Missouri Gov. Mike Parson Announces ‘Be a Mo VIP Winner’ Vaccine Incentive Program
Video report includes interview with Word&Way Editor-in-Chief Brian Kaylor. Watch full video
Gov. Mike Parson Tempts Missourians with $10,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Lottery
Meantime, a coalition of more than 200 Missouri ministers and pastors announced a campaign on Wednesday aimed at urging fellow Christians to get their shot. Read full piece
‘God’s Healing Touch’ — 200 Missouri Christian Pastors Ask Everyone to Vaccinate Against COVID
Hundreds of Missouri Christian pastors, at least 22 of them ministering to the faithful in the Springfield area, pleaded with state residents on Wednesday to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as the disease continued to tear through the unvaccinated population. Read full piece
Missouri Clergy Urge Vaccination: ‘Medically, Scientifically but also Theologically’
More than 200 Missouri pastors and ministers are joining a COVID-19 vaccination outreach effort spearheaded by a Jefferson City-based Christian magazine. Read full piece
The State Shouldn’t Pick Winners & Losers in Religion
Editor-in-Chief Brian Kaylor reflects on legislation pushing the teaching of the Bible in public schools. He explores significant church-state problems that would arise from such efforts.
Black Religious Leaders Decry Missouri Bills as Biased
Black religious leaders on Thursday rallied at the Missouri Capitol and met with political leaders to denounce pending bills that they say are racially biased. They are trying to convince lawmakers to drop legislation that he called “dangerous, discriminatory, and anti democratic.”
Lawmakers Close to Approving Law Promoting Teaching the Bible in Public Schools
A new Missouri Senate bill that was heard in the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee today would allow school districts to start offering social studies courses on the Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament of the Bible and New Testament of the Bible. Word&Way Editor-in-Chief
Despite Hate From Evangelicals, Katharine Hayhoe Sees Climate Hope
For Katharine Hayhoe, climate change isn’t just a topic of study or her area of expertise; it’s what she calls “an everything issue.” Hayhoe, who is a leading climate science expert, told Sojourners that everybody everywhere “already has everything they need to care about climate change”
Asking God to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Christians organize prayer campaign ahead of climate change conference in Glasgow. Read full piece
Faith Groups Criticize State Efforts to Create Religious Exemptions to Pandemic Rules
Twenty-seven faith groups released a joint letter Monday urging state legislatures not to pass laws to “exempt houses of worship and religious gatherings” from “emergency orders related to public health issues and emergencies such as COVID-19.”