SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – California’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s gay-marriage ban Tuesday but said the estimated 18,000 same-sex weddings that took place before the prohibition passed are still valid…
Published May 28th, 2009 by wpengine
Published May 27th, 2009 by wpengine
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Shrinking mainline Protestant denominations are turning to marketing to help stem decades of membership losses and stay afloat. The United Methodist Church recently unveiled a $20…
Published May 20th, 2009 by wpengine
At the University of Notre Dame, the country’s foremost Catholic university, Obama told graduates on Sunday that while the two sides may never agree on the issue, there is some…
Published May 18th, 2009 by wpengine
He tweets so he can pray for someone at a moment’s notice or communicate the goings on in the church whether it be meetings or church projects. “It definitely adds…
Read More Churches using Facebook, Twitter to expand reach, relevance
Published May 13th, 2009 by wpengine
A number of evangelical leaders have made opposition to torture without exceptions a moral cause over the past three years, part of a broadening of the movement’s agenda beyond traditional…
Published May 8th, 2009 by wpengine
Like the tour groups bused into Nazareth for lightning visits on their way to somewhere else, the pope will see the Basilica of the Annunciation, on the site where Christian…
Read More Nazareth: Off the beaten track in Jesus’ hometown
Published April 30th, 2009 by wpengine
Some 100 schools were closed, and more might need to be shut down temporarily, President Barack Obama said, declaring, “This obviously is a serious situation.” The total confirmed cases in…
Published April 29th, 2009 by wpengine
Federal officials suggested the flu may be spreading so fast, there may be no practical way to contain it, and no need to tighten borders further. So far, there have…
Read More U.S. swine flu cases rise, officials warn situation will worsen
Published April 29th, 2009 by wpengine
Most people confirmed with the new swine flu were infected in Mexico, where the number of deaths blamed on the virus has surpassed 150. But confirmation that people have been…
Published April 28th, 2009 by wpengine
Chapman won the night’s top honor for the seventh time in his career, which spans more than two decades and includes five Grammy Awards and 56 Dove Awards. The category…
Read More Steven Curtis Chapman wins Dove award for artist of the year
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