Conservative Methodists, Unite
After this week’s UMC votes on LGBTQ issues, African Methodists should join American conservatives in the new Global Methodist denomination.
‘No Ultimatum’ for Episcopalians, Says Anglican Head
Plus: IRS won’t ding All Saints but says anti-war speech was illegal, Newsweek on wooing evangelical voters, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Weblog Friday Update: New Catholic Archbishop of Warsaw Said to Be Communist Collaborator
Plus: Religion in the new Congress, and other stories from online sources around the world.
No Consensus on Whether NAE Conflict Is Getting Hotter
Plus: The actual news in the pope’s new document, SWBTS sued over gender-based termination, Franklin Graham’s son injured in Iraq, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Lebanon Bus Bombs Target Christians
Plus: Rumor prompts Egyptian Muslims to attack Copts; Anglicans and Presbyterians prepare for splits; TV station criticized after pastor’s suicide; and other stories from online sources around the world.
Episcopal Bishops Balk at Anglican Leaders’ Demands
Plus: The truth about that Anglican-Catholic union rumor; baby bone scandal at Indian Christian hospital; New Life’s overseers speak on Haggard’s “dark side”; and other stories.
Cloning Okayed, Bible Urinated Upon in Australia
Plus: CPT hostages speak, Malaysia corpse battle ends, Md. pastor shot to death, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Warren, Obama, the Christian Coalition, and ‘the Evangelical Agenda’
Plus: A lonely Christmas war, the correction of the year, the Pope’s Turkey trip, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Faith-Based Lack of Initiative
Plus: More hard data on what evangelicals really believe, William Martin on T. D. Jakes, criminal religious TV, Jackie Mason doesn’t find Jews for Jesus funny, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Billy Didn’t Mean to Endorse Hillary for President, Says Franklin
Plus: America’s fastest-growing megachurch, ABC’s illegal TV show, judge blocks South Dakota’s new abortion law, and other stories from online sources around the world.