Faith-based

The White House on Monday released names of individuals appointed to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships,  and one Minnesotan will help steer the direction of the White House on faith-based issues.
The Rev. Peg Chemberlin will join the council. She’s ran the Minnesota Council of Churches for 13 years and is currently [...]

The leader of the Oshkosh, Wis., Salvation Army was suspended from his job last week because he is marrying a woman who is not a member of the faith-based charitable organization. Capt. Johnny Harsh lost his wife, a fellow Salvation Army officer, to a sudden heart attack earlier this year. He recently became engaged to [...]

Picture this: a clutch of Minneapolis Public Schools students scooting to a church across from their middle school for after-school activities derived from a Bible-based curriculum.  That image comes courtesy of Here’s Life Inner City, an organization of the Campus Crusade for Christ, who say they’ve taken the Bible study out of their S.A.Y. Yes! [...]