religionnews.com —  10+ hour, 33+ min ago

...A new study from Pew Research suggests that's probably overstated.... ...in what some called a "religion recession.".... ...Another national study of 20 denominational groups now being conducted by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research looks at the question differently... ...Research Center....

religionnews.com —  10+ hour, 33+ min ago

...The adults" names were Cynthia Peak, Mike Hill and Katherine Koonce. They were all in their early 60s.... ...The kids" names were William Kinney, Hallie Scruggs and Evelyn Dieckhaus. They were each 9 years old.... ...In fact, what many of us are actually asking from Bill Lee and Andy Ogles and every other idiot Republican lawmaker who uses their obscene idolatry... ...Then wealthy liberals like Mike Bloomberg and Tom Steyer could just outspend their pro-gun rivals and we'd be done with it....

religionnews.com —  12+ hour, 51+ min ago

...government or a rival church takes over one of the most sacred sites in Eastern Orthodoxy.... ...The monastery's fate has been in question since Russia's invasion in February 2022 has brought a series of crackdowns on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church... ...The OCU was formally recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 2019, prompting Russian President Vladimir Putin to threaten bloodshed... ...Since October, the Security Service of Ukraine has launched raids and searches at UOC churches, including the Pechersk Lavra, imposed sanctions on...

religionnews.com —  13+ hour, 46+ min ago

...his depiction in the popular 1995 screen version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's tale, "The Little Princess.".... ...into an icon of Lord Ram, an incarnation of the god Vishnu and one of the most important deities in Hinduism.... ...Still, Ram is mentioned in both the Guru Granth Sahib and the Dasam Granth, a text long considered to be one of the works of Guru Gobind Singh, the... ...In Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, once Hindu strongholds, the Scripture'simportance as a guide to virtue remained...

religionnews.com —  12+ hour, 1+ min ago

...(RNS) -- This Monday morning, parents were dropping their children off at The Covenant School anticipating a bright, sunny, promising day of love... ...Nashville musician and producer Charles Ashworth, also known as Charlie Peacock, shared great wisdom in his song "Now Is the Time for Tears," whose... ...Lewis, in his book "A Grief Observed," dared to question God in similar, Martha-like fashion:...

religionnews.com —  13+ hour, 48+ min ago

...his depiction in the popular 1995 screen version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's tale, "The Little Princess.".... ...into an icon of Lord Ram, an incarnation of the god Vishnu and one of the most important deities in Hinduism.... ...Still, Ram is mentioned in both the Guru Granth Sahib and the Dasam Granth, a text long considered to be one of the works of Guru Gobind Singh, the... ...In Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, once Hindu strongholds, the Scripture'simportance as a guide to virtue remained...

religionnews.com —  15+ hour, 4+ min ago

...I was serving a congregation in Miami, and I visited one of our congregants in the local hospital. But now, I was with Eli in the ICU.... ...My guest is Rabbi Rachel Timoner, the senior rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, New York.... ...family -- his wife Lisa, and their children Rachel, Ondi and David....

religionnews.com —  14+ hour, 40+ min ago

...Mark Silk: Can we talk about religion?. ChatGPT March 14 Version: I'm happy to have a conversation about religion.... ...for the past three months, ChatGPT is the artificial intelligence program that has humanity freaking out about its future as the Earth's thought leader... ...But some people criticize "Golden Rule" Christianity as being a weak substitute for belief in Jesus.... ...For example, the Christian concept of the Golden Rule ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you") could be used as a basis for developing...

religionnews.com —  16+ hour, 59+ min ago

...(RNS) -- Carl Lentz, the ousted pastor of Hillsong New York City, has landed on staff at Transformation Church, a predominantly Black, nondenominational... ...McQuarters, the church's executive pastor of operations, told Religion News Service in an email Monday (March 27).... ...Pastor Michael Todd gives a sermon recently at Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Video screen grab.... ...the nearby suburb of Bixby, at the 4,500-seat SpiritBank Event Center, which the church owns....

religionnews.com —  1+ day ago

...Because the Indian government has decided that capturing Amritpal Singh, a 30-year-old Sikh political activist, is more important than people's human... ...rights.... ..., purportedly to flush out a Sikh leader, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.... ...in Punjab to demand the release of a member of his organization, Waris Punjab De ("the heirs of Punjab")....