gun violence
6 months after massacre, Sutherland Springs pastor says nation should put God first
By Adelle M. Banks — May 4, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'From the blood that was spilled, from the ashes, glory is rising,' said Pastor Frank Pomeroy.
Urged by their youth, faith groups flocked to the March for Our Lives
By Jack Jenkins — March 24, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The March for Our Lives, a protest led by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students geared toward ending gun violence, drew an estimated 800,000 participants on Saturday in Washington, D.C., according to organizers.
As a rabbi, I will violate the Sabbath to help save lives from gun violence
By Joshua Hammerman — March 20, 2018
(RNS) — Yes, this march is so important that I — a rabbi — am going to blatantly disrupt God’s holy Sabbath. But if the ancient rabbinic sages are to be believed, that’s precisely what God wants me to do.
The power of children protesting, from the civil rights movement to the gun violence walkouts
By Martin E. Marty — March 19, 2018
When young people awaken to a cause, many ordinarily passive and apathetic people get roused.
God, guns and Gen Z
By C.S. Pearce — March 14, 2018
(RNS) — You don’t have to be clairvoyant to predict that those 'In God We Trust' signs will drive more Florida students into the nonbelievers’ camp.
Thought and prayers
By Shannon Craig Straw — February 15, 2018
(RNS) — We are a people of active faith. Jesus did not simply call us to believe but to go into the world.
Religious leaders call for prayer and action following Florida school shooting
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 15, 2018
(RNS) — Many religious leaders are still searching for words for the tragedy. Some called for prayer. Others begged for that prayer to be accompanied by action.
Romney postpones announcement on Senate race after shooting
By Michelle L. Price — February 15, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Romney, one of the most famous Mormons, is widely liked and respected in Utah, which is heavily Mormon.
Allowing guns in church flies in the face of tradition and Scripture
By Tom Verde — December 19, 2017
(RNS) — Pistol-packing parishioners may seem like a way to guard against the church shootings that have become so commonplace recently. But there is a long history in Christianity of opposing such strategies.
On the anniversary of Sandy Hook, a mother’s gratitude for her child’s faith
By Sophfronia Scott — December 13, 2017
NEWTOWN, Conn. (RNS) — He has few words for the magnitude of what happened but I knew he had to work his own grief, and the way he did so would determine the way in which he walked through the world — whether he could live in faith and not fear.
God and guns: Texas pastors undergo security training a month after Sutherland Springs
By Bobby Ross Jr. — December 5, 2017
PLANO, Texas (RNS) — The Rev. Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church and a former president of the national Southern Baptist Convention, said God put the idea for the free seminar on his heart.
Two accidentally shot in church while discussing church shootings
By Travis Dorman — November 17, 2017
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (USA Today) — A man accidentally shot himself and his wife at an east Tennessee church on Thursday (Nov. 16) while he was showing off his gun during a discussion on recent church shootings, police said.
Thousands pack Texas church shooting family funeral service
By Emily Schmall — November 15, 2017
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Church member John Holcombe, among the massacre's few survivors, invited the public to attend the funeral of his pregnant wife, three of her children, his parents, a brother and the brother's 18-month-old daughter.
Could it happen here? How churches are preparing for a mass shooting
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 14, 2017
SCOTTS, Mich. (RNS) – The weekend after the deadliest church shooting in U.S. history, one small church in Michigan had security trainers teach congregants how to respond to an armed intruder.
