RNS Opening Budget—Thursday, March 19, 2020

Paul O'Donnell

March 19, 2020 at 10:17 a.m. ET

NEWS STORY
RNS-Methodist-Postponed: United Methodist Church postpones General Conference amid coronavirus
(RNS) — The United Methodist Church has postponed its 2020 General Conference, scheduled for early May in Minneapolis, where more than 800 delegates were expected to take up legislation to split the denomination. By Emily McFarlan Miller. 860 words. (categories: a, i)

NEWS STORY
RNS-Helping-Coronavirus: Houses of worship pitch in to help those left vulnerable by virus outbreak
(RNS) — Dozens of houses of worship across the country are mobilizing to assist vulnerable community members who need help with grocery shopping, paying bills, picking up prescriptions and other tasks during the outbreak. By Aysha Khan. 1,034 words. (category: a)

NEWS STORY
RNS-Episcopal-Rabbi: In this Episcopal church, the co-leader of the Lenten study is a rabbi
(RNS) — Rabbi Raachel Jurovics of Raleigh, North Carolina, was recently named rabbi in residence at the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina — one of a handful of such positions across the 1.9-million member Episcopal Church USA, which has become more open to interfaith exploration. By Yonat Shimron. 1,100 words. (category: a)

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