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RNS-DCChurches-Vaccines: Churches stepping up as COVID-19 vaccine sites across the Washington metropolitan area
(RNS)— Washington, D.C.’s “Faith in the Vaccine” initiative is partnering with Black churches and other faith communities to vaccinate residents who have yet to receive inoculation against the virus that has claimed more than 530,000 American lives. Over the D.C. line in Prince George’s County, a predominantly Black church opened its family life center as a vaccination site on Tuesday. By Jack M. Jenkins and Adelle M. Banks. 1,150 words. (category: a)
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RNS-Bushra-Rises: Meet Bushra Amiwala, America’s youngest elected Muslim in public office
(RNS) —At just 22 years of age Bushra Amiwala is the youngest publicly elected Muslim in the United States. The member of a Chicago-area school board is quickly rising beyond local politics to national attention as the subject of recent documentaries on Amazon Prime and Hulu. She aspires to be part of a new generation of politically active Muslim women and is very much a product of the multicultural Chicago sub-urb in which she grew up. 1000 words. (category: a)
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RNS-Complementarian-Women: With Beth Moore exit, more evangelical women are challenging strict gender norms
(RNS) — Beth Moore, the popular women’s Bible teacher shook up the evangelical world by announcing last week she was quitting the Southern Baptist Convention. But her departure is just the latest signal of a reshaping of the theological doctrine of womanhood, which has been going on for a while in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. By Yonat Shimron. 1,400 words. (category: a)