CARSON CITY, Nev., Sept. 12 - The U.S. Senate's top Democrat called Tuesday for a federal investigation into the activities of polygamists in Western states.

BERLIN, Sept. 13 - More than 60 years after the Nazis shut down Germany's only rabbinical school, three Jewish men are poised to become the first rabbis to be ordained in Germany since World War II.

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 13 - State lawmaker Keith Ellison didn't let questions about his past slow down his campaign to become the first Muslim in Congress. On Tuesday, voters responded to his liberal message calling for peace, withdrawal of U.S. troops

None of the Gnostic texts--or any other recently unearthed find--can trump the four canonical gospels. By N.T. Wright

One reason that sports stories lend themselves so nicely to the movies is because winning and losing is so clear cut: You're up to bat, you strike out or hit a home run. You fumble the football, or you make

Have you or your child created art for upcoming holidays? Send us examples for a chance to see your work turned into eCards.

A young woman inherits three sulky kids and a lot of baggage. This is the story of what happened next.

A new survey indicates that American religious believers have conflicting views about the deity they worship. Four different images of "god" predominate, from a wrathful, cranky Jehovah to a disinterested power that created the universe and then split the scene.

From WZZM 13 Grand Rapids, MI : A Professor at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids has resigned. Dr. Ruth Tucker has left her post at the Christian Reformed Church School for Ministers, alleging sexual discrimination. She was appointed in

A jury of five officers finds a Navy chaplain guilty of disobeying an order by appearing in uniform at a protest near the White House. Lt. Gordon Klingenschmitt, an evangelical Episcopalian, persisted in mentioning Jesus in prayers despite the Navy

RESIDENTS IN the Eastern Region, especially Koforidua, have been enraged anytime issues concerning the postponed Gay and Lesbian conference that was to be held in the town was raised.

A CROSS SECTION of Christians in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis have expressed mixed feelings over the controversial debate over whether Christians under the doctrine of the Bible were obliged to pay one-tenth of their earnings (Tithe) to the Church on monthly

THE Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Right Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manson has waged into the raging cocaine scandal that has engulfed the nation.

The recent call by the Justice Ministry for community residents to form vigilante groups to combat criminals has been strongly criticized by the Bishop of the Christ Evangelical Fellowship Ministries, Rev.Dr. James G. Cuffee, Sr.

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, who hails from Sudan, is currently a Professor of Law at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. He was, at various times, Associate Professor of Law (Head of Department of Public Law), University of Khartoum, Sudan; visiting Professor

Bishop Zephania Kameeta of the Evangelical Lutheran Church is optimistic that an amicable solution will be found through "constructive negotiations" in the dispute between a committee of ex-combatants and the government. Kameeta is mediating in the dispute.

Confusion and division has hit the House of Yahweh sect after their prediction that the world would come to an end yesterday came a cropper.

Crimea - Soldiers of Ukraine's special forces and Cossacks stood between the Crimean Tatars, the monks of Holy Trinity Monastery ,and local Orthodox in southern Ukrainian Bakhchysarai, Crimea, on 7 September 2006. The conflict arose over land at the entrance

On 8 September 2006 the Council of Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA released an address on the fifth anniversary of the 11 September tragedy. The full text follows.

Kyiv - Ukrainian Vice-Premier Dmytro Tabachnyk said that any attempt with government interference to create a single national church in any form is doomed to failure. "There cannot be any quick solution to denominational problems. They can be solved only