The Anglican diocese of Christchurch in New Zealand confirmed on March 16 that Canadian bishop Victoria Matthews has been elected diocesan bishop and will be
We bounced along one of the red dirt roads that crisscross south Sudan, our Land Cruiser’s shocks damaged by the many, many potholes. We were
An exhibit at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) celebrating Charles Darwin almost failed to open until an unlikely donor came through: the United Church Observer,
Ondo Rukia Rajab (left) and Abale John Stephen are teachers at the Wulu Primary School. Rumbek, SudanSudan appears to be a country in waiting. Waiting
The Episcopal Church of Sudan, which recently elected Bishop Daniel Deng Bul of the diocese of Renk as its next primate (national archbishop), has been
RomeChaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of the northern Iraq city of Mosul, who was kidnapped in February by armed attackers, was found dead on
Oxford, OhioTed Turner, who once called Christianity “a religion for losers” has launched a joint initiative with Lutherans and Methodists in the United States to
Mathematics teacher and prayer-workshop leader Sybil MacBeth knows about math-anxiety. “It’s like a panic attack in the face of pages full of numbers and equations,”
Rev. Giles Fraser, vicar of the Anglican parish of Putney, U.K. and a columnist with the Guardian and Church Times newspapers, thinks the Christian church
Citing financial difficulties, the Anglican Sisters of St. John the Divine (SSJD) and the diocese of Montreal have jointly agreed that the sisters will leave
WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia Juba, SudanOne of the lessons that a delegation of church leaders has learned from a recent visit to Sudan is
Archbishop Drexel Gomez Participants at the recent “An Anglican Covenant: Divisive or Reconciling?” conference, held at the Desmond Tutu Center in New York City, gathered
Many adult Dinka Christians carry crosses to indicate their faith. The crosses are often 30 – 60 cm long; women march and dance with them
Citing financial difficulties, the Anglican Sisters of St. John the Divine (SSJD) and the diocese of Montreal have jointly agreed that the Sisters would withdraw
LondonWelsh Anglican clergy have narrowly voted against a measure, supported unanimously by their bishops, to allow women to be appointed to the episcopate.At a meeting
In recognition of my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, our municipality gave them a Bible. The gift was befitting because they were known in their close-knit
The Bible told A.J. Jacobs, “You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard,” (Leviticus 19:27) and,
NairobiChurches in Kenya have apologized for their failure to confront in a unified manner the election crisis that erupted in late December, and they have
The British government has placed an export ban on artifacts like the warrant for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587. The library
Cheryl Curtis, executive director of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has commented on the decision by its staff to form a union,
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