The Religious Right’s Hostility to Science Is Crippling Our Coronavirus Response
A denial of science and critical thinking among religious ultraconservatives now haunts the American response to the coronavirus crisis.
Schools, Libraries and Gyms Are Shut Down. Why Are Some Churches Still Open?
More than 1 in 10 regular churchgoers say in-person services at their house of worship are still happening, according to new research. Seventeen percent said they continue to attend in-person church events.
This Social Network for Churches Is Thriving in the Coronavirus Pandemic
In response to the coronavirus, churches are playing catch-up to get themselves online. Some platforms are eager to help.
Food Pantries Struggle to Provide During COVID-19
As many Americans stock up on weeks of provisions, food pantries, food banks and soup kitchens are figuring out how to get hungry Americans the food they need quickly and safely.
Resurrection Sunday, Virtual Egg Hunt, Drive-In Worship Among COVID-19 Easter Plans
As they comply with guidelines for social distancing and sheltering in place during the pandemic, Southern Baptists across the U.S. are finding creative ways to celebrate the Easter season.
Coronavirus Adds to Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
As the first cases of coronavirus appear in the Gaza Strip, humanitarian groups are raising alarms about the potential catastrophe that could emerge in one of the poorest and most-densely populated places in the world. A Baptist pastor who used to minister in Gaza is
As Coronavirus Keeps Parishioners Homebound, Christian Clergy Debate Online Communion
With churchgoers still holed up in their homes to avoid infection for weeks and even months to come, Christian leaders are starting to ask: Is Communion appropriate for cyberspace?
Homebound Nashville Style: Studio Musicians’ Video Reaches One Million
Last week, lying in bed, music arranger and producer David Wise had an idea. Like seemingly everyone else in the world, he was troubled by the ongoing crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic and wondered how he might help. Today, that moment of inspiration has encouraged
Kansas Stay-At-Home Rule Allows Religious Worship, Gun Sales
All 2.9 million Kansas residents were under a stay-at-home order Monday imposed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. It helped her case with the Republican-controlled Legislature that the exceptions for "essential" outside-the-home activities include religious worship and buying, selling, and manufacturing guns and ammunition.
What Early Christian Communities Tell Us About Giving Financial Aid at a Time of Crises
Sometime in the late second century A.D., Christians in the city of Rome organized a collection to send to the followers of Jesus in the city of Corinth. Scholars are not sure why. At a time when countries across the globe are struggling to fight the