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ELCA publications win ACP awards P
ublications of the ELCA took home 14 awards from the Asso- ciated Church Press annual conven- tion, held in Chicago April 30-May 2. The ACP “Best of the Christian Press” awards were presented for work produced in 2011. Café—Stirring the Spirit Within
received: • Award of merit, best in class: inde- pendent website or e-zine for www.
boldcafe.org. Elizabeth McBride and Kate Elliott, editors. Gather (formerly Lutheran
Woman Today) received: • Award of merit, personally useful article for “Burning bush chaser.” Martha Sterne, author; Elliott and Terri Lackey, editors. • Award of merit, Bible resource, for “Renew, respond, rejoice.” Cath- erine Malotky and David Engelstad, authors; Elliott and Lackey, editors. • Honorable mention, personal experience/first-person account (long format) for “Healing friend- ships.” Terry L. Bowes, author; Elliott and Lackey, editors. • Honorable mention, department for “Family matters.” Sue Gamelin and Elyse Nelson Winger, authors; Elliott and Lackey, editors. • Honorable mention, devotional/ inspirational (long format) for “A place apart.” Christa von Zychlin,
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United Methodists meet Delegates to the United Method- ist Church General Conference celebrated their April 30 vote to become full communion partners with the African Methodist Episco- pal Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the Chris- tian Methodist Episcopal Church, the African Union Methodist Protestant
author; Elliott and Lackey, editors. The Lutheran received:
• Award of excellence, humor, written for “Great expectations.” Elizabeth A. Eaton, author; Julie B. Sevig, editor. • Award of excellence, convention or meeting coverage for “ELCA assembly: Full speed ahead” by the staff of The Lutheran. • Award of merit, news story for “10 trends to watch.” Kathryn Sime, author; Elizabeth Hunter, editor. • Award of merit, personal experi- ence/first-person account (short for- mat) for “Between us: Half a lung, half a lung, half a lung onward.” Walter Wangerin Jr., author; Daniel J. Lehmann, editor. • Honorable mention, editorial cour- age for “R. Guy & Keith Fry ….” Sandra Guy, author; Sevig, editor. • Honorable mention, theological reflection (short format) for “Deeper understandings: The creeds.” Robin Steinke and Gary Simpson, authors; Lehmann, editor. The Little Christian received:
• Award of merit, magazine design: entire issue for “Go with God.” Amber Leberman, art director. • Award of merit, photography: with article or cutline for “Jhariff lives in Peru.” Elie Gardner, photographer; Leberman, art director.
Church, and the Union American Methodist Episcopal Church. The five African-American denomina- tions broke away from the main body beginning in the late 18th century because “we have a shameful his- tory of blatant racism,” said Stephen J. Sidorak, executive for the UMC Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns.
‘Listen’ to the poor
The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance urged the World Bank, under Presi- dent Jim Yong Kim, to include faith- based organizations in its decisions and listen to “those most affected by poverty, hunger, disease and injus- tice.” Alliance director Peter Prove called Kim’s recent appointment a sign of hope for more effective approaches to tackling root causes of poverty. Prove particularly urged World Bank leaders to maintain a commitment to fighting the HIV/ AIDS pandemic and supporting small farms in developing countries.
Praise for churches Hans Raj Bhardwaj, governor of Karnataka state, India, spoke to 500 delegates at the April 25-28 National Council of Churches in India Gen- eral Assembly in Bangalore, praising Christians for their dedicated ser- vice in education and health care. He called recent violence against Chris- tians in India an “attack on the Indian constitution.” Bhardwaj pledged to help keep religious minorities and their places of worship safe. The southern part of the state has had more than 400 anti-Christian attacks in the last four years of rule by the Hindu nationalist BJP party.
Challenges ahead
Protestant churches face three main challenges, said Margot Kassmann, former head of the Protestant Church of Germany and ambassador for the 500th anniversary in 2017 of the Ref- ormation. Churches must understand how ecumenism affects dealing with the Reformation, address the “ter- rible legacy” of Martin Luther’s anti- Semitic remarks, and examine their role in an increasingly secular soci- ety, she said.
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