Candler School of Theology gets national grant

October 17, 2002

ATLANTA — Emory University’s Candler School of Theology will use a $10 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to launch a doctoral program in practical

Bomb damages Nigerian church

October 17, 2002

A bomb exploded on Sept. 11 in a church in the Laranto area of Jos, the capital of Plateau state in northern Nigeria. The blast,

Court sets limits on ‘confessional’ statements

October 17, 2002

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Presbyterian court has ruled that churches may adopt controversial “confessional” statements but cannot use them as “litmus tests” for church officers.

Disciples leader Kenneth Teegarden dies at 80

October 10, 2002

FORT WORTH, Texas — Kenneth L. Teegarden, who helped reshape and centralize the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), died Sept. 22 in Fort Worth, Texas,

Georgians fight for religious liberty

October 10, 2002

The burning of the Bibles at the Baptist warehouse last Feb. 3 by a group of people led by a dissident Orthodox priest has brought

First Inuit Anglican bishop installed

October 10, 2002

IQALUIT, Nunavut Territory — Canada has its first full-fledged Inuit bishop. Andrew Atagotaaluk was installed as Anglican bishop of the Arctic in a Sept. 15

Anglican rejects call to renounce views on gays

October 10, 2002

LONDON — Rowan Williams has flatly rejected demands by Anglican evangelicals that he either recant his views on homosexuality and condemn unmarried sex or step