November
Seminaries Partner with Prisons to Offer Inmates New Life as Ministers
By Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service | November 15, 2018
NASHVILLE, N.C. (RNS) — Inside a squat cinderblock building on the grounds of Nash Correctional Institution, 24 inmates are hunched over white plastic tables listening to Professor James Dew explain how God is omnipotent and omniscient.
But Dew is not preaching to his audience as he paces the room posing questions about whether God can sin (No) or know people’s emotions (there’s disagreement, but most Christians say yes). He is teaching theology to prospective ministers.
November
Churches Use Political Pressure, Small-Dollar Loans to Fight Predatory Payday Lending
By Mark A. Kellner | November 14, 2018
(RNS) — Anyra Cano Valencia was having dinner with her husband, Carlos, and their family when an urgent knock came at their door.
The Valencias, pastors at Iglesia Bautista Victoria en Cristo in Fort Worth, Texas, opened the door to a desperate, overwhelmed congregant.
HAYS, Kan. (BP) -- This is probably the last thing any of Bethany Wood's college friends would guess she's doing in her "grown up" years: mother of five, foster parent, direct sales business owner, photographer, arts council, community Bible study, 4-H and a lay leader in her local church.
MAGALIA, Calif. (BP) -- When one of the deadliest wildfires in state history struck the Northern California town of Magalia, pastor Doug Crowder didn't get to preach his Veterans Day sermon about risking death to save others. But he got to live it.November
Faith Leaders Denounce Trump Proclamation Denying Asylum Outside Border Crossings
By Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service | November 12, 2018
(RNS) — President Trump signed a proclamation Friday (Nov. 9) barring anyone who enters the United States outside of official border crossings from applying for asylum in the country.
Trump hinted at such plans before the midterms, while discussing a caravan of would-be asylum seekers traveling through Central America toward the United States.
November
Before the TV Hit ‘God Friended Me,’ There Were Two Friends Fascinated with Faith
By Cathleen Falsani | November 12, 2018
(RNS) — When the creators of CBS’s new, surprise hit TV show “God Friended Me” set out to create a series with religious ideas at its center, they wanted to bring something innovative to the genre: Doubt.
November
Christian Author Lysa TerKeurst Faces Her Greatest Fears
By Emily McFarlan Miller | November 9, 2018
(RNS) — From the outside, it seemed like Lysa TerKeurst had it all, founding a successful Christian nonprofit, a popular speaker and author.
Then, about two years ago, everything fell apart. TerKeurst announced her husband was having an affair. Months later, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Today's passage is a beautiful story about the impossible becoming possible, nothing like the powerful image of Moses before God on Mt. Sinai, but stunning as God works through seemingly impossible barriers to bring Boaz, a wealthy man of faith, together with a foreign woman who has no reasonable hope for a good life. And yet, if faith in God cannot push barriers aside, transform a life and reveal the true meaning of love, what hope is left for any of us?November
As Christians Split over Trump, Minority Faiths Make Their Mark
By Jack Jenkins and Yonat Shimron | November 8, 2018
(RNS) — Muslim women were elected to Congress for the first time. The number of non-religious elected officials expanded. And for the first time in memory an incumbent senator mentioned the upcoming Hindu holiday of Diwali in an acceptance speech.
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Abortion rights, marijuana use and legalized gambling drew mixed results on state ballots across the U.S. Nov. 6.- Newer
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Faith & Culture
- Churches Use Political Pressure, Small-Dollar Loans to Fight Predatory Payday Lending
- Remembering Billy Graham
- This Week’s Parliament of Religions Is More Than a Big ‘Pat on the Back’ for Faith
- Church-Run Credit Unions Keep the Faith Despite Challenges
- Why the Christian Idea of Hell No Longer Persuades People to Care for the Poor
Baptists
- Seminaries Partner with Prisons to Offer Inmates New Life as Ministers
- 800 Enter 'Adulting' from Kansas Collegiate Ministry
- 'The Woods Exploded' Amid Pastor's Fire Rescue
- Chitwood Announced as Candidate for International Mission Board’s Presidency
- Baptist, Methodist Pastors Protest Sessions Speech
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