Christian Reformed Church's Calvin Bremer, United Methodist David Seamands admit misconduct. Plus: responses to Bush's ID comments, Senate punishes evangelical Air Force Academy leader, fearing the megachurch, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 4/13/2006 12:00AM
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Zambia official request for prayer refused:
Chiluba asks for prayers and appeals to Catholics to pray for him so that his court cases can close | But Mansa Diocese Bishop Aaron Chisha has said the government has disappointed them every time they asked for help (The Post, Zambia)
Pray for Chiluba | Frederick Chiluba's request to the Catholics to pray for him over his court cases deserves a favourable consideration (Editorial, The Post, Zambia)
Update: Catholics refuse to pray for Chiluba over his cases | "As Catholics, we pray for national causes that will enhance the majority of people's interest instead of individual politicians," Zambia Episcopal Conference spokesperson Fr Paul Samasumo said (The Post, Zambia)
Clergy shouldn't castigate elected leaders—Manjata | The clergy should not wear a reverend's collar and at the same time castigate an elected leadership, community development minister Stephen Manjata has said (The Post, Zambia)
Church life:
With bats gone, history trumps science on Cape | Wampanoags now look toward restoring 321-year-old church (The Boston Globe)
Huge crowds, rabid devotees and no Mick Jagger in sight. Are you afraid? | I have never been to a big creepy megachurch. This is my first confession (Mark Morford, San Francisco Chronicle)
Alpha 'feeds modern spiritual hunger' | There is an element of the Christian faith in the UK that is trying to buck the long-term trend of decline in the number of followers (BBC)
Missions & ministry:
Three national conferences kick off downtown | MegaFest, the Rev. T.D. Jakes' four-day Christian festival, combines three conferences — Woman Thou Art Loosed, ManPower and Mega Youth Experience — at the Georgia Dome, Georgia World Congress Center and Philips Arena (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Preaching for points | Teenagers compete in short sermons at church gathering (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
Pastor built shelter, now must live there | Two years ago, Dan Garvin and his wife started work on a homeless shelter in Allendale, Ill. Now, the Methodist pastor is preparing to move into it himself. Garvin, who heard in May he would not receive an assignment for the coming year, will be evicted from his parsonage home Tuesday (Courier & Press, Evanston, Ind.)
The 'Faster Pastors' make waves for youth | All in good fun, for a good cause (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, Ia.)
More articles of interest:
'I witness' news | Scholar Ben Witherington III is a regular TV media source (The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
Mormons revisit sacred place | An outdoor pageant tells the life of Joseph Smith, who founded a once-booming town on the Mississippi River in western Illinois (Chicago Tribune)
Faithful furious over tactic | Catholics express shock over lawyer's arguments that a woman who sued Portland archdiocese for child support should have used birth control (Los Angeles Times)
Mysterious ways | How do Christians explain a tsunami? Paul J. Griffiths reviews David Bentley Hart's The Doors of the Sea (The Wall Street Journal)
Oldest known Bible to go online | A team of experts from the UK, Europe, Egypt and Russia is currently digitising the parchment known as the Codex Sinaiticus, believed originally to have been one of 50 copies of the scriptures commissioned by Roman Emperor Constantine after he converted to Christianity (BBC)
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