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A memorial for the victims of the shooting at Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church, including 26 white chairs each painted with a cross and and rose, is displayed in the church Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community last week, killing more than two dozen. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Need to know: Monday, November 13, 2017
Texas town holds 1st Sunday service since church attack
Members of the First Baptist Church held a service for the first time since a gunman opened fire inside the small church a week earlier in the worst mass shooting in Texas history.
Last Sunday, domestic violence came to church
There is a holy hush that permeates church life when it comes to thinking about domestic violence within and beyond congregational life, writes Nancy Nason-Clark.
Roy Moore and the wages of hypocrisy
It’s an old Abrahamic story, writes RNS columnist Mark Silk.
A small-town doctor wanted to perform surgeries for transgender women. He faced an uphill battle
One doctor wanted to perform surgeries for transgender women. Another protested, based on his conservative Christian beliefs. (Subscription may be required.)
In ‘watershed moment,’ YouTube blocks extremist cleric’s message
The site has largely removed videos of Anwar al-Awlaki, Al-Qaida’s leading voice in English before his death by drone — and after — when he became a jihadist hero. (Subscription may be required.)
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