Religious rights activists are hailing the release over the weekend of an Iranian pastor accused of apostasy and a Pakistani girl who was charged with blasphemy. Pastor Youcef... Read More
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A delegation of religious leaders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is visiting the U.S and Canada as part of a tour seeking to build awareness of a re-emerging war at... Read More
September 10, 2012 | Web First | By ENInews Staff
Arli Klassen begins her duties Oct. 1.
Arli Klassen , formerly executive director of the binational Mennonite Central Committee before its reorganization earlier this year into a Canadian and US entity, will serve as... Read More
September 10, 2012 | Web First | news release
The World Association for Christian Communication ( WACC ) said it welcomes a plan by Argentina's National University of Entre Rios to oversee a seminar on "subjective... Read More
September 10, 2012 | Web First | Maria Teresa Aveggio
Barack Obama invoked Abraham Lincoln in Thursday's speech in which he accepted his party's nomination for president. "I have been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming... Read More
September 7, 2012 | Web First | Yonat Shimron
What a revealing end to a disturbing political convention. An actor who built a career on pretending to be a tough guy talked to an empty chair, pretending it was President Obama... Read More
September 5, 2012 | Web First | Tom Ehrich
Rev. Sun Myung Moon
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, revered as a messiah within his Unification Church but regarded by many others as a vain and enigmatic man who blessed mass weddings, built a sprawling... Read More
September 5, 2012 | Web First | Daniel Burke
The streets are packed. Hordes of people move at once, criss-crossing over the smooth stone streets and deftly navigating down many stairs. Vendors shouting in Arabic call from... Read More
September 4, 2012 | Young Voices | Vanessa Snyder-Penner
Last year, a few of my cousins and a bunch of the friends I made growing up in church, in high school and during my time studying at Canadian Mennonite University got engaged. And... Read More
August 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Thomas Epp as told to Aaron Epp
All the anticipation in the world cannot prepare someone for the experience of leaving home to live in a foreign country for a period of time, even though one understands that it... Read More
August 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
“To live in the Holy Land, you must be crazy, or you must believe in miracles,” farmer Daoud Nassar tells our group assembled in a cave just outside of Bethlehem. He is sharing... Read More
August 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Vanessa Snyder-Penner
For Sara Doua of Bamako, Mali, receiving a three-month ration means she no longer has to go door-to-door asking her neighbours for food.Read More
August 29, 2012 | Back Page | Story and photos by Kelly Di Domenico
Elsie Rempel was available to sign her new book at MC Canada Assembly in Vancouver.
Elsie Rempel, Mennonite Church Canada Formation Consultant, launched her new book, Please Pass the Faith, at Mennonite Church Canada Assembly 2012 in Vancouver. The book explores... Read More
August 29, 2012 | Artbeat | By Ardell Stauffer
Sam Gingerich and Ryan Roth
The spring after I turned 15, Sam cornered me in the hallway of Steinmann Mennonite Church and said, “You’re playing church league ball this summer.” It was more of an instruction... Read More
August 29, 2012 | God at work in Us | By Ryan Roth
North American churches forget how special Anabaptism is, say Erwin and Marian Wiens, recently returned from Korea. The Wienses are no strangers to South Korea. Ten years ago,... Read More
August 29, 2012 | God at work in the World | Deborah Froese
Norm Voth, director of Evangelism and Service for Mennonite Church Manitoba, and Jamie Arpin-Ricci, pastor of Little Flowers Community Church, stand outside Chiara House.
When Andrew, a new Christian in Little Flowers Community Church, tragically took his life, it shook the church to its core. Pastor Jamie Arpin-Ricci said it was the death of... Read More
August 29, 2012 | God at work in the Church | Story and photos by Evelyn Rempel Petkau
The streets are packed. Hordes of people move at once, criss-crossing over the smooth stone streets and deftly navigating down many stairs. Vendors shouting in Arabic call from... Read More
August 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Vanessa Snyder-Penner
“To live in the Holy Land, you must be crazy, or you must believe in miracles,” farmer Daoud Nassar tells our group assembled in a cave just outside of Bethlehem. He is sharing... Read More
August 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Vanessa Snyder-Penner
A bail hearing is set for today, Aug. 28, in Islamabad in the case of a girl charged with blasphemy for allegedly burning pages of the Quran, Islam's holy scriptures. Several... Read More
August 28, 2012 | Web First | By Anto Akkara
Law officers testified Wednesday (Sept. 5, 2012) about the chaotic and bizarre scene they discovered the night of Oct. 4, 2011, when they arrived at the Holmes County, Ohio, home... Read More
August 28, 2012 | Web First | James F. McCarty for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
The leader of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church has urged citizens to observe peace, love and tolerance as the country mourns the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi . The Rev... Read More
August 23, 2012 | Web First | By Fredrick Nzwili
Southeast Christian Church, a Louisville, Ky., megachurch, holds services like this one during Christmas time. Credit: Religion News Service photo courtesy of Southeast Christian Church
Maybe religion really is the opiate of the masses – just not the way Karl Marx imagined. A University of Washington study posits that worship services at megachurches can trigger... Read More
August 21, 2012 | Web First |
US Representative Kevin Yoder (R-Kansas) --Photo Courtesy
OK, so like I'm on vacation in Maine and you're pondering the fate of Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), but what would we do without those crack investigative reporters at Politico, Jake... Read More
August 21, 2012 | Web First | Mark Silk
The United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant denomination, has approved a recommendation to boycott products produced in Israeli settlements in occupied... Read More
August 20, 2012 | Web First | By Kristine Greenaway
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has said talks with the White House over a proposed contraception mandate are "going nowhere." --RNS photo by Gregory A. Shemitz
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan defended his invitation of President Obama to the annual Al Smith Dinner in October, saying he is trying to encourage civility and dialogue amid a... Read More
August 20, 2012 | Web First | Chris Lisee