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By Kathryn Post

Black activists to learn from on Blackout Tuesday

(RNS) — As artists and celebrities black out their social media profiles in honor of George Floyd, take the opportunity to learn from these black racial justice advocates. 

June 2, 2020
By Liza Vandenboom

George Floyd's ministry friends say he was their 'OG,' a 'man of peace'

(RNS) — ‘He was like the OG of the neighborhood and made sure that we were welcomed in ... in the Bible we call it a ‘person of peace.’ He helped us and allowed us to operate in his neighborhood.’

May 29, 2020
By Timothy Keller

How Ravi Zacharias changed the way evangelism is done

(RNS) — Even in today’s ‘cancel culture,’ where disagreement typically leads to vitriol, Zacharias had a gift for disarming hostility with gentleness, humor and respect.

May 29, 2020
By Monique Parsons

'God would not have brought you this far to kick you to the curb now'

For Andi and Al Tauber, life among refugees and men living on the street is filled with music, kindness, and a lot of experience with "the God of compost."

May 22, 2020
By Monique Parsons

How two Mennonite musicians turn street ministry into a song

(RNS) — Mennonite musicians Andi and Al Tauber bring kindness, music and love to their work with refugees and male sex workers.

May 22, 2020
By Jack Jenkins

Faith groups react to claims famed anti-abortion activist was paid to switch sides

(RNS) — ‘It was all an act. I did it well, too. I am a good actress,’ said Norma McCorvey, anti-abortion activist also known as ‘Jane Roe’ from the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.

May 21, 2020

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By Yonat Shimron

A 24-hour online vigil will name some of the people who have died of COVID-19

(RNS) — The effort seeks to humanize and honor the people who have died. It's part of a marathon reading of names with songs and prayers interspersed.

May 19, 2020
By Claire Giangravé

Centenary of John Paul II’s birth highlights continuity with Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — At his first public Mass since the global COVID-19 lockdown, Pope Francis celebrated before the tomb of his predecessor and reflected on the legacy of the pontiff who galvanized the masses while helping to defeat communism.

May 19, 2020
By Emily McFarlan Miller

Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias dies of cancer at 74

(RNS) — Prominent evangelical Christians shared their appreciation for the apologist as news spread earlier this month he had returned home to Atlanta from the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where he had been receiving treatment for cancer.

May 19, 2020
By Aysha Khan

Wrongfully imprisoned for decades, Jimmie Gardner is driven by faith and justice

(RNS) — Former pro athlete Jimmie C. Gardner spent 27 years behind bars in West Virginia’s prison system. And all the while, he says, it was his trust in God that kept him pushing to prove his innocence — and now that he's out, to fight for others like him.

May 13, 2020
By Aysha Khan

Released from prison due to outbreak, fringe Muslim leader continues ministry

(RNS) — Imam Earl Abdulmalik Mohammed, who claims to be the rightful successor to Imam W. Deen Mohammed, has been released early from federal prison due to the coronavirus.

May 11, 2020
By Yonat Shimron

Greg Zanis, who honored shooting victims by building 26,000 crosses, dies

(RNS) — The 69-year-old retired carpenter from Aurora, Illinois, crisscrossed the country to erect his wooden memorials near the sites of massacres, big and small.

May 6, 2020

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By Amy Butler

Remembering the Christianity of Jesus, not empire

(RNS) — If Jesus were here today he’d be wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt while he held a sign and marched at a protest.

June 4, 2020
By Aysha Khan

Near Boston, a Friendly’s-turned-Hindu temple serves holy offerings to go

BOSTON (RNS) — The Hindu temple has been using its ice cream takeout window, left over from the facility's past life as a Friendly's restaurant, to serve socially distant holy food offerings.

June 4, 2020
By Eboo Patel

George Floyd and the Patels: A story in generations

(RNS) — If you talked to my kids about Morning in America, they would just laugh at you.

June 3, 2020