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Latino faith leaders continue pressure against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ immigration bill
By Alejandra Molina — May 5, 2023
(RNS) — 'This legislation, if adopted, would incite fear and create barriers of needed care that our church immigrant and refugee ministries engage,' reads a letter signed by more than 1,000 Latino pastors, faith leaders and congregants.
John Blake, journalist on religion and race, goes personal with new memoir
By Adelle M. Banks — May 5, 2023
(RNS) — 'We really need to tell these stories about hope,' said Blake. 'There's a lot of Americans now who have given up ... and believe racism is just a permanent part of American life.'
The last Christian king?
By Jacob Lupfer — May 5, 2023
(RNS) — How inclusive can something be and still be considered Christian?
What ‘The Starling Girl’ gets right about church abuse and fundamentalism
By Kathryn Post — May 5, 2023
(RNS) — ‘When abuse is framed as just black and white, it can be harder for people going through it to reckon with it and realize it,’ said writer/director Laurel Parmet.
Their church is leaving the UMC fold. They found refuge in a nearby ‘Lighthouse.’
By Yonat Shimron and Emily McFarlan Miller — May 4, 2023
(RNS) — The United Methodist Church is turning its attention to taking care of those who want to remain and rebuilding and fortifying its ranks.
New books spotlight women’s leadership in New Testament
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 4, 2023
(RNS) — ‘It’s not that we’re trying to rewrite history. It’s simply that women have been obscured,’ said Beth Allison Barr.
Joshua Butler, author of controversial book on sex, resigns as pastor of Arizona church
By Bob Smietana — May 3, 2023
(RNS) — The book had been criticized for its comparisons of spiritual experiences to sex and male pleasure.
‘The Chosen’: Coming soon to a US prison near you
By Kathryn Post — May 3, 2023
(RNS) — The wildly popular show is the first multiseason drama to hit Floodlight, a free streaming platform launched by Prison Fellowship in March 2020.
Whimsical cathedrals and spiritual portals: The architecture of Paul Goesch
By Emma Ryan — May 3, 2023
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (RNS) — Goesch, a German expressionist architect and spiritualist, is having his first dedicated exhibition outside of Europe.
Taylor professor Julie Moore cited Jemar Tisby on her syllabus. Then she lost her job.
By Bob Smietana — May 3, 2023
(RNS) — A well-respected professor and published poet, Moore said her provost named Tisby in explaining why her contract was not renewed.
Celebrating our shared humanity by building peace
By Bridget Moix — May 3, 2023
(RNS) — War is never inevitable.
SBC Executive Committee rejects nominee Jared Wellman and restarts search for CEO
By Bob Smietana — May 2, 2023
(RNS) — Critics of the Texas pastor questioned his role in the search process as former Executive Committee chair and wondered why interim President Willie McLaurin, who is Black, had been passed over.
Jews, Muslims, Sikhs get coronation role as king reaches out
By Danica Kirka — May 2, 2023
(AP) — Charles, the supreme governor of the Church of England, faces a very different country than the one that adoringly celebrated his mother’s coronation in 1953.
Can evangelicalism survive its white, straight, conservative victory?
By Jonathan Merritt — May 2, 2023
(RNS) — A new history of evangelicalism recounts the damage of the movement’s repeated purges.
United Methodist bishops meet, look to pivot after 2,400+ churches disaffiliate
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 1, 2023
CHICAGO (RNS) — United Methodist bishops from across the globe are meeting this week for the first time in person since the COVID-19 pandemic.
