RNS Morning Report: Moore, ERLC Face Scrutiny; Jewish Democratic Candidates; Raid at Vatican

Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, speaks June 12, 2019, in Birmingham, Alabama. RNS photo by Butch Dill

Need to know: Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Trump critic Russell Moore, ERLC to face scrutiny by Southern Baptists

The inquiry into the SBC's policy arm, headed by Moore, a vocal critic of President Trump since his first campaign for the White House, comes after complaints from members to the SBC's Executive Committee.

Pride and peril as Democrats inch toward first Jewish nominee

Even if Sen. Bernie Sanders fails to capture the Democratic nomination, the insurgent campaign of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is also Jewish, is not far behind.

Vatican police raid home, office of influential church official in investment inquiry

The latest development in the church's financial scandal is apparently tied to interrogations of five officials who were suspended in October of last year.

How to fund ministry amid mainline decline? Get creative, say campus ministry leaders

When it came to the future of the historic Presbyterian campus ministry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, its co-pastors innovated by looking to the past.

The problem with the ‘reluctant Trump’ vote

The reluctant evangelical Trump voter and the enthusiastic evangelical Trump voter are guided by a political playbook forged in the late 1970s and 1980s by the Christian right, writes John Fea.

Utah senate unanimously moves to decriminalize polygamy

Sponsor says bill would help otherwise law-abiding polygamists gain access to critical services, but critics say polygamy is harmful.

 


 

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