A 29-page letter (pdf document) drafted by 138 prominent Muslim leaders to leaders of the world's Christian churches has been met with enthusiasm and encouragement.The historic Muslim document, entitled, "A Common Word Between Us and You," received a warm embrace from leaders of the Yale Divinity School in the form of a response that has been cosigned by the Harvard and Princeton seminaries...
"Parishioners at Fountain Baptist Church in a New York City suburb reached their goal this month: to raise $1 million for communities hit by Hurricane Katrina. It is one of the largest amounts ever raised by a single U.S. church."
"Believing it's important to bring awareness to the homeless plight, especially the homeless veterans, the Luzerne County Homeless Coalition held its second annual Homeless Memorial Service at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church."
The founder and leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 91, has passed on, leaving behind some five million followers worldwide. The one-time spiritual advisor to the Beatles taught that people could achieve inner peace by meditating twice a day in half hour sessions.
The California Cease Fire Ministry, run by ex-gang members, successfully persuades California's murderous Latino gangs to embrace each other and rebuild their lives in the church.
Two Gideon Bibles in the shirt pocket of a man in Jacksonville saved him from a bullet as he exited a Christian outreach organization he runs.
For a second day, Muslim and Catholic leaders sat down at the Vatican in Rome yesterday for talks to pave the way for what some are billing a historic meeting of the faiths later this year. The preparatory talks by five Muslim leaders and five Vatican officials are the result of a Muslim call for dialogue.
Pastor Rick Warren, author of the Purpose Driven Life, along with the president of Rwanda launched '40 Days of Purpose' for thousands of Rwandan Christians, and affirmed a Global Peace Plan that tackles five of the largest problems facing the world today including, poverty, disease, and ignorance.
Rick Warren, the author of Purpose Driven Life, at a conference last week, invited 1,700 evangelical pastors to join his PEACE coalition, which was created to turn at least half of the world's tens of millions of Christian churches into a giant "network of networks" dedicated to relieving the poverty and misery of the developing world.
Vietnam's communist rulers are easing restrictions on Catholics after a history of church-state land disputes, reports the Reuters News agency.
Modesto, Calif. is the only public school district in the U.S. that requires students to learn about the major religions. It is a model that may benefit Americans of all faiths.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia sponsored an interfaith conference that kicked off in Madrid yesterday in an effort to bring Muslims, Christians, and Jews closer together.