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Need to know: Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Princeton seminary taking some heat for honoring Redeemer’s Tim Keller
Keller is a leader in the Presbyterian Church in America, or PCA, which does not permit the ordination of women or LGBTQ people.
School choice fight in Iowa may preview the one facing Trump
Few topics in education are more controversial than the idea of diverting public money to private religious institutions, and Iowa has become a study in the kind of political fights that may be in store for the administration.
Trump, ACLU make unusual allies supporting Virginia mosque
An ACLU lawyer says the Trump administration is continuing to enforce a statute that prevents local governments from manipulating land-use policy to discriminate based on religion.
Anonymous donor pays off Pa. historic black church’s $4,000,000 mortgage
“We got a call from Citizens Bank that said, ‘You’re free of your mortgage,’” said Pastor Richard Dent of First African Baptist Church in Sharon Hill, which has been holding Sunday services since 1903.
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Southern Baptist leaders stand by Moore after his apologies
“For us not to stand in affirmation of the principles that Dr. Moore has espoused would be unfaithful to the mission entrusted to us by the Convention,” writes the Executive Committee of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
Restoration work completed on Jesus tomb site in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) A team of scientists and restorers has worked for the past nine months at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and focused on a small structure above the burial place.
Pope to visit war and famine hit South Sudan in October — bishop
ROME (Reuters) Pope Francis will visit South Sudan in October if the security situation in the country stricken by civil war and famine does not worsen, a bishop from the country said.
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The World Council of Churches vs. the Jewish state, once again
JERUSALEM (RNS) World Council of Churches officials should not be surprised that years of attacks targeting Israel have borne bitter fruit, writes political scientist Gerald Steinberg.
Mormons’ reactions to LGBT video reveal the LDS Church’s mixed messages about gays
Some Mormons are thrilled with a new video that shows an LDS family embracing their gay son, who is out of the Church and in a same-sex relationship. Others fear this means the Church is diluting its core message about traditional families.
At life’s end, a rare point of agreement
(RNS) I like thinking that there may be a Higher Justification for me trying to continue to accomplish some things that will be considered good when I’m gone.
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