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Miguel Torneire Taking His Missionary Work A Step Further For Helping The People
Humans are taught to help others from a very young age. Regardless of their beliefs, age, race, or any other category, humans are taught to help others since it is a basic code of conduct. Helping others is not just part of good manners; humans are prompted to help...
From Ashes to Beauty – Robert Sherriff
YES, it’s true, life is not always sunshine and rainbows. It’s not always easy, and sometimes it’s harsh and unfair. One might wonder, if there is a God, where is he? Why didn’t he stop that difficulty from happening? But the truth is, even if we don’t see or feel it,...
Pastor Chris Draws Another Successful Healing School To A Close
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is one of the world's most famous ministers, but each year he takes time out of his busy schedule to give back through the work of The Healing School. In August 2018, the second session of this year's school drew to a close and proved to be one...
Pastor Chris And The Healing School Bringing Hope And Salvation To The People
The August Healing School Session of 2018 commenced in Lagos, Nigeria. It was a day of salvation, restoration and hope that many people were looking forward to. Thousands of people traveled from numerous continents across the globe to be a part of the supernatural...
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To feel safe in the pews, trauma must be acknowledged, spiritual directors say
(RNS) — Trauma-informed care is a growing movement across the world, and in the past decade, spiritual directors have increasingly used its methods to deal with clients who suffer from religious trauma and spiritual abuse. Seminaries are now including trauma-informed...
Church of England head Justin Welby resigns over handling of sex abuse scandal
LONDON (AP) — Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, resigned Tuesday after an investigation found that he failed to tell police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer...
As COP29 begins, some voice concerns over religious freedom in host country Azerbaijan
(RNS) — Global leaders, diplomats and climate advocates are gathering to hammer out climate finance agreements at the latest U.N. climate summit being held today (Nov. 11) through Nov. 22 in Baku, Azerbaijan. But the host country for the annual summit has come under...
Vatican and Microsoft partner to showcase St. Peter’s Basilica through AI technology
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Visitors to Rome will have the opportunity to experience St. Peter’s Basilica in a new way as part of an immersive exhibit, both in person and online, created through a partnership between the Vatican and Microsoft using AI technology. The...
AP VoteCast shows Trump boosted his level of support among Catholic voters
Among several blocs of religious voters, including his loyal evangelical base, Donald Trump fared roughly as well in his victory over Kamala Harris as he did in his loss to Joe Biden four years ago. One notable difference: He did better this year among Catholic...
Anxious, grieving, elated: Clergy prepare to preach into the post-election whirlwind
(RNS) — As they mount their pulpits this weekend (Nov. 8-10), clergy of several faiths said that they expect emotions to be swirling still from President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. Often facing a constellation of feelings in the...
Will ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ be a Christian crossover miracle?
(RNS) — Dallas Jenkins couldn’t have known who would win the presidential election just three days before his new movie was set to release. But what he did know was that his Christmas film based on a beloved children’s book would release into a politically charged...
Iran executes Jewish man despite family pleas and attempts to pay restitution
ISTANBUL (RNS) — Arvin Ghahremani, a 20-year-old Iranian Jew accused of murder, was hanged by the country’s Islamic regime on Monday (Nov. 4) after a monthslong trial that was closely watched by the Persian Jewish diaspora as well as human rights groups. Two years...
Gateway Church congregants take up Morris’ offer to get ‘money back’ on tithes
FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — Katherine Leach’s stomach churned while she was driving to Saturday worship at Gateway Church early this summer. Leach, who has been attending the nondenominational North Texas congregation for the past three years, has also tithed — a...
Norman Wirzba on finding hope in the midst of crisis
(RNS) — Norman Wirzba was not expecting that his book of essays about hope would land the week before Donald Trump scored a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. But the Duke theologian who writes about the environment is no stranger to contemplating...
Persecution of Eritrean Jehovah’s Witnesses condemned by human rights experts
(RNS) — Thirty years after Eritrea revoked the citizenship of Jehovah’s Witnesses, international human rights experts are condemning the nation’s persecution of the religious group and advocating for the release of wrongfully detained prisoners. “As of the latest...
Faith groups resolve to protect migrants, refugees after Trump win
(RNS) — Former President Donald Trump’s election to a second term prompted faith groups that work with migrants and refugees to reaffirm their commitment to continue their work on Wednesday (Nov. 6), after Trump campaigned on blocking migration and carrying out record...