RELIGION

Church-linked groups are helping South Sudanese refugees live like locals in Uganda
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . October 3, 2024
PALORINYA REFUGEE SETTLEMENT, Uganda (RNS) — Inside the wriggly tin walls of a small, smoke-filled kiosk, Joseph Deng Chol and

How the Taliban’s new ‘vice and virtue’ law erases women by justifying violence against them
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . September 30, 2024
(The Conversation) — Since returning to power three years ago, the Taliban have been enforcing oppressive laws that violate people’s

Continuing crackdown on churches and NGOs moves Nicaragua further from democracy to authoritarianism
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . September 27, 2024
(The Conversation) — The Nicaraguan government recently shut down more than 1,500 nonprofits – many of them civic and religious

Global Church Network celebrates opening of 200th hub for worldwide evangelism training
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . September 24, 2024
Multiplication impact of ministry training hubs — reaching 800 by 2030 — essential to FINISH the Great Commission in this

Abyssinian Baptist Church’s Kevin Johnson has history of following prominent clergy
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . September 21, 2024
(RNS) — The introduction to online worship services at Abyssinian Baptist Church still briefly features the church’s previous pastor, two

How New York became ‘Jewish’
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . September 18, 2024
(RNS) — “Why are there no American Jewish holidays?” A particularly smart religious school kid asked me that question last

Demographics, Democracy, and Destiny: Dr. Robert P. Jones
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . September 15, 2024
As American society evolves, Dr. Robert P. Jones explores how rigid, traditional norms are losing their influence, leading to

Grief over Gaza and qualms over US election add up to anguish for many Palestinian Americans
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . September 12, 2024
(AP) — Demoralized by the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, Palestinian American Samia Assed found in Vice President

Free virtual Church Mental Health Summit on World Mental Health Day
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . September 9, 2024
Event for church leaders presented by Hope Made Strong, Spiritual First Aid, and Rosemead School of Psychology’s Mental Health in

Black church brought religion to politics in the ‘60s, but different to white Christian nationalism today
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . September 6, 2024
(The Conversation) — Fifty-eight years ago in the summer of 1966, a group of Black church leaders took out a