long, the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop has predicted. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15478 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15478 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:45:00 PDT BUDAPEST (ENI, 6/30/09) - Hungary has marked the 20th anniversary of a symbolic opening of the Iron Curtain, which once separated it from neighboring Austria, amid warnings from churches that Europe remains divided. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15477 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15477 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:38:57 PDT GENEVA (ENI, 6/30/09) - The World Council of Churches says it has identified two candidates - one a Korean Presbyterian and the other a Norwegian Lutheran - for the post of general secretary, which becomes vacant on Jan. 1. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15476 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15476 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:33:17 PDT MATANZAS, Cuba (ENI/ALC, 6/30/09) - The ecumenical movement must take the side of the poor and excluded if its preaching is to stay rooted in the Gospel, a leader of the biggest grouping of Latin American churches has told a Cuban gathering. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15475 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15475 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:27:43 PDT GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (6/29/09) -- With a spirit of thankfulness and appreciation tempered by disappointment, on Saturday evening a humble John H. Thomas received the tributes of a grateful General Synod for his ten years of service as the sixth general minister and president of the United Church of Christ. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15474 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15474 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:59:47 PDT GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (6/27/09) -- Preacher and pastor Otis Moss III gave a powerful punctuation lesson during the opening worship service of the 27th General Synod of the United Church of Christ on Friday evening. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15473 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15473 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:54:17 PDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP, 6/27/09) - Southern Baptists ended their national meeting and quietly left their host town by avoiding the controversial political pronouncements that have marked past conventions. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15472 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15472 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:51:14 PDT GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP, 6/27/09) - Starting at age 4, Sheila Schuller Coleman has held just about every job at her father's Crystal Cathedral, from copying Sunday programs at the kitchen table to launching a private high school on the church grounds. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15471 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15471 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:47:19 PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP, 6/27/09) - Russia and Ukraine have quarreled over a lot of things in recent years, from politics and energy to language and religion. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15470 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15470 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:44:31 PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP, 6/27/09) - An animal rights group has won approval to bring three hogs to Ohio's state capitol grounds for a protest against large-scale hog farms. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15469 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15469 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:41:53 PDT PRAGUE (AP,6/27/09) - Holocaust survivors, Jewish groups and experts gathered in Prague Friday to assess efforts to return property and possessions stolen by the Nazis to their rightful owners or heirs. http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15468 http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=15468 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:05:03 PDT WASHINGTON (AP, 6/26/09) - Attorney General Eric Holder urged the U.S. Congress Thursday to pass a new hate crimes law that would allow the federal government to prosecute cases of violence based on sexual orientation, gender or disability.