Faith
NEWS STORY: Virginia pastor vows to defy rules on homeless
c. 1997 Religion News Service
RICHMOND, Va. _ A Richmond minister, who also sits on the city council, has vowed to defy new rules adopted by the council restricting churches' programs for feeding and sheltering the homeless.
The new rules are some of the first fallout from last mo...
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NEWS FEATURE: Burned churches resurrected by outpouring of volunteers
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PORTSMOUTH, Va. _ The under-construction atmosphere of Greater Mount Zion Tabernacle Church of God in Christ is keeping its pastor awake at night."I'm just so excited,"said Elder Charles Hicks, who said even at home his head remains filled with the soun...
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NEWS STORY: Episcopal bishops revist same-sex marriage issue
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PHILADELPHIA _ The nation's Episcopal bishops Wednesday (July 23) kept alive the issue of the church blessing same-sex unions.
The Episcopal Church's House of Bishops approved a directive for the church's liturgical experts to continue a theological s...
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NEWS STORY: Episcopal Church elects Chicago centrist as new presiding bishop
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PHILADELPHIA _ The Episcopal Church turned Monday (July 21) to a sharp-witted 59-year-old centrist from Chicago to be its presiding bishop for the next nine years.
Bishop Frank Tracy Griswold III of the Diocese of Chicago was elected by his fellow bis...
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NEWS STORY: Episcopal Church approves historic agreement with Lutherans
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PHILADELPHIA _ The Episcopal Church Friday (July 18) approved its end of an historic intercommunion agreement with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) that will create pastor exchanges, common parishes and joint ministries.
The decision...
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NEWS ANALYSIS: New bishop, new direction for the Episcopal Church
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PHILADELPHIA _ The Episcopal Church _ known in recent decades for its emphasis on social activism _ appears to have embarked on a new, middle-of-the road course focused on evangelism and healing internal divisions.
The shift in emphasis was evident he...
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NEWS STORY: Lutherans give approval to infants receiving Communion
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PHILADELPHIA _ Baptized Lutheran infants cradled in a parent's arms will be allowed to receive Holy Communion at Evangelical Lutheran Church in America congregations, delegates to the denomination's top policy-making body said Wednesday (Aug. 20).
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NEWS STORY: Episcopal Church moves to clarify faith
c. 1997 Religion News Service
PHILADELPHIA _ An expected change in Episcopal Church law may for the first time in its 208-year-old history give church members a legally binding doctrine of faith.
Currently the church operates under a common understanding that its doctrine is found...
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NEWS FEATURE: Closing of New Jersey Catholic school mirrors national trend
c. 1997 Religion News Service
NEWARK, N.J. _ The quiet high-ceilinged classrooms of Our Lady of the Valley Elementary School in Orange, N.J., filled with studious girls in plaid skirts and boys in maroon sweaters, contrast sharply with the surrounding neighborhood, where rows of hou...
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NEWS SIDEBAR: A conversation with Presiding Bishop Browning of the Episcopal Church
c. 1997 Religion News Service
NEW YORK _ When the Episcopal Church meets in General Convention in Philadelphia July 16-25, Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning will round out his 12-year term as head of the 2.5 million-member church. In a conversation with RNS correspondent Ed Briggs...
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