It would be easier to say I teach church history. Not accurate, but easier. I did have the honor of teaching American history for five years at Fairmont State University; since then, I’ve been an ...

In a move that some are calling “defiant,” delegates at the annual meeting of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church last Saturday declared themselves a “One Church Plan ...

Harry Reid hasn't quite hit the nail on the head but he has made a close approximation ("Schism in the Kirk is a distinct reality", The Herald, December 11). In highlighting the work which is done by ...

Like other mainline Protestant churches, the Presbyterian Church (USA), of which my congregation is a member, has experienced shrinkage and divisive controversy in recent decades. But one thing has ...

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri (left), secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis and Cardinal Kevin Farrell (right), prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, with youth ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Do church and state really need to be separate? Are they at all? Many Americans are keen on the line drawn between these two spheres, regarding it as a key tenet of American values. Yet we know that ...

The Southworth lectures for 1914-15 will be delivered by the Reverend Ambrose White Vernon, D.D., Minister of the Harvard Church, Brookline, in Room A. Andover Theological Seminary, on Tuesday and ...

Ranchi, Aug. 28: Syllabus would be reduced, exam grading would be more flexible and talented children from weaker sections would be given financial help and training were among the points in the ...

As in other matters pertaining to faith and practice, the evangelical looks to Scripture when he defines the boundaries of acceptable church government. At first glance, however, Scripture seems ...