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  Mormon women seeking middle ground to greater equality

  Some Mormon feminists see only one goal on the road to gender equality— ordination to the all-male priesthood.

  09/01/2012 - By Administrator

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  Orthodox Jews finally mark end of 7-year Talmud study, 2,711 pages later

  For seven and one-half years, day-in and day-out, Jews around the world have studied a new double-sided page of the Talmud, the biblical commentary that, written over centuries, serves as a guide to spirituality and practical life. Some 90,000 people recently crowded into New Jersey's MetLife Stadium to read portions of the Talmud's 2,711th—and final—page, ending a seven and one-half-year cycle.

  08/31/2012 - By Administrator

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  Student summer missionaries answer call to go and serve

  Many university students who served this summer with Go Now Missions reported they discovered God's call was only a prayer or phone conversation away.

  08/31/2012 - By Administrator

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  Churches without policies for online activity risk embarrassment — or worse

  Statistics show religious Americans have adopted social media at roughly the same rates as unbelievers. But convincing churches to adopt policies governing online activity is an uphill slog.

  08/31/2012 - By Administrator

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  Mormons and Baptists compete for converts

  Every year, the Southern Baptist Convention and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints compete for converts, spending tens of millions of dollars to spread their faith. They rely heavily on thousands of faithful volunteers willing to spread out across the country to evangelize.

  08/31/2012 - By Administrator

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  Mormons’ relationship with America: It’s complicated

  In political terms, American exceptionalism has come to mean, according to an article in Foreign Policy magazine, that "the United States—and the United States alone—(is meant) to lead, save, liberate and ultimately transform the world." That perspective fits some elements of LDS theology, but not others.

  08/31/2012 - By Administrator

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  Will candidate’s Mormon faith repel or attract voters?

  As the first Mormon selected by a major political party as its presidential candidate, will Mitt Romney's barrier-breaking faith be a boon or bane to his White House campaign? Two studies on the question come to contradictory conclusions.

  08/31/2012 - By Administrator

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  Mormons find faith strengthened through missions experience

  About 57,000 Mormon missionaries march across the globe, proselytizing in public squares, knocking on doors and handing out religious tracts, often for nine or 10 hours a day, in fair weather and foul.

  08/31/2012 - By Administrator

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  Evangelical author sees a Mormonizing of America

  Stephen Mansfield, an evangelical author who has written widely about the faith of politicians, turns his attention to Mormons in his latest book, The Mormonizing of America.

  08/31/2012 - By Administrator

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  First Hispanic Convention student missions team serves NYC

  The first Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas student missions team through Go Now Missions. Team members helped a Hispanic church in New York City with a variety of projects, including visiting homes, Vacation Bible School, puppet shows and installing new flooring.

  08/31/2012 - By Administrator

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  Words of forgiveness, actions speak loudest in tandem, study shows

  People are more likely to show forgiving behavior if they receive restitution, but they are more prone to report they have forgiven if they get an apology, according to Baylor University research published in the Journal of Positive Psychology.

  08/31/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  Religiosity is on the decline in the United States, and atheism is on the rise, according to a new worldwide poll by WIN-Gallup International.

  08/31/2012 - By Administrator