To supplement the original news stories and opinion articles published at baptistnews.com related to the novel coronavirus, the Baptist News Global staff has compiled a list of helpful articles and resources accessible online.
With coronavirus infections linked to religious gatherings, debate rages over worship amid pandemic
In mid-March, Pastor Howard-Browne, head of the River at Tampa Bay Church, declared before his packed congregation: “I’ve got news for you: This church will never close.”
Southwestern Ends Largest Evangelical Archaeology Program
The nation’s leading evangelical archaeology program is closing, partly in response to COVID-19. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) will shut down the Tandy Institution for Archaeology in May, terminating five professors and discontinuing its degree program, which currently has more…
Trump campaign kicks off Catholic voter outreach project
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is ramping up its courtship of Catholic voters ahead of a likely November matchup against a devout Catholic Democrat, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Arab Christians Have Lost Easter Before. Here’s What They Learned.
Christians around the world are about to lose their usual Easter celebration—the highlight of most congregations’ annual life together.
Florida officials: Arrested pastor not exonerated by new order listing religious services as ‘essential’
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a 30-day stay-at-home order on Wednesday (April 1) requiring the state’s residents to remain indoors to avoid spreading or contracting the novel coronavirus, he noted that the regulations do not apply to “essential activities”…
Coronavirus Hospital In Central Park Sparks Backlash Over Anti-LGBTQ Ties
Some 72 doctors, nurses and other health care professionals from Samaritan’s Purse, an evangelical Christian disaster relief group, were to mobilize at the temporary Central Park hospital. The 68-bed facility will be operated in partnership with New York’s Mount Sinai Health…
Baptist, vegan ex-football player may overturn Alabama’s ban on public school yoga
Alabama’s public schools are closed for the academic year due to the coronavirus pandemic. When students return, they may be able to do yoga at school for the first time in decades.
Bible Museum Criticism ‘Was Justified,’ Founder Says
Steve Green, president of Hobby Lobby and chairman of the Museum of the Bible, is returning 11,500 antiquities to the Iraqi and Egyptian governments. The ancient clay seals and fragments of papyrus do not have complete documentation and may have…