Dawn Araujo-Hawkins
Christians in Germany purchase boat to aid shipwrecked migrants
A rescue ship purchased via crowdfunding, organized by the Evangelical Church in Germany, set sail from Spain in early August....
Ivy Taylor becomes first woman to lead Methodist Rust College
This spring, Ivy Taylor became the first woman to lead Rust College, a United Methodist liberal arts school in Holly Springs, Mississippi....
Former pastor Mark Charles qualifies for two presidential ballots
Voters in at least two states will have the opportunity to vote for former pastor Mark Charles in November....
Trump uses Democratic cities as stage for “law and order” theatrics
Observers noted that federal officers in Portland caused more trouble than they solved. That may have been the point.
People of faith find their place in new wave of anti-pipeline activism
Last month, three major pipeline projects in the US were canceled or temporarily halted in the span of 24 hours—due in large part to grassroots activists and their increasingly creative and sophist...
Church music composer David Haas accused of ‘sexual battery’ and ‘spiritual manipulation’
At least two religious publishers have cut ties with Catholic composer David Haas after nearly a dozen women have accused him of sexual and spiritual abuse.
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Faith groups respond to rise in domestic violence amid global pandemic
When local and state governments across the nation began instituting shelter-in-place policies back in March, there was immediate concern for the risk staying at home would pose for survivors of do...
PBS project uses faith to show ‘what it really means to be American’
As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, PBS has launched a multimedia storytelling project focused, in part, on faith and religion in the United States.
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Yale Divinity School receives largest donation in school history for green building project
Last month, Yale Divinity School received the largest gift commitment in the institution’s history when George and Carol Bauer pledged $15 million toward the construction of what is believed to be ...
Michigan church shares innovative plan for low-cost solar panels
In 2017, after installing solar panels in their home, Fred and Nancy Elmore began thinking about how their church—Keswick United Methodist in Suttons Bay, Michigan—could do the same.
...Atlantic Coast Pipeline suffers legal setback
Opponents of the planned Atlantic Coast Pipeline are celebrating after a federal court in Virginia invalidated a key permit for the project on January 7.
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Religious communities respond as bushfires rage in Australia
As people around the world rang in the new decade, Australia continued to burn for a fifth straight month.
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Womanist leadership center awarded grant
The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership has received a three-year, $400,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
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AME Church relaunches voter education program
In December, the African Methodist Episcopal Church announced the relaunch of AME Voter Alert, its voting awareness campaign....
Legal think tank looks at religious liberty advocacy on the left
Christian conservatives have unfairly co-opted religious liberty as their political issue, says a new report from the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Columbia Law School.
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WCC group commits to action on climate change
On December 10, the World Council of Churches’ Interfaith Liaison Committee presented the UN’s climate change summit with a declaration of its commitment to climate justice.
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New study finds churches are growing and making money
In one of its first published reports, the National Study of Congregations’ Economic Practices counters a popular story line—that congre...
FOLLOWING UP 12-18
United Methodist pastor Anna Blaedel will not face a church trial for being a “self-avowed, practicing homosexual.” According to reports from United Methodist News Service, a date for Blaedel’s t...
AME Church targets Alzheimer’s disease
The African Methodist Episcopal Church has announced a three-year partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, aiming to educate the denomination’s 2 million members about the disease.
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