Eighty-seven churches join new conservative Lutheran group over gay clergy Eight-seven churches in total have publicly vowed to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church ...
Religious leaders have signed a declaration saying they oppose laws that would compel them to bless gay unions or marriages One-hundred and fifty-two ...
Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard says home prayer meeting his 'resurrection' Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard says a well-attended prayer meeting at his home wasn't the start of a new church, but a sign of his resurrection three years after he was ...
Religion News in Brief An Ohio village's Christmas parade has been canceled amid concerns over possible lawsuits, expected protests and logistical problems. Amelia Mayor Leroy Ellington said the Amelia Business Association that sponsored the parade for the past few years backed out ...
Evangelical march draws 1.5 million for day of worship, music in Brazil's second biggest city About 1.5 million evangelical Christians joined Brazil's annual "March for Jesus" on Monday, an event sponsored by a church whose leaders recently returned after being imprisoned in ...
Evangelical protestants gather for the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) Copyright 2009 AP News
Evangelical leader Dobson leaving radio show that elevated him to national prominence James Dobson, the voice of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, will no longer host its flagship radio broadcast and is cutting formal ties with the organization that he ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Protestants on Wednesday elected Margot Kaessmann, a divorcee and the Lutheran bishop of Hanover, to lead them, the first woman to take the post and only the third woman to head a major Christian church. Kaessmann, 51, a ...
3 Calif. Presbyterian congregations split with national church over Bible, homosexuality Three Presbyterian congregations in California's San Joaquin Valley are breaking with the faith's national denomination in a rift over the Bible and homosexuality. Trinity Presbyterian Church in Clovis, First Presbyterian Church ...
Delegates of Sweden's largest church, the Lutheran Church of Sweden, approved a plan Thursday to bless gay marriages Delegates of Sweden's largest church, the Lutheran Church of Sweden, approved a plan Thursday to bless gay marriages, the AFP reported. Gay marriage became ...
Federal judge awards $3 million to 2 teens who sued evangelist Alamo's alleged enforcer A fugitive accused of beating two teenagers on evangelist Tony Alamo's orders must pay $3 million in restitution, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Harry F. ...
Ex-president of National Baptist Convention sues over landslide election loss, claims fraud The former president of the National Baptist Convention USA has sued the denomination over an election he overwhelmingly lost. Delegates to the convention, the nation's largest and oldest black denomination, ...
