RNS Morning Report: Nadia Bolz-Weber; Denmark’s Muslim veil ban; Lily Dale mediums

Congregants pray over the Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber during her farewell service at House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver on July 8, 2018. Photo courtesy of the Rev. Theresa S. Thames

Need to know: Monday, August 6, 2018

Headed for a larger stage, Nadia Bolz-Weber leaves her ‘house’ in order

Seen as a rebel when she founded Denver's House for All Saints and Sinners, Nadia Bolz-Weber leaves her church as a model for mainline Protestant outreach.

He’s a superstar pastor. She worked for him and says he groped her repeatedly.

Bill Hybels built an iconic evangelical church outside Chicago. A former assistant says that in the 1980s, he sexually harassed her.

Duke Divinity School dean steps down as diversity struggle continues

Both African-American and LGBTQ students rallied for a more diverse faculty and inclusive attitudes during her term.

Banning Muslim veils tends to backfire, so why do countries keep doing it?

Denmark has become the latest country to prohibit wearing the burqa and niqab in public.

Iranian Christians are victims of Trump’s refugee policy

The program to bring persecuted Iranian minorities to the United States has also been adversely affected.

Meet the mediums of Lily Dale

A hamlet in Western New York is home to a community of Spiritualists.

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United Methodists debate, lobby and worry in advance of LGBT decision

The United Methodist Church's decade-long debate over LGBT clergy and same-sex marriage is heading for a showdown in February.

At national retreat, Jews embrace tradition with a self-help bent

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