with contributions from Pamela Hale-Burns, Marcia Z. Nelson
CHURCH LEADERS,
community leaders, and others gathered at the Hyatt Regency on Thursday [October 2] for the 26th annual Long Beach [California] Leadership Prayer Breakfast.
with contributions from Matti Friedman, Niraj Warikoo
A QUEST IS UNDERWAY
on four continents to find the missing pages of one of the world's most important holy texts, the 1,000-year-old Hebrew Bible Known as the Crown of Aleppo.
with contributions from Rachel Westberg, Anne Thomas
SINCE HUMAN EFFORTS
designed to solve the crisis of the Niger Delta seem to have brought no solution, all religious bodies in the region recently took the challenge to God in prayer, writes Agha Ibiam, who witnessed the interdenominational entreaty in Port Harcourt.
ON SATURDAY,
September 27, 2008, a resolution recognizing The Christian Science Monitor's Centennial was passed unanimously by the US House of Representatives.
with contributions from Ashley Gipson, Cathy Lynn Grossman
AS THE MARKET MAYHEM
continues to rock Wall Street, dazed employees in the financial sector who have lost their faith in the economy are turning to religious leaders for guidance.
with contributions from Ron Orozco, Elizabeth Oates, Clarissa Oon
FOUR TIMES A YEAR,
worshippers representing more than 25 Christian congregations in Madera [California] come together at special events—and check any denominational differences at the door.