NEWS BRIEF
RNS-Sony-Pureflix: Sony Pictures to acquire evangelical Christian streaming service Pure Flix
(RNS) — Sony Pictures announced Thursday (Nov. 12) it is purchasing Pure Flix’s evangelical Christian video streaming service launched in 2015 as a family-friendly competitor to Netflix.
The streaming service will become part of Sony’s Affirm Entertainment, which also includes Affirm Films, the division responsible for popular faith-based films like “Miracles From Heaven,” “War Room” and last year’s “Overcomer.” By Emily McFarlan Miller. 500 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Warnock-Senate: Rev. Raphael Warnock considers vote sacred as pastor and Senate candidate
(RNS) — The Rev. Raphael Warnock, who preaches from the pulpit of the church once co-pastored by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., could be the first African American senator of Georgia, a prospect experts on religion and politics say could be a fitting next step for him. 1,400 words. By Adelle M. Banks. 1,400 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS- Evangelicals-Future: Trump divided the nation and their church, experts say, but evangelical fans have few regrets
(RNS): For evangelicals, supporting Donald Trump was a political success, landing them 3 conservative Supreme Court Justice, limits to immigration and refugees, and access to power. He’ll leave a divided country in his wake —which may harm evangelical witness in the long term. By Bob Smietana. 1,500 words (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Fauci-Cathedral: Fauci and Collins mull Thanksgiving COVID-19 advice at cathedral forum
(RNS) — Beneath the neo-Gothic arches of Washington National Cathedral, Dr. Anthony Fauci dispensed advice on the question everyone is asking: Should families gather for Thanksgiving during the coronavirus pandemic? By Adelle M. Banks. 600 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Biden-Immigration: Biden pledges to raise refugee ceiling to 125,000 in address to Jesuit group
(RNS) — President-elect Joe Biden announced he will raise the maximum yearly number of refugees admitted into the United States to 125,000 in his first year in office. It’s not the first time Biden has made that pledge. But it is the first time he has confirmed that number as president-elect. And, notably, he made the announcement Thursday (Nov. 12) to a Catholic group that works with refugees. By Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins. 900 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Patel-Oped: The campaign is over. Will a Biden-Harris administration deliver on its interfaith promises?
(Interfaith America) — Religious diversity is just as essential to governing as it is to campaigns. Now that Biden and Harris have demonstrated their strength with religious voters, they have the opportunity to leverage the social capital of America’s diverse religious communities to benefit the common good. By Eboo Patel,Paul Raushenbush and Mary Ellen Giess. 863 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Riess-Oped: Did Mormonism’s anti-LGBT policy cause more people to leave the LDS Church?
(RNS) — Amid the tumult of the past week, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints quietly passed the five-year anniversary of its decision to ban children of same-sex couples from baptism. Since reversed, the decision has become an enduring grievance. By Jana Riess. 950 words. (category: k)
