WASHINGTON, DC: IRD's Top Church News Stories of 2011
WASHINGTON, DC: IRD's Top Church News Stories of 2011
Episcopal lesbian "marriage" by Massachusetts Bishop Tom Shaw cited
By Jeff Walton
www.TheIRD.org
December 28, 2011
Mainline church disputes, threats to religious freedom and budget battles made news throughout 2011. Below are IRD's top church news stories for the year.
Church officials respond to the death of Osama Bin Laden: Torn by pacifist misgivings, many Mainline Protestant officials and liberal Evangelicals reacted negatively to the May 1 killing of al-Qaeda's chief terrorist. Officials of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the National Council of Churches refrained from agreeing with President Obama's assertion that "justice has been done" in the U.S. military raid. Others, like emergent church guru Brian McLaren, bemoaned young Americans who celebrated in the streets. These religious voices implied that lethal force was never acceptable.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Episcopal lesbian "marriage" by Massachusetts Bishop Tom Shaw cited
By Jeff Walton
www.TheIRD.org
December 28, 2011
Mainline church disputes, threats to religious freedom and budget battles made news throughout 2011. Below are IRD's top church news stories for the year.
Church officials respond to the death of Osama Bin Laden: Torn by pacifist misgivings, many Mainline Protestant officials and liberal Evangelicals reacted negatively to the May 1 killing of al-Qaeda's chief terrorist. Officials of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the National Council of Churches refrained from agreeing with President Obama's assertion that "justice has been done" in the U.S. military raid. Others, like emergent church guru Brian McLaren, bemoaned young Americans who celebrated in the streets. These religious voices implied that lethal force was never acceptable.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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