Pastor Joe Adams speaks during a service at Manna Church in Colorado Springs, Colo. held at Pikes Peak Community College. Photo by Will Reinier
Need to know: Monday, August 13, 2018
For military families, this church aims to be manna from heaven
Manna Church has found a way to keep many young military families by building a church home for them wherever they go.
As Willow Creek reels, churches must reckon with how power corrupts
What Christian communities need in our #MeToo /#ChurchToo moment is a sober reckoning with power, including how to mitigate its subtle lure in churches led by magnetic men, Katelyn Beaty writes.
A down payment on making hajj easier for Muslim women
A new group is helping Muslim women make the pilgrimage to Mecca by providing money, advice and even rewriting the narrative about women and hajj.
Buddhism flourishes in Siberia, opening window on its pre-Soviet past
Orthodox Christianity may be Russia's most high-profile religion. But Buddhism has been experiencing a rebirth in post-Soviet Russia.
Integrating Sunday morning church service — a prayer answered
Churches are some of the most segregated places in America. But two pastors in Oakland are trying an experiment — to merge a white congregation and a black congregation into one house of worship.
When faith fades: can the pope still connect with a changed Ireland?
Since the last papal visit, Ireland has embraced divorce, contraception, same-sex marriage and abortion. How will Pope Francis deal with these issues?
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Thousands attend Arab-led rally against Israeli bill
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Pope to youth: Dream, don’t let fear make you pessimistic
ROME (AP) — Francis has convened an international meeting of bishops at the Vatican in October about youths and their faith.
Religion must obey Chinese law, paper says of mosque protest
WEIZHOU, China (AP) — Thousands of Hui people gathered at the towering Grand Mosque on Thursday and Friday to prevent authorities from demolishing the structure.
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Timing is everything in Pennsylvania’s clergy sexual abuse report
Those deciphering the impending grand jury findings, Tom Reese writes, should focus on when the abuse occurred.
