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Evangelical Christianity, born in England and nurtured in the United States, is leaving home.Most evangelicals now live in China, South Korea, India, Africa and Latin America, where they are transforming their religion. In various ways, they are making evangelical Christianity at once more conservative and more liberal. They are infusing it with local traditions and practices. And they are even sending "reverse missionaries" to Europe and the United States. Read more.
Tomorrow evening the What Next conference gets underway in Madison marking the bicentennial of one of the most important events in America’s religious history. Our coverage of the conference begins with a reflection on the anniversary by Alvin Reid, a professor at evangelism at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. We also present this reflection in light of tomorrow’s See You At The Pole observance involving students across the country. WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–I have always had a love for studying (and even more being a part of) movements of God, from my childhood when our small church erupted in the Jesus Movement to teaching…
In a new clash with a Roman Catholic organization on its campus, the University of Wisconsin at Madison has declined, for now, to recognize and provide financial support to the UW Roman Catholic Foundation because only three of the group’s board members are students, the Associated Press reported. Read more.Daily Cardinal coverage.
The battle over Wisconsin’s marriage amendment isn’t a simple political fight. It’s a struggle over values, too, an issue that bubbled for years in the statehouse and houses of worship, on the airwaves and in church pews. It likely will come to a boil in the closing weeks before the Nov. 7 election. Read more.
Marc Maillefer (pron. MY-fair), new senior pastor at Door Creek Church, sat down for a conversation with MC News Editor Gordon Govier to help introduce him to his new congregation as well as to the Madison community. Q: How much did you know about Madison before you took this job?MM: I’ve jokingly said that our knowledge of Madison was always driving by. My wife is from the Twin Cities and we’ve been living in Chicago; well I’ve lived there all my life. So I didn’t know a whole lot about Madison. I remember pulling off I-90 one time and driving…
NEWS RELEASECENTURY CITY, Calif. (September 20, 2006) – As the leading supplier of high quality entertainment product for the faith-based marketplace, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) unveils FOXFAITH, a new branded distribution label to house its growing portfolio of faith-based programming. Established for Christian retailers and churches/ministry organizations as a collection of inspirational films they can recommend and promote among their congregations, this new consumer and retail brand will be comprised of filmed entertainment with a clear Christian message or based on material by a Christian author. FOXFAITH will be a home entertainment distribution label as well as the…
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA (ANS) — At least 300 gathered at the 8th annual Media Fellowship International brunch to honor two-time Academy Award winner Al Kasha and hear the producer of “American Idol” share about his faith journey.“I’m excited to see what God can do with the people in this room,” Pastor Bob Reith, founder of Media Fellowship International (MFI) told entertainment industry insiders gathered at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Almost 20 years ago, Reith launched MFI in Seattle after a rock and roll DJ challenged him to start a Bible study for his friends. Today, MFI ministers to entertainment professionals…
President Bush said that he senses a "Third Awakening" of religious devotion in the United States that has coincided with the nation’s struggle with international terrorists, a war that he depicted as "a confrontation between good and evil." Read more.
Recall the political storms in the United States over lifting bans on opening stores on Sundays – the so-called "blue laws." Christian ministers would point to Moses’ fourth commandment: "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy." Owners of mom-and-pop retail shops would plead to keep a legal "day of rest" that prevented big stores from luring away business by staying open on Sundays. But growing numbers of women worked outside the home and found it difficult to shop during the week. States hoped Sunday store hours would boost tax revenues. Today, the battle is largely over. In most parts…
Town of Brookfield – Elmbrook Church, one of the region’s first megachurches, is launching a year’s celebration of its 50th anniversary with jubilee events and a cutting-edge Web site that could be a national model for linking people to ministries and faith messages. Read more.