Alaska’s Episcopal diocese is America’s largest geographically, with 48 churches isolated across more than 500,000 square miles. Half are in Native communities only accessible by boat, plane or snowmobile. Church attendance is declining along with nationwide trends but for those spiritually hungry, an alternate model is needed to create and train clergy in a state where a college diploma, much less a seminary degree, is an impossibility for many Alaska Natives.
Read More(REVIEW) Bob Dylan was raised Jewish and explored Christianity for several years, and his work has been influenced by both. His first album of original music in eight years, “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” contains influences from both of these religions and provides greater insight on Dylan’s view of faith.
Read MoreAfter a shooting in 2019 that claimed the lives of two congregants, the West Freeway Church of Christ in Texas rebuilt their worship center. They have now returned to worship after the COVID-19 lockdown and completion of construction.
Read MoreAs greater numbers of Muslims in the West seek Islamic communities outside local mosques, the new website Imam Connect aims to connect the so-called “unmosqued” to Islamic services they want, from match making to art lessons, counseling and funeral and wedding rituals.
Read MoreProminent evangelicals Francis Chan, John MacArthur, Sam Rodriguez, Andy Stanley and religious freedom experts weighed in on how churches should navigate changing COVID-19 guidelines that some say unfairly target houses of worship.
Read More(OPINION) Governments have often overstepped their bounds in restricting religious gatherings more than other types of gatherings in restaurants, protests or casinos. Media has unfairly blamed churches for spreading COVID-19 cases when they make up a tiny portion of the overall case spread. But should churches defy orders and worship in-person?
Read MoreThese evangelical women say their faith called them to action to help end child-family separations of migrant families in immigration detention. The COVID-19 pandemic created an opportunity for some to engage with legislators in the nation’s capital via Zoom.
Read MoreThe Sing! Conference kicks off Sunday, Aug. 30 and ends Wednesday, Sept. 2. The worship conference aims to help local churches adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic and help their congregations connect with God through music.
Read MoreThousands gathered Friday for the March on Washington 57 years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech to condemn police brutality against Black Americans in the wake of Jacob Blake’s shooting this week in Kenosha, Wisconsin, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others.
Read MoreThe Republican National Convention ended with a bang, literally, as fireworks lit up Washington to blasts of ‘God Bless America’ and ‘Hallelujah.’ President Trump talked about American exceptionalism and the God-given right to life of the unborn in his nomination speech. Franklin Graham, criminal justice reformer Alice Johnson, her life sentence in prison pardoned by Trump, and Carl and Marsha Mueller, whose daughter Kayla was killed by ISIS, also spoke.
Read More(OPINION) This post isn’t some esoteric exercise in press freedom or news judgement. It’s about something real that is plaguing the national press in this country at this very critical moment in time.
Read MoreThe third night of the Republican National Convention (RNC) opened with a prayer from Rabbi Shubert Spero and included White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Catholic nun Deirdre Byrne, a mother whose doctor told her to abort her son with Down Syndrome and former NFL player Jack Brewer all discussing their faith in God, and in Trump to keep his promises.
Read More(OPINION) Many of this week’s headlines about the resignation of Jerry Falwell, Jr. from his role as president of Liberty University, the world’s largest evangelical university, have centered on the salacious parts of his downfall. But those headlines don’t capture the most important part of the story.
Read MoreAfter Jerry Falwell Jr’s resignation this week, Liberty University alums say removing the university’s president is only a partial victory and that the board must allow independent investigators to reform the largest evangelical university in the U.S. Religion Unplugged’s sources also indicate that another major revelation is expected to come from Liberty this week.
Read More(OPINION) The Republican National convention has been marked with angry political rhetoric. Senator Tim Scott from South Carolina transcended party lines and showed humility and hope.
Read MoreThe second night of the Republican National Convention featured Billy Graham’s granddaughter Cissie Graham Lynch, a prisoner turned criminal justice reformer Jon Ponder, Pastor Norma Urrabazo of Las Vegas, former Covington Catholic high school student Nick Sandmann and First Lady Melania Trump.
Read MoreLiberty University accepted Jerry Falwell Jr.’s resignation from his leadership roles at the university after reports that he participated in his wife’s affair with a pool boy turned business partner and family friend. From a family of preachers, Falwell became known in recent years for his outspoken endorsement of President Trump and a series of financial and sexual scandals. Here’s the background.
Read MoreThe Catholic Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan opened the Republican National Convention with a prayer for Americans, the elections, and specifically the unborn and the police during civil unrest over police brutality and racism.
Read MoreJerry Falwell Jr. says his wife Becki had an affair with a pool attendant who had become a family friend and that the strain of keeping the affair secret as the man pressed the Falwells for money to stay silent has made him depressed. Falwell was recently removed from leadership at Liberty University after a party photo showed him in unzipped pants with a woman who wasn’t his wife.
Read MoreSchools are working to be “COVID compliant,” as they find the best way to reopen safely for students. Jewish HomeLife will be providing COVID testing to all Jewish day schools and other programs in the Atlanta area.
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