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DALLAS (BP) -- Personal belongings are confiscated, and a participant is stripped of his or her individuality. They become a number. Government workers with stern faces instruct them to face forward. No talking.
Eighty-three percent of U.S. inmates were arrested at least once within the nine years following their release from incarceration, according to a U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report released on May 23.June
Churches Must Abandon 600MHz Wireless Sound Systems
By Diana Chandler, Baptist Press | June 11, 2018
WASHINGTON (BP) -- Churches that haven't updated their wireless sound system may have trouble being heard on any given Sunday, as the federal government is phasing out the 600MHz frequencies many congregations use.
June
Justices Hand down Narrow Ruling for Christian Baker in Wedding Cake Case
By Jack Jenkins | June 4, 2018
The Supreme Court today ruled today in favor of a Christian baker in Colorado who refused to design a case for a same-sex wedding, a controversial case that was widely seen as a standoff between claims of religious liberty and LGBTQ rights.
May
How Evangelicals Teamed up with the White House on Prison Reform
By Emily McFarlan Miller | May 29, 2018
(RNS) — At a dinner last year with prominent evangelical Christians in the Blue Room of the White House, Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, invited their table mates to discuss the issues most important to them.
Nearly 51 million households in the U.S. lacked funds to buy basic necessities in 2016, according to a United Way study published on May 17.May
As US Cities Re-Examine Bail, Muslims Launch a Fund at Ramadan to Pay It
By Aysha Khan | May 17, 2018
(RNS) — Like many Muslims, Chicago attorney Nura Maznavi pays zakat during the holy month of Ramadan.
And like many Muslims, she usually fulfills her zakat, an obligatory tax meant to purify Muslims’ wealth, by giving to local social service organizations and international relief groups. This year, she’s chosen a less traditional cause: helping people who are stuck in jail make bail.
May
For 40 Days in 30 US Cities, King’s Poor People’s Campaign Lives Again
By Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service | May 15, 2018
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Under sweltering 94-degree heat in front of the General Assembly building, a hardy group of progressive activists gathered to revive the 40-day Poor People’s Campaign, the civil disobedience movement founded 50 years ago by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
May
Trump to Sign Executive Order Creating New White House Faith-Based Initiative
By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service | May 3, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — President Trump plans to unveil a new initiative that aims to give faith groups a stronger voice within the federal government and serve as a watchdog for government overreach on religious liberty issues.
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Faith & Culture
- Geneticist Francis Collins Ponders Peril of Biotechnology
- Publishing Conference Seeks to Help Spiritual Writers from Minority Groups
- Why Weren’t Christians the Ones to ‘Ruin’ Miss America?
- Moral Bar Slipping in U.S., Gallup Poll Finds
- In Red-State Oklahoma, Marijuana Ballot Question Splits People of Faith
Baptists
- Neal Challenges Assembly to Live into ‘Oneness’ During CBF Commissioning Service
- ABCUSA Expresses Opposition to Current U.S. Immigration Policy
- Greear, Pence, #MeToo Draw SBC's Focus
- Southern Baptists Mull What’s Next on Confronting Abuse
- Executive Coordinator Addresses #MeToo and #ChurchToo in Report to CBF Assembly
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