On a 38-acre parcel on Omaha’s west side, the Tri-Faith Initiative is marking two decades since Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders committed to live as neighbors and build a shared campus where a synagogue, church, mosque and interfaith center would stand side by side. The site, known as the Tri-Faith Commons near 132nd and Pacific streets,
New national surveys of younger Americans suggest that far from abandoning books, Gen Z is leaning back into print and rediscovering local libraries as key places to find and enjoy reading. The findings, published by Portland State University researchers Kathi Inman Berens and Rachel Noorda and supported by an American Library Association study, complicate cultural
A new UK-wide poll commissioned for Marriage Week suggests that, despite falling marriage rates and the normalization of cohabitation, most young adults still see marriage as the clearest way to signal lifelong commitment. The survey, carried out by polling firm OnePoll for the UK charity Marriage Foundation, questioned 2,000 unmarried adults aged 18 to 30 across
Recent features from regional and national outlets have drawn renewed attention to the role Christian faith has played in Dolly Parton’s public life, describing how the country legend’s joy, creativity and generosity flow from daily prayer and a deep trust in God. Profiles this week from the Knoxville News Sentinel and an updated AL.com interview
Christian advocacy group Open Doors has warned of escalating violence targeting church leaders and congregations in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, after multiple killings, kidnappings and attacks in recent months amid the wider civil war. One of the most recent incidents involved Episcopal pastor Adel Idris Jongool, who was shot and killed on 24 July
Kid Rock says his next studio release will be a faith-based album arriving this fall, describing the project as a spiritual milestone he felt “called” to make while insisting he is “still Kid Rock” even as his public embrace of Christianity grows more visible. The announcement came in a video posted to his social media accounts
More than two dozen Texas families are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a state law that mandates a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, setting up a major new test of government-endorsed religious expression in schools. In a petition filed Monday, the families urged the justices to review
As churches launch new Bible literacy campaigns and chronological reading plans, ministries are fielding a steady stream of questions about why the books of Scripture are not arranged in the order events occurred. Bible societies, publishers, and teaching ministries say the answer lies in how the canon was formed: books were grouped by literary type
Plans for a United States-funded Ebola quarantine centre at Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base have triggered lethal protests, courtroom challenges and a wider ethical debate in the largely Christian town of Nanyuki over how to balance public health risks with hospitality toward the sick. Laikipia Air Base in central Kenya was selected as the site for a
Two previously unknown sermons by Augustine of Hippo on the Old Testament story of King Saul and the Witch of Endor have been authenticated by an international team of scholars, adding a surprising new chapter to one of Christian history’s most studied voices. The discovery traces back to Latin professor Christian Tornau of the University of