RNS Opening Budget — Friday, January 22, 2021

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January 22, 2021 at 11:05 a.m. ET

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RNS -McKissic-CRT: Southern Baptist Dwight McKissic leaves Texas group over critical race theory stance
(RNS) — Texas pastor Dwight McKissic, a Black Southern Baptist leader, talked with Religion News Service about why he’s leaving the Southern Baptist Convention of Texas and what he thinks could lie ahead for the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. By Adelle M. Banks. 850 words. (category: a)

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RNS-Tolkien-Center: Tolkien fans hope to turn his house into a “Rivendell” for writers and filmmakers.
(RNS) – Fantasy novel enthusiasts wish to turn the house of famed Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien in Oxford, where he wrote the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, into a meeting place for writers, screenwriters and filmmakers from all cultures and faith backgrounds. By Claire Giangravè. 800 words. (category: i)

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