Survey: Most Americans aren’t comfortable going back to religious services
(RNS) — A new study examining Americans’ response to COVID-19 shows that with the exception of white evangelicals, a majority of Americans..
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(RNS) — An evangelical research center focused on disaster response has detailed key steps churchgoers might take as they contemplate attending reopened..
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(RNS) — An ecumenical group of clergy, scientists and other experts has released a guide to help congregations consider best practices for..
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As an African American pastor who serves as a chaplain in the Minneapolis police precinct where the..
Rev. Barber: ‘Systemic racism is choking the life out of American democracy’
(RNS) — On Pentecost Sunday, after a night of unrest that swept the country in the wake of the brutal death of..
Opinion: In the wake of yet more anti-Black violence: We must “fight the freeze”
(RNS) — According to mental health professionals, when human beings encounter a threat we respond in one of three ways: fight, flight..
United Methodists reschedule meeting — and decision on splitting — to 2021
(RNS) — The United Methodist Church has rescheduled its General Conference for Aug. 29-Sept. 7, 2021, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in..
More than $689,000 raised for small churches at risk of closure during COVID-19
RNS) — The coronavirus pandemic hit pastor Kato Hart’s Detroit storefront church hard. Finances dwindled to almost nothing. Rent and utility bills..
A 24-hour online vigil will name some of the people who have died of COVID-19
(RNS) — Ahead of Memorial Day, which honors the nation’s wartime dead, a coalition of activists from across the country will hold..
Pandemic will alter Communion rituals for many US Christians
NEW YORK (AP) — Holy Communion will have a different look when in-person worship services resume at the end of May in..
Clergy, scientists grapple with thoughts of worship without congregational singing
(RNS) — They are words the Rev. John Witvliet, an expert on Christian worship, never thought he would hear himself say. “Based..
United Methodists would’ve met this week to consider a split. What are they doing instead?
(RNS) — Were 2020 going as planned, United Methodists from around the world would be wrapping up a two-week meeting in Minneapolis,..
Online Communion should be celebrated, not shunned, says Diana Butler Bass
(RNS) — On a recent Sunday morning, Diana Butler Bass poured herself some coffee, fired up her computer and sat down to..
Giving back to those who serve: Caring for our faith leaders
(RNS) — We’ve become used to scenes of people applauding the workers who are on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis...
Survey shows faith can prosper in online services
(RNS) — As houses of worship remain closed due to shelter-in-place orders across most of the United States, and significant numbers of..
Rev. Barber’s Poor People’s Campaign calls for resistance to reopening plans
(RNS) — The Poor People’s Campaign, a grassroots group with branches in more than 40 states, is urging resistance to or noncooperation..
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Opinion: Before we get “back to normal,” we need to grieve and pray
(RNS) — Like many pastors and church leaders around the world, I've been grieving the damage caused by COVID-19. People have died,..
Religious leaders decry, question death of Ahmaud Arbery after video surfaces
(RNS) — With the release of a viral video months after the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a black jogger in Georgia, religious..
As pandemic persists, churches and insurance companies grapple with risk
(RNS) — Members of Beaumont Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, aren’t exactly keen on reopening their church for in-person worship anytime soon. Given..
What would Rachel Held Evans do? Late author’s voice lives on through those she championed
(RNS) — It's been a year since beloved progressive Christian author and speaker Rachel Held Evans died unexpectedly — and in that..
About $350,000 so far raised for small churches at risk during COVID-19
(RNS) — An initiative that seeks to financially help small and struggling churches in the wake of COVID-19 has raised about $350,000..
Opinion: What living apart has taught me about #StayAtHome church
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Church giving down more due to COVID-19 than during recession, survey shows
(RNS) — Sixty-five percent of churches have seen a decline in giving since mid-March as congregations have halted in-person services due to..