Mixed response to US Episcopal compromise on gay issue

There has been a decidedly mixed initial response to the attempt of the Episcopal Church in the USA to reach a compromise over the issue of lesbian and gay blessings and ordinations, with some media commentators hailing it as a refusal to give in and others seeing it...

Mixed response to US Episcopal compromise on gay issue

There has been a decidedly mixed initial response to the attempt of the Episcopal Church in the USA to reach a compromise over the issue of lesbian and gay blessings and ordinations, with some media commentators hailing it as a refusal to give in and others seeing it...

Mennonites take significant steps forward in ecumenical relations

The Mennonite Church USA has taken two significant steps forward in inter-church relations by joining an American-wide ecumenical body and receiving an official apology from Lutherans for past persecutions of Anabaptists. The Mennonites accepted a statement from the...

Mennonites take significant steps forward in ecumenical relations

The Mennonite Church USA has taken two significant steps forward in inter-church relations by joining an American-wide ecumenical body and receiving an official apology from Lutherans for past persecutions of Anabaptists. The Mennonites accepted a statement from the...

Plea to world churches on overcoming US gun culture

A US Christian leader has asked a World Council of Churches peacemaking team visiting the United States for assistance to rid his country of the “scourge” of gun violence – writes Chris Herlinger. “We need your help,” the Rev Michael...