RNS Morning Report: Willow Creek’s future; Kavanaugh continued; Beard bans

A service at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., on Feb. 12, 2012. Photo by Glenn Davis/Creative Commons

Need to know: Monday, October 1, 2018

What’s next for Willow Creek?

For decades Willow Creek had been held up as a model for how evangelical Christian megachurches should be run. Now it faces an existential crisis.

After Senate clash, Kavanaugh nomination an occasion for prayer

Both sides are weighing the stakes of a Supreme Court nomination for their faith communities.

White boys will be boys: Kavanaugh, #MeToo and race

White preachers have tried to excuse the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh as youthful indiscretions. But black boys are never allowed to be "boys," Keri Day says.

Why workplace bans on facial hair marginalize men of color

Restrictions on beards pose more barriers to employment for black and Sikh men, but a corporate sector that has historically normalized whiteness continues to prohibit facial hair.

$35 million sex-abuse verdict puts spotlight on insular Jehovah’s Witness community

While there have been dozens of sex abuse claims in the past decade, experts say the religion's self-enclosed nature makes it hard for victims to speak up.

Accusing someone of witchcraft is now a crime in India

Two thousand people accused of sorcery — most of them women — have been killed in rural India since the year 2000.

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