Malawi churches unite to promote better management; Canada: Let’s help aboriginal families heal; Indian churches try to broker peace in Assam; Billy Graham returns home after hospital stay; Aretha Franklin inducted into Gospel Music Hall of Fame
Malawi churches unite to promote better management
ENS/ENI – Several Christian denominations in Malawi, including Anglicans, Presbyterians and pentecostals, have established an organization to help improve management, financial and administrative skills of churches in the southern African nation.
It is called the Institute of Church Management and was initiated by concerned church members, according to a statement from the group. Its members include active and retired clergy, church elders and laity.
“The Church in Malawi has provided unprecedented evangelistic and social development services over the years. However, the concerned church members noted various administrative and management challenges being faced by most churches and church related organizations. This has resulted in ineffective and inefficient delivery of their services,” reads the statement.
Canada: Let’s help aboriginal families heal
Anglican Journal – First, the church played a role in tearing aboriginal families apart. Now, it needs to help put them back together, says the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Referring to the ongoing inter-generational impact of residential schools, Archbishop Fred Hiltz emphasized that the church “needs to play a role in nurturing and supporting initiatives that help heal aboriginal families.
“We were part of tearing families apart,” Archbishop Hiltz told more than 200 aboriginal Anglicans attending the Seventh Sacred Circle held Aug. 5 to 12 in Pinawa, Man. “We must be part of healing and bringing them back together and helping them move to a place of health and happiness.”
Hiltz noted how youth who attended the gathering “have carried someone in their hearts, some friend who’s taken their life.”
http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2012/08/16/canada-lets-help-aboriginal-families-heal-says-hiltz/
Indian churches try to broker peace in Assam
Churches are initiating steps to broker peace and restore harmony in the northeast Indian state of Assam, which has been rocked by bloody clashes between local ethnic Bodo people and Muslim migrants.
http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=5868
Billy Graham returns home after hospital stay
Billy Graham has been released from hospital after a short stay to treat bronchitis
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/billy.graham.returns.home.after.hospital.stay/30477.htm
Aretha Franklin inducted into Gospel Music Hall of Fame
Legendary singer Aretha Franklin was last night inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame. More than 150 artists have been inducted to the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame since its inception in 1971. They include Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Amy Grant, The Winans, Andrae Crouch and Sandi Patty.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/aretha.franklin.inducted.into.gospel.music.hall.of.fame/30479.htm