Poll: US Believers See Message of Change From God in Virus
The coronavirus has prompted almost two-thirds of American believers to feel that God is telling humanity to change how it lives, a new poll finds.
Rev. Barber’s Poor People’s Campaign Calls for Resistance to Reopening Plans
The Poor People’s Campaign, a grassroots group with branches in more than 40 states, is urging resistance to or noncooperation with state plans calling for the reopening of the economy just weeks after the coronavirus put most of the country on lockdown.
Survey Shows Faith Can Prosper in Online Services
A Pew Research Center survey conducted April 20-26 found members who have gone online report a larger growth in faith than those whose services have not moved to online streaming.
‘We’ve Got to Move On’: Q&A With Rev. Franklin Graham
The Associated Press sat down to talk with Rev. Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, during his recent visit to New York, where his Christian relief charity Samaritan’s Purse had operated a Central Park field hospital to treat coronavirus patients.
2 Hispanic Churches and Too Many Tears: 100 COVID-19 Deaths
One is a Roman Catholic church in Queens; the other, a Lutheran church in Manhattan. But the COVID-19 pandemic has united the two Hispanic congregations in grief.
Friends Mourn Darrin Patrick, Megachurch Pastor and Author, Who Died of Apparent ‘Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound’
Darrin Patrick, a megachurch pastor, has died of what appears to be a "self-inflicted gunshot wound," He was a teaching pastor at Seacoast Church, a multi-site megachurch based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and the founding pastor of the Journey Church in St. Louis, where
Watchdog Seeks Discipline for Army Chaplain Who Shared John Piper Coronavirus Book
[caption id="attachment_65145" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Col. Moon H. Kim, right, Camp Humphreys garrison chaplain, teaches Republic of Korea Army chaplains about logistics and religious support, Nov. 7, 2019, at Four Chaplains Memorial Chapel on Camp Humphreys, South Korea. U.S Army photo, 2nd Infantry Division/Creative Commons[/caption] (RNS) —
What Cotton Mather Would Tell the ‘Jesus Is My Vaccine’ Crowd
Faith, many behind the #ReOpenChurchSunday movement allege, is the ultimate protection. A photograph puts it succinctly: One protester at an anti-shutdown rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, had painted the hood of his truck with the motto “Jesus is my vaccine.”
National Day of Prayer, Reshaped by Pandemic, Includes Interfaith and Online Events
The National Day of Prayer, like most events amid the coronavirus, will have a different look this year as it is marked today (May 7). Now in its 69th year, the observance will feature interfaith and even international voices on computer screens and cellphones.
As Pandemic Persists, Churches and Insurance Companies Grapple With Risk
Insurance companies that Religion News Service spoke with said most plans do not cover pandemic-related incidents such as disease-related deaths. Insurers acknowledged that the decision to open a house of worship carries considerable risk.