Tag: Faith-based
A Lutheran minister who responded to the Haiti disaster says US religious communities must help, but “the strength of the future is in Haiti, not the United States.” More
“Everything is gone,” says Rev. Caleb Deliard, a Haitian-American pastor. “It’s all gone. It hurts us deep down. We are, as a people now, wounded souls.” More
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Watch Candy Hill, senior vice president of Catholic Charities USA, discuss the growing problem of hunger in America. More
“Abortion is a health service, ” says Rev. Debra Haffner, director of the Religious Institute. “Abortion is a morally objectionable activity,” says Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life. More
Grassroots religious leaders attending the recent “No Recess for Reform” prayer breakfast and press conference on Capitol Hill spoke with Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly about their nationwide faith-based campaign urging Congress to pass health care reform legislation this year. Watch … More
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s religion and faith director, Harry Knox, a member of the United Church of Christ and the Interdenominational Conference of Liberation Congregations and Ministries, offers his perspective on the workings of the President’s Advisory Council on … More
Bishop Harry Jackson, pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland and chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, gives his assessment of President Barack Obama’s first 100 days. He describes his disappointment with how Obama has handled what he … More
One of the most controversial questions facing the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships is whether religious groups that receive federal grants may discriminate in their hiring and only employ people who share their beliefs. At the “Mobilization … More