Sarah Lund provokes readers to see the neurodiversity in God and Scripture
(RNS) — The Rev. Sarah Lund describes her deeply personal fifth book, in which she tells the story of how her faith interacts with her neurodivergence, as a “call from God.” “Storytelling in the first...
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125 years after his visit, Californians honor Swami Vivekananda’s influence
(RNS) — The first that the vast majority of turn-of-the-20th-century Americans heard of Swami Vivekananda was the speech the 30-year-old Hindu delegate gave at the Parliament of the World’s Religions...
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Historic Black churches receive $8.5 million in preservation grants
(RNS) — Thirty historically Black churches and projects, including those with ties to Civil Rights leaders who led churches and protests across the United States, are receiving grants totaling $8.5...
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Boycotts accompany prayer as faith leaders prepare for a Lent of protest
(RNS) — Addressing the congregation at his New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, on Sunday (Feb. 23), the Rev. Jamal Bryant was trying to recruit the thousands listening in the...
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Documentary highlights the tensions, isolation of being ‘Black + Evangelical’
(RNS) — A new documentary is shedding light on a group of people who are part of the evangelical Christian tradition in a way, said Wheaton College theology professor Vincent Bacote, “that’s not just...
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At Washington installation, Cardinal McElroy calls for hope, mercy and human...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Washington’s new archbishop, Cardinal Robert McElroy, encouraged Catholics at his installation Mass on Tuesday (March 11) to have hope and show mercy in a service that included...
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Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., long-serving AME Zion Church leader, dies at 77
(RNS) — Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., an advocate for education and health and the former senior bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, died on Sunday (March 9) in Charlotte, North...
View ArticleT.D. Jakes discloses ‘massive heart attack’ as cause of November health crisis
(RNS) — Bishop T.D. Jakes has disclosed that the medical incident that occurred as he spoke before his Dallas megachurch in November was a “massive heart attack.” “I didn’t really realize what was...
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Gospel musician Andraé Crouch’s ‘colorblind evangelism’ focus of new book
(RNS) — Gospel composer Andraé Crouch sang, played the piano and preached for decades — often all at once. Ten years after his death, a new biography aims to capture both the genre-defying range of...
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‘Ushers, close the doors’: Pastor Marvin Sapp’s offering call ignites Black...
(RNS) — Deluged by online debate, gospel singer and pastor Marvin Sapp defended his fundraising style on a radio talk show Monday (March 31), after a nine-month-old recording of his call to raise...
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