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Need to know: Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Religious leaders overwhelmingly condemn Trump ending DACA
RNS rounded up the reaction to the decision to rescind the immigration policy affecting “dreamers,” including from some who praised the president.
Trump’s evangelical advisers claim credit for six-month delay on rescinding DACA
Tony Suarez said he and Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, who have both served as advisors to Trump, have advocated on behalf of the so-called “dreamers.” (Subscription may be required)
First cathedral for Mother Teresa is consecrated in Kosovo
Twenty years after the death of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, thousands of Christians and Muslims came together to celebrate the consecration of Kosovo’s only Roman Catholic cathedral, and the first named after the Albanian nun.
Catholic faith moves Houston’s ‘Mattress Mack’ to shelter Hurricane Harvey victims
Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale closed his chain of furniture stores as the rains came, and then, driven by a faith few knew about, opened them as shelters.
‘Christian America’ dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows
American evangelicals — once seemingly immune to the decline experienced by their Catholic and mainline Protestant neighbors — are losing numbers and losing them quickly, according to a new study from the Public Religion Research Institute.
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All the president’s clergymen: The issues
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Here are some of the key issues for evangelicals and related actions by the Trump administration.
Britons reject creationism but some find evolutionary theory lacking, too
LONDON (RNS) — Many religious people reject the story of Creation. But a significant number of Britons do not find that evolution provides a satisfactory explanation for human consciousness.
Former atheist and post-evangelical dives into a ‘Blue Ocean Faith’
Once pastor of a thriving evangelical church, Dave Schmelzer took his congregation in a new direction, kicking off what he hopes will be a "New Jesus Movement."
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Religion journalists singing country & blues in Nashville
(RNS) — 'There are simply fewer religion writers today. They have either been laid off or jumped ship before they got pushed out.'
A big loss for moderate evangelicalism
A fond farewell to Michael Cromartie
What is the ‘Enneagram,’ and why are Christians suddenly so enamored by it?
Everything you wanted to know about the Enneagram but are afraid to ask.
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- In ‘Unbroken’ movie sequel, Billy Graham will be played by his grandson, Will
- 73 kids recreate Last Supper scene in epic Lego display
