By John MartinChurches in the United Kingdom are learning they have power to influence commerce and industry to adopt environmentally friendly policies, especially when they team up with other major investor groups that want ethical policies in business.Church-led investor action has led oil giants BP and Shell to plan on building climate-change measures into their business … [Read more...] about Churches Flex Money Muscle
Archives for December 22, 2015
Bishop Curry on Christmas
Adapted from the Office of Public AffairsPresiding Bishop Michael Curry has released this message for Christmas 2015:Hello. Our original plan was for me to tape a Christmas message in front of the United Nations building in New York as a way of sending a message that this Jesus of Nazareth whom we follow came to show us the way to a different world, a world rounded in God’s … [Read more...] about Bishop Curry on Christmas
Easton Seeks 11th Bishop
The Diocese of Easton has posted its profile is receiving names in the search for its 11th bishop. Names are due Jan. 15. The diocese has scheduled the electing convention for June 11.“We are seeking a Bishop who will lead us as we come together in our common mission to help people experience God’s presence in the world, and who is passionate about rethinking church and … [Read more...] about Easton Seeks 11th Bishop
Another Tutu Finds Her Voice
By John MartinIn the 1980s and 1990s when apartheid reigned and most of South Africa’s top-ranking black leaders were either imprisoned or exiled, one voice could not be silenced. The fearless Desmond Tutu was the scourge of the apartheid regime and became a symbol of the fight against a racist regime.Now his daughter, the Rev. Mpho Tutu, has become one of the voices of her … [Read more...] about Another Tutu Finds Her Voice