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A conservative law firm launched a “ReOpen Church Sunday” initiative this week, calling on churches to begin gathering in person again despite reports of the deadly novel coronavirus being spread during worship services.

As significant racial disparities emerge in the impact of coronavirus in the United States, some black Baptist leaders say it demonstrates the preexisting racial and economic inequalities in our society.

Volunteers in Denver, Ashland, Ky., and Alpharetta, Ga., have assembled care packages that are being distributed to healthcare workers and first responders who are on the forefront of fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

A federal judge on Wednesday said he will deny a bid by three Southern California churches to hold in-person church services during the pandemic, saying that government's emergency powers trump what in normal times would be fundamental constitutional rights.

Sixty-five percent of churches have seen a decline in giving since mid-March as congregations have halted in-person services due to the coronavirus, according to a new survey.

New Yorkers haven’t quite known whether to embrace or rebuff Samaritan’s Purse, the evangelical humanitarian relief organization. But Whitney Tilson, who is not religious and had never heard of Franklin Graham, has become one of its field hospital’s most dedicated volunteers and champions.

For the first time, a majority of Protestant pastors believe global warming is happening and caused by humans. "Fewer pastors are rejecting global warming and climate change out of hand," said Scott McConnell, executive director of LifeWay Research. Yet he finds pastors are still split on the subject.

As Baptists around the world struggle with the coronavirus pandemic, the Baptist World Alliance will lead a three-pronged effort during Pentecost weekend to bring global Baptists together for worship. Elijah Brown, BWA general secretary, announced the initiative during an interview with the Word&Way podcast “Baptist Without An Adjective.”

A federal judge has denied a Kentucky church’s bid to block enforcement of the governor's restrictions on faith-based gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District Judge David Hale in Louisville on Saturday night rejected a motion for a restraining order by Maryville Baptist Church near Louisville, the Courier Journal reported.

As churches across the country avoid in-person worship services, a historian and sociologist of religion in American life sees parallels to a previous pandemic. Historian John Schmalzbauer draws encouragement from the fact churches survived the 1918 influenza pandemic as the coronavirus outbreak continues.