Traditional services are ideal places for virus transmission: lots of people, close together. Dr. Atul Gawande, noted surgeon and author proposes four essential pillars for safe reentry into communal spaces: hygiene, distancing, screening, and mask use.
The coronavirus and ongoing racial tensions are sending clergy stress levels skyrocketing, ministers and health experts say. Emily Holladay, the pastor at Village Baptist Church in Bowie, Maryland, recommends pastors tap into outside sources of help to combat stress.
COVID-19 has created an avalanche of death, disease, suffering, and uncertainty. One helpful coping device is to find the positives in the midst of all the tragedy. I sat down recently and listed some takeaways. See if you can relate.
Launching an innovative ministry center in metro Detroit has been quite a roller coaster ride for Sue Hodnett and her volunteer ministry team. “We know that if we touch the life of a woman, most of the time we’re touching the life of a whole
Baptists across the world have been impacted by coronavirus as it upended in-person worship services, impacted local economies, and increased ministry needs. But the virus has also infected Baptists in various countries, including recent tragedies in Germany and Cameroon.
A small, vocal minority of pastors have begun to bristle at government-imposed restrictions on their worship, believing the government overstepped in keeping churches closed this spring.
I’m a data scientist at the University of San Francisco and teach courses online in machine learning for fast.ai. In late March, I decided to use public mask-wearing as a case study to show my students how to combine and analyze diverse types of data and evidence.
Nearly three dozen black alumni of Liberty University denounced school President Jerry Falwell Jr. on Monday, suggesting he step down after he mocked Virginia’s mask-wearing requirement by invoking the blackface scandal that engulfed the state’s governor last year.
Contrary to what science says, the Greek Orthodox Church insists it is impossible for any disease — including the coronavirus — to be transmitted through Communion.
A plywood wall that surrounds a building site, painted with the words ``WE GRIEVE″ in massive letters, has become a focal point for people of a London neighborhood. It is there that they gather each Thursday to remember those who have died during the coronavirus