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Oprah's Belief series, a seven-day exploration of faith
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(RNS) Reshma Thakkar was raised Hindu and felt guilty about questioning her faith.
...U.S., Canadian denominations sign full communion agreement
Two of North America’s most liberal Protestant church groups have agreed to recognize each other’s members, ministers, and sacraments.
...Evangelical group issues ethics code for congregations
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(RNS) Give pastors vacations.
Open the books for periodic financial reviews.
...As Francis arrives in D.C., fans of all stripes welcome, watch, and wait
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...Southern Baptist missions to lay off up to 800 people
The Southern Baptist Convention will cut as many as 800 employees from its overseas missions agency to make up for significant shortfalls in revenue, officials announced August 27.
...A year after Ferguson, a practical theology emerges around Black Lives Matter
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...Fifty years after voting act, black churches fight new voting restrictions
Fifty years after the signing of the Voting Rights Act, many black churches are redoubling efforts to maintain access to the ballot box.
...White House proposes rules on faith-based social services
The Obama administration released proposed rules August 5 designed to protect the religious freedom of people who receive social services from government-funded religious programs.
...Kim Morrow, Lennox Yearwood Jr., among climate leaders receiving White House award: People
From a zero-waste synagogue to global development work after natural disasters, environmental projects by faith leaders are being hailed by the Obama administration as examples of exemplary leaders...
Black clergy walk a fine line between religious liberty, discrimination
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(RNS) Since the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is constitutional, Jerry Young has been in a quandary.
...Adventists vote against women's ordination
Seventh-day Adventists voted 1,381 to 977 at their 60th General Conference Session in San Antonio not to allow their regional church bodies to ordain women pastors.
...Black churches debate forms of protection after fires, deaths
The leader of the National Baptist Convention, USA, says churches should “do everything that is humanly possible” to protect themselves—even if it means hiring armed guards.
...Washington Cathedral dean on Confederate flags: 'It is time to take those windows out'
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...Civil rights veteran John Lewis urges black clergy to 'fix' Voting Rights Act
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